From obsolete banks to a planet in pain: This Week in Truthdig Originals

[Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Sunday, August 26, 2018 Featured story military [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Investigating John McCain's Tragedy at Sea]( By Mary Hershberger — Troubling questions hover over the late John McCain's actions in the catastrophic 1967 fire aboard the aircraft carrier Forrestal and the period immediately afterward. His later accounts of events following the accident also raise issues. [Read more]( environment opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Saying Goodbye to Planet Earth]( By Chris Hedges — Climate change is not simply an environmental problem—it is a planetary transition. We will survive only if we rapidly evolve to create new forms of civilization. [Read more]( ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [EPA Coal Plan Could Cause Up to 1,400 Premature Deaths Annually]( Ilana Novick — The Environmental Protection Agency’s own analysis reveals the dangers of the plan. [Read more]( economy & Business opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Banks Are Becoming Obsolete in China—Could the U.S. Be Next?]( By Ellen Brown — Big banks on this side of the Pacific are watching with trepidation, as developments in China’s mobile system could indicate that significant shifts will happen in the U.S. [Read more]( ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Bernie Sanders Rallies Against 'Greed' of Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos]( By Kasia Anderson — In an email to supporters, Sen. Bernie Sanders calls out billionaires for enriching themselves at others' expense. [Read more]( multimedia [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Just How Dangerous Is Amazon's Facial Recognition Program? (Audio and Transcript)]( By Robert Scheer — American Civil Liberties Union attorney Jacob Snow examines the close partnership between private enterprise and the surveillance state. [Listen]( politics opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Trump, Corporate Media Are Both Enemies of the People]( By Paul Street — The mainstream media should be taken to task, but not for the same reasons the president uses in his attacks on the press. [Read more]( opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [America’s Future Depends on California’s Election Integrity]( By Mimi Kennedy — Despite efforts to make the state’s voting system sound, there are pressing problems, which, should they persist, will have a disastrous impact on the state and the nation. [Read more]( activism opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The #Resistance Has a New Grift, and Liberals Are the Perfect Mark]( By Jacob Bacharach — Former FBI agents are vacuuming up donations from concerned Democrats. It’s an alarming development but not without precedent. [Read more]( ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Prisoners Strike Nationwide, Denounce ‘Modern-Day Slavery’]( By Jacob Sugarman — Led by Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, inmates are calling for a restoration of voting rights, rehabilitation services and more. [Read more]( Arts and Culture Q&A [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Judy Chicago on Making Art Her Way and Remaking the Art World]( By Jordan Riefe — The trailblazing artist tells how she fused feminist sensibilities with production methods in works that were initially written off by male critics and peers—and are now being celebrated in retrospectives and salutes. [Read more]( Cartoons [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Wonderful White House Isn’ts (Video)]( By Mark Fiore — It’s been quite a week so far, from “truth isn’t truth” to an unindicted co-conspirator for a president.  [Watch]( [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Hush Money]( By Mr. Fish — [See the full cartoon]( [Donate Today!]( [Follow Truthdig on Twitter]( [Follow Truthdig on Facebook]( Truthdig 1158 26th St., No. 443 Santa Monica, CA 90403-4698 This email was sent to {EMAIL}, by [email protected]( [Support Truthdig]( | [Contact Us]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile]( | [Forward To A Friend](