Chris Hedges: Becoming Serfs

[Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Monday, August 27, 2018 Featured story business & Economy [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Becoming Serfs]( By Chris Hedges — The global rich have demolished institutions that once protected the working class and dismantled our democracy to orchestrate the largest transfer of wealth upward in over a century. [Read more]( opinion arts & culture [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Chapo Trap House Imagines the Most Perverse Outcome of Trump’s Presidency]( By Jacob Sugarman — Podcaster-cum-author Matt Christman on the failures of liberalism, his hatred of Megan McArdle and the need for the left to grab hold of our “economic death engine.” [Read more]( politics [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Contradictions of John McCain]( By Robert Scheer — In this repost of a 2008 Truthdig article, Editor in Chief Robert Scheer analyzes the inconsistencies in the political career of the senator, then the Republican candidate for the presidency. [Read more]( Education [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Schools Need Resources, Not 'School Resource Officers']( By Lidwina Bell — Turning schools into prisons means putting kids in the pipeline to real-life prisons. There are better ways to keep students safe. [Read more]( race [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [That Time Republicans Used Racism to Defeat McCain's Presidential Bid]( By Juan Cole — When George W. Bush was running against the late Arizona senator in the 2000 GOP primary, the Bush campaign implied McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh was born from an affair between the senator and a black woman. [Read more]( News politics [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Bernie Sanders Says Vote on Superdelegates Will Make Democratic Party 'More Open, Democratic and Responsive']( By Jon Queally — The Vermont senator congratulates the Democratic National Committee for approving a measure that will curtail the party establishment's ability to tip the scales in favor of its preferred candidate. [Read more]( Immigration [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [U.S. Files New Regulations That Will Impact How Immigrant Children Are Treated]( By Laura C. Morel and Aura Bogado — While more than 500 children remain separated from their parents in the wake of President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, the federal government is seeking to end court oversight of the way it treats immigrant families. [Read more]( Cartoon [Love Me!]( By Mr. Fish — [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [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](