The Most Horrifying Look at Monsanto Yet

[Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Featured story Environment [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Most Horrifying Look at Monsanto Yet]( By Natasha Hakimi Zapata — Samanta Schweblin has terrified readers across the globe precisely because she tells familiar stories we should all dread. [Read more]( News Education [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Elizabeth Warren Introduces Sweeping Plan to Wipe Out Student Debt]( By Eoin Higgins — In a new Medium post, the Massachusetts senator unveils a proposal that could provide financial relief to as many as 42 million Americans. [Read more]( Opinion International [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Ukraine's Powerful Rebuke to American Hegemony]( By Kevin Zeese — Volodymyr Zelensky has ousted corrupt puppet president, Petro Poroshenko, in a landslide victory. We should have seen this coming. [Read more]( International [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Noam Chomsky: Democrats May Have Handed Trump the 2020 Election]( By Amy Goodman — The renowned dissident weighs in on the Mueller report and dissects the political establishment's dangerous fixation on "Russiagate." [Read more]( Media [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Mainstream Media's Disgraceful Cheering of Assange's Demise]( By Alan MacLeod — Since his arrest, the political press has universally condemned the Wikileaks founder, revealing its fundamental subservience to the elite. [Read more]( Activism [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Terrors of the Past Are Gone, but Chains Still Bind Gay Romanians]( By Maria Ruxandra Burcescu — A 2018 homophobic referendum stirs up stirs up memories of persecution under far-right and Communist regimes. [Read more]( LGBTQ [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Growing Up Transgender in Romania]( By Alexandra Crisbășan — A young man talks about transitioning in his home country and then emigrating for a fresh start. [Read more]( Ear to the Ground Politics [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [GOP Donors Who Scorned Trump in 2016 Are Giving Him Big Bucks in 2020]( By Ilana Novick — #NeverTrump was more of a hashtag than a real pledge. [Read more]( Multimedia politics [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The 'Russiagate' Conspiracy Theorists Just Can't Let Go]( By Chris Hedges — Robert Mueller's report should have ended talk of collusion. Instead, the mainstream media is doubling down, argues The Nation's Aaron Maté. [Watch]( [Donate Today!]( [Follow Truthdig on Twitter]( [Follow Truthdig on Facebook]( Truthdig 1158 26th Street #443 Santa Monica, CA 90403-4698 [Support Truthdig]( | [Contact Us]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile]( | [Forward To A Friend](