Bolton, Barr, Biden and abortions: This week in Truthdig Originals

[Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Sunday, May 12, 2019 Featured story Opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Bolton Is Spinning Israeli ‘Intelligence’ to Push for War Against Iran]( By Gareth Porter — Donald Trump’s security chief has used this method before—and it could draw the U.S. into yet another catastrophic war. [Read more]( social issues opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Creeping Toward Tyranny]( By Chris Hedges — The collapse of our democratic institutions began long before the arrival of Trump, who is capitalizing on the evisceration of the rule of law. [Read more]( OPINION [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Ominous Implications of William Barr’s Testimony]( By Bill Blum — More alarming than his lies about the Mueller report is the attorney general’s dramatically expansive defense of executive power. [Read more]( activism OPINION [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [All Hail the Ride-Share Strike]( By Sonali Kolhatkar — Company executives make huge profits at the expense of drivers and customers. Now unions are striking on the eve of Uber's IPO. [Read more]( Environment ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [U.S. Has the Most Climate-Change Deniers of Any Rich Country: Survey]( By Natasha Hakimi Zapata — "The U.S. is a hotbed of climate science denial," according to the global study, and Donald Trump and the media have a lot to do with it. [Read more]( multimedia [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Silicon Valley Couldn't Care Less About Earth’s Imminent Demise]( By Robert Scheer — It may be too late to save the planet, warns Bill McKibben, but there's a reason that doesn't seem to keep up our tech barons up at night. [Read more]( women ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Draconian Georgia Law Criminalizes Abortion After Six Weeks]( By Ilana Novick — Gov. Brian Kemp joins a wave of conservatives aiming to overturn Roe v. Wade. [Read more]( politics OPINION [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Joe Biden Doesn't Deserve Your Nostalgia]( By Conor Lynch — The former vice president helped paved the way for Trump's ascent, and his neoliberal politics cannot save us from our current crisis. [Read more]( ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [7 Bold Elizabeth Warren Proposals That Would Remake America]( By Kathie Bozanich — The senator has distinguished herself this election cycle with a series of policies would level an increasingly tilted playing field. [Read more]( OPINION [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Democratic Elite Couldn't Care Less About the Life of the Party]( By Eric Hacopian — It disdains the priorities of its voters, who largely support Medicare-for-all, the Green New Deal and ending our militarized foreign policy. [Read more]( international Ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Silence of the 2020 Democratic Hopefuls on Gaza Is Deafening]( By Jacob Sugarman — Since violence has erupted anew in the Palestinian territory, only a handful of presidential candidates have sought fit to weigh in. [Read more]( Cartoon [Exhuming McCarthy]( By Mr. Fish — [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [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](