The kids strike and AOC defies NYT; This week in Truthdig Originals

[Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists]( Sunday, September 22, 2019 Featured story Multimedia [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Highlights From the Biggest Climate Strike the World Has Ever Seen]( Essay) By Michael Nigro —  Snapshots from the New York edition of the record-breaking global climate change protest inspired by Greta Thunberg.  [Watch]( Environment Q&A [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Naomi Klein: We Have Far Less Time Than We Think]( By Ilana Novick — In a new interview with Truthdig, the author of "On Fire" explains why the next year could determine the future of U.S. climate policy. [Read more]( Ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Greta Thunberg Leads Climate Strikes in 150 Countries (Photos)]( By Truthdig Staff — Fed up with decades of inertia, four million people swarm the streets around the world, demanding action on climate change. [Read more]( opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [It's Time to Strike for the Climate]( By Sonali Kolhatkar — Naming hurricanes after their corporate sponsors, so to speak, is another good idea. [Read more]( politics ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Refuses to Be 'Gaslit' by The New York Times]( By Kasia Anderson — The congresswoman makes it clear that she doesn't agree with the paper's take on her recent career moves. [Read more]( Opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Impeach Trump and Kavanaugh Both]( By Bill Blum — The president’s abuse of power is on full display and the Supreme Court justice is implicated in perjury. [Read more]( social issues opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Our Invisible Government]( By Chris Hedges — American intelligence agencies are the nation’s enemy from within and the Praetorian Guard of sinister forces. [Read more]( ear to the ground [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Trump Singles Out California's Homeless for Abuse]( By Ilana Novick — He says he will issue a violation for their “tremendous pollution.” [Read more]( economy & Business opinion [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Central Bankers' Desperate Grab for Power]( By Ellen Brown — Central bankers are proposing a radical economic reset that would shift even more power from governments to themselves. [Read more]( international q&A [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Russia Sees Its Reflection in the West]( By Jacob Sugarman — "This Is Not Propaganda" author Peter Pomerantsev explores how authoritarian regimes and far-right movements have weaponized free speech. [Read more]( multimedia [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [America Keeps Getting China All Wrong]( By Robert Scheer — The two international giants are linked in inextricable ways, yet Americans’ understanding of China consistently lacks nuance. [Read more]( Arts and Culture Book Review [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Country, Smoothed Over]( By Tim Riley — Ken Burns' documentary "Country Music" and its book tie-in present country music with a naive affection that misses key American tensions. [Read more]( Film review [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [The Modern Machiavelli Who Predicted Trump’s Rise]( By Jordan Riefe — A new documentary chronicles the life and exploits of Roy Cohn, the audacious opportunist who cultivated our current president. [Read more]( Cartoon [How To Get The U.S. To Care About The War In Yemen (Video)]( [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( By Mark Fiore — Yemen gets a moment in the spotlight when we may have to pay 20 extra cents at the pump — not so much when 85,000 children under the age of give starve to death. [Watch]( [Donate Today!]( [Follow Truthdig on Twitter]( [Find us on Facebook]( Truthdig 1158 26th Street #443 Santa Monica, CA 90403-4698 [Support Truthdig]( |[Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile](