St. Louis Rises Up Against Police Violence Again; Corporate Media Ignore Uprising

[t]   Sunday, November 5, 2017 [t r u t h o u t] [View Recent Newsletters]( [Tell a friend about Truthout!]( [Donate Today!](   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.   BuzzFlash Pentagon: Only Ground Invasion Can Destroy North Korean Nuclear Program [Read the Article at the Guardian](   Anger Over Trump Support for Coal at UN Climate Talks [Read the Article at BBC News](   House GOP Simultaneously Pushes for New Abortion Ban and End to Adoption Tax Credit [Read the Article at The Intercept](   Man Who Believes Current Air Quality Is "Too Clean" Named to EPA Advisory Board [Read the Article at The Independent](   The Trump Administration Is Keeping a US Citizen Secretly Locked Up Without Charges [Read the Article at the ACLU Blog](   Comcast Asks the FCC to Prohibit States From Enforcing Net Neutrality [Read the Article at Ars Technica](   Current, Former Members of Congress Recount Harassment by Colleagues [Read the Article at Roll Call](     Fearless, honest reporting has never been more needed. Support Truthout's nonprofit journalism today. [Donate Now]( [St. Louis Rises Up Against Police Violence Again; Corporate Media Ignore Uprising]( Shahid Buttar, Truthout: The current uprising is the latest chapter in a long-simmering debate over police violence in St. Louis. Residents resisting police violence have escalated their tactics to impose an economic cost for a lack of justice, and organizers have also called for an economic boycott of the city. [Read the Article]( [Helen Caldicott on Our Denial of the Threat of Nuclear Armageddon]( Mark Karlin, Truthout: Since the corporate media give short shrift to the peril of nuclear weapons, most people are unaware of how close we are to nuclear annihilation. Dr. Helen Caldicott, editor of Sleepwalking to Armageddon, is pessimistic about a public awakening in the near future. Her hope lies in young people and a movement to put pressure on nations -- particularly the US and Russia -- to abandon their nuclear arsenals. [Read the Interview]( [Feminists Must Demand the US Not Undermine Palestinian Unity]( Kate Raphael, Truthout: The two largest Palestinian factions signed a historic accord on October 12 in Cairo. If it holds, it would end a decade of uneasy coexistence. As the Palestinian factions move forward in a new effort to create a unity government, we owe it to Palestinian feminists to tell the US government not to sabotage them. [Read the Article]( [Despite Trump Campaign Promise, Billionaires' Tax Loophole Survives Again]( Alec MacGillis, ProPublica: The sweeping tax legislation released by House Republicans leaves the treatment of carried interest untouched. The preservation of the loophole is only the latest and starkest example of how a policy that is increasingly attacked as unfair and unjustified by people on both sides of the aisle has managed to survive through the influence of its well-placed beneficiaries. [Read the Article]( [How Much Influence Does Bannon Wield Among Big Donors?]( Calin Brown, The Center for Responsive Politics: Trump’s former chief strategist Stephen Bannon, who has connections to big donors as well as a large following on Breitbart, appears a formidable adversary for the GOP establishment. Whether Bannon's perceived clout will translate to dollars for candidates he's openly supported may be another story. [Read the Article]( [Detained Immigrant Girl Released but Future Remains Uncertain]( Cheryl Devall, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting: US immigration officials released Rosa Maria Hernandez on Friday after more than a week in detention. The 10-year-old has cerebral palsy and was detained by immigration authorities after surgery, but her future in the United States remains uncertain. [Read the Article]( [NAFTA Talks: What's the Deal?]( Arthur Stamoulis, Labor Notes: NAFTA's renegotiation should be an opportunity to end its quarter-century legacy of job loss and wage suppression. Longtime fair trade advocates warn, however, that without increased public pressure, Trump could end up making NAFTA even worse for working people. [Read the Article]( [Sexual Assault Is Universal. Recovery Isn't]( Emily L. Hauser, TalkPoverty.org: The question of financial privilege does make one enormous difference when it comes to sexual assault: If you're poor, you may find it that much harder to escape the abuse, or to recover and heal. The reasons for this are myriad, complex and mutually reinforcing, much like the causes of poverty itself. [Read the Article]( [Want to strengthen Truthout and help us plan for the future? Click here to become a monthly sustainer.]( [The Newspaper Guild] Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 [Subscribe]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy](