Indefinite Detention of Migrants Violates International Law

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[Donate Now]( [Indefinite Detention of Migrants Violates International Law]( Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: After a federal judge ordered the government to reunite the families they had separated at the border, Trump announced his intention to indefinitely detain families together. Indefinite detention violates international law. [Read the Article]( ["No Happy Ending" for Planet as Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Takes Over EPA]( Jake Johnson, Common Dreams: The departure of ceaselessly corrupt EPA chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday was undoubtedly a small win for the public and the planet. However, it's important to note that Pruitt is being replaced by former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, who worked for years as an aide to fervent climate-denier Sen. Jim Inhofe. [Read the Article]( [Seeing Dystopia and Dreaming Abolition at the US-Mexico Border]( Gabriel Solis, Truthout: While it's not easy to characterize the nearly 2,000-mile US-Mexico border with its countless ecosystems and diverse populations of millions, there is one word that has come to aptly describe it: dystopia. But to free ourselves from this nightmarish reality, we must first understand the historical violence of our systems of prisons and borders, and the fascist apparatuses of enforcement. [Read the Article]( [Putin Was Helping Trump. Now They Have Meetings in Private.]( Heather Digby Parton, Salon: On July 3, the Republican-led Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a report in which its members unanimously agreed that evidence shows the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election on behalf of Donald Trump. The next day, a group of eight Republican senators was in Moscow, publicly glad-handing Russian officials. [Read the Article]( [Guatemala's "Huelga" Protests Draw Attention to Corruption Among Elites]( Michael McGrath, Truthout: My journey through rural Guatemala was disrupted by several Indigenous-led blockades -- known as "huelgas" -- set up to pressure President Jimmy Morales to step down amid a probe into corruption allegations. The network of organized disruptions, while fulfilling a political purpose, also served the interests of the working class by creating hubs of economic activity wherever they occurred. [Read the Article]( [Affirmative Action in Jeopardy With New DOJ Order and Retirement of Justice Kennedy]( Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: The Trump administration is ending Obama-era policies calling on schools and universities to consider race as a factor in admissions, in the latest blow to affirmative action programs. The move doesn't change the law, but it rescinds guidelines set by the Obama administration to foster diversity in elementary and secondary schools, and on college campuses. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript]( [Economy Adds 213,000 Jobs in June, Unemployment Edges Up to 4 Percent]( Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the economy added 213,000 jobs in June. With upward revisions to the data from the prior two months, the average gain over the last three months was 211,000. In spite of the strong job gains and widely voiced complaints from employers about difficulties in finding workers, wage growth does not appear to be accelerating. [Read the Article]( [Mainstream Media Coverage of the J20 Case Has Been Sloppy, When Present at All]( Janine Jackson, FAIR: Washington, DC police mass-arrested more than 200 people, including journalists, during protests at Donald Trump's inauguration, in which a few windows were broken and a limousine was set on fire. Sam Menefee-Libey, an organizer and member of the Dead City Legal Posse, discusses the corporate media's reductive coverage of the demonstration. [Read the Interview and Listen to the Audio]( [Justice Kennedy's LGBTQ Legacy May Be Short-Lived]( Alison Gash, The Conversation: Although Justice Anthony Kennedy's rulings on same-sex relationships have ushered in new freedoms for lesbian and gay couples, they rest on fragile constitutional arguments. With Kennedy's retirement, there is greater opportunity for anti-gay activists to dismantle the court's tenuous legal framework supporting gay rights. [Read the Article]( [This Week's Progressive Pick: Insurgent Supremacists: The U.S. Far Right's Challenge to State and Empire]( Author Matthew N. Lyons argues that the challenge to Trump authoritarianism is found in the varying histories of right-wing movements in the United States. Trump has managed to appeal to fringe-right groups who have different goals through a combination of racism, nationalism, his anti-immigration stance and cruel treatment of those who disagree with his "Make-America-Great-Again" agenda. His power to inflame his base is not to be underestimated, but it is more complicated than the corporate media makes it out to be. [Get the Book With a Donation!]( [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](