Trump's Meetup With the Royals Reminds Us He Wants to Be a King

Saturday, June 8, 2019 [Trump's Meetup With the Royals Reminds Us He Wants to Be a King]( William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Donald Trump's two-day grip-and-grin with the royal family, swaddled in all the pomp and circumstance that adorns any state visit with the Queen and her offspring in her sprawling palace, held a mirror up to uncomfortable truths some in the US are struggling to digest. A nation where the principle of inequality was the bedrock of its very foundation was bound to cough up someone like Donald Trump sooner or later. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Congress Can End the Yemen War This Summer, Despite Trump]( Hassan El-Tayyab, Truthout Although Trump vetoed the bill that would have ended U.S involvement in the Saudi-UAE war on Yemen, Congress has another chance this summer with the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act and defense appropriations. There is precedent of Congress using the opportunity offered by the annual military spending bills to defund the Vietnam War. The question is, does this Congress have the will to thwart this administration? [Read the Review →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Activist Walked From Sweden to Palestine to Protest Occupation]( Maryum Elnasseh, Truthout By the third day, blisters were beginning to form on his feet. But Benjamin Ladraa continued his trip. For another 11 months, the 25-year-old Swedish activist walked through 13 countries in an effort to raise awareness for human rights issues facing Palestinians. Although his journey to Palestine ended more than nine months ago, Ladraa is far from being finished with promoting the cause. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Truthout covers the movements that are pushing back against racism and tyranny. Support our work today! [Donate Now →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Over 40 State and Local Prosecutors Say They Won't Enforce Abortion Bans]( Julia Conley, Common Dreams More than three dozen state attorneys general and local prosecutors said Friday that they would not enforce new anti-choice laws recently passed in a number of states. In a statement by the law enforcement coalition Fair and Just Prosecution, 42 elected prosecutors said enforcing "deeply concerning" laws recently passed in Georgia, Alabama and other states would be tantamount to criminalizing health care. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Enbridge Is Behind This Front Group Pushing the Company's Line 3 Oil Pipeline]( Itai Vardi, DeSmogBlog Minnesotans for Line 3, a group established last year to advocate for an Enbridge oil pipeline project, presents itself as a grassroots organization consisting of "thousands of members." But a DeSmog investigation has found that behind the scenes, the Calgary-based energy giant is pulling the strings. A public relations firm behind the operation also recently tried to erase its ties to Enbridge. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [NYPD, Apology for Stonewall Not Accepted]( Tatiana Cozzarelli, Left Voice In a public statement on Thursday, New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill apologized for the police brutality at Stonewall that took place in Greenwich Village on June 28, 1969. But apologies mean an intention to change. And the NYPD has no intention of changing. The NYPD remains the repressive arm of the capitalist state, enforcing all of the oppression and exploitation of this rotten system. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Georgia Probe Highlights Political Problems With State Ethics Commissions]( Sue Sturgis, Facing South The Republican-led Georgia ethics commission is investigating the campaign of 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and several groups that focused on mobilizing marginalized voters. The probe has sparked accusations that the GOP-led commission is inappropriately engaged in partisan politics -- and that's neither a new concern for Georgia nor limited to the state. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [We Must Address a Terrible Truth About Toxic Masculinity]( Mary Annette Pember, Indian Country Today Violence against Native women is perpetuated by colonial-influenced institutions and organizations both in and outside of Indian Country. But Native advocates also say this fact shouldn't allow perpetrators to claim victimization by colonization to explain toxic behavior. Toxic masculinity victimizes both men and women, and many Native communities are building systems of accountability and healing. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- In Case You Missed It --------------------------------------------------------------- [Workers With Disabilities Are Making Cents Per Hour -- and It's Legal]( Jack Delaney, Truthout For many Americans, the idea of earning just cents per hour for one's labor is appalling, but for thousands of people with disabilities, it's an all too familiar reality. That's because a section of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act makes it legal for disabled workers to be paid subminimum wages under the assumption that they are not as productive as non-disabled workers. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Under Tariff Pressure From the U.S., Mexico Detains Migrant Activists]( José Luis Granados Ceja, Truthout Facing immense pressure from the United States and the threat of tariffs on all Mexican goods entering the U.S., the Mexican government has increased efforts to deter Central American migrant caravans from crossing Mexico. On Wednesday, the Mexican state arrested two well-known migrant activists. Critics say the arrests are attempts to dissuade human rights defenders from assisting migrants -- and possibly deter caravans from forming at all. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Like what you're reading? Support Truthout's independent news and analysis by making an automatic monthly donation. 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