William Rivers Pitt | Paul Ryan as Punchline

[t]   Friday, March 24, 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 Many Restaurants in the US Couldn't Function Without Undocumented Workers Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: Undocumented people occupy a wide variety of professions that are vital to the US economy. 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But our fundraising campaign is off to a slow start and we're counting on you to keep Truthout running. Please, donate today! [Click here to donate.]( [Click here to donate.]( (Truthout is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN: 20-0031641) You can also donate by check, made payable to: Truthout, P.O. Box 276414, Sacramento, CA 95827 (Please include your email address on your check.) Or call in your donation: (877) 766-6476 [Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Leads to Diminished College Enrollment]( Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: Anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim hate speech and incidents have contributed to a sharp decline in international student enrollment at US colleges. Some undocumented students are also staying away, administrators say. The impacts on the economy, some estimate, will run into billions of dollars. [Read the Article]( [Paul Ryan as Punchline: The Impending Failure of the AHCA]( William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: The fate of the House bill doesn't much matter: Ryan could offer up a recipe for bean dip and get it passed, and it still would be dead on arrival in the Senate. However you choose to slice it, the anti-Obamacare "revolution" has proven to be a truly spectacular failure. [Read the Article]( [Trump's Austerity Budget Increases Military Recruiters' Power to Prey on Youth]( Sarah Jaffe, Truthout: As the government pulls funds from social programs to beef up the military, youth in neighborhoods devastated by the cuts become even more vulnerable to military recruiters who feed on desperation. Peace activist and former soldier Rory Fanning talks about the important role veterans can play in disrupting this cycle. [Read the Interview and Listen to the Audio]( [Climate Change Forces Northwest Natives From Their Ancestral Homes]( Zoe Loftus-Farren, Earth Island Journal: As is true in many Native communities around the world, the Quinault have borne witness to the marked signs of climate change over the past century. In Taholah, a village nestled between the mouth of the Quinault River and the Pacific Ocean, these signs are becoming impossible to ignore. [Read the Article]( [Attorney for "Frozen Trucker": Neil Gorsuch May Have Been Most Hostile Judge I've Ever Encountered]( Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: As confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch wrap up, here's a look at his ruling in a case known as the "frozen trucker," in which trucker Alphonse Maddin was fired for abandoning the trailer that he was driving because he was about to freeze to death. Robert Fetter, Maddin's attorney, discusses the nomination. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript]( [Housing, Community and Land Are Human Rights]( Janine Jackson, FAIR: That the country faces a crisis of scarcity, and that this means we should take more from those who are struggling, is a bizarre idea that seems to silently undergird much mainstream media discourse. Tony Romano, organizing director with the Right to the City Alliance, discusses the importance of dismantling this idea. [Read the Interview and Listen to the Audio]( [The Urgency of Addressing the Rise of Racist Hate Speech in K-12 Schools]( Rebekah Barber, Facing South: Physical violence perpetrated by racist bullies isn't the only threat to students of color in elementary and high schools. Studies have found that struggling to adapt to racist environments can also be harmful to students' health -- even deadly. [Read the Article]( [Trumping Trump and Howling at the Moonves]( JP Sottile, Consortium News: Televising train wrecks, car crashes or any kind of contentious conflict is a sure-fire way to goad world-weary audiences into rubbernecking. In this age of low-overhead/high-drama reality programming, it's also the cheapest and easiest way to pile up cash on a corporate media balance sheet. [Read the Article]( [Current Regulations Unable to Control Trade in Products From Slave Labor, Expert Says]( Ana Aranha and João Diaz, Mongabay and Repórter Brasil: In this interview, Kevin Bales discusses the fragile regulations that are failing to cut the flow of money between consumers and the networks facilitating human rights abuses and environmental destruction. What new strategies can we undertake to end the brutal exploitation of workers worldwide? [Read the Interview]( [Economic Update: Capitalism and Democracy]( Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: This week's episode discusses the economy of Puerto Rico, worsening inequality in the UK and the decision by Girl Guides of Canada to cancel all trips to the US. The episode also addresses rising US wage inequality, connections and dissonances between capitalism and democracy, and key differences between capitalist and worker-owned enterprises. [Listen to the Audio]( [Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation ]( 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](   [The Newspaper Guild]