Gaps in Welfare System Prompt Schools to Shelter, Clothe, Feed Homeless Youth

[t]   Wednesday, June 28, 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 The GOP Health Insurance Bills Are the Real Death Panels Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The Senate and House Obamacare "replacement" bills would cause needless deaths. [Read the BuzzFlash Commentary](   The Gay Men Who Fled Chechnya's Purge [Read the Article at The New Yorker](   Three Chicago Police Officers Indicted in Laquan McDonald's Shooting Death [Read the Article at CNN](   Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Lose Endangered Species Protection [Read the EcoWatch Article at BuzzFlash](   Springtime for Union-Busting? [Read the Article at The Nation](   Climate Change Causes Sea-Level Rise to Accelerate 50 Percent in Past 20 Years [Read the Article at Newsweek](   Six Endangered Whales Found Dead This Month in "Unprecedented Event" [Read the EcoWatch Article at BuzzFlash](   She Didn't Pick the Resistance. The Resistance Picked Her. Now She's One of Trump's Most Fearless Opponents [Read the Article at Mother Jones](     It's crunch time: We must raise at least $11,000 more by the end of the day. Truthout relies on reader support to maintain an independent platform for dissent and press freedom. If you believe in this work, please make a donation! [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.) [Meeting the Needs of Homeless Youth: Public Schools Are Doing What Government Won't Do Directly]( Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: In response to austerity measures and the government's failure to maintain basic supports for families in need, public schools have been forced to raise private money to help homeless students complete their education. School administrators have established shelters, installed washers and dryers, and opened food pantries and no-cost clothing shops in efforts to help homeless students stay enrolled and graduate. [Read the Article]( ["Trump Feels a Kinship With Authoritarian Leaders": Richard Falk on Turmoil in the Middle East]( C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout: Trump did not initiate the US's tendency to avert its eyes when it comes to Saudi support for Islamic fundamentalism, says Princeton professor and Middle East scholar Richard Falk. But Trump has brought a newfound affection for autocratic governments and dictators to US foreign policy -- an affection that appears to be a reflection of his own ideological affinities rather than a thought-out foreign policy approach. 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[Read the Article]( [Senate Health Bill Would Kill Essential Home Care Jobs]( Elly Kugler and Marzena Zukowska, Inequality.org: The home care workforce, one of the country's fastest-growing, would be extremely hard hit by Senate Republicans' "Better Care Reconciliation Act." The passage of this bill would not only kill home care jobs, but make home care workers sicker, while permanently destabilizing the industry. [Read the Article]( [DC Police Accused of Using "Rape as Punishment" Targeting Some Arrested During Trump Inauguration]( Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: A new lawsuit accuses the Washington, DC, police of using sexual abuse as a form of punishment targeting people arrested during protests against President Donald Trump's inauguration. Scott Michelman, a senior attorney at the ACLU of the District of Columbia and lecturer at Harvard Law School, discusses the case. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript]( [Hand Soap and Toothpaste Are Exposing Kids to Increasing Levels of a Controversial Endocrine Disrupter]( Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News: Levels of a controversial chemical meant to kill bacteria spike in the bodies of young children after they brush their teeth or wash their hands, according to a new study. Triclosan is being phased out of hand soaps after the Food and Drug Administration banned it last year amid concerns that the compound disrupts the body's hormone systems. [Read the Article]( [The Trump Team's Poor Arguments for Slashing Food Stamps]( Patricia Smith, The Conversation: The Trump administration aims to slash spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, by $193 billion over the next decade. However, the program reduces food insecurity, poverty rates and economic hardship, and budget cuts could indirectly affect other areas of welfare, such as health care costs. [Read the Article]( [Honduran Melon Workers Push for Union Rights]( John Walsh, Labor Notes: Seeking to improve their wages and working conditions, melon workers in Honduras are fighting to win recognition and a contract for their young union. To make real progress in negotiations, workers say they will depend on US consumer pressure between now and August. [Read the Article]( [Blackfeet Researcher Leads Her Tribe Back to Traditional Foods]( J. Gabriel Ware, YES! Magazine: Well before white settlers colonized their land, Blackfeet Nation members used more than 200 types of plants for food and remedies. But forced assimilation and reliance on the US government for food adversely shifted most nations' diets. Now researcher Abaki Beck wants to bring those traditions back. 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