Greg Palast | Trump's America: Blood on the Pavement in Charlottesville

[t]   Monday, August 14, 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 Whiteness Is Always Protected, Even at Its Worst [Read the Article at HuffPost](   Disappeared, Forgotten, Undesirable Anniversaries [Read the Article at BuzzFlash](   Merck CEO Quits Trump Council Over Charlottesville [Read the Article at CNN](   Is James O'Keefe Tied to Another Elaborate Right-Wing Sting Operation? [Read the Article at BuzzFlash](   In 1939, I Didn't Hear War Coming. Now Its Thundering Approach Can't Be Ignored [Read the Article at the Guardian](   In Chicago, Gay Russian Violinist Finds Freedom, Family [Read the Article at The Chicago Tribune](   Cory Booker's Pot Bill Is What We Need -- but It's Probably a Pipe Dream [Read the Article at The Daily Beast](     [Trump's America, Month Eight: Blood on the Pavement in Charlottesville]( Greg Palast, Truthout: It took just eight months for some of our worst fears about the Trump presidency to come true, as demonstrated by these photos of brutal racist violence in Charlottesville. Coupled with Virginia's purging of voter rolls, Saturday's attacks and Trump's lukewarm response show that white supremacy is alive and well in Charlottesville and beyond. [Read the Article and View the Photos]( [Down With Confederate Monuments: An Interview With a Charlottesville Black Lives Matter Activist]( Sarah Jaffe, Truthout: Lisa Woolfork is a member of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Charlottesville, Virginia, who worked with a broad coalition to oppose the massive gathering of white nationalists that rocked the city with violence over the weekend. The tragedies in Charlottesville make it clear that Confederate monuments are not just "symbols" of white supremacy, Woolfork says. Allowing them to stand for decades was a racist action leading to many more. [Read the Interview and Listen to the Audio]( [Ten Years After Financial Crisis, Our Elites Have Learned Nothing]( Dean Baker, Truthout: The economic disaster that cost millions of people their jobs and/or their homes was 100 percent avoidable if the people responsible for making economic policy had been awake. Turning the story of the housing bubble into a story about the financial crisis is an effort to make issues that are quite simple seem very complicated. [Read the Article]( [Charlottesville Survivor: There's No Question, This Was Terrorism]( Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: Brandy Gonzalez survived the car rampage in Charlottesville on Saturday that killed one protester and injured many more. While Trump went days without condemning white supremacists for the violence, Gonzalez says the incident was an act of terrorism. Such incidents will not intimidate her or prevent her from standing against white supremacy, she says. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript]( [It's Time to Restore and Strengthen the Voting Rights Act]( Tamara Power-Drutis, YES! Magazine: The 2016 presidential election was the first in 50 years without the protection of the preclearance clause, and it was marked not by record-breaking turnout, but by first-time voter suppression laws in 15 states. The 52nd anniversary of the Voting Rights Act is this month, but the number of states with newly proposed voter restrictions is up to 31. [Read the Article]( [I Grew Up in Tom Price's District: The Sex Ed He Promotes Is Dangerous]( Anusha Ravi, TalkPoverty.org: The Trump administration slashed $213.6 million from at least 81 institutions working on teen pregnancy prevention. I experienced firsthand the powerlessness that results from a shaming, abstinence-focused education, and it can be a matter of life and death for communities already on the margins. [Read the Article]( [Bridges and Roads Are as Important to Your Health as What's in Your Medicine Cabinet]( Korydon Smith, The Conversation: While political debates often tie public works projects to economic development and health care policies to human health, infrastructure and health care intersect. Civic infrastructures are as important to the health care toolkit as vaccines, hospital beds and surgical units. [Read the Article]( [Germany's Transition From Coal to Renewable Energy Offers Lessons for the Rest of the World]( Emma Bryce, Ensia: The Zollverein coal mine is a symbol of Germany's transition away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy -- a program called the Energiewende that aims to have 80 percent of the country's energy generated from renewables by 2050. The program offers many lessons for other countries seeking to transition away from fossil fuels. [Read the Article]( [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]