Dahr Jamail | Welcome to the New World of Wildfires

[t]   Saturday, September 9, 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 A Tale of Two Irmas: Rich Miami Ready for Tumult as Poor Miami Waits and Hopes [Read the Article at the Guardian](   TransCanada May Abandon Energy East Tar Sands Pipeline [Read the Article at EcoWatch](   Equifax Lobbied to Kill Rule Protecting Victims of Data Breaches [Read the Article at International Business Times](   Mexico Earthquake: Rescue Efforts Continue as Death Toll Rises [Read the Article at BBC News](   California Regulator: Stop Teaching Abortion "Reversal" [Read the Article at Rewire](   Head of Trump "Election Integrity" Probe Pens Wildly Misleading Op-Ed About Voter Fraud [Read the Article at HuffPost](   With a Hurricane Approaching Florida, Airline Algorithms Show No Sympathy [Read the Article at NPR](     [Welcome to the New World of Wildfires]( Dahr Jamail, Truthout: As anthropogenic climate disruption continues to speed up, wildfires have scorched millions of acres of forests in the American West, cloaking the Pacific Northwest in smoke for several weeks this summer. Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency last week after several coastal areas were engulfed by smoke and ash from fires in Eastern Washington and Montana. [Read the Article]( [Despite Hurricanes, House Republicans Work to Gut Environmental Protections]( Mike Ludwig, Truthout: With a comfortable majority in the House and Trump appointees at the helm of agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, House Republicans have been eagerly working to gut environmental regulations and spending on interior programs. As Hurricane Harvey and Irma devastate coastal communities and wildfires rage across the West, these lawmakers are looking increasingly out of touch. [Read the Article]( [The Native American Casualties of US Immigration Policy]( Neil Howard, openDemocracy: The O'Odham nation lives on both sides of the US-Mexican border, and for that they are persecuted and often dehumanized by Border Patrol agents. In this interview, O'Odham activist Ophelia Rivas discusses the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples on the border and how she's resisting. [Read the Interview]( [If You've Never Lived in Poverty, Stop Telling Poor People What They Should Do]( Hanna Brooks Olsen, Everyday Feminism: In the US, we have become so accepting of the myth that the only thing standing between a poor person and the life of their dreams is their own decisions, their own choices and their own failures. This dangerous and false idea conveniently erases the fact that poverty is a symptom of an inequitable economy. [Read the Article]( [With All Eyes on DACA, the Trump Administration Is Quietly Killing Overtime Protections]( Michael Arria, In These Times: On September 5, the Trump administration formally announced that it won't try to save Obama's overtime rule. The threshold for overtime pay hadn't been increased by any administration to adequately reflect wage growth or inflation, which means that many workers only see overtime pay if they make less than about $23,660 a year. [Read the Article]( [Zika, Birth Defects and Government Lies]( Margaret Viggiani, The Freedom Socialist Party: In April 2017, Puerto Rican officials declared the Zika epidemic over. However, probing deeper into the country's reported statistics reveals figures that don't add up. What's clear is that the Puerto Rican government initially underreported the problem in a possible effort to recover the tourist industry. [Read the Article]( [Baltimore's Push to Solve Its Affordable Housing Crisis With Community Land Trusts]( Kevon Paynter, YES! Magazine: Across the US, cities struggle with expanding income inequality and tight housing markets that drive up rent. These factors result in an extreme shortage of affordable housing. Community groups in Baltimore believe land trusts could be the way to keep families living affordably in a fast-gentrifying city. [Read the Article]( [The University We Deserve]( Molly Mapstone, Socialist Worker: As students and faculty arrive on campuses, they will face increased austerity this year: University administrations continue to prioritize profit over education. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, there are several important and diverse struggles on the horizon that will shape how we take on the neoliberal university and how we build the solidarity we need among students, faculty and campus workers. [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]