William Rivers Pitt | The Day I Got 23 Guns in the Mail

[t]   Saturday, September 16, 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 Judge: Sessions Can't Deny Grant Money for Sanctuary Cities [Read the Article at The Associated Press](   Housing Authority in Indiana Owes $70,000 After Alleged Discrimination Against Women, Disabled Tenants [Read the Article at Rewire](   Murdoch-Owned Media's Radical Climate Denial in the Face of Disaster [Read the Article at FAIR](   US Must Stop North Korea Threats, says China, as Kim Jong-un Aims for Military "Equilibrium" [Read the Article at the Guardian](   Calling Out White Supremacy Comes With Consequences for Black Folks [Read the Article at HuffPost](   Hurricane Irma Unleashes the Forces of Privatization in Puerto Rico [Read the Article at The Intercept](   California Passes "Sanctuary State" Bill [Read the Article at CBS News](     [The Day I Got 23 Guns in the Mail]( William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: There I was, minding my own business, and the postal service brings me a letter seeking to give me the means to kill every living soul in my small town three times over. The letter proclaimed these guns essential for the survival of "our heritage." I want no part of the NRA's heritage. [Read the Article]( [Youth in Revolt: Why Millennials Are the Key to Future Social Transformation]( Anthony DiMaggio, Truthout: Younger Americans may be more skeptical of our bipartisan political system -- a setup that they view as endangering the planet and subjecting the majority of people to economic precariousness and inequality. Instead, they often engage in actions aimed at system-wide change. In this, they are very much like their counterparts of the '60s who brought about mass political and cultural transformation. [Read the Article]( [Don't Punish the Dreamers -- Punish the Corporations Driving Forced Migration]( David Bacon, In These Times: More than anyone, the young recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have paid the price for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Yet they are the ones continuing to be punished by the Trump administration, as it threatens to take away their legal status, ability to work and right to live in this country without fear. [Read the Article]( [Move to Open US Atlantic Coast to Oil Drilling Meets Increased Opposition]( Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay: The Trump administration has taken steps to open up the United States' Atlantic waters to offshore oil exploration and drilling, sparking fierce resistance up and down the coast. Seismic airgun blasts, as well as drilling, threaten the economy of the Atlantic coast, the environment and endangered species. [Read the Article]( [Humanitarian Citizens: Breaking the Law to Protect Human Rights]( Janina Pescinski, openDemocracy: As part of the European Union's crackdown on irregular entry and smuggling of migrants and refugees, laws criminalizing actions against those providing humanitarian assistance have been enforced. Increasingly, though, citizens are actively violating such laws and challenging the notion of citizenship as a bounded legal category. [Read the Article]( [Resisting the Backlash Against Women]( Leia Petty, Socialist Worker: The election of Donald Trump sent shock waves across the country, especially for women. From promising to cut and privatize public services -- which would destroy public-sector jobs where women of color are disproportionately represented -- to green-lighting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to target immigrant women, Trump's war on women is playing out on all fronts. [Read the Article]( [Burning Down the American Plantation: An Interview With the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement]( Colin Jenkins, The Hampton Institute: In this interview, members of the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement discuss their formation, vision and goals for the future, and what they are doing to spark a reawakening of revolutionary politics grounded in Black liberation, anarchism and direct action. [Read the Interview]( [No Elitist Farmers Market Here -- Free Healthy Food and Profits for Farmers]( Emma Eisenberg, YES! Magazine: At this moment in eastern Kentucky, many counties and communities are grappling with how to replace the revenue that the coal industry funneled into the area for decades. A new partnership between Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp., a local hospital, and the Community Farm Alliance, a grassroots organization that supports independent farmers, is helping remedy that. [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]