Newsletter 10.09.18

Hi all!

Here's this week's newsletter. Please enjoy and be sure to tune in tomorrow as our second season rolls on with a new episode featuring friend-of-the-show Roqayah Chamseddine. We  discuss the problem with "hypocrisy" dunks and the popularity of gotcha-ism. It's a banger! 

- Sophia, Florence, Nima, and Adam

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An Untold Number of Indigenous Children Disappeared at US Boarding Schools. Tribal Nations are Raising the Stakes in Search of Answers. - Alleen Brown and Nick Estes, The Intercept (in partnership with High Country News) (09/25/18)

Earlier this year, activists led by Yufna Soldier Wolf won a battle with the U.S. Army to return the bodies of children who died at the notorious Carlisle Indian Industrial School. In this devastating report, Brown and Estes reflect on the ways in which the legacy of native family separation and child removal policies across North America and what activists are doing to seek justice.

Will Florida’s Ex-Felons Finally Regain the Right to Vote? - Emily Bazelon, New York Magazine (09/26/18)

1.5 million people have been disenfranchised in Florida because of their criminal records, the highest number in the country. The ACLU-founded Florida Rights Restoration Coalition is fighting for an amendment to the state constitution that would restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated.

Migrant Children Moved Under Cover of Darkness to a Texas Tent City - Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times (9/30/18)

Because we live in a hellscape of never-ending nightmares, hundreds of separated migrant children have been moved from shelters across the country to a tent city in the desert of West Texas.

REVEALED: Canary Mission Blacklist Is Secretly Bankrolled By Major Jewish Federation - Josh Nathan-Kazis, The Forward (10/03/18)

Nathan-Kazis’s ongoing investigation of the funding sources behind the online pro-Israel blacklist Canary Mission has uncovered a link between the McCarthyite project and a multimillion dollar foundation.

‘Zero Tolerance’ Pushed Asylum-Seekers to Cross the Border Illegally, DHS Report Confirms - Cora Currier, The Intercept (10/03/18)

The Customs and Border Protection agency has been illegally turning asylum-seekers away at the U.S.-Mexico border since Trump’s election and lying about it, as revealed in a DHS document published in September.

Trump Admin Follows Corporate Media Playbook for War With Iran - John O’Day, FAIR (10/4/18)

O’Day analyzes corporate media coverage of the U.S. relationship with Iran since the signing of the Iran deal in 2015, noting the serial erasure of Iranian voices, whitewashing of Israel and Saudi Arabia, and consistent warmongering.

Hyatt Workers Win 4-Week Strike, Hours After Third Coast Audio Festival Refused to Cross Picket Line - Jeff Schuhrke, In These Times (10/04/18)

Hotel workers across the country are striking. And in Chicago, they’ve already won big.

Cook County Jail Is on Lockdown Over Van Dyke Verdict--And Activists Are Furious - Sarah Lazare, In These Times (10/05/18)

Police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty for the murder of Laquan McDonald. Though a sigh of relief to many communities in Chicago, Cook County Jail reacted by placing all of its divisions on lockdown, further punishing incarcerated people for the actions of a police officers.

America's new aristocracy lives in an accountability-free zone - David Sirota, The Guardian (10/5/18)

With former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling out of prison, Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court and war criminal John McCain celebrated for his virtues, it has been proven that there are no financial, social, professional or legal consequences for America’s ruling class.

Brazil’s Bolsanaro-Led Far Right Wins a Victory Far More Sweeping and Dangerous Than Anyone Predicted. Its Lessons Are Global. - Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept (10/08/18)

Greenwald stresses the significance of Brazil’s support of Bolsonaro and their dangerous veer towards the right.

Wall Street Loves Democrats Again, We’re All Going to Die - Libby Watson, Splinter (10/08/18)

Watson dissects a recent New York Times report stating the rise in Wall Street donations to Democrats, arguing that it’s a PR move designed to get in with the projected midterm winners.

Beyond Columbus Day: Changing the Name Is Just the First Step - Jacqueline Keeler, TruthOut (10/08/18)

While over 70 cities across the country have voted to replace “Columbus Day” with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day”, the change still signifies a surface-level success.

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