(2018-08-22). Mex City Stores Suffer Over 69,100 Robberies In Three Months. telesurtv.net
(2018-08-22). Workers Struggles: the Americas. wsws.org Doctors, nurses, dentists, administrative and social workers in public hospitals, clinics and health centers in the Mexican state of Sinaloa struck recently over the government's failure to contribute its portion to their savings fund.
(2018-08-22). Australian university union leaders quit amid escalating sellouts. wsws.org The NTEU is facing increasing disaffection as it assists managements to impose real wage reductions, greater casualisation and heavier workloads.
(2018-08-21). EPA Coal Plan Could Cause Up to 1,400 Premature Deaths Annually. truthdig.com The Environmental Protection Agency released new rules regulating pollution levels for coal-burning power plants this week, and buried beneath its complex policies is a troubling statistic. As The New York Times reported Tuesday, "The plan would increase carbon emissions and lead to up to 1,400 premature deaths annually." | Called the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, the new standards are a Trump administration update of President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan. The latter, as the Times writes, was "an aggressive effort to speed up the closures of coal-burning plants, one of the main producers of greenhouse gases." | By contrast, the Trump plan makes minor adjustments on emissions and operations for individual plants, and, on a broader level, "[lets] states relax pollution rules for power plants that need upgrades, keeping them active longer." | Administration officials touted the plan's flexibility and ease for businesses,…
(2018-08-21). Fox News Violates Poland's Holocaust Law With Reference to "Polish Death Camp" theintercept.com 
Fox News could face legal action in Poland, and a potential fine of $100 million, for violating that nation's new law on Holocaust memory.
(2018-08-21). 'Trump's Worst Day, Ever': Conservative Writer Breaks Down How Everything Is Falling Apart for the President. alternet.org 
"The notion that no one on the campaign had connections to any Russia-related figures likely will be thoroughly debunked. " | On Tuesday, the political world exploded as President Donald Trump's former campaign chair, Paul Manafort, was convicted on eight counts of bank and tax fraud relating to his covert work for Russian oligarchs, just as his former attorney and fixed Michael Cohen wa. . .
(2018-08-20). Facebook Suspended a Latin American News Network and Gave Three Different Reasons Why. theintercept.com Facebook offered a jumble of explanations for why Telesur's English-language page was suddenly taken down and then reinstated two days later.
(2018-08-20). Why the Gallatin Range Deserves Protection. counterpunch.org The Gallatin Range that lies south of Bozeman, Montana is the largest unprotected wildlands in the northern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The Gallatin Range is highly scenic with glaciated cirques, grassy meadows, and subalpine lakes. Biologically it is one of the more diverse and important areas in the entire Yellowstone ecosystem. The range is critical More
(2018-08-17). Fired Tesla employee alleges company spied on workers, knew of drug dealing at plant. rt.com 
An employee fired from Tesla's 'Gigafactory 1' battery plant has accused the electric-car maker of spying on its staff and failing to investigate reports that a Mexican cartel may be selling drugs inside the facility.
(2018-08-15). John Carlos Frey: Deported Parents Say Trump Administration Is Still Separating Families at Border. democracynow.org 
Nearly three weeks after the court-imposed deadline for reuniting families forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Trump administration has admitted that 559 children remain in government custody. More than 360 of these children are separated from parents who have been deported by the U.S. government. Most of the families separated at the border were seeking asylum from violence in their home countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Instead, the parents were charged in federal court with a crime for illegally crossing the border, then held in jail and detention. The children, some still breastf…
(2018-08-15). Military Cover-Up? 100s of Migrants Feared Dead in Mass Grave at AZ's Barry Goldwater Bombing Range. democracynow.org 
As the Trump administration continues an immigration crackdown at the border, asylum seekers are being told to wait for days or weeks on end before being allowed entry into the United States. This practice is leading more and more immigrants to risk their lives on dangerous journeys through the desert to enter the country instead, says investigative reporter John Carlos Frey. We speak with the Marshall Project reporter about the Barry Goldwater bombing range in Arizona, a vast swath of land across the border from Nogales, Mexico. The area is part of an incredibly dangerous migrant path, but aid workers are not al…
(2018-08-13). Former Iranian Ambassador: Trump's Reimposed Sanctions Against Iran Are an Act of Warfare. democracynow.org 
Tensions are escalating between the U.S. and Iran after the Trump administration reimposed economic sanctions against Iran last week. This news followed Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. Trump has threatened other countries seeking to trade with Iran, tweeting, "Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States." Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the sanctions as "psychological warfare," saying last week he would not begin negotiations until the sanctions are withdrawn. We speak with Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Middle East security and nuclea…
(2018-08-07). New York Case Shows Cruelty of ICE Toward the Mentally Disabled. progressive.org U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has revoked Abigail Hernandez's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, paving the way for deportation to Mexico. "She would be taken advantage of. She would not survive," her teacher says.