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Left forum 2018: Making Real News in the Age of Trump
‘The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!’ Corporate news is consumed with covering the Trump/Russia affair, but it pales in comparison to the real threats in people’s lives–climate change, underemployment, poverty, lack of health…
Pope Francis to Big Oil Executives: ‘There is no time to lose’
Dan DiLeo, Justice and Peace Studies Director at Creighton University, discusses the Vatican’s climate change conference Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content…
Human Rights Watch Director Ordered Deported from Israel-Palestine (1/2)
TRNN speaks with Omar Shakir, the director of HRW in Israel-Palestine about his deportation order Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is…
Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Public Sector Unions – Might Make Unions Stronger
Larry Cohen, chair of Our Revolution, argues that even though public sector unions will suffer economically from the Supreme Court’s Janus vs AFSCME decision, it has already caused them to mobilize and organize, making their…
Manal Tamimi: Freedom Flotilla Shows People Still Believe In Justice For Palestinians
Dimitri Lascaris reports from the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, where he speaks to Ahed Tamimi’s aunt, who says her niece’s incarceration has only made her more determined Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our…
Exclusive from Arizona: A Once Silent Crisis is Now Turning into a Deafening Cry (Pt 3/3)
Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration violation policy is not the only policy that is leading to family separations. Even families crossing at regular ports of entry and requesting asylum have often ended up being separated. Oscar…
Do you think climate change is an existential threat?
Paul Jay says the Trump administration is a reflection of the deep crisis that faces us; the drunken power of the financial elites is the underlying force that must be defeated Visit http://therealnews.com for more…
Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Corporate Democrat in NY Primary
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Latina socialist, defeated top Democratic Congressman and notorious neoliberal Joe Crowley in the New York primary election. Activist Anoa Changa says this is a sign of the growing grassroots left-wing movement…
Progressive Challengers Won Big in Races Across The Country and in Maryland Tuesday Night
Primary victories for candidates who rebuked the Trump administration’s xenophobic policies—and put the Democratic Party establishment on notice Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…
Turkey’s Erdogan Expands Authoritarian Powers with Fascist Coalition Election Victory
After 15 years in power, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will serve another 5 years as president of NATO member Turkey. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with activist Aral Balkan about the AKP’s victorious coalition with the far-right…
Is Europe’s New Military ‘Intervention Force’ a Message to Trump?
Nine European Union states have signed off on creating a new joint military intervention force. We speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Visit http://therealnews.com for more…
A Once Silent Crisis is Now a Deafening Cry (Pt 1/3)
Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents and holding them in cages is sparking a wave of public outrage Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate….
Progressive vs. Establishment Candidates Locked in Tight Race for Maryland Governor
TRNN speaks to the two leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor, Ben Jealous and Rushern Baker, and their supporters, in the days before the election Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support…
Trump Replaces Child Cruelty With Family Cruelty (1/2)
After public outcry forced him to end family separation, Trump’s new executive order calls for reviving a family incarceration policy that a court blocked in 2015. We speak to The Nation’s Juliane Hing and Amnesty…
US Locks Up Central American Refugees That It’s Helped Displace (2/2)
On top of its legal obligations to asylum seekers, does the U.S. have a moral obligation to Central Americans fleeing countries that the U.S. has destabilized? We discuss the criminalization of immigration and asylum-seeking with…
Mexico Update: Mexican and International Media Focus on Discrediting Lopez Obrador
With the results of Mexico’s presidential elections practically a foregone conclusion, his opponents and conservative sectors are lashing out. Meanwhile, Mexican society and the candidates weigh in on Trump’s unconscionable zero tolerance policy on migrant…
Israel Kills 52 Syrian/Iraqi Anti-ISIS Fighters, as US Takes Aim at Iran
An air attack in eastern Syria killed 52 Syrian and Iraqi government-backed forces who were fighting ISIS. They blamed the US, but it said Israel is responsible. Max Blumenthal says this is part of a…
China Intensifies Efforts to Crush the Hong Kong Independence Movement
Edward Leung, Hong Kong’s most prominent independence activist was sentenced to six years in prison, for having organized protests that resulted in property damage. We speak to Prof. Sean Starrs and Polaris Tang of the…
Stealing Elections via Voter Suppression: Supreme Court OK’s the Practice
Investigative reporter Greg Palast says that the Supreme Court’s recent decision approving Ohio’s process for purging voter registration rolls legalizes a process of disenfranchising minorities across the country. However, the case is far from over…
Why Is the Anti-War Movement Still so Weak Under Trump?
The anti-war movement, once strong under Bush, died under Obama, and still is weak under Trump. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with CODEPINK’s Ariel Gold about the power of the military-industrial complex and the campaign to…
How Climate Change will Reduce Crop Yields and Spike Food Prices
A new study shows how climate change will impact global food security, particularly by reducing crop yields and increasing crop yield volatility. This, in turn, will have a strong effect on the prices of basic…
