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Progressive Churches Challenge the Hard-Line Conservative Evangelical Narrative on Immigration
By: Oscar León
In contrast to the unwavering support that conservative and evangelical religious groups give President Trump, progressive churches and synagogues are fighting on the front lines against the administration’s anti-immigrant policies The post Progressive Churches Challenge the Hard-Line Conservative Evangelical Narrative on Immigration appeared first on The Real News Network....
Philadelphia Activist: ‘Oil Refinery Explosion Literally Rocked the Very Foundation of my Community’
By: Dharna Noor
The refinery is set to shut down after an explosion that could have killed millions, but at Netroots Nation 2019, Philly Thrive member .O says it was already negatively impacting low-income Black people who live nearby The post Philadelphia Activist: ‘Oil Refinery Explosion Literally Rocked the Very Foundation of my...
Unpaid Caregiving Increases Risk of Poverty in Retirement
By: Gregory Wilpert
Christian Weller discusses his PERI study showing that people who care for children or elderly parents are less likely to have decent savings for retirement. The risk is higher for women, and especially for single women The post Unpaid Caregiving Increases Risk of Poverty in Retirement appeared first on The...
Trump’s Racist Lies About Ilhan Omar Define the Republican Party
By: Marc Steiner
The Ilhan Omar quote Trump bastardized came from her conversation with John Nichols, who joins us to look at US history for inspiration and understanding The post Trump’s Racist Lies About Ilhan Omar Define the Republican Party appeared first on The Real News Network....
Some Candidates Have Climate Plans, But Are They Climate Justice Plans?
By: Dharna Noor
At Netroots Nation 2019, 350.org’s Thanu Yakupitiyage says she’s looking for every presidential candidate to release tangible climate plans, bring frontline communities into the room, and take on the fossil fuel industry and its money The post Some Candidates Have Climate Plans, But Are They Climate Justice Plans? appeared first...
Will the Afghan Peace Agreement be a Face-Saving Fig Leaf?
By: Gregory Wilpert
Afghanistan is making progress for a peace agreement, but such an agreement will not necessarily mean an end to war or even assure the Afghan government’s survival, says Matthew Hoh The post Will the Afghan Peace Agreement be a Face-Saving Fig Leaf? appeared first on The Real News Network....
Trump Bans Asylum Seekers at the Border in Violation of National and International Law
By: Marc Steiner
Litigator Angelo Guisado says Trump’s tactics are proto-fascist, and stopping asylum seekers in transit through other countries violates standing U.S. law and international treaties The post Trump Bans Asylum Seekers at the Border in Violation of National and International Law appeared first on The Real News Network....
Images from 1969 after Hurricane Camille ravaged the Mississippi Coast
The morning after Hurricane Camille ravaged the Mississippi Coast, Daniel White grabbed his camera and started shooting. He said he knew he had to document the devastation he saw. These are photos from the days after Camille changed the Coast forever … Click to Continue »
Kamala Harris Goes After the Black Vote With a Homeownership Plan
By: Jacqueline Luqman
Will Kamala Harris’ home ownership proposal address the persistent issue of the racial homeownership and wealth gap, or will her plan create more problems for the very people she aims to help? The post Kamala Harris Goes After the Black Vote With a Homeownership Plan appeared first on The Real...
Italy Prepares to Round Up Sinti and Roma
By: Shir Hever
Evoking memories of the Holocaust, when so-called “Gypsies” were targeted, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini uses his authority to call for demolition of settlements of Sinti and Roma minorities in Italy, and rounding up those who do not carry Italian identification papers for mass deportation The post Italy Prepares to...
Only 24 people have flown to the moon. One grew up in Biloxi.
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Only 24 people have flown to the moon. One of them grew up in Biloxi. This weekend is the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin … Click to Continue »
From the Delta to Ocean Springs, this new pizza place is ‘unapologetically’ Mississippi
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Finally, a pizza place that isn’t trying to be from somewhere else. The Lost Pizza Co. is unapologetically from Mississippi and all the good things the restaurant cooks are influenced … Click to Continue »
3 Coast fast-food restaurants, Chinese buffet cited for health violations
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Three South Mississippi fast-food restaurants and a Chinese buffet were cited for health violations over the past two weeks. New Panda Palace Buffet at 3290 Promenade Parkway, D’Iberville, was inspected … Click to Continue »
‘There’s going to be people dying.’ Can Gulf Coast Mental Health overcome financial ruin?
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The Gulf Coast Mental Health Center has sunk into a financial crisis because of billing problems, threatening the mental health and safety of thousands of clients and their families, mental … Click to Continue »
‘Very disappionted.’ Gulfport police chief shocked by financial crisis at Gulf Coast Mental Health
Gulfport Police Chief Leonard Papania said he was shocked to learn about the financial crisis that almost led to Gulf Coast Mental Health shutting down until the state decided to step in. … Click to Continue »
Mandela Would have Turned 101 – What Has Become of his Legacy?
By: Marc Steiner
South African scholar and activist Rasigan Maharajh describes South Africa as a microcosm of capitalism’s world crisis in a conversation that takes us from corruption to hope. We also discuss anti-apartheid activist and singer Johnny Clegg, who died on July 16th The post Mandela Would have Turned 101 – What...
Billion dollar LNG plant at Pascagoula wins federal approval
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Two liquefied national gas plants south of Pascagoula were approved Tuesday by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to reports by the Houston Chronicle and other media. The Chronicle … Click to Continue »
Former Alabama youth pastor sentenced for child sex abuse
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A former Alabama youth pastor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing a young girl. The Tuscaloosa News reports 37-year-old Christopher Cody Stutts pleaded guilty Tuesday … Click to Continue »
