Oakland teachers prepare wildcat walkout Friday amid disruptive LA strike SFGate
Trump’s Shutdown Is a Savage Assault on the Working Class Vice
Trump tried to illegally withhold disaster relief money from Puerto Rico Vox
Thousands More Migrant Children Likely Taken From Families Than First Reported NYTimes
U.S. postal workers protest in solidarity with Canada Post staff Canoe.com
LGBTQ2S
Stonewall Vet Miss Major Says Police Should Be Banned From Pride
Chili’s Allegedly Told This Lesbian to Dress ‘More Gender Appropriate’ Daily Beast
Citigroup Admits It Pays Women 29% Less Than Men Forbes
Indigenous Peoples
B.C. First Nations leaders lend their support to Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs at Smithers rally CBC
Open letter: Chiefs call out RCMP for misinformation and invasion Statement
Amendment to fund Indian Health Services through end of fiscal year blocked Tulsa 2
Capitalist crisis
T-Mobile announced a merger needing Trump administration approval. The next day, 9 executives had reservations at Trump’s hotel. Washington Post
‘A blizzard of prescriptions’: Documents reveal new details about Purdue’s marketing of OxyContin STAT
Corporate and Banking Interests Profit from Desecration of Black Maryland Graveyard BAR
Fight racism
A Mother Watched Her Son Die in Police Custody, Now She Says the Town is Covering it up YouTube
A look at other criminal cases where Cook County judges cleared Chicago cops Chicago SunTimes
Imperialism and global politics
UK army reservists put on standby as threat of no-deal Brexit looms RT
Brexit explained: What would a no-deal Brexit mean? Irish Times
China Offers Iran $3 Billion Oil-Field Deal as Europe Halts Iranian Crude Purchases WSJ
Trump announces huge expansion of US missile defense system Guardian
Climate Forecast: World Is “Sleepwalking into Catastrophe” Scientific American
This Airbnb Spying Nightmare Is a Reminder That Staying in Strangers’ Homes Is Still Creepy Gizmodo
Is a Planned Monument to Women’s Rights Racist? NYTimes
The Vice President’s Men Seymour Hersh on George H.W. Bush
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