Today on Sojourner Truth:
Republicans in the House of Representatives successfully blocked a bipartisan resolution that would have ended U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen. Tens of thousands have been killed and up to a million people are under threat of starvation. 113,000 children have already died from hunger. The cholera epidemic in Yemen, which is spreading as a result of the Saudi blockade, is already the worst in modern history with close to a million people affected. Meanwhile, Donald Trump touts his mega weapons deal with the Saudis while turning a blind eye to Saudi atrocities. Our guest is Robert Naiman, policy director at Just Foreign Policy.
CNN has filed a lawsuit against Trump's White House. Concerns are growing about freedom of the press in the United States. Trump has consistently gone after members of the press who are critical of his policies and who call out the outright lies and misinformation he feeds his supporters. The implications are far-reaching especially considering the growing divide in the U.S. Our guest is Jeff Cohen, a journalist, media critic, retired journalism professor and the founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), a U.S. media watchdog group.
For our weekly Earth Watch, the fight over palm oil. We speak with Jeff Conant, who directs the international forests program for Friends of the Earth U.S.
