News Economy & Labor Subminimum Wages Were Always Deplorable. Inflation Is Making Them Worse. Activists are pushing to end policies that allow employers to pay some workers less than the $7.25 federal minimum wage. by Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout Aug 08, 2022
News Analysis Environment & Health COVID Hasn’t Been Defeated, But Effective Public Health Measures Have Been The demands of the market have been treated as more sacrosanct than the obligation to control and prevent a pandemic. by Rob Wallace, Truthout Aug 08, 2022
News Politics & Elections Nearly All Senators Vote Against Sanders’s Amendments to Inflation Reduction Act Sanders was the lone "yes" vote on amendments to remove carbon capture incentives and create a Civilian Climate Corps. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Aug 08, 2022
News Analysis Environment & Health Climate Reality Is Hitting Us Like a Breakaway Glacier We have moved past the stage of observing the effects of climate change and are living amid its consequences. by JP Sottile, Truthout Aug 07, 2022
News Analysis Reproductive Rights Sterilization Laws Are Still on the Books — and Pose New Dangers Post-“Roe” The legacy of eugenics threatens to break forth with the aid of an unchecked and compromised Supreme Court. by Joaquín M. Lara Midkiff, Truthout Aug 07, 2022
News Analysis Education & Youth 75% of New Jobs Require a Degree While Only 40% of Potential Applicants Have One It’s time for a broader conversation about the purposes of higher education and how to make it accessible to all. by David Trend, Truthout Aug 07, 2022
Confusion Over COVID Vaccine Safety Led to Many Avoidable Stillbirths A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy. by Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica Aug 07, 2022
98 Million Skipped Treatment or Cut Back on Spending to Pay for Care This Year by Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Aug 07, 2022
California and Maine Are Implementing Universal Meal Programs for All Children by Lily Levine, Prism Aug 06, 2022
Exxon Laid Out Plans to Spend $30 Billion in Stock Buybacks as Gas Prices Soared by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Aug 03, 2022
Hundreds of California Farmworkers Are Marching for Union Voting Rights The marchers are demanding better legal protections against voter suppression by employers in union elections. by Sara Herschander, Waging Nonviolence Aug 06, 2022
Bowman Unveils Bill to Allow Biden to Identify Profiteering and Regulate Prices by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Aug 05, 2022
We Can’t Avoid Climate Breakdown Without Reducing Growth, Leading Economist Says by C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout Aug 02, 2022
GOP Introduces Bill That Makes It Easier to Fire Workers at Federal Agencies by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Jul 30, 2022
The Best Parts of the Inflation Reduction Act Came Out of Progressive Advocacy The IRA is a step, but it's insufficient -- so let's push to ensure it's only the beginning. by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Aug 08, 2022
Pharma Complains of “Tragic Loss” as Dems Take Modest Action to Curb Drug Prices by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Aug 08, 2022
Michigan Probe Links Trump-Backed Attorney General Candidate to Voting Breach by Igor Derysh, Salon Aug 08, 2022
Candidates Running for Senate in 2022 Midterms Have Raised Nearly $1 Billion by Srijita Datta, OpenSecrets Aug 06, 2022
Indiana Becomes First State to Pass Extreme Abortion Ban After Roe’s Fall Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed the extreme abortion restrictions into law late Friday night. by Common Dreams Staff, Common Dreams Aug 06, 2022
DeSantis Suspends Prosecutor Who Said He Wouldn’t Enforce State Abortion Law by Chris Walker, Truthout Aug 05, 2022
Defeat of Anti-Abortion Amendment in Kansas Shows Voters Favor Bodily Autonomy by Emily Janakiram, Truthout Aug 04, 2022
Biden Signs Executive Order Directing Medicaid to Pay Abortion Travel Expenses by Chris Walker, Truthout Aug 04, 2022