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Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaks as President Joe Biden listens during an event on the American Rescue Plan in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 12, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

Op-Ed Economy & Labor

Pelosi Is Wrong – Biden Has the Power to Cancel Student Debt, and He Should

Debt cancellation would be one of the largest bottom-up economic stimulants in U.S. history.

by: Braxton Brewington,; Truthout

Op-Ed Culture & Media

Glen Ford’s Journalism Fought for Black Liberation and Against Imperialism

Glen Ford will be missed by all who knew him, and journalists of his ilk are small in number and irreplaceable.

by: Margaret Kimberley,; Truthout

Oil is extracted from oil wells in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, on May 4, 2018.

News Environment & Health

EPA Approval of PFAS for Fracking May Spell a New Health Crisis for Communities

The presence of "forever chemicals" (PFAS) in fracking fluids is an indictment of the industry and regulators alike.

by: Leanna First-Arai,; Truthout

A treatment tent is seen outside the emergency department at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne., Florida, on July 29, 2021.

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

Both the Delta Variant and Thin-Willed Democrats Are Lethal to Our Society

Is it physically possible to scream so loud that you shatter your own teeth?

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

A pharmacy advertises the COVID-19 vaccine in a neighborhood near Brighton Beach on July 22, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

News Environment & Health

Biden Promotes $100 Incentives to Encourage Unvaccinated to Get Their Shots

Presently, 97 percent of all people hospitalized for coronavirus in the U.S. are unvaccinated.

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout

Senators Rob Portman and Kyrsten Sinema answer questions from members of the press during a news conference after a procedural vote for the bipartisan infrastructure framework at Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

News Environment & Health

Exxon-Influenced Senators Carved Climate Out of Infrastructure Almost Entirely

The latest infrastructure negotiations cut about $29 billion from the previous draft, taking most from climate funding.

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

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Environment & Health

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More Than 46,000 US Children Have Lost at Least One Parent to COVID

Single parents and guardians have struggled to access basic services for bereaved kids amid the pandemic.

by: JoNel Aleccia,; Kaiser Health News

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference about the opening of a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Hard Rock Stadium on January 6, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Florida.

FL Counties Impose Mask Mandates Despite Threat From DeSantis to Invalidate Them

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout

As Delta Variant Spreads, the Unvaccinated Can't Be Trusted With "Honor System"

As Delta Variant Spreads, the “Honor System” for Masking Hasn’t Worked

by: Amy Goodman &; Nermeen Shaikh,; Democracy Now!

Activists from the climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion take part in a protest march in St. Ives, Cornwall, on June 11, 2021, on the first day of the three-day G7 summit being held from June 11-13.

Chomsky: We Need Genuine International Cooperation to Tackle the Climate Crisis

by: C.J. Polychroniou,; Truthout

Immigration

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A migrant mother and son board a patrol bus to be taken to a border patrol processing facility after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. on June 21, 2021, in La Joya, Texas.

Biden Furthers Trump Immigration Policy With Expedited Deportations of Families

Asylum cases can now be decided by the whims of Border Patrol agents acting as both prosecutor and judge.

by: Tatiana Cozzarelli,; Left Voice

Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to the media after a tour of part of the Rio Grande on a Texas Department of Public Safety boat on March 26, 2021, in Mission, Texas.

Education & Youth

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Teacher Casey Gallagher wears shock treatment transmitters during class at Judge Rotenberg Center in Canton, Massachussetts, in September, 2010.

Judges Rule in Favor of a School’s Use of Shock Therapy That UN Calls Torture

A private school is once again allowed to use shock therapy on students with developmental and emotional disabilities.

by: Corey Mitchell,; The Center for Public Integrity

Bob Moses, president of the Algebra Project poses at the University of Cambridge on July 25, 2021.

Bob Moses Embodied Collective Struggle for Black Freedom and Human Liberation

by: Barbara Ransby,; Truthout

People walk through the rotunda of the Texas State Capitol on the first day of the 87th Legislative Special Session on July 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas.

Texas Senate Passes Bill Removing MLK, Suffrage From Required Curriculum

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

Rep. Jamaal Bowman speaks at a "No Climate, No Deal" rally in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 2021.

Jamaal Bowman Unveils $1.4 Trillion Green New Deal for Public Schools

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

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Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks during a press conference at a memorial for Daunte Wright on April 20, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

Omar Unveils Guaranteed Income Bill to Send American Adults $1,200 a Month

The bill would send adults earning up to $75,000 a year $1,200 a month, which could help reduce poverty.

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

Dr. W. Dean Goldsby Sr. and other tenants of the Hamilton on the Bay apartment building protest eviction notices on June 8, 2021, in Miami, Florida.

Just Two Days Before It Expires, Biden Announces Eviction Moratorium Will End

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

Boston tenants, faith leaders, and small landlords rally and march, calling for a stronger, longer federal eviction ban as part of a National Day of Action to Prevent Evictions in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 13, 2021.

Report: Real Estate Groups Paid GOP Lawmakers Huge Sums to Reinstate Evictions

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

Richard Trumka, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, speaks during a press conference advocating for the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill on February 5, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Over 40 Progressive Orgs Unite to Pressure Congress to Pass Pro-Union PRO Act

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout