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January 24, 2020

Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses the crowd at the Dome March and Rally on January 20, 2020, in Columbia, South Carolina.

Op-Ed Environment & Health

Clinton Says Sanders Achieved “Nothing.” My Community Clinic Shows She’s Wrong.

Bernie Sanders’s push to expand community health centers has touched millions of lives, including mine.

by Mike Ludwig, Truthout

January 24, 2020

President Trump speaks during an event to unveil significant changes to the National Environmental Policy Act on January 9, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

News Environment & Health

Trump’s Latest Attack on the Environment May Be His Most Alarming Yet

Frontline communities whose air and water quality have suffered under already-lax policies will be most impacted.

by Sharon Zhang, Truthout

January 24, 2020

Protesters dropped flowers symbolizing the many lives lost to overdose at a protest on August 28, 2019, at Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s New York City office to call for evidence-based overdose prevention policies that could save the lives of thousands of New Yorkers.

Op-Ed Environment & Health

Overdose Deaths Among People Over 55 Increased 17-Fold Between 1999 and 2017

Drug overdoses among boomers are at record-breaking levels -- and they're still rising.

by Robyn McGee, Truthout

January 24, 2020

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Op-Ed Politics & Elections

First the Trial, Then the Evidence? Impeachment in Wonderland.

Trump’s impeachment trial shows that GOP senators are likely to continue being loyal foot soldiers for the president.

by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout

Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses the crowd at the Dome March and Rally on January 20, 2020, in Columbia, South Carolina. — Clinton Says Sanders Achieved “Nothing.” My Community Clinic Shows She’s Wrong.

President Trump speaks during an event to unveil significant changes to the National Environmental Policy Act on January 9, 2020, in Washington, D.C. — Trump’s Latest Attack on the Environment May Be His Most Alarming Yet

Protesters dropped flowers symbolizing the many lives lost to overdose at a protest on August 28, 2019, at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's New York City office to call for evidence-based overdose prevention policies that could save the lives of thousands of New Yorkers. — Overdose Deaths Among People Over 55 Increased 17-Fold Between 1999 and 2017

Mitch McConnell as caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, refusing witnesses and evidence — First the Trial, Then the Evidence? Impeachment in Wonderland.

Featured

Hillary Clinton speaks at an event at Riverbend Center on November 3, 2019, in Austin, Texas.

Is Hillary Clinton Running for President Again? Sure Seems Like It.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

A protester holds a sign affixed to a wire hanger that reads "NEVER AGAIN"

“Roe v. Wade” Is Being Chipped Away. Will We Lose It Altogether This Year?

by: Katie Klabusich,; Truthout

A roving phalanx of militia men, organized by the Light Foot Militia from Pennsylvania, march during a rally organized by The Virginia Citizens Defense League on Capitol Square near the state capitol building on January 20, 2020, in Richmond, Virginia.

Far Right Groups Are Rallying Virginia Counties to Form Militias

by: Spencer Sunshine,; Truthout

President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, November 6, 2019.

The Battle to Impeach Trump Is Part of a Global Struggle for Democracy

by: Henry A. Giroux,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

Trump Brags About Withholding Evidence as Democratic Impeachment Managers Lay Out Case in the Senate

Trump Brags About Withholding Evidence as Impeachment Trial Proceeds in Senate

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

President Trump looks back as a question from the press is shouted after a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2020.

Trump Signals He Will Seek to Cut Social Security and Medicare If Re-Elected

by: Jon Queally,; Common Dreams

Mitch McConnell as caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, refusing witnesses and evidence

First the Trial, Then the Evidence? Impeachment in Wonderland.

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Andrew Johnson Was a Racist President Facing Impeachment. Sound Familiar?

by: Amy Goodman &; Juan González,; Democracy Now!

Exclusives

We Want a World Without Police. These Organizers Are Charting the Way.

We Want a World Without Police. These Organizers Are Charting the Way.

A new anthology explores strategies and tactics for building safety through transformative justice.

by: Victoria Law,; Truthout

A Christian Nationalist Group Is Quietly Shaping Bills for State Legislatures

A Christian Nationalist Group Is Quietly Shaping Bills for State Legislatures

Seemingly disparate anti-LGBTQ, anti-choice bills can all be traced to a handbook produced by theocrats.

by: Amy Littlefield,; Truthout

Martin Luther King Jr. Warned That the Poor Pay for War With Their Lives

Martin Luther King Jr. Warned That the Poor Pay for War With Their Lives

King warned us that the real enemy is war itself.

by: Nicholas Powers,; Truthout

Environment & Health

Diane Wilson kayaking to the fence line of Formosa’s Point Comfort plant to check for nurdles newly discharged from the plant on January 15, 2020.

Despite Lawsuit, Activists Find Evidence Plant in Texas Still Polluting Water

by: Julie Dermansky,; DeSmogBlog

Meet the Lawyer Whose 20-Year Fight Against DuPont Inspired “Dark Waters”

Meet the Lawyer Whose 20-Year Fight Against DuPont Inspired “Dark Waters”

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

President Trump speaks during an event to unveil significant changes to the National Environmental Policy Act on January 9, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s Latest Attack on the Environment May Be His Most Alarming Yet

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

Protesters dropped flowers symbolizing the many lives lost to overdose at a protest on August 28, 2019, at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's New York City office to call for evidence-based overdose prevention policies that could save the lives of thousands of New Yorkers.

Overdose Deaths Among People Over 55 Increased 17-Fold Between 1999 and 2017

by: Robyn McGee,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

Strikers block the Louvre Museum entrance as a strike over planned pension reform continues in Paris, France, January 17, 2020.

Workers Shut Down the Louvre. The French Labor Strike Is Here to Stay.

by: Madeleine Freeman,; Left Voice

A line of people wraps around the Banco Popular in San Juan on September 25, 2017, nearly one week after Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico.

Following Earthquake, Puerto Rico’s Largest Bank Hinders a Just Recovery

by: Abner Dennis,; Eyes on the Ties

DoorDash has created a deceptive pay model in which workers appear to be making a decent wage on paper.

DoorDash Drivers Make an Average of $1.45 an Hour, Analysis Finds

by: Nicole Karlis,; Salon

Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, before signing the phase 1 of a trade deal between U.S. and China, in the East Room at the White House, on January 15, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Trump Wants to Funnel More Income Upward Through His China Trade Deal

by: Dean Baker,; Truthout

Immigration

A woman holds her baby while police stand behind her

The Trump Administration Just Opened a New Immigrant Prison in Rural Michigan

by: Brian Dolinar,; In These Times

Razor wire is seen on the Metropolitan Detention Center prison on July 14, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.

Hunger Striker Nearing Death in ICE Custody: “I Just Want Freedom”

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

At US Border, Inaccurate Mayan-Language Interpretation Can Lead to Deportation

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A father lays on the ground with his daughter alongside many other migrants

The Battle With Trump Over Refugee Resettlement Is Not Over Yet

by: Sasha Abramsky,; Truthout

Racial Justice

A baby cries in their mother's arms

Structural Racism in Medicine Worsens the Health of Black Women and Infants

by: Akilah Wise,; Rewire.News

The file on Coretta Scott King, who appears in this photo taken on May 1, 1968, a testament to the larger racist ugliness festering in the U.S., then as now.

In Anti-Communist Fervor, FBI Built a 500-Page File on Coretta Scott King

by: Aaron J. Leonard,; Truthout

An Achomawi basket-maker, photographed in California circa 1923.

California’s Indigenous History Is a Story of Genocide and Resistance

by: Chris Steele,; Truthout

Last-minute voters arrive to cast their vote during Missouri primary voting at Johnson-Wabash Elementary School on March 15, 2016, in Ferguson, Missouri.

Voter Suppression Exposes the Paradox of Black Citizenship in a Racist Society

by: William C. Anderson,; Truthout

LGBTQ Rights

Vice President Pence delivers remarks at a church service at Holy City Church of God in Christ.

White House Broadcasts Blatantly Homophobic Sermon Attended by Mike Pence

by: Igor Derysh,; Salon

A woman holds a sign reading "TRANS POWER" during an protest

Florida Won’t Cover Transgender Health Care. Two Trans Women Are Suing.

by: Casey Quinlan,; Rewire.News

President Trump is greeted by Pastor Robert Jeffress during the Celebrate Freedom Rally at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on July 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Trump Embraces Anti-LGBTQ Pastor Who Pushed “Conversion Therapy”

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

The trans community and supporters hold a rally on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots to call attention to the continuation of the struggle for LGBTQ liberation on June 28, 2019, in Washington Square Park in New York City.

LGBTQ Activists Took on ICE, the Corporatization of Pride, and More in 2019

by: Toshio Meronek,; Truthout

Prisons & Policing

A woman votes at a booth

Kentucky Bill Would Make It Harder for Formerly Incarcerated People to Vote

by: Kira Lerner,; The Appeal

Demonstrators from the Audre Lorde Project's "Safe Outside the System Collective" participate in a march against police brutality in October 2006.

We Want a World Without Police. These Organizers Are Charting the Way.

by: Victoria Law,; Truthout

General Atomics is conducting a test flight of its SkyGuardian drone over San Diego sometime this year.

Large Military-Grade Drones Could Soon Be Flying Over Your Backyard

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

Indiana's restricted movement units are just as inhumane and damaging as solitary confinement.

Even When You Change Its Name, Solitary Confinement Is Torture

by: Victoria Law,; Truthout

War & Peace

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts aerial refueling out of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, August 19, 2019.

The Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away With Murder in Contract After Contract

by: Mandy Smithberger,; TomDispatch

Demonstrators protest in Times Square against war with Iran on January 8, 2020, in New York City.

10 Ways Trump’s Aggression Against Iran Hurts Americans and the Region

by: Medea Benjamin &; Nicolas J.S. Davies,; Foreign Policy In Focus

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to a packed crowd at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 3, 1964.

Martin Luther King Jr. Warned That the Poor Pay for War With Their Lives

by: Nicholas Powers,; Truthout

U.S. paratroopers return after completing their jumps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, December 4, 2015.

Southern Peace Activists Help Soldiers Become Conscientious Objectors

by: Olivia Paschal,; Facing South

Series

Covering Climate Now

Truthout is proud to join with more than 200 other news outlets for Covering Climate Now, a project geared toward deepening media coverage of the climate crisis.

Voting Wrongs

Voting Wrongs

We expose the injustices that deny the vote to millions — and cover the fight for true enfranchisement.

Climate Disruption Dispatches

Climate Disruption Dispatches

Each month, we chronicle the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

How Then Shall We Live?

How Then Shall We Live?

Finding our way and peace of heart amidst global collapse.

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Marjorie Cohn analyzes human rights and executive branch lawbreaking.

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Progressive academics address important social issues.

Education & Youth

The Charles Koch Foundation had a say in some George Mason University faculty hires.

Why Some Public Universities Get to Keep Their Donors Secret

by: Alexa Capeloto,; The Conversation

School buses behind fence

Upcoming SCOTUS Ruling Could Starve Public Schools in Favor of Religious Ones

by: Alice Herman,; In These Times

A girl in a hijab works on an assignment in school

As Tensions With Iran Escalate, It Is Time to Challenge Empire in the Classroom

by: Shirin Vossoughi,; Roozbeh Shirazi &; Sepehr Vakil,; Truthout

A Sidney High School student walks through the halls in between classes in Sidney, Ohio, October 31, 2019.

School Closures Can Hit Rural Communities Hard

by: Mara Casey Tieken,; The Conversation

Culture & Media

Bolsonaro’s Brazil Says Glenn Greenwald’s Journalism Is a Cybercrime

by: Amy Goodman &; Juan González,; Democracy Now!

Stephen Hadley delivers remarks during a hearing

Washington Post Runs Pro-War Column Without Disclosing Author’s Raytheon Ties

by: Robert Galbraith,; Eyes on the Ties

People hold signs in french during a rally

2019 Wasn’t Just About Trump. It Will Be Remembered for Global Resistance.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

A U.S. soldier walks at Bagram Air Field, on November 28, 2019, in Afghanistan.

WaPo’s Afghan Papers Propagate Colonial Narrative of Noble Intentions Gone Awry

by: Joshua Cho,; FAIR