Op-Ed Education & Youth Thanks to Republicans and Manchin, We May Get Only “Prayers” as Children Die There have been more than 550 school shootings in the U.S. since Columbine. There are more guns than people in the U.S. by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout May 25, 2022
Interview Racial Justice Two Years After Police Murder of George Floyd, Activists Fight an Uphill Battle Activists continue to push for progressive priorities like defunding police despite acute right-wing backlash. by Nicholas Powers, Truthout May 25, 2022
News War & Peace Fiery Stalemate Threatens to Destroy East Ukraine as US Weapons Pour In The war of attrition threatens to drag on for months or years amid debate over a massive influx of U.S. weapons. by Mike Ludwig, Truthout May 25, 2022
News Politics & Elections AOC Rebukes Democrats for Support of Pro-NRA, Anti-Abortion Henry Cuellar “Congress should not be an incumbent protection racket,” she said. “[T]hose who fail their communities deserve to lose.” by Sharon Zhang, Truthout May 25, 2022
News Politics & Elections NBA Coach Steve Kerr Slams McConnell and GOP Over Inaction on Shootings Nineteen children and two adults were killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. by Chris Walker, Truthout May 25, 2022
Interview Environment & Health Biden Is Breaking His Climate Promises. What Are the Consequences? Biden is lifting the ban on using federal lands for oil and gas leasing, even as greenhouse gases hit record levels. by C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout May 24, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez AOC Tells Boebert to “Just Quit” After Tweet Rejecting Solutions to Gun Violence
Child Hunger Has Skyrocketed Since Manchin, GOP Killed Expanded Child Tax Credit The first month that eligible families stopped receiving monthly payments, 3.7 million kids were thrown into poverty. by Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams May 22, 2022
Omar Leads Call for Probe of Baby Formula Industry Amid National Shortage by Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams May 21, 2022
Abbott May Seek to Undo Decision That Grants Public Education to Immigrants by Corey Mitchell, Center for Public Integrity May 21, 2022
Biden Vows US Would Defend Taiwan, Contradicting Longstanding US Policy Official U.S.-China policy on Taiwan, which prioritizes peaceful unification, has been subtly weakened by both sides. by Amy Goodman & Juan González, Democracy Now! May 24, 2022
Lockheed Martin Gave Over $250k to Politicians as They Discussed Ukraine Bills by Sharon Zhang, Truthout May 23, 2022
Advocates Urge Civilian Protections as Biden Sends Troops Back to Somalia by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams May 22, 2022
Talks to End War in Ukraine Are Collapsing as US Seeks Regime Change in Moscow by Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now! May 19, 2022
New Laws Make It Hard for Some Educators to Discuss Buffalo Shooting in Class In some states, laws now limit how teachers can discuss race, "divisive concepts" or current events. by Nadra Nittle, The 19th May 23, 2022
Whistleblower Warns Development Threatens Louisiana’s Sacred Black History Sites by Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica May 22, 2022
Anti-Terrorism Bill Targeting White Supremacists Puts House GOP on the Defensive by Mike Ludwig, Truthout May 20, 2022
“Innocent” White People Are Also Complicit in the Anti-Black Murders in Buffalo by George Yancy, Truthout May 17, 2022
Right-Wing Lawmakers Are Eyeing Restrictions on Contraception Like IUDs Influential anti-abortion groups have indicated they would back legislation banning these birth control methods. by Shefali Luthra, The 19th May 25, 2022
Senators Urge FTC to Protect Abortion Clinic Patients’ Data From Being Sold by Sharon Zhang, Truthout May 24, 2022
Pregnant People May Be Under Intensified Tech Surveillance in Post-“Roe” US by Kathryn Joyce, Salon May 24, 2022
Texas GOP Sets Sights on Banning Companies From Helping Workers Get Abortions by Sharon Zhang, Truthout May 23, 2022