Op-Ed Politics & Elections Manchin’s Objection to Infrastructure Bill May Be Motivated by Corporate Donors This is about more than getting along with Republicans. by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Apr 12, 2021
Op-Ed Economy & Labor Biden’s Domestic Spending Plan Is Welcome, But More Military Spending Isn’t With most Democrats in favor of reducing military spending, there’s a chance to shift the focus of federal expenditures. by Sasha Abramsky, Truthout Apr 12, 2021
Op-Ed Environment & Health Why I Cut Ties With Insurance Giant Liberty Mutual I want protection not just for my car but for life on Earth, and Liberty is one of the biggest insurers of fossil fuels. by Sarah van Gelder, Truthout Apr 12, 2021
News Prisons & Policing Residents of Minneapolis Suburb Rise Up Against Police Killing of Daunte Wright Police reportedly pulled Wright over for having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror. by Chris Walker, Truthout Apr 12, 2021
Op-Ed Economy & Labor Pentagon and Tax Cheats Already Cost Taxpayers Far More Than Biden’s Job Plan A $2.3 trillion jobs plan only seems remarkable because the federal government has grown stingy toward real investment. by Lindsay Koshgarian, Truthout Apr 11, 2021
News Economy & Labor New Zealand Law Granting Paid Leave for Miscarriage Sparks Organizing in US The win in New Zealand has fueled U.S. efforts to extend paid medical and family leave protections to all 50 states. by Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout Apr 10, 2021
Economic Pressure on GA Grows as Will Smith Pulls Film Production Out of State Smith's is the first film or TV production to join the economic boycott of Georgia over its restrictive voting measures. by Chris Walker, Truthout Apr 12, 2021
Racial Justice Activist Charles Booker Launches Exploration to Unseat Rand Paul by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Apr 12, 2021
Biden Fulfills Campaign Pledge to Create Commission on Supreme Court Reforms by Chris Walker, Truthout Apr 12, 2021
Sanders Calls on Democrats to Pursue Big Legislative Agenda Without Republicans by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Apr 11, 2021
Union Seeks New Election After Alabama Warehouse Organizing Drive Fails The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union that led the drive says Amazon illegally interfered in the vote. by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Apr 12, 2021
Domestic Workers Need Federal Protections — Even More So Amid a Pandemic by Socorro Diaz, OtherWords Apr 11, 2021
Striking Alabama Miners Push Back on Contract Settlement by Madeleine Freeman, Left Voice Apr 09, 2021
Rainforests Could Turn Into Savannas as Climate Warms, New Study Warns Heat stress is disrupting a critical component of photosynthesis in trees found in the Amazon and Cerrado belt. by Malavika Vyawahare, Mongabay Apr 12, 2021
Only 0.2 Percent of COVID Vaccines Have Gone to Poor Countries by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Apr 12, 2021
More Than 3,600 US Health Care Workers Have Died in the Pandemic’s First Year by Jane Spencer & Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Apr 11, 2021
Wolves Remain at Risk as Hunters and Their State-Level Allies Call the Shots by Kevin Bixby, Truthout Apr 10, 2021
More Than Two-Thirds of Students Want Police Out of Schools A new survey finds that 41 percent of students feel “unsafe” when they see police at school. by Mike Ludwig, Truthout Apr 09, 2021
Intelligence Report on “Extremism” Equates Anarchists With Right-Wing Militias by Kristian Williams, Truthout Apr 07, 2021
To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up by James Kilgore, Truthout Apr 06, 2021
Calling Chauvin a “Bad Apple” Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout Apr 03, 2021