News | Environment & Health From Florida to Australia, Global Coral Bleaching Could Soon Be Worst on Record Coral reefs are a reliable gauge of climate disruption, and 90 percent of global warming is occurring in the oceans. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout April 16, 2024 Truthout Read Story
News | Prisons & Policing Prison Notorious for Rape Is Slated for Closure But Not Releasing Survivors The Bureau of Prisons initially planned to empty FCI Dublin by April 19. Those inside fear being sent far from family. By Victoria Law , Truthout April 16, 2024 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing SCOTUS Declines to Review First Amendment Mass Protest Rights Case “[P]eople don’t need to be afraid to show up. The Constitution still protects our right to protest,” McKesson said. By Zane McNeill , Truthout April 16, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections FL Senate’s Tampa Bay Maps Are Racial Gerrymander, Residents Allege in Lawsuit The lawsuit claims Black voters were "packed" into one district, diluting their ability to influence outcomes elsewhere. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 16, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Millionaires’ Effective Tax Rate Has Been Cut by Half Since Mid-20th Century Between 1945 and 1980, households with a $1 million income or more paid effective tax rates as high as 60 percent. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 16, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Tennessee GOP-Sponsored Bill Requires Schools to Out Trans Students to Parents Experts say such laws threaten the mental and physical well-being of transgender children. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 16, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Report: GOP State AGs Abused Authority to Get Trans Patients’ Health Records Committee Chair Ron Wyden chided Vanderbilt University Medical Center for its "utter betrayal" of transgender patients. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 17, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Nobody “Earns” a Billion Dollars. We Need a Wealth Tax. Economist James K. Boyce analyzes new data on US disparities and frames environmental degradation as a class issue. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout April 17, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Business Booms for Lockheed Martin as Risk of Regional War Grows Following Iran’s strike, bankers are upgrading their stock in the company that’s played a role in Israel’s war on Gaza. By Nick Cleveland-Stout , ResponsibleStatecraft April 17, 2024 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights The Right to an Abortion Might Be on the 2024 Ballot in Montana Montana is among 13 states currently working to have constitutional amendments related to abortion on the 2024 ballot. By Zane McNeill , Truthout April 17, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Report: GOP State AGs Abused Authority to Get Trans Patients’ Health Records Committee Chair Ron Wyden chided Vanderbilt University Medical Center for its "utter betrayal" of transgender patients. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 17, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Tennessee GOP-Sponsored Bill Requires Schools to Out Trans Students to Parents Experts say such laws threaten the mental and physical well-being of transgender children. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 16, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights TN Senate Passes Bill Criminalizing People Who Help Trans Youth Access Care “This is an absolutely horrifying development in Tennessee,” LGBTQ legislative researcher Allison Chapman told Truthout. By Zane McNeill , Truthout April 12, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Federal Judge Rules FL Teacher No Longer Has to Be Referred to by Wrong Pronouns The case will likely be cited in other attempts to bar trans students and teachers from using their pronouns in schools. By Erin Reed , ErinInTheMorning April 11, 2024 Truthout