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
News Politics & Elections Top Michigan GOP Governor Hopefuls Could Be Disqualified Over Forged Signatures Two top Republican gubernatorial candidates each submitted about 10,000 invalid signatures, the bureau found. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout May 24, 2022
News LGBTQ Rights GOP’s “Women’s Bill of Rights” Riddled With Attacks on Trans People Far from recognizing women's rights, one Harvard Law expert described the measure as being "solely about transphobia." by Chris Walker, Truthout May 24, 2022
Op-Ed Environment & Health Electric Cars and Lithium Extraction Threaten to Drive Even More Climate Harm Colonial policies of resource extraction are wreaking environmental havoc in poor countries that pollute the least. by Adriana Daroqui, Truthout May 23, 2022
Op-Ed Prisons & Policing The Drug War Drives Exploitation. We Need Drug Regulation, Not Criminalization. Legal regulation is a better path forward than either drug-related mass criminalization or a commercial free-for-all. by Kassandra Frederique, Truthout May 23, 2022
Op-Ed Politics & Elections Trumpist Perdue Seems Poised to Lose Georgia to Brian Kemp We must always condemn Trumpists -- and their GOP opponents, too. Perdue and Kemp are key examples in these primaries. by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout May 23, 2022
Lockheed Martin Gave Over $250k to Politicians as They Discussed Ukraine Bills The 147 donations came as Congress was debating a package for roughly $40 billion of aid to Ukraine. 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
Bush Accidentally Condemns “Brutal Invasion of Iraq” When Talking About Ukraine by Chris Walker, Truthout May 19, 2022
Giuliani Refused to Discuss GOP Lawmakers’ Roles in Scheme to Overturn Election The former personal lawyer to Donald Trump also continued to peddle false and disproven election fraud claims. by Chris Walker, Truthout May 24, 2022
The Secret Service Has Spent $2 Million at Trump Properties, CREW Says by Chris Walker, Truthout May 23, 2022
Ginni Thomas Told Arizona Republican Lawmakers to Overturn 2020 Election Outcome by Chris Walker, Truthout May 23, 2022
Climate-Conscious Voters Have Toppled Australia’s Right-Wing Prime Minister by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! May 23, 2022
Greenhouse Gases Trapped Almost 50 Percent More Heat Last Year Than in 1990 NOAA announced that "the primary gases responsible for climate change continue rising rapidly." by Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams May 24, 2022
The Greatest Trick COVID Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World It Didn’t Exist by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout May 21, 2022
Baby Formula Maker Chose Shareholders Over Safety Amid Deadly Bacterial Outbreak by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams May 20, 2022
Progressives Say Abbott’s “Near Monopoly” Laid Groundwork for Baby Food Shortage by Sharon Zhang, Truthout May 18, 2022
Pregnant People May Be Under Intensified Tech Surveillance in Post-“Roe” US A new report forecasts a possible future where "antiquated abortion laws are enforced with cutting-edge technology." 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
Rep. Lucy McBath Warns Anti-Abortion Laws May Treat Miscarriage as Manslaughter by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! May 20, 2022
Oklahoma GOP Passes Anti-Abortion Bill That Bans Procedure at Fertilization by Chris Walker, Truthout May 20, 2022