News Analysis Education & Youth The Frantic Push to Reopen Schools Ignores Educational Inequality Before COVID Rhetoric about children “falling behind” shows a desire to maintain a broken status quo, not a desire for true equity. by Kate Way, Truthout Mar 08, 2021
Op-Ed War & Peace I Took Part in the US-South Korean War Drills. They Make All of Us Less Safe. Real peace in Korea requires ending the U.S.-South Korea “war games.” by Jovanni Reyes, Truthout Mar 08, 2021
News Politics & Elections Biden Signs 2 Executive Orders on Gender Equality on International Women’s Day The order will establish a Gender Policy Council and require a review of Trump-era changes to Title IX protections. by Chris Walker, Truthout Mar 08, 2021
News Politics & Elections Bernie Sanders Says He Won’t Stop Fighting for $15 Wage Until It’s Passed Eight Democratic senators voted against the proposal last week, drawing ire from progressives. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Mar 08, 2021
News Analysis Economy & Labor Amazon Is Paying Consultants Nearly $10,000 a Day to Obstruct Union Drive As workers in Alabama organize, the company’s tactics underscore the need for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act. by John Logan, Truthout Mar 06, 2021
Interview Racial Justice Cornel West: The Whiteness of Harvard and Wall Street Is “Jim Crow, New Style” Students are decrying Harvard’s rejection of Cornel West’s bid for tenure as a blatant devaluation of Black scholarship. by George Yancy, Truthout Mar 05, 2021
Georgia Republicans Pass Sweeping Bill Restricting Voting Rights Republicans are pushing through bills that would restrict voting, especially for Black people, in the state. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Mar 08, 2021
Trump Tax Write-Offs at His Seven Springs Property Could Be His Legal Downfall by Chris Walker, Truthout Mar 08, 2021
Google Props Up Modi’s Corporate Takeover of Agriculture With Big Investments by Munira Lokhandwala, Eyes on the Ties Mar 08, 2021
After Mass Closures, Post-Pandemic Child Care Options Will Be Scarce Without massive changes in policy, it may be too late to save thousands of closed child care businesses. by Lillian Mongeau, The Hechinger Report Mar 01, 2021
Biden Won’t Allow Cancellation of Standardized Testing Amid COVID-19. Trump Did. by Maria Aurelio, Left Voice Feb 28, 2021
Teachers Are Being Pushed Back Inside Despite Slow Vaccine Rollout by Barbara Madeloni, Labor Notes Feb 19, 2021
Biden Has the Power to Cancel Student Loan Debt Now. What’s Stopping Him? by Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now! Feb 18, 2021
Senators Move to Repeal Some Presidential War Powers After Airstrikes in Syria The bipartisan resolution comes as the February 25 bombing in Syria faces criticism from lawmakers and legal scholars. by Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Mar 04, 2021
We Need an International Treaty to Ban Weaponized Drones by Kathy Kelly, CovertAction Magazine Mar 04, 2021
In the Middle of a Pandemic, We Shouldn’t Be Funding a New Cold War With China by Mandy Smithberger, TomDispatch Mar 02, 2021
If Biden Wants to Protect Troops, He Should Bring Them Home — Not Bomb Syria by Stephen Zunes, Truthout Mar 02, 2021
Jackson Residents Are Going on Week Four Without Water in Mississippi Since last month’s winter storm, Jackson’s 160,000 residents have been experiencing water outages and boil notices. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Mar 08, 2021
Climate-Driven Extreme Weather Is Imperiling Wildlife Conservation Efforts by Tara Lohan, The Revelator Mar 07, 2021
Millions of Unpaid Caregivers Are Currently Ineligible for COVID Vaccine by Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Mar 06, 2021
Press Sec Psaki: Trump Doesn’t Deserve Vaccine Credit After 500K COVID Deaths by Chris Walker, Truthout Mar 04, 2021