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The Catholic Church Is Responding to Indigenous Protest With Exorcisms

At least two archbishops viewed legitimate Native demands for land back as an “evil” best dealt with through exorcism.

by: Charles Sepulveda,; Truthout

People wait in line at a TSA security checkpoint at Orlando International Airport on Thanksgiving eve, November 25, 2020, in Orlando, Florida.

News Education & Youth

Hundreds of Thousands of Students Traveled Home This Week Amid COVID Spike

Masking, social distancing and single-household celebrations are key to stopping new outbreaks.

by: Leanna First-Arai,; Truthout

President Trump departs after speaking on the stock market following an unscheduled appearance in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on November 24, 2020.

Interview Politics & Elections

Noam Chomsky: Trump Has Revealed the Extreme Fragility of American Democracy

Trump’s failed coup may look weak, but his refusal to concede could fuel a vile strategy to come roaring back in 2024.

by: C.J. Polychroniou,; Truthout

Protesters stand near an intersection on July 15, 2020, not far from the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex, where death row inmate Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.

News Prisons & Policing

Trump Is on a Death Row Killing Spree and Wants to Make Firing Squads Possible

President Trump is poised to set a grim record for overseeing the most executions during a presidential transition.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

A photo collage of Georgia, set among photos of voter organizing and rallies

Interview Politics & Elections

Georgia Organizers and the GOP Square Off in a Fight for the Future

“There is a real massive effort that's scaling up," says movement journalist Anoa Changa.

by: Kelly Hayes,; Truthout

A PCA rolls a patient out of a temporary tent set up at UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Massachussetts, on November 11, 2020.

Op-Ed Environment & Health

Nurse: “We Are Screaming at the Top of Our Lungs and So Few Are Listening”

Medical workers are scared. COVID is spreading. We need public mourning and acts of solidarity.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

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Politics & Elections

A woman waves a tiny us flag during a protest against nonexistent election theft

Republicans Have Held On to Enough Power to Influence Future Elections

The results of state legislative elections put Republicans in place to be the long-term winners of the election of 2020.

by: Robin E. Best &; Steve Lem,; The Conversation

A return board member files a ballot after it was double checked at the Allegheny County Elections Warehouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 6, 2020.

Pennsylvania Judge Grants GOP Request to Halt Certification of Election Results

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout

President Trump speaks in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 24, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Trump Tweets Bogus Poll Backing His Refusal to Concede

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on September 24, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Mnuchin Violates CARES Act With Plan to Move $455 Billion in Unspent COVID Funds

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Prisons & Policing

Protesters attend a demonstration demanding justice for the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dozens of Racial Justice Protesters Held by Feds for Months Pretrial

Several who took part in the uprisings after George Floyd’s murder have faced prolonged incarceration amid the pandemic.

by: Aaron Miguel Cantú,; Reveal

A masked person stands in front of a van covered in a sign reading "DETENTION IS DEADLY"

Hunger Strikers Caged in the Second Wave Are “Just Trying to Survive the Winter”

by: Kelly Hayes,; Truthout

An illustration of lames burning behind a prison watchtower. A covid motif is in the background.

Report Finds Over 100 Rebellions in Jails and Prisons Over COVID Conditions

by: Ella Fassler,; Truthout

two women smile in a photo

California Law Is Step Forward But Fails to Guarantee Safety for Trans Prisoners

by: Victoria Law,; Truthout

Economy & Labor

Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib look on during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2019.

AOC, Omar and Tlaib Back Effort to Keep Deficit Hawks Out of Biden Admin

The pressure campaign demands that austerity proponent Bruce Reed be kept out of the White House.

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

President Trump delivers remarks on the stock market during an unscheduled appearance in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 24, 2020.

In Bizarre 1-Minute Press Briefing, Trump Takes Credit for Stock Market Gains

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout

Janet Yellen, Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Trump Is Trying to Set Yellen and Biden Up to Fail as He Sabotages the Economy

by: Alexis Goldstein,; Truthout

Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrives for a news conference on September 8, 2020, in New York City.

Don’t Let Cuomo’s “Pay Cut” Stunt Deflect Attention From His Austerity Policies

by: James Dennis Hoff,; Left Voice

Environment & Health

Clouds float over the White House on November 17, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Trump Rushes to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections Before January 20

The Trump administration is racing to approve dozens of eleventh-hour policy changes.

by: Isaac Arnsdorf,; ProPublica

An ambulance drives through Borough Park on September 28, 2020, in New York City.

SCOTUS Rules Against New York State’s COVID Limits on Large Religious Gatherings

by: Julia Conley,; Common Dreams

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 19, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Fauci Says He’d “Absolutely” Join a Biden COVID Task Force

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout

Travelers walk through Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, on November 24, 2020.

4 in 10 Americans Plan to Defy CDC Guidelines on Thanksgiving

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout