News Economy & Labor Biden Could Hire Jobless Oil and Gas Workers to Plug Abandoned Oil Wells Tens of thousands of oil and gas workers are losing their jobs. The Biden administration could hire them tomorrow. by Leanna First-Arai, Truthout Feb 25, 2021
News Prisons & Policing New Massachusetts Rules Would Eliminate Handwritten Letters in Prison The rules would increase surveillance of incarcerated people while also making written communications inaccessible. by Ella Fassler, Truthout Feb 25, 2021
Op-Ed Environment & Health No, Biden’s Climate Plans Don’t Cut It Beneath the aspirational language of Biden’s climate plans is a continued reliance on climate-destroying fossil fuels. by Wenonah Hauter, Truthout Feb 25, 2021
News Politics & Elections Republicans Unite Against Stimulus Bill That Has 76 Percent Voter Support A recent poll shows wide bipartisan support for Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill with $1,400 checks and $15 wage. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Feb 25, 2021
News LGBTQ Rights Marjorie Taylor Greene Targets Dem Lawmaker’s Trans Daughter With Cruel Sign Greene is pushing back against the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination based on gender. by Chris Walker, Truthout Feb 25, 2021
News Prisons & Policing 10 Largest US Cities Will Spend More on Police Than Public Health This Year The combined policing budgets of these cities is 3.6 times greater than their public health department budgets. by Ella Fassler, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
Over 100 Countries Push to Loosen Rules on Vaccine Patents as US Blocks the Way Intellectual property rules give pharmaceutical companies monopolistic control over vaccines they develop. by Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now! Feb 25, 2021
COVID Vaccine Websites Violate Disability Laws, Create Inequity for Blind People by Lauren Weber & Hannah Recht, Kaiser Health News Feb 25, 2021
Texas Power Grid Deregulation Cost Texans $28 Billion Over Two Decades by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
FDA May Approve Johnson & Johnson Vaccine for US Use as Early as Saturday by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
Feds Convene Grand Jury to Probe Past Violent Conduct of George Floyd’s Killer A lawyer for George Floyd's family said it was "gratifying" to see the DOJ under Biden moving forward on the case. by Chris Walker, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
“What Are We Going to Do About It?” Mariame Kaba Talks Abolition in Action by Jindu Obiofuma & James Kilgore, Truthout Feb 23, 2021
Unprepared for COVID, Texas Women’s Prison Was Equally Unprepared for Uri by Victoria Law, Truthout Feb 20, 2021
Nearly 30 Police Officers Face Investigations for Actions During Capitol Attack by Chris Walker, Truthout Feb 19, 2021
Two-Thirds of GOP Voters Still Buy Into False Claims of Election Fraud Only around half of Republican voters nationwide believe that their votes were actually counted in last fall's election. by Chris Walker, Truthout Feb 25, 2021
Republicans Think Commission to Investigate January 6 Needs More Republicans by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Feb 25, 2021
Dems Introduce Bill to Eliminate Pensions for Presidents With Felony Convictions by Chris Walker, Truthout Feb 25, 2021
Iowa Bills Would Ban Teachers From Talking About Trans Issues The bills could be challenged by the Biden administration, following an executive order the president issued last month. by Chris Walker, Truthout Feb 11, 2021
Biden Reversed Trans Military Ban, But States’ Attacks on Trans Rights Continue by Amy Goodman & Juan González, Democracy Now! Jan 26, 2021
Biden Executive Order Ends Transgender Military Ban Established by Trump by Chris Walker, Truthout Jan 25, 2021
The Year of COVID, Elections and Police Brutality Also Saw LGBTQ Activism by Toshio Meronek, Truthout Dec 31, 2020