News Environment & Health Activists Living in Shadow of Fossil Fuels Oppose Democrats’ Deal With Manchin The deal with Manchin would fast-track pipelines and export terminals facing grassroots opposition. by Mike Ludwig, Truthout Aug 10, 2022
Op-Ed Politics & Elections Don’t Ignore the Threat of Right-Wing Violence in Wake of Mar-a-Lago Search This remains a moment for peak vigilance. Far right groups -- encouraged by Trump -- are still alive and kicking. by William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Aug 10, 2022
Op-Ed Prisons & Policing There Are Good Reasons to Defund the FBI. They Have Nothing to Do With Trump. The FBI was created to prop up a system of rule based on white supremacy, inequality, injustice and state violence. by Alex S. Vitale, Truthout Aug 10, 2022
News Politics & Elections Schumer Pledges to Bring $35 Insulin Cap to Another Vote to Bring “Heat” to GOP Republicans are facing a deluge of criticism for blocking the potentially life-saving proposal. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Aug 09, 2022
News Politics & Elections Poll: A Majority of Americans Want to Abolish the Electoral College Support for switching to a popular vote model is the highest it’s been since 2000, a Pew Research poll found. by Chris Walker, Truthout Aug 10, 2022
Interview Economy & Labor Let’s Acknowledge Inflation Reduction Act’s Significance — and Its Inadequacy The modest climate gains expected from this bill are compromised by the gas pipeline side deal written in by Manchin. by C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout Aug 09, 2022
Report: Mar-a-Lago Search Prompted by Informer Who Told DOJ Trump Had Docs An informant reportedly knew where Trump was keeping classified documents that he improperly took from the White House. by Chris Walker, Truthout Aug 10, 2022
Trump Invokes Fifth Amendment in Deposition for New York Civil Investigation by Chris Walker, Truthout Aug 10, 2022
Mandela Barnes Wins Wisconsin Primary: “Let’s Send Ron Johnson Packing” by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Aug 10, 2022
Ilhan Omar Fends Off Primary Challenger Who Was Boosted by Right-Wing PAC Money by Jake Johnson, Truthout Aug 10, 2022
Seoul Sees “Two Months” of Rain in Half a Day, Killing at Least 8 The storm is further evidence that climate disaster is already here, scientists say. by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Aug 09, 2022
Mass Death of Sequoias Is the Harbinger of Earth Systems Collapse by Bruce Melton, Truthout Aug 09, 2022
GOP Votes Down Plan to Cap Insulin Prices at $35 in Win for Big Pharma by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Aug 08, 2022
COVID Hasn’t Been Defeated, But Effective Public Health Measures Have Been by Rob Wallace, Truthout Aug 08, 2022
Bishop Barber Calls on Clergy to Go to Russia to Urge Release of Brittney Griner The WNBA star was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for possessing two ounces of cannabis oil. by Amy Goodman & Juan González, Democracy Now! Aug 09, 2022
Black Panther and Former Political Prisoner Albert Woodfox Has Died of COVID by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Aug 05, 2022
17 States and DC Have Stopped Reporting Active COVID Cases Behind Bars by Victoria Law, Truthout Aug 05, 2022
Incarcerated Women in Illinois Win Court Battle Against Brutal “Tactical Team” by Brian Dolinar, Truthout Aug 01, 2022
Biden Will End “Remain in Mexico” Policy, But Immigrants Face Ongoing Trauma The impacts of the Trump-era policy reverberate, as do the effects of continuing deportations and detentions. by Amy Goodman & Juan González, Democracy Now! Aug 10, 2022
ICE Is Using Data From LexisNexis to Skirt Sanctuary Laws and Deport Immigrants by Cinthya Rodriguez, Truthout Jul 26, 2022