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
Interview Environment & Health Mutual Aid Means Survival in Texas as Winter Storm Collides With Housing Crisis A tenants' union in Dallas was fighting evictions to keep people in their homes. Then the deadly winter storm hit. by Mike Ludwig, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
News Politics & Elections Romney Says Trump Will Be GOP Nominee If He Runs in 2024 While Trump continues to have broad support from Republican voters, most Americans wish he'd leave politics altogether. by Chris Walker, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
News Environment & Health FDA May Approve Johnson & Johnson Vaccine for US Use as Early as Saturday FDA approval could come as early as Saturday and the company says it has 4 million doses ready to ship next week. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
News Analysis Human Rights We Could End Homelessness Right Now, If Only Capitalism Didn’t Get in the Way At the heart of today’s housing crisis is a capitalist economy built on shadowy finances and esoteric debt. by Matthew Byrne, Truthout Feb 23, 2021
Interview Prisons & Policing “What Are We Going to Do About It?” Mariame Kaba Talks Abolition in Action To create a world without prisons and policing, we must first push past the ceiling oppression puts on our imagination. by Jindu Obiofuma & James Kilgore, Truthout Feb 23, 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
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
In What Universe Is a $15 Wage “Too High”? Joe Manchin’s. The fight for a livable minimum wage has raged for 100 years. Why are Democrats like Manchin now standing in its way? by Barbara Koeppel, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
As US Mourns 500,000 Lives, Billionaires Gained $1.3 Trillion During Pandemic by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Feb 24, 2021
Texas Companies Are Forcing Employees to Use Vacation Time for Winter Storm by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Feb 23, 2021
Over 33 Percent of Low-Paid Workers Lost Jobs During Pandemic by Rajan Menon, TomDispatch Feb 23, 2021
Texas Power Grid Deregulation Cost Texans $28 Billion Over Two Decades Deregulation was supposed to provide cheaper energy options, but instead it’s caused residents to pay billions more. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
ERCOT CEO Paid $883K Salary While Texans Saddled With Crushing Electricity Bills by Tatiana Cozzarelli, Left Voice Feb 24, 2021
WHO Urges Rich Countries to Stop Undermining Efforts to Vaccinate Poorer Ones by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Feb 23, 2021
As Millions in Texas Lack Safe Water, Activists Rally for Green New Deal by Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams Feb 23, 2021
Cori Bush Grills Postmaster DeJoy About USPS’s Board of “Millionaire White Boys” The board is currently made up of six white men, but new picks by Joe Biden may change that soon. by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Feb 24, 2021
Calls Rise for Louis DeJoy’s Removal and for Major Postal Reforms by Lisa Graves & Evan Vorpahl, Moyers on Democracy Feb 24, 2021
GOP Senator on Investigations Committee Blames “Fake Trump Supporters” for Jan 6 by Chris Walker, Truthout Feb 23, 2021
Trump Salary Donation Was 0.1 Percent of Reported $1.6 Billion He Made in Office by Sharon Zhang, Truthout Feb 23, 2021