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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gestures, walking out of the Senate Chamber, celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduct Act at the U.S. Capitol on August 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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

Secret Service and Palm Beach police are seen in front of the home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago on August 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida.

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

Are the Bells Tolling for Donald Trump, at Long Last?

As we watch the walls close in on Trump, let's not forget that the potential for right-wing violence is all too real.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

A giant sequoia in California’s KNP Complex Fire in 2021.

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Mass Death of Sequoias Is the Harbinger of Earth Systems Collapse

We have entered an era where burned forests may not return unless we cool Earth to below the tipping point.

by: Bruce Melton,; Truthout

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on August 6, 2022, in Dallas, Texas.

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Trump Describes FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search as “Dark Times” for the Country

The search couldn't have happened without probable cause and a sign-off from a federal judge, legal experts noted.

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema walks to a vote at the U.S. Capitol on July 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

News Politics & Elections

Private Equity Gave Sinema $500k, So She Exempted It From Corporate Minimum Tax

Two of Sinema's only requests for the already weak bill were to protect tax breaks for private equity firms.

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

New York City restaurant workers rally outside Dine Brands shareholder meeting with signs reading 'the people who feed you are fed up' and 'Applebee's & Ihop are racist. New York shouldn't be. One Fair Wage Now!''

News Economy & Labor

Subminimum Wages Were Always Deplorable. Inflation Is Making Them Worse.

Activists are pushing to end policies that allow employers to pay some workers less than the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

by: Eleanor J. Bader,; Truthout

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference following the weekly Caucus Meeting with Senate Democrats in the U.S. Capitol Building on August 2, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 29, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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A man walks past a damaged pavement in Seoul, South Korea, on August 9, 2022, after record-breaking rains caused severe flooding.

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

From left, Sens. Mike Crapo, Chuck Grassley and John Barrasso arrive for a news conference on the Democrat's policies, in the U.S. Capitol on August 3, 2022.

GOP Votes Down Plan to Cap Insulin Prices at $35 in Win for Big Pharma

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

People walk across the Brooklyn Bridge in the second annual COVID March to Remember on August 6, 2022, in New York City.

COVID Hasn’t Been Defeated, But Effective Public Health Measures Have Been

by: Rob Wallace,; Truthout

A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy.

Confusion Over COVID Vaccine Safety Led to Many Avoidable Stillbirths

by: Duaa Eldeib,; ProPublica

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Austin Schools Will Now Offer Free Pads and Tampons: Period Equity Is Expanding

Students are fighting for equal access to menstrual supplies -- and winning.

by: Nadra Nittle,; The 19th

The front of the U.S. Supreme Court, seen through a fence line on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2022.

Sterilization Laws Are Still on the Books — and Pose New Dangers Post-“Roe”

by: Joaquín M. Lara Midkiff,; Truthout

Abortion rights protesters chant during a session of the Indiana State Senate on July 25, 2022, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Indiana Becomes First State to Pass Extreme Abortion Ban After Roe’s Fall

by: Common Dreams Staff,; Common Dreams

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference at the Space Coast Health Foundation in Rockledge, Florida, on August 3, 2022.

DeSantis Suspends Prosecutor Who Said He Wouldn’t Enforce State Abortion Law

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout

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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!

Albert Woodfox in His Own Words on 43 Years in Solitary, the Black Panthers & Fighting Injustice

Black Panther and Former Political Prisoner Albert Woodfox Has Died of COVID

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Medical staff with Delta Health Center work at the Bolivar County Correctional Facility to give prisoners a COVID-19 vaccination on April 28, 2021, in Cleveland, Mississippi.

17 States and DC Have Stopped Reporting Active COVID Cases Behind Bars

by: Victoria Law,; Truthout

Prison guard 'orange crush' group pictured over portrait of woman prisoner

Incarcerated Women in Illinois Win Court Battle Against Brutal “Tactical Team”

by: Brian Dolinar,; Truthout

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