News Analysis | Environment & Health Europe Is Trying to Solve Its Energy Crisis With Fossil Fuel Projects in Africa Struggles for social justice and climate justice must be united to transform society amid government inaction. By Simon Pirani , Truthout August 20, 2022 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Abortion Remains Legal in Michigan After Court Extends Block on 1931 Ban Enforcement of the ban would cause “irreparable danger to our society at large,” the judge said in his ruling. By Candice Norwood , The19th August 20, 2022 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Marjorie Taylor Greene Proposes Bill to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Kids For many transgender children, gender-affirming care has the potential to be life-saving. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 19, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Despite Trump’s Legal Woes, GOP Political Candidates Are Leaping to His Defense Yet Liz Cheney, who mostly supported Trump priorities, thinks the Republican Party will somehow reject Trumpism. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout August 19, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders: “It Is Absolutely Imperative” for Progressives to Not Back Down “The overall struggle that we are engaged in is not complicated. It is to struggle for justice in the deepest sense.” By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 19, 2022 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Mississippi Town Hired Racist Cop to Terrorize Black Residents, Advocates Say The officer patrolled the streets of Lexington “with impunity” despite a well-known history of harassment. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout August 19, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections 18 Former Trump Officials Say “Standing Order” to Declassify Docs Never Happened One former Trump official described the notion as “foolish,” noting that no paper trail of such an order exists. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 19, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Judge Orders Starbucks to Reinstate 7 Fired Pro-Union Workers in Memphis The ruling is a major win for the union, which had rallied against the firing of the “Memphis Seven.” By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 19, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump-Appointed Judge Blocks Biden Moratorium on Oil and Gas Leasing Fossil fuel extraction on federal lands and waters has accounted for about 25 percent of US carbon emissions since 2005. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 19, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Maine Nurses Vote to Keep Their Union Despite Right-Wing Push to Decertify It In a landslide 1,108-to-387 vote, the nurses voted to remain unionized, affirming the results of their 2021 election. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 19, 2022 Truthout