News | Human Rights Ukraine’s Children Are Vulnerable to Shady Adoption Schemes A far right Christian pastor just showed up in Poland with 63 Ukrainian kids. That may be just the beginning. By Kathryn Joyce , Salon March 22, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Wealthy Countries Must End Oil and Gas Production by 2034, Report Says For a 50 percent chance of limiting warming to 1.5°C, rich countries must cut off oil and gas in the next 12 years. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 22, 2022 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails Two years into the pandemic, prisons are still using torturous conditions over depopulating prisons to stop the spread. By Katie Rose Quandt & Allison Altshule , Truthout March 22, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Starbucks Workers Have Now Filed to Unionize at Over 150 Locations Since the end of February, two stores have filed to unionize every day on average. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections North Carolina Newspaper Editorial Board Decries Madison Cawthorn as “Abhorrent” The paper denounced Cawthorn's past statements, including his calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug.” By Chris Walker , Truthout March 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Hundreds of Chevron Workers Begin Strike as Company Refuses Further Bargaining The company has brought in replacement workers who it has been training for a year. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Aides & Organizers Wanted Mob March to Capitol, Jan. 6 Witness Says Organizers hoped that Trump loyalists would march toward the Capitol, the witness said. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 21, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Unease About Possible New COVID Surge Grows With Rise of BA.2 Variant If BA.2 or another variant like it attacks with full force, our current “live with it” posture will leave us unprepared. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout March 21, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Putin Has Sacrificed Russia’s Economy for This War on Ukraine’s People In invading Ukraine, Putin has also wrecked Russia's economy by provoking unprecedented economic sanctions. By Simon Pirani , Truthout March 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 80 Percent of Voters Support Taxing Big Oil’s Windfall Profits, Poll Finds Most voters pin the blame for high gas prices directly on oil and gas companies. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 21, 2022 Truthout