News | Politics & Elections Trump Loyalist Who Attacked the Capitol Blames Fox News Six months after the 2020 election, 70 percent of Republican voters remain skeptical that Biden actually won. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 7, 2021 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Police in Brazil Kill Two Dozen in Deadliest Favela Raid in Rio’s History Brazil suffers one of the highest rates of police-perpetrated killings in the world. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams May 7, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Rand Paul and ALEC Are Working Together to Suppress the Vote Paul is recycling falsehoods about voter fraud that Trump and many GOP politicians perpetuated after the 2020 election. By David Armiak , PRWatch May 7, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice Chomsky: Protests Unleashed by Murder of George Floyd Exceed All in US History World-renowned scholar Noam Chomsky discusses the killing of George Floyd and how the U.S. fomented a “gun culture.” By George Yancy , Truthout May 7, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections McConnell Says Republicans’ Only Priority Is to Block Biden Administration “One-hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new administration,” the Senate majority leader said on Wednesday. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 6, 2021 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing South Carolina Poised to Be Fourth State to Allow Death Penalty by Firing Squad The state has 37 people on death row. Three are out of appeals and in line to be executed. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 6, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden Admin Supports Ending Vaccine Patents. AOC Says “Let’s Do Insulin Next.” One study found as many as 1 in 4 insulin users engage in “cost-related” underuse of their prescribed insulin dosages. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 6, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Military-Industrial Complex Exerts Powerful Influence on Biden’s Foreign Policy Defense firms have spent about $127 million a year on lobbyists, and $25 million per election on campaign donations. By Jonathan Alan King & Richard Krushnic , Truthout May 6, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Florida’s DeSantis Bars All Media Except Fox at Voter Suppression Bill Signing Gov. Ron DeSantis made the signing of the bill, which affects the voting rights of millions, a “Fox exclusive” event. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 6, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Justice Department Raises Concerns Over Cyber Ninjas’ “Audit” of Arizona Ballots Civil rights violations and the security of ballots were chief among the DOJ's worries. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 6, 2021 Truthout