Op-Ed | Environment & Health 15 Insurers Drop Trans Mountain Pipeline After Grassroots Pressure Over the last five years, 26 of the world’s major insurers have cut back their coverage for coal and tar sands projects. By Mary Lovell , Truthout August 23, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Expanding the Military Draft Is Not Feminism. Abolishing Draft Registration Is. Women’s rights will never be achieved through having more women involved in military occupation and bombing. By Danaka Katovich , Truthout August 23, 2021 Truthout
News | Education & Youth FL’s Capital City to Have School Mask Rules, Defying DeSantis’s Anti-Mask Order “We have to do everything in our power to keep [children] safe,” Education Sec. Miguel Cardona said on “Meet the Press.” By Chris Walker , Truthout August 23, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Biden Can Avoid Being Defined by Afghanistan If He Learns the Lessons of History Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford and JFK all survived foreign policy disasters — and Biden can too. The key is honesty. By Matthew Rozsa , Salon August 22, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections If California Governor Is Replaced With Republican, Senate Could Swing to GOP Gavin Newsom's replacement with a Republican could change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout August 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health As Cases Surge, CDC Only Tracking a Fraction of Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections The May 1 decision has left the nation with a muddled understanding of COVID-19's impact on the vaccinated. By Jenny Deam & Bianca Fortis , ProPublica August 22, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Tech “Solutions” Are Pushed by Fossil Fuel Industry to Delay Real Climate Action Only a roadmap calling for a complete transition away from fossil fuels will avert the worst climate impacts. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout August 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections A Georgia Law Allows Certain Candidates to Collect Unlimited Campaign Cash Senate Bill 221 allows candidates to create “leadership committees” that have no caps on individual contributions. By Isaiah Poritz , CenterforResponsivePolitics August 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health It’s Not Just Manchin: Top House Energy Democrat Also Has Fossil Fuel Conflicts House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone benefits from investments in large U.S. greenhouse gas polluters. By David Moore , Sludge August 22, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Will the Voices of Those Who Were Always Right on Afghanistan Still Be Ignored? The U.S. establishment plunged into a disastrous war after 9/11. But other voices warned us what would happen. By Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J.S. Davies , Salon August 21, 2021 Truthout