News | Politics & Elections Majority of Americans Say GOP “Election Audits” Are Effort to Undermine Results A plurality of poll respondents also said such audits work to weaken democracy in the U.S. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Democrats Introduce Bill to Combat Republican Voter Suppression Efforts The legislation combats GOP efforts to remove election officials for partisan reasons and challenge voters’ eligibility. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Wanted Justice Department to Stop TV Hosts, “SNL” From Making Fun of Him Trump apparently did not understand that satire was protected speech and repeatedly asked for something to be done. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections 20 Attorneys General Urge Postal Commission to Reject DeJoy’s Plan to Slow Mail The postmaster’s plan to further slow mail would only compound the USPS’s service problems, the officials write. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections By Refusing to Tax the Rich, GOP Set Terms of Bipartisan Infrastructure Debate Republicans refuse to revise tax cuts for the wealthy, so a bipartisan group looked to raise revenue off everyone else. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout June 22, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Supreme Court Ruled Against Enslaved Children Even as US Celebrated Juneteenth Child laborers on West African cocoa plantations are beaten, locked up and forced to toil for U.S. corporate profits. By Barbara Ransby , Truthout June 22, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor California Rent Forgiveness Shows It’s Possible to Shift Our National Priorities Government -- local, state and federal -- can actually help us if we invest in people's lives instead of wars. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout June 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Filibuster “Conversation” to Happen If GOP Blocks Voting Rights Bill, Psaki Says Republicans are poised to block a procedural vote on Tuesday that would begin formal debate on the For the People Act. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Rand Paul Sows Confusion by Wrongly Implying COVID Survivors Don’t Need Vaccine The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that those who previously had COVID-19 should get vaccinated. By Victoria Knight , KaiserHealthNews June 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Sunrise Movement’s 400-Mile Climate March Ends With Arrests at Ted Cruz’s House Sunrise campaigners on Monday held signs that said, “Our Homes Flood, Our People Freeze, Cruz Abandons Us.” By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams June 22, 2021 Truthout