News | Politics & Elections Giuliani’s Payroll Company Got a Paycheck Protection Loan But Lists No Employees Giuliani's company acquired its loan from Signature Bank, which at one point came under scrutiny for Trump family ties. By Roger Sollenberger , Salon September 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump Falsely Claims COVID Death Toll Is Not So Bad If You Leave Out Blue States Critics described the remark as a grotesque escalation in rhetoric, devaluing the lives of those living in blue states. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 17, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Another Day of COVID, Another Failed Stimulus, Another Thousand Deaths “Go for much higher numbers, Republicans” was the squeal of retreat Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been waiting for. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout September 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections A Conservative Lawyer Is Holding Voter Fraud Meetings With Republicans Only Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky is a leading purveyor of discredited voter fraud notions. By Mike Spies , Jake Pearson , Jessica Huseman , ProPublica September 17, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health A New Jersey Law Makes a Clean Environment a Right. Other States Should Follow. The far-reaching environmental justice bill acknowledges and aims to reduce harm from pollution on communities of color. By Peter Montague , Truthout September 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health CDC Director: Face Mask “More Guaranteed to Protect” Against COVID Than Vaccine CDC head Robert Redfield explained there is “clear scientific evidence” that masks work to slow the spread of COVID. By Chris Walker , Truthout September 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health “Let Me Finish My Question” — English Professor Reprimands Trump at Town Hall Trump falsely claimed that he was protecting coverage for preexisting conditions in answer to Ellesia Blaque's question. By Chris Walker , Truthout September 16, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights Forced Sterilization Is Nothing New to Criminalized People in the US Allegations of mass hysterectomies at an ICE-run jail are consistent with a long history of state-sanctioned eugenics. By Jenn M. Jackson , Truthout September 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Scientific American Breaks With 175-Year Precedent to Endorse Biden The magazine’s editors said they were “compelled” by Trump’s rejection of science, which “has badly damaged the U.S.” By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump Touts Herd Immunity Approach That Experts Warn Would Kill Millions At least 195,600 have died in the U.S., and it remains unclear when a safe vaccine will be available to the public. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 16, 2020 Truthout