News | Politics & Elections Whitmer Gives Sharp Rebuke to Scott Atlas’s “Rise Up” Tweet Over COVID Rules Michigan militia members were thwarted last month in a plan to violently kidnap Whitmer and “try” her for treason. By Chris Walker , Truthout November 16, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Mitch McConnell Is Sacrificing the Entire Economy to Impede Biden Administration We are on the cusp of what could potentially become the worst winter in living memory. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout November 16, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Some GOP Governors and Senators Are Simply Dismissing New COVID Surge Trump and the Republican Party are condemning thousands more to death. By Heather Digby Parton , Salon November 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump Obstructing Biden’s Transition May Hinder COVID Vaccine Rollout “You just want things to go very smoothly” from one administration to the next, Anthony Fauci said on Monday. By Chris Walker , Truthout November 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections McConnell Pushes to Pack Courts With Trump’s Judges While Neglecting Pandemic McConnell has made no effort to hide his intention to advance the reshaping of the judiciary. By Andrea Germanos , CommonDreams November 16, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Most Dem Voters Are to the Left of Biden on Foreign Policy. Can He Be Moved? It is time to organize the necessary pressure to force the new president to adopt a less militaristic foreign policy. By Stephen Zunes , Truthout November 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Campaign Keeps Looking for Judges to Rule in Its Favor Following Election The aim is, at least in part, to get judges to block states from certifying their popular votes before key deadlines. By Ian MacDougall , ProPublica November 16, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth Grad Workers’ Strike Shows Labor Why It Must Become Abolitionist The strike at the University of Michigan highlighted the role of policing in upholding racial capitalism on campus. By Charlotte Rosen & Eli B. Lichtenstein , Truthout November 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Human Rights 75 Years Later, Victims of Nuclear Bomb Tests on US Soil Still Seek Justice U.S. nuclear tests have caused serious health issues to generations of New Mexico residents who remain uncompensated. By Satya Vatti , Globetrotter/IndependentMediaInstitute November 15, 2020 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Economists Say US Needs 400 Percent More COVID Relief Than McConnell Is Offering The senate majority leader's delays threaten to worsen the issues that the stimulus bill is supposed to relieve. By Igor Derysh , Salon November 15, 2020 Truthout