News | Politics & Elections Black Loan Borrowers Would Be Particularly Hurt by the Blocking of SAVE Program “It's time that every hardworking America is freed from the shackles of student debt,” one advocate said. By Zane McNeill , Truthout December 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights Biden Risking Losing Wave of Young Voters With Gaza Policy, IfNotNow Leader Says “I have seen distrust and disappointment in President Biden reach an all-time breaking point,” she wrote. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Atmospheric CO2 Has Reached Levels Not Seen in 14 Million Years, New Study Finds We've already pushed the atmosphere beyond anything we've seen as a species, said a corresponding author of the study. By Olivia Rosane , CommonDreams December 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC, Tlaib Rebuke Republicans for “Grasping for Straws” to Censure Jamaal Bowman Republicans have accused Bowman of trying to obstruct the passage of a bill that he voted for. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 8, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections DeSantis Revives Vicious Attacks on LGBTQ Families as His Campaign Flounders Nearly two-thirds of LGBTQ adults now say they face discrimination in their daily lives as anti-LGBTQ violence spikes. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout December 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Pennsylvania School Board President Sworn In on Stack of Banned Books The board member said she wanted to demonstrate “the commitment I’ve had to fighting…for our students’ freedom to read.” By Chris Walker , Truthout December 8, 2023 Truthout
News | War & Peace UN Security Council to Vote on Ceasefire as US Downplays Israeli War Crimes Meanwhile, there have been increasing reports of civilians being killed by Israeli snipers in northern Gaza. By Mondoweiss Palestine Bureau , Mondoweiss December 8, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights Carbon-Trading Plans Are Thinly Veiled Land Grabs That Displace People Globally The COP28 climate summit is in danger of codifying carbon-trading schemes that often displace Indigenous people. By Ashley Dawson & Fiore Longo , Truthout December 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights Walmart Is Selling Hanukkah Candles That Fund Anti-Arab Discrimination in Israel The candles benefit the Jewish National Fund, the largest private landowner in Israel, which refuses to lease to Arabs. By Arvind Dilawar , Truthout December 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights Jewish Groups Plan Massive NYC Ceasefire Protest for First Night of Hanukkah Organizers are expecting over 500 people to attend the event as Israel’s assault enters its third month. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 7, 2023 Truthout