News | Reproductive Rights Ohio GOP Aims to Thwart Move to Enshrine Abortion Rights in State Constitution “We needed to put this on the ballot immediately because we’re in the middle of a health care emergency,” a doctor said. By Grace Panetta , The19th June 15, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections House GOP Panel’s Budget Proposal Would “Destroy Social Security as We Know It” It raises the Social Security retirement age — cutting benefits across the board — while further privatizing Medicare. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams June 15, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Institutions Often Treat Disability and Mental Health Not With Care But Violence The abolition struggle must confront how institutions that constrain people with disabilities inflict carceral violence. By George Yancy , Truthout June 15, 2023 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Sanders Introduces Bill to Make Community College Free by Taxing Wall Street The College for All Act would be paid for by a tax on Wall Street transactions. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 14, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections GOP Support for the Way Trump Kept Docs at Mar-a-Lago Drops Significantly — Poll A majority of Americans approve of the DOJ opting to indict Donald Trump, the poll also found. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 14, 2023 Truthout
News | Racial Justice NAACP: Black Voters Will Be Disillusioned If Biden Fails to Act on Student Debt Biden risks a legacy of failing on “campaign promises but succeed[ing] in widening the racial wealth gap,” NAACP said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 14, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Fox News Calls Biden “Wannabe Dictator” Who Had “Political Rival” Trump Arrested The claim by the network that Biden played a role in indicting Trump is unfounded and baseless. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 14, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health House GOP Majority Has Been Shoving Big Oil Favors Into Nearly Every Major Bill From the debt ceiling to their latest tax plan, the GOP has been taking pot shots at the climate movement at every turn. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 14, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Shell Scraps Plans to Cut Oil Production, Raises Payouts to Wealthy Shareholders This comes after the oil giant tacitly admitted that limiting warming requires an “immediate end to fossil fuel growth.” By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams June 14, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Tennessee’s Anti-Drag Law Is Latest Chapter in State’s Century of Censorship Almost 100 years after the Scopes Monkey Trial over evolution, Tennessee has again become a censorship battleground. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout June 14, 2023 Truthout