Interview | Immigration Biden Will End “Remain in Mexico” Policy, But Immigrants Face Ongoing Trauma The impacts of the Trump-era policy reverberate, as do the effects of continuing deportations and detentions. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! August 10, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Bishop Barber Calls on Clergy to Go to Russia to Urge Release of Brittney Griner The WNBA star was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for possessing two ounces of cannabis oil. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! August 9, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Let’s Acknowledge Inflation Reduction Act’s Significance — and Its Inadequacy The modest climate gains expected from this bill are compromised by the gas pipeline side deal written in by Manchin. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout August 9, 2022 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 44, Including 15 Children. Will Ceasefire Hold? In addition to fatalities, the bombardment injured more than 300 Palestinians. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 8, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Black Panther and Former Political Prisoner Albert Woodfox Has Died of COVID Woodfox spent 43 years in solitary confinement due to a wrongful conviction. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 5, 2022 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace Warnings Grow Over Nuclear War as Tensions Escalate Between US, Russia and China The UN warned this week that humanity is “one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation” as tensions escalate. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! August 4, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Culture & Media Feel Like Everything Is Crumbling? This Oral History of the Future Offers Hope. Where will we be in 30 years? M.E. O’Brien and Eman Abdelhadi offer a hope-filled vision of interdependence and care. By Gabriel Arkles , Truthout August 4, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections 21st-Century US Foreign Policy Is Shaped by Fears of China’s Rise, Chomsky Says The fears driving U.S. policy toward China draw from the deep racist currents that have always poisoned this society. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout August 4, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit Stoked Tensions With China. What Comes Next? Pelosi vowed “ironclad” support for Taiwan. Progressives are divided on how to best relate to the conflict. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! August 3, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor We Can’t Avoid Climate Breakdown Without Reducing Growth, Leading Economist Says We must replace the drive for quantitative growth with qualitative, sustainable development, says economist Herman Daly. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout August 2, 2022 Truthout