Interview | Environment & Health Over 100 Countries Push to Loosen Rules on Vaccine Patents as US Blocks the Way Intellectual property rules give pharmaceutical companies monopolistic control over vaccines they develop. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! February 25, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Immigration Biden Cancels “Remain in Mexico” Policy, But Asylum Seekers Still Left Waiting The policy left about 25,000 asylum seekers stranded at the border while their cases progressed through U.S. courts. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! February 24, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Mutual Aid Means Survival in Texas as Winter Storm Collides With Housing Crisis A tenants' union in Dallas was fighting evictions to keep people in their homes. Then the deadly winter storm hit. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout February 24, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health WHO Urges Rich Countries to Stop Undermining Efforts to Vaccinate Poorer Ones Experts are urging advanced economies to share their vaccine stockpiles in order to end the pandemic sooner. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! February 23, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing “What Are We Going to Do About It?” Mariame Kaba Talks Abolition in Action To create a world without prisons and policing, we must first push past the ceiling oppression puts on our imagination. By Jindu Obiofuma & James Kilgore , Truthout February 23, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health A Green New Deal Would Solve Texas Energy Deregulation, Says Naomi Klein Republican lawmakers in Texas are facing increasing criticism for their handling of the crisis. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! February 22, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health After Rejoining Paris Climate Treaty, Will US Continue Obstructing Negotiations? Social movements can push the U.S. to adopt a binding climate agreement and to prioritize the needs of the Global South. By Janine Jackson , FAIR February 20, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Education & Youth Biden Has the Power to Cancel Student Loan Debt Now. What’s Stopping Him? President Biden has clear legal authority to cancel student debt. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! February 18, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Warehouse Workers in Alabama Battle Amazon for the Right to Unionize Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are voting on whether to become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the U.S. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! February 17, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Immigration Biden Spent Black History Month Deporting Black Immigrants. Where’s the Outrage? Anti-Blackness is baked into the immigration system, and ICE has merely operationalized it. By Tina Vásquez , Prism February 17, 2021 Truthout