News | Politics & Elections Trump Would “Chew Him Up and Spit Him Out,” Bernie Sanders Warns of Bloomberg Mike Bloomberg's debate performance showed that the president would make easy work of him in a general election debate. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 21, 2020 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor In Nevada, Culinary Union Members Make Last-Minute Turnout Push Even though union members aren't endorsing a specific Democrat, they are eager to defeat Trump. By Nicole Karlis , Salon February 21, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Federal Appeals Court Rules Florida Voting Restrictions Unconstitutional The state can’t bar people previously convicted of a felony from voting if they can’t pay off fines or court fees. By Myrna Pérez , BrennanCenterforJustice February 21, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Candidates Receive Endorsements From Democrats Who Benefited From Their PACs Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s spending in support of lawmakers was in the millions. By Ilma Hasan , CenterforResponsivePolitics February 21, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Mick Mulvaney Says GOP Won’t Act on Climate Because They Don’t Want Higher Taxes The acting White House chief of staff's remarks were met with laughter during a speech at the Oxford Union on Wednesday. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 20, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections GOP’s Susan Collins Faces Tough Reelection Fight Following Vote to Acquit Trump A new poll shows Senator Collins has suffered a major decline in support among women voters in Maine. By Igor Derysh , Salon February 20, 2020 Truthout
News | Immigration No One Knows How Many Immigrant Kids Have Disappeared in US Custody For six years, a North Carolina family has tried to find out what the U.S. government did with its children. By Aura Bogado , Reveal February 20, 2020 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Black Students in the Mississippi Delta Still Face Education Inequality Nearly 33,000 Mississippi students attend a school district rated as failing. Nearly all of them are Black. By Bracey Harris , TheHechingerReport February 20, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders Calls Trump’s Clemency for Corrupt Officials Proof of a Broken System Sanders is running on a platform that includes sweeping reforms to the criminal legal system. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 19, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections House Rep Overseeing Tax Code Is Number One in Corporate PAC Donations Ways and Means Chairman Neal got money from PACs of several corporations that had negative effective tax rates in 2018. By Donald Shaw , Sludge February 19, 2020 Truthout