News | Environment & Health Exposing the Dirty Business Behind the Designer Label Fashion is the world's second-most polluting industry after the oil industry. By Michelle Chen , Truthout May 19, 2019 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Rural Voter Project Is Tied to Medicare for All Opponents The project's website is registered to an executive at a nonprofit created to crush universal health care momentum. By Andrew Perez , MapLight May 18, 2019 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Progressives Demand Mnuchin Be Held in Contempt for Defying Subpoena Mnuchin's decision to defy the Friday deadline all but guarantees a court fight over the documents. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams May 18, 2019 Truthout
News | Immigration ICE Arrests at New York Courts Have Increased 1,700 Percent The problem is so bad that the New York state government issued a policy designed to check the agency. By s.e. smith , Care2 May 18, 2019 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Missouri Republicans Rush to Criminalize Abortion Care On Friday, the bill that would all but end legal abortion in the state was passed. By Auditi Guha , Rewire.News May 18, 2019 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Regulators May Reconsider Rules That Incentivize Pipeline Construction A little-noticed FERC announcement could have an outsized impact on the oil and gas industry. By Sharon Kelly , DeSmogBlog May 17, 2019 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Hedge Fund Billionaires Were Democrats’ Main Bankrollers in 2018 In the 2018 midterms, Democrats benefited more than Republicans from election spending by outside groups. By Donald Shaw , Sludge May 17, 2019 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Judge Orders Manning Jailed, Imposes Daily $500 Fine After 30 Days Behind Bars Whistleblower and activist Chelsea Manning is refusing to testify before a secretive grand jury. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams May 17, 2019 Truthout
News | Immigration Asylum Seekers Are Being “Disappeared” in Private Louisiana Jails Migrants are increasingly hard to track down amid a tangled web of private contractors and misinformation. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout May 17, 2019 Truthout
News | Human Rights Israel Defense Forces Shoot 16 Palestinians at Nakba Day Protests This comes as 1 million people in besieged Gaza face hunger. By Eoin Higgins , CommonDreams May 16, 2019 Truthout