News | Politics & Elections DeSantis Transferred $92 Million to Project Helping Developer Who Donated to Him One newspaper questioned whether the revelations demonstrated a “too-cozy” relationship between DeSantis and his donors. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 30, 2023 Truthout
News | War & Peace Hiroshima Survivors Denounce Move to Equate Pearl Harbor With Atomic Bombing An estimated 237,000 people were killed from radiation poisoning, cancer and injuries in the five years after the bomb. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams June 30, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health On the Cusp of Cleaning Up “Cancer Alley,” the EPA Caved to GOP Pressure This week, the Environmental Protection Agency abruptly terminated three of its highest-profile civil rights complaints. By Lylla Younes , Grist June 30, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Supreme Court Kills Student Debt Relief, 1 Day After Slashing Affirmative Action The decision comes as the student debt payment pause is slated to end, yanking away a chance at relief for millions. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 30, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights SCOTUS Sides With Website Creator Seeking to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People The 6-3 decision fell along partisan lines, with all six conservatives siding with a business's “right” to discriminate. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 30, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Anti-LGBTQ Petitioners Apparently Made Up Gay Couple Cited in Major SCOTUS Case The wedding website designer who brought the case has also never once made a wedding website. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 29, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Historians Condemn Philly Museum for Hosting Right-Wing Moms for Liberty Event Moms for Liberty aims “to obstruct the professional responsibilities of historians,” one historians' group said. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 29, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Corporate Donors Fund Dark Money Push for Third Party Presidential Challenger Of the 36 disclosed by the IRS, only two are not corporate executives, retired corporate executives or their spouses. By David Moore , Sludge June 29, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections DeSantis Says He Would Eliminate 4 Federal Agencies, Including IRS, as President Notably excluded from DeSantis’s wishlist are agencies like the Pentagon that fuel militarization. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 29, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Oregon Legislature Advances Ballot Question on Ranked-Choice Voting Two states currently have ranked-choice voting for statewide elections. That number could double by next fall. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 29, 2023 Truthout