Truthout
Op-Ed
Cities Are Razing Homeless Encampments Despite Record Cold Weather and COVID
Municipalities are flouting CDC advice and carrying out forcible evictions of the unhoused during a record-cold winter.
Essential Farmworkers Deserve Protections From Pesticide Exposure
We need to better safeguard the health of the people who feed our nation.
More Policing Is Not the Solution to Anti-Asian Violence
Carceral approaches to anti-Asian violence ignore the realities of police violence.
Black Revolutionary Love Reimagines Democracy
Revolutionary Love comes from a desire for the greater good and is rooted in radical risk-taking for justice.
Biden’s Health Plan Shifts Even More Public Dollars Into Private Hands
Biden’s American Rescue Plan, like the Affordable Care Act, does not move us any closer toward a single-payer system.
Trump and McConnell Do Battle as GOP Civil War Heats Up
Lindsey Graham moans that Republicans may “eat our own.” We can hope.
As a Rabbi Raised in South Africa, I Can’t Ignore Israel Is an Apartheid State
Palestinians are not allowed to walk on streets decreed as “sterile” by Israel. This goes beyond Apartheid South Africa.
Democrats Threw Away the Chance to Call Witnesses. I’m Still Not Over It.
The Democrats squandered a golden opportunity to rub witnesses in the face of the GOP and further weaken Trump.
Trump’s Frivolous First Amendment Defense Won’t Shield Him in a Criminal Case
Trump's incitement of the mob that stormed the Capitol would not be deemed protected free speech in a criminal trial.
Bitcoin Could Push Global Emissions Above 2 Degrees Celsius, Scientists Say
Bitcoin mining may consume more than 120 terawatt-hours of electricity globally this year -- more energy than Argentina.