Truthout
Op-Ed
A Big Oil Bailout Would Be the Opposite of the Green New Deal We Need
Policy makers should let oil producers fail, and devote resources to stave off the climate crisis before it gets worse.
COVID-19 Was a Trigger, But Capitalism Caused the Economic Crash
Naming economic crashes after their triggers only distracts attention from capitalism’s innate vulnerabilities.
Trump’s Lies Are Killing His Supporters as COVID Starts to Sweep Rural America
How many people who jammed the churches because the president said it was safe will be dead by June?
Where I’m Incarcerated, People With COVID-19 Are Warehoused in a Gym
A private company located hundreds of miles away is making medical decisions for COVID-19 patients in my prison.
COVID-19 Is Exposing the Violence of US Foreign Policy as Virus Spreads
COVID-19 has begun to wreak its havoc in Iraq, Syria and Yemen – nations harmed by U.S. wars and economic sanctions.
Trump’s Defunding of the WHO Threatens to Make the Pandemic Worse
Trump’s attack is an abnegation of U.S. responsibility at the very moment when a coordinated global response is needed.
Could the US Forever Wars Be Part of Our Past in a Post-Coronavirus Planet?
We must push for a world in which the U.S. military is no longer a sinkhole for endless trillions of taxpayer dollars.
Trump Says His “Authority Is Total.” In Response, Governors Are Rebelling.
Do not listen to the president.
Islamophobia Has No Place in the Fight Against COVID-19
We must reject both overt and subtle messaging linking COVID-19 to Islam.
HIV Prison Activists Are Leading a Freedom Movement in the Face of COVID-19
People who have long organized against HIV in prisons are demanding the release of incarcerated people amid COVID-19.