Truthout
Op-Ed
Agricultural Workers Have Struggled for Decades. They Need COVID-19 Relief Now.
Amid the pandemic, those essential workers who grow our food and pick it are treated as if they are disposable.
Governor Kemp Is Lubricating the Economic Machine With His Constituents’ Blood
Kemp ignored his COVID-19 task force, while Trump’s task force is laboring to ignore him. This is not good government.
This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline
We’re cooked unless investors stop funding fossil fuel companies.
In the Face of COVID, Let’s Reorganize Society Around the Needs of the Poor
It should no longer be possible to ignore the structural crisis of poverty and inequality eating away at society.
The Day Petroleum Was Less Than Worthless
We now know that oil can cease to be important without the Earth tumbling into the sun. Where do we go from here?
States Must Step Up to Help Immigrants Left Out of the COVID-19 Recovery
States have a responsibility to protect all their people by providing support where the federal government has failed.
The GOP Has Every Reason to Want the US Postal Service to Fail
As advocates of privatization, Republicans also have much to gain from disrupting the 2020 census and mail-in voting.
Trump’s Inaction on the COVID-19 Crisis Seems More Deliberate Each Day
Millions of Americans are making painful sacrifices every day, and Trump doesn’t seem to give a single damn.
The US’s Failed Response to the Pandemic Is Rooted in Anti-Blackness
The pandemic is showing us how racism impairs our ability to respond, hurting all of us.
Corporate News Coverage of the Pandemic Is Rife With Islamophobia
Mainstream media outlets need to be held accountable for perpetuating Islamophobia amid a pandemic.