News | Environment & Health “The Climate Crisis Is Here”: Wildfire Smoke Blankets Eastern Half of US “This is not about our grandchildren anymore,” wrote activist group Climate Defiance. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 7, 2023 Truthout
News | Immigration Human Rights Advocates Expose Systemic Reproductive Injustices by Border Patrol “The agency knows this is happening, and they’re turning away from the problem,” said one immigrants' rights attorney. By Tina Vásquez , Prism June 7, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Fed Judge Notes Transphobia as Factor in Florida’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care The ban on gender-affirming treatments for trans youth in the state likely violates the Constitution, the judge wrote. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 7, 2023 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Poll: Support for Gay Marriage Is at All Time High Despite Right-Wing Attacks A record 71 percent of Americans say same sex couples should enjoy the same rights as straight ones. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Immigration Newsom Says DeSantis Might Be Charged With Kidnapping for Transporting Migrants The California Department of Justice is investigating whether dozens of migrants were tricked into flying to Sacramento. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 6, 2023 Truthout
News | War & Peace Drinking Water Threatened and Thousands Evacuate After Ukrainian Dam Destroyed Already heightened concerns about the operational safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have intensified. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams June 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Merck Sues Government, Saying Plan to Lower Medicare Drug Prices Is “Extortion” The company claims that the plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices violates the First and Fifth Amendments. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Earned $82 Million From Properties in Scotland and Ireland While President A watchdog group called the income Trump made from his properties while in office “extraordinary conflicts of interest.” By Chris Walker , Truthout June 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Education & Youth “Religious Indoctrination”: Oklahoma Officials Approve Catholic Public School “It’s hard to think of a clearer violation of the religious freedom of Oklahoma taxpayers,” one opponent said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 6, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Atlanta City Council OKs $67M for Cop City as Thousands Showed Up in Opposition Rev. James Woodall and Atlanta Solidarity Fund organizer Marlon Kautz, who was arrested in a SWAT raid, provide updates. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! June 6, 2023 Truthout