News | Politics & Elections GOP Decries Debt While Introducing Bill to Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent The extension would deliver an average tax cut of $175,710 to the richest 0.1 percent, according to one estimate. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 17, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Tesla Fired Over 30 Workers in Buffalo the Day After Union Announced Campaign The union has filed a complaint saying that the firings were retaliation for unionizing. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 16, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Moderna Cancels Plan to Hike Vaccine Price After Sanders Invites CEO to Testify Some health experts have said that Moderna’s announcement could amount to nothing more than a PR blitz. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 16, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Norfolk Southern Skips Public Meeting on Toxic Train Derailment in Ohio Many say they distrust officials, who told residents the air and water were safe last Wednesday. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! February 16, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Will Promote Early Voting in 2024 After Years of Using It to Push Big Lie The shift in strategy comes as his advisers recognize Democrats have been winning, in part, because of early voting. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 16, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Earth Is in “a New Chapter in the Climate and Ecological Crisis,” Study Finds The study’s authors warn a “doom loop” will make avoiding the worst effects of planetary heating increasingly difficult. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams February 16, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Ex-Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Subpoenaed in January 6 Probe Experts say Meadows is expected to assert executive privilege but may face federal criminal charges instead. By Igor Derysh , Salon February 16, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Decades of Racial Bias Preceded College Board’s AP Black History Course Changes The College Board still seems to feel comfortable disappearing the Black educational experience. By Ngakiya Camara , Truthout February 16, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Senate Dems Warn GOP Budget Cuts Would “Deny 1 Million Babies Access to Formula” The cuts “are so extreme they don't want to show them to you,” says Senate Budget Committee Chair Sheldon Whitehouse. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 16, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Formerly Incarcerated People Seek Discrimination Protection as “Protected Class” Formerly incarcerated people in Atlanta won collective protection from discrimination, inspiring organizing nationwide. By Ella Fassler , Truthout February 16, 2023 Truthout