News | Environment & Health Paxlovid and Pfizer Vaccine Expected to Skyrocket in Price Next Year Millions of those least able to afford the drug and at the highest risk of severe illness may have to pay full price. By Hannah Recht , KaiserHealthNews December 9, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections 77 Percent of Young Voters Said Student Debt Relief Motivated Them to Vote The poll found that 12 percent of young voters said student debt relief was the only reason they voted. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 8, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections With Warnock’s Win, Senate Dems Could Establish a Jan. 6 Committee of Their Own Raphael Warnock's win in Georgia means a power-sharing agreement between Democrats and the GOP in the Senate will end. By Chris Walker , Truthout December 8, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Right-Wing Groups Have Funneled $90M in Dark Money to “Moore v. Harper” Backers Plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case seek to give politicians a pass to suppress voters and even overturn elections. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 8, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Is Ousted and Arrested The events are the latest in an “enduring crisis” in Peru going back to dictatorship in the ‘90s, says Peruvian scholar. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! December 8, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Brittney Griner Is Freed in Prisoner Swap With Russia, White House Announces Russia detained Griner for possession of 0.7 ounces of cannabis oil, sentencing her to nine years in prison. By Chris Walker , Truthout December 8, 2022 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Over 1,000 New York Times Workers Stage 24-Hour Walkout The walkout is the outlet’s largest work stoppage in over 40 years. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 8, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After 22nd Spill The company said it had shut down the pipeline after oil spilled into a creek near a Kansas town of about 1,000 people. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams December 8, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Noam Chomsky: “We’re on the Road to a Form of Neofascism” The ground is well prepared for neofascism to fill the void left by class war wrought by neoliberalism, says Chomsky. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout December 8, 2022 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Clashes Over Access to Birth Control Could Divide GOP’s Fragile House Majority After the Supreme Court tossed “Roe,” 195 House Republicans voted against the Right to Contraception Act. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout December 8, 2022 Truthout