News | Human Rights Israeli Police Attack Hundreds of Palestinians Demonstrating Illegal Evictions Israeli state forces injured at least 205 Palestinians protesting forced displacement from East Jerusalem neighborhoods. By Kenny Stancil , CommonDreams May 9, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections A New Group of Mega-Donors Now Holds Influence Over the GOP Thanks to Trump Former President Donald Trump has activated a new set of mega-donors who were not previously big spenders in politics. By Isaac Arnsdorf , ProPublica May 9, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Upcoming Supreme Court Case Could Lead to Weakening of Gun Control Nationwide The case could result in a broad expansion of an individual's right to carry a firearm in public. By Ramsin Canon , Truthout May 9, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Verdicts Don’t Heal. We Need Imaginative Community-Based, Restorative Justice. True justice requires much more than successful prosecution of individual officers. By Fania E. Davis , Truthout May 9, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Let’s Celebrate Mothers Who Are Fighting to Set Their Loved Ones Free On Mother’s Day, let’s join these mamas and stewards of care who are resisting state violence and injustice globally. By Nadine Naber , Souzan Naser , Johnaé Strong , Truthout May 9, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Health Experts Say Expanding Vaccine Access Requires More Than Patent Waivers In the best-case scenario, sharing patents is only a tiny step in the vastly complex work of making a COVID vaccine. By Sarah Jane Tribble & Arthur Allen , KaiserHealthNews May 8, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Over 600 Public Water Systems in California Communities Face Risk of Failure A new report puts into focus for the first time the scope of California's drinking water problems. By Tara Lohan , TheRevelator May 8, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health He Bought Insurance in Case of Emergency. Then Came a Bill for Over $30,000. Trump-era deregulation of health insurance has led to an explosion of short-term plans carrying high risk for patients. By Jenny Deam , ProPublica May 8, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Progressives to Corporations: If You Want to Keep Workers, Pay Living Wages Corporations fault unemployment benefits for labor shortages, but critics argue “starvation wages” are to blame. By Kenny Stancil , Truthout May 8, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Pharma Breaks Lobbying Record Defending High Drug Prices and Vaccine Patents Democrats are pushing to negotiate lower drug prices through Medicare and expand global COVID vaccine production. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout May 8, 2021 Truthout