News Analysis | Environment & Health We Need an Interior Department Aimed at Environmental Justice — Not Destruction The department’s role in facilitating oil and gas exploration on Indigenous lands has contributed to the climate crisis. By Mariko Lewis & Mariama Sojourner Eversley , Truthout March 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Biden Labor Board Strikes Barrier to Unionization of 1.5 Million Grad Students Organizers are hoping that the withdrawal of a Trump-era rule rejuvenates unionization efforts among graduate students. By Michael Arria , Truthout March 22, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Our Taxes Subsidize as Much as 74 Cents of Every Dollar Donated by a Billionaire Our system subsidizes the “generous” donations of billionaires in the form of lost tax revenue. By Chuck Collins , Inequality.org March 21, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor How Union Activists Pushed Congress to Save Hundreds of Thousands of Pensions Teamsters organized to win $86 billion from Congress, as part of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. By Alexandra Bradbury , LaborNotes March 21, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 20 Rural Hospitals Closed in 2020. 13 Were in the South. The closures will leave many rural communities without their primary employer and main economic infrastructure. By Olivia Paschal , FacingSouth March 21, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace The Late Dr. Bernard Lown Challenged Us to See the Invisible, Do the Impossible As cofounder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Bernard Lown lived that challenge. By Paddy O’Halloran , Truthout March 21, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Prison Laborers Are Paid Pennies to Maintain the Prisons They’re Incarcerated In More than 4,000 private corporations in the U.S. have a financial stake in the expansion of the public prison system. By April Fisher & Diana Kennedy , Truthout March 21, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Supreme Court Case on Farmworker Protections Could End Up Harming All Regulation A legion of well-funded right-wing think tanks is leading the charge to dismantle these protections. By Sam Knight , Truthout March 21, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Garment Workers Win Historic Victory in Effort to Transform Fashion Industry PayUp is one of the most successful labor rights campaigns in the fashion industry in modern times. By Loretta Graceffo , WagingNonviolence March 20, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Lindsey Graham Vows to Filibuster Voting Rights Bill Until He Collapses Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News that he “would talk 'til I fell over” if Democrats revive the talking filibuster. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 20, 2021 Truthout