News | LGBTQ Rights Poll Finds Immense Opposition to Anti-Trans Laws in Youth Sports, Health Care Scientific research also shows there is no evidence to suggest transgender athletes have a competitive advantage. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 16, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing The Supreme Court Is Also to Blame for Daunte Wright’s Death In legalizing racial profiling, the Supreme Court has fueled a racist cycle of traffic stops and police killings. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout April 16, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections FedEx’s Phone Policy Meant Workers Were Unable to Reach Families After Shooting Eight people were killed in the Indianapolis shooting. There have been 45 mass shootings in the last month. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 16, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Chicago Police Officer Shot 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo With His Hands in the Air City officials spent weeks disparaging Adam Toledo before releasing the body camera footage. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! April 16, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Ivanka and Jared Are “Advisers” to New Cash-Flush Right-Wing Think Tank The foundation is just the latest in a long string of announcements of Trump-centered think tank-style organizations. By Zachary Petrizzo , Salon April 16, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Democrats Slam GOP Demand for No Corporate Tax Hikes in Infrastructure Plan The GOP has yet to publicly offer concrete suggestions, signaling to some that they're uninterested in negotiating. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 16, 2021 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing The US’s Biggest County Jails Are Sites of Extreme Environmental Injustice Patterns of incarceration lay bare the relationship between race, poverty and pollution. By Adam Mahoney , Grist April 16, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health We Are Living in a Climate Emergency. Why Doesn’t Nature Have Legal Rights? A new documentary covers the Indigenous-led Rights of Nature movement on the front lines of the climate emergency. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout April 16, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits Alone Could Pay for Most of Infrastructure Plan American billionaires’ collective wealth has grown by 55 percent to a whopping $4.56 trillion during the pandemic. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 15, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Support for Infrastructure Plan Goes Up When Corporate Tax Increase Is Mentioned Biden is proposing increasing the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent to help pay for the plan. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 15, 2021 Truthout