Interview | Human Rights The US Must Finally Acknowledge That Israel Is an Apartheid State The inhibition on describing apartheid as “apartheid” has been eroded by two 2021 reports confirming the allegation. By Daniel Falcone , Truthout May 13, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Republicans Would Back a Stinkbug If It Made the Base Wave Their Flags Signing on with a guy who has a whole forest of Damoclesian swords festooned above his head sounds like a bad bet. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout May 13, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections GOP Wants Tax on Middle Class Instead of Rich for Infrastructure, Sanders Says Republicans have proposed a massively watered-down infrastructure bill with regressive pay-fors based on user fees. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 13, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Palestinians Face Mob Attacks Inside Israel as Assault on Gaza Escalates Even as Israeli media condemn the lynch mobs, they ignore the state-sponsored violence that fuels them. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 13, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Video Showing GA Congressman Lying About Jan 6 Events Goes Viral on Social Media A video that went viral online lined up the congressman's words with actual evidence of violence from January 6. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 13, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights Honoring Mothers Must Include Environmental Justice and Raising Wages Now is the time to raise wages, ensure vaccine equity and lift from the bottom so that all of society can rise. By Liz Theoharis , TomDispatch May 13, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections McConnell Reportedly Assures GOP That He Thinks Sinema Will Kill Biden Tax Hike McConnell's comments suggest that he sees Sinema as a bigger impediment to Biden's proposals than Sen. Joe Manchin. By Igor Derysh , Salon May 13, 2021 Truthout
News | Human Rights AOC: In Refusing to Condemn Israel’s Attacks, Biden Sides With Occupation By only naming Hamas's actions, Biden reinforced the false idea that Palestinians instigated this cycle of violence. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams May 13, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Connecticut Calls in National Guard as Nursing Home Workers Plan Strike The state has refused to meet workers’ demands for better pay and lower patient-to-staff ratios. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 12, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Hours After Ousting Cheney, McCarthy Says No One in the GOP Doubts Biden Won Polling shows that a majority of Republican voters in the U.S. still wrongly believe the election was stolen from Trump. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 12, 2021 Truthout