Op-Ed | Environment & Health Trump Spreads Alarm About Green New Deal: “They Want to Kill Our Cows” Trump is making ludicrous claims to stoke panic about the Green New Deal, which would support local-scale agriculture. By Karen Malpede , Truthout February 19, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Permafrost Is Already Thawing. Will It Tip the Scales in the Climate Crisis? Across the northern hemisphere’s higher reaches, thawing permafrost could release billions of tons of carbon. By Christina Schädel , CarbonBrief February 19, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump Wants to Control the Judicial System, But Judges Are Fighting Back Judges and former DOJ employees are criticizing Trump in ways that may prove hard for Senate Republicans to ignore. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout February 18, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Impunity for Torturers Made Trump’s Invulnerability Possible If one administration can get away with torture, another can go unpunished for putting migrant children in cages. By Rebecca Gordon , TomDispatch February 18, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Culture & Media Harvey Weinstein’s Defense Team Is Waging a War Against the #MeToo Movement Deliberations begin today to determine whether disgraced movie mogul Weinstein is guilty of sexual assault. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! February 18, 2020 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace New Film Shows How Biden Played Leading Role in Push for US to Invade Iraq Center for Economic and Policy Research’s Mark Weisbrot exposes Biden’s central role in pushing for an Iraq invasion. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! February 18, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Bernie Sanders Gains Endorsement From Latinx Group as Nevada Caucus Nears Saturday's Nevada caucuses are expected to turn out high numbers of Latinx voters in the state. By Eoin Higgins , CommonDreams February 18, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health The Trump Administration Is Cutting Back Protections for Migratory Birds The administration's proposed regulation is a drastic pullback from policies in force for the past 100 years. By Amanda D. Rodewald , TheConversation February 18, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Nevada Is a Big Test for Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All Plan Will Joe Biden’s attacks on Medicare for All backfire in the Silver State? By Mike Ludwig , Truthout February 18, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice The Slave Trade Used to Be Legal. Let’s Not Glorify the Law. While legal strategies have been important in achieving historic gains for Black people, so have illegal acts. By William C. Anderson , Truthout February 18, 2020 Truthout