Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Trump’s New Budget Is Not Only Immoral — It’s Also Unaffordable Enriching Pentagon contractors to the tune of more than $300 billion every year is not remotely affordable. By Lindsay Koshgarian , Truthout February 11, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Trump Intends to Ride Pentagon Spending to Reelection in 2020 In collaboration with Congress, President Trump has boosted the Pentagon budget to near-record levels. By William D. Hartung , TomDispatch February 11, 2020 Truthout
News | Culture & Media MSNBC Anchor Chuck Todd Is Under Fire for Comparing Sanders Supporters to Nazis Chuck Todd cited a right-wing columnist's description of Sanders's online supporters as a “digital brownshirt brigade.” By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 11, 2020 Truthout
News | Human Rights Border Officials Threaten to Destroy Native Burial Grounds to Build Trump’s Wall The wall could damage or destroy as many as 22 sites on federal land near the Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation. By Igor Derysh , Salon February 11, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Buttigieg Advocates Boldness But His Policies Are Timid When it comes to basic issues like health care and education, Buttigieg's policies are anything but bold. By Alexis Goldstein , Truthout February 11, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Facing Skyrocketing Rents, Santa Cruz Grad Students Go on Strike Grad student workers went on a wildcat grading strike in December and began a full strike on February 10. By Yulia Gilich & Tony Boardman , LaborNotes February 11, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Democrats Are Stumped Over How to Undo Republican Takeover of Federal Courts With the help of Senate Republicans and the Federalist Society, President Trump is transforming the federal judiciary. By Jessica Mason Pieklo , Rewire.News February 11, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Secret Donors Poured $65 Million Into Super PACs in 2019 Alone Dark money is likely to play a key role in influencing the 2020 election. By Anna Massoglia , CenterforResponsivePolitics February 11, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections “Our Very Existence Is the Resistance”: An Hour With the Squad Nermeen Shaikh spoke with the four politicians at an event organized by The Rising Majority at Howard University. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! February 10, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace World War III’s Newest Battlefield — US Troops Head for the Far North The melting of the Arctic ice cap lends the area ever greater strategic significance. By Michael T. Klare , TomDispatch February 10, 2020 Truthout