Interview | Culture & Media Fox Was Not Required to Retract Its Election Lies Under Dominion Settlement The 11th-hour settlement for $787.5 million could also mean a tax write-off as large as $213 million for Fox. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! April 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Ocasio-Cortez: NYC’s New Police Contract Makes Cops Rich by Defunding Schools The lawmaker said that crime can actually be reduced by funding public programs that support communities. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Ignoring Protesters’ Demands, TN GOP Passes Bill Protecting Gun Manufacturers For weeks, protesters have gathered at the Capitol demanding gun reform in the wake of a mass shooting in Nashville. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 20, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth Progressive Library Boards Can Block Right-Wing Censorship. Here’s How. Want to fight right-wing censors? Join a public library board! They are at the front lines of this struggle nationwide. By Emily Drabinski , Truthout April 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights SCOTUS: Mifepristone to Remain Available Without Tightened Restrictions, for Now The drug, used for self-medicated abortions up to the 10th week, may be distributed by mail until 11:59 PM ET Friday. By Mariel Padilla , The19th April 20, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing While You’re Lighting Up on 4/20, I’m Serving Decades in Prison for Selling Weed I was sentenced in 1998 to 40 years in prison for selling marijuana. Even as it is decriminalized, I remain behind bars. By Edwin Rubis , Truthout April 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Critics Say House GOP’s Debt Ceiling Legislation Would Benefit Rich Tax Dodgers The Republican bill, which also targets key aid programs and climate investments, faces long odds in Congress. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 20, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Let This Conversation With Mariame Kaba Radicalize You “Hope for me is in the doing of things,” says Mariame Kaba. By Kelly Hayes , Truthout April 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights Homeless “Sweeps” Increase Mortality Rates of Unhoused People, Research Finds “‘Sweeping’ people is not a solution to homelessness, but is rather a form of violence,” researchers say. By Zane McNeill , Truthout April 19, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Remains Most Likely to Win GOP 2024 Nod, as DeSantis’s Numbers Fizzle Out Trump currently has 45 endorsements from Republicans in the House of Representatives while DeSantis has three. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 19, 2023 Truthout