News | Politics & Elections Democrats Present GOP With Yet Another Opportunity to Pass COVID Relief The revised HEROES Act includes emergency funding for schools, election assistance, the U.S. Postal Service and more. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 29, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Wilbur Ross Defies Federal Court Order With Move to Shutter Census Early The federal court order requires the Census Bureau to continue counting households until October 31. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 29, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Winner-Take-All Electoral College Could Enable Dreaded Constitutional Crisis Support for abolishing the institution is rising amid reports that swing states could appoint Trump-loyal electors. By Candice Bernd , Truthout September 29, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Campaign Sought to Deter Millions of Black Americans From Voting in 2016 The Trump campaign used data collected by Cambridge Analytica to target over 3.5 million Black voters. By Chris Walker , Truthout September 28, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC Skewers Trump for Seeking Tax Write-Offs for $70,000 in Hair Styling Costs The New York Democrat called Republicans "misogynistic hypocrites" for their inconsistent criticisms. By Chris Walker , Truthout September 28, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Tax Returns Show Trump Looting Treasury to Stave Off His Own Financial Disaster If Trump loses this election, he loses his access to the federal money he’s using to hose down his inferno of debt. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout September 28, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Trump’s Extremist Supreme Court Pick Could Hand Him the Election An emboldened 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court could dramatically reshape policy. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! September 28, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC Calls Trump a “Walking Scam” as His Federal Income Tax Records Are Released The records show that Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax in both 2016 and 2017. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 28, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections The Fate of Our Rights Won’t Be Determined by Barrett, But by Popular Struggle History shows that mass upheaval has had a profound impact on how the Supreme Court rules. By Mukund Rathi , Truthout September 27, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections From a Justice for Gender Equality to a “Justice” for Gender Oppression Unlike the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett will be a ruthless opponent of gender and reproductive rights. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout September 27, 2020 Truthout