News | Environment & Health Trump Plans to Raid Medicare to Pay for Drug Discount Cards Bearing His Name The plan would cost $7.9 billion, according to Politico, with $19 million going toward letters touting the initiative. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams October 9, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Pence’s Politeness Masks a Ruthless Ideology Right-wing media and political networks are a conveyor belt carrying mediocre men into the halls of power. By Nicholas Powers , Truthout October 8, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Pence Refused to Say Whether Trump Would Accept Election Outcome From a progressive perspective, last night presented ample opportunities for both optimism and revulsion. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout October 8, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor Rev. William Barber: Republicans Can’t Win Without Voter Suppression Barber says that voter suppression efforts ahead of the election amount to “surgical racism with surgical precision.” By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! October 8, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Senate Race Between Lindsey Graham and Jaime Harrison Shifts to a “Toss-Up” Cook Political Report analysts call the contest the most “surprising race” of the year. By Roger Sollenberger , Salon October 8, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections The Trump Campaign Is Deploying “Army” of Poll Watchers to Intimidate Voters Far right groups are recruiting hundreds of volunteers to show up physically at polling places. By Candice Bernd , Truthout October 6, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Campaign Spokeswoman Props Up Trump’s “Firsthand Experience” With COVID A recent poll shows Trump's COVID diagnosis made voters less confident in his ability to lead on the pandemic. By Chris Walker , Truthout October 5, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Trump’s Hospitalization Hasn’t Diminished the Threat of Election Theft Trump and his backers have made clear their intent to denigrate and then defy the popular will. By Bob Fitrakis , Joel Segal , Harvey Wasserman , Truthout October 5, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump Needs Accomplices at Every Level of Government to Pull Off a Coup Are we doomed to suffer a coup d'état no matter the outcome of the election? By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout October 4, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Here Are 6 Ways Trump’s COVID Diagnosis Will Change the Campaign With 32 days left until the November 3 Election Day deadline, Trump's diagnosis creates new, uncharted possibilities. By Chris Walker , Truthout October 2, 2020 Truthout