News | Politics & Elections New Assessments From Federal Agencies Underscore Harm of GOP Budget Cuts From mass evictions to education cuts, GOP austerity would impose “irreparable damage” on millions of people. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 21, 2023 Truthout
News | Education & Youth NYC’s Austerity Budget Is Leaving Asylum-Seeking Students With Few Resources Schools are scrambling to provide asylum seekers with everything from warm clothing to emotional support. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout February 19, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor As COVID-Era Funding Dries Up, Activists Fight Austerity in City Budget Battles Democratic mayors in cities like New York and Philadelphia are pushing for cuts, but organizers are pushing back. By Susan Kang , Truthout February 5, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Education & Youth As the Public Focuses on Book Bans, the Right Is Quietly Defunding Libraries To protect libraries, we need to fight defunding as hard as we fight book bans. By Emily Drabinski , Truthout January 21, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections McCarthy’s Concessions to MAGA Diehards Have Paved the Way to Brutal Austerity McCarthy has signed too many promissory notes, and now there are too many liens on his speaker’s gavel. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout January 14, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections What Did McCarthy Promise GOP Extremists in Backroom Deals? Reports indicate that the new speaker expressed willingness to leverage the debt ceiling to pursue spending cuts. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 9, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Democrats Are Making a Devil’s Bargain on Pentagon Funding. It’s Not Paying Off. Progressives can’t win unless Pentagon spending is put on the chopping block. By Lindsay Koshgarian , Truthout December 23, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Progressives Say Congress Must Raise Debt Limit Now to Protect Social Programs Republicans could use a fight over the debt ceiling next year as leverage to push cuts on Social Security and Medicare. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams November 30, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor The Working Class Lost the $2 Billion Powerball Lottery The lottery is effectively a regressive tax that often replaces state funding for education with ticket revenue. By Susan Kang , Truthout November 12, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Britain’s New PM Is as Wealthy as the King — and as Distant From the People Why is Rishi Sunak so despised in the Tory Party and how did he nonetheless carry the day? By Gareth Dale , Truthout October 24, 2022 Truthout