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![A lone oil barrell in the tundra, most likely used for helicopter refueling during the last major mineral survey of the region in 1950.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0710-Arctic-barrel-400x300.jpg)
Critics Warn Drilling Project in Arctic Would Unleash Dangerous “Carbon Bomb”
If approved by the federal government, the project would break Biden's promises for confronting the climate crisis.
![White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield delivers remarks during a daily press briefing at the White House on March 31, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0710-Kate-Bedingfield-400x300.jpg)
Abortion Activists Slam White House for Saying They Are “Out of Step” With Dems
The Biden administration already faces criticism following its tepid response to protect abortion access after “Dobbs.”
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Biden Admin Proposes New Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling in “Stark Betrayal”
“Biden is choosing to stand with Big Oil and Gas rather than the voters who elected him,” said one climate advocate.
![San Antonio Organizer: U.S. Immigration Policy Is to Blame for Deaths of 53](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/seg2-migrants-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Immigration Ruling Is Welcome, But Deadly Policies Remain in Place
The Supreme Court has ruled that Biden can end the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Activists still have much work ahead.
![Just south of Charleston, West Virginia, a coal barge travels up the Kanawha River, passing the Dupont chemical plant. West Virginia joined other states and the coal industry in challenging the EPA's authority over air pollution from power plants.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0630-coal-c-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Power to Limit Climate-Warming Emissions
Experts say it will be difficult or impossible for Biden to meet his climate goals as a global crisis intensifies.
![Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., on June 2, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-1241059537-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration Announces Plan That Would Undo DeVos’s Gutting of Title IX
The proposed guidelines would enhance protections for sexual assault survivors and add them for LGBTQ+ students.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks in Chicago, Illinois, on June 16, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0624-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Calls for Windfall Tax to Defend Economy Against Corporate Greed
The demand for the popular proposal comes as Biden's call for a federal gas tax holiday faces growing pushback.
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Biden Succumbs to Lobbyists in Move Toward Saudi Arms and Defense Agreements
The president's planned visit to Saudi Arabia is a reversal of his campaign promise to treat the nation as a “pariah.”
![Senators John Neely Kennedy, Lisa Murkowski and John Barrasso hold their news conference in the Capitol on gas prices on May 18, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-1240746103-400x300.jpg)
GOP Wants to Blame Biden for Inflation. What About COVID and Capitalism?
COVID! Come on, you can say it, the monster is still under the bed, no sense pretending otherwise.
![Members of the Nigerian Special Forces Unit rappel from a helicopter during the African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) military demonstration held at General AO Azazi barracks in Gwagwalada, Nigeria, on April 17, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-947753502-400x300.jpg)
US Approved Weapons Sale to Nigeria Months After It Bombed Civilians
Obama blocked military sales to Nigeria, but Trump let them resume. Congress now needs to ask tough questions of Biden.