Interview | Human Rights Advocates Urge Biden to Move Faster to Resettle Afghan Refugees There is already a backlog of over 17,000 Afghan nationals and 53,000 of their family members awaiting visa approval. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 18, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Fears About Delta Variant Have Boosted Vaccination Numbers, Says White House Many of the new vaccinations are occurring in states where people were previously resisting getting vaccinated. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 5, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Biden Admin Rejects WHO Call for Moratorium on Vaccine Boosters in Rich Nations Public health advocates have warned that the White House is not doing enough to help poor nations get COVID vaccines. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 5, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Congress Goes on Vacation, Letting Eviction Moratorium Expire Amid Delta Surge Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley slept outside the U.S. Capitol building to demand that the House reconvene. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 31, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Immigration Biden Furthers Trump Immigration Policy With Expedited Deportations of Families Asylum cases can now be decided by the whims of Border Patrol agents acting as both prosecutor and judge. By Tatiana Cozzarelli , LeftVoice July 30, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Biden Is Imposing More Harsh Sanctions on Cuba — and Guantánamo Remains Open President Biden himself has called the notorious gulag an "advertisement for creating terror." By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! July 27, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Ocasio-Cortez Slams Biden Admin’s “Reckless” Decision on CDC Eviction Moratorium The White House will allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's eviction moratorium to expire on July 31. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams July 24, 2021 Truthout
News | War & Peace Biden Admin’s Drone Strike in Somalia Draws Fire From Sanders, Lee and Murphy The three senators affirmed the need to reestablish a system of checks and balances in U.S. military action. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 23, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Immigration Migration Is Not a “Crisis.” It’s Survival and Resistance to Ongoing Genocide. Biden’s plan for more military and private development aid won’t stop migration or help Central America. By Aviva Chomsky , TomDispatch July 19, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Reproductive Rights Eliminating the Hyde Amendment Would Be a Big Win for Abortion Care in the South The Hyde amendment, which bans use of federal funds to pay for abortion, is absent from Biden's 2022 budget proposal. By Jessica Agbemavor , FacingSouth July 17, 2021 Truthout