Interview | Environment & Health Bill McKibben: “Appalling” European Heat Wave Demands Massive Climate Action The record-breaking temperatures come as Manchin has effectively killed Biden’s Build Back Better climate legislation. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 18, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Don’t Let Corporations Profit From Our Inflation Pain Corporations are blaming rising prices on elected officials and worker organizing even as they rake in record profits. By Brooke Adams , Truthout June 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Progressives Blast Manchin’s Hypocrisy in Calling for Lower Drug Prices People were quick to point out that Manchin blocked the Build Back Better Act that would have lowered drug prices. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams June 1, 2022 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Child Hunger Has Skyrocketed Since Manchin, GOP Killed Expanded Child Tax Credit The first month that eligible families stopped receiving monthly payments, 3.7 million kids were thrown into poverty. By Kenny Stancil , CommonDreams May 22, 2022 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Child Care Workers and Parents Unite to Demand Livable Wages and Affordable Care Child care workers and the families they support declared a nationwide “strike” on Monday. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout May 10, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Senate Agreed to $10 Billion COVID Package, With No Money for Global Response The U.S.’s disengagement with the international COVID response efforts is a saga of failure and abandonment. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout April 21, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health West Virginians Gear Up for “Coal Baron Blockade” at Joe Manchin’s Coal Plant West Virginians are capping off a week of climate action by demanding a clean energy transition at Manchin’s coal plant. By Candice Bernd , Truthout April 8, 2022 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Colorado Is on the Verge of Passing Free Pre-K for All The state is creating a new agency as part of plans to offer nearly universal preschool in 2023. By Candice Bernd , Truthout March 31, 2022 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Progressives Are Urging Schumer to Restart Push for Climate and Social Spending House Democrats say $555 billion in climate investments should be a starting point for negotiations in the Senate. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout March 15, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Democrats Are So Fed Up With Kyrsten Sinema They Are Funding a Primary Challenge Grassroots activists in Arizona increasingly view Sinema as beholden to big money. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout February 3, 2022 Truthout