Truthout
Coronavirus
Incarceration Is Killing Us
Kelly Hayes talks with Alan Mills about COVID-19, prisons and making bold demands.
COVID-19 Must Radicalize Doctors: We Cannot Remain on the Political Periphery
The current health crisis makes it clear that to truly adhere to the Hippocratic oath, doctors must also be activists.
Reopening the Economy Now Will Send Us Deeper Into Hell
The threats ahead are mass immiseration and hunger on a scale unseen since 1933.
New Poll Shows Nearly 90 Percent of Democratic Voters Support Medicare for All
The poll has stirred fresh calls for presumptive nominee Joe Biden to end his opposition to universal health care.
I’m Native and Disabled. The US Government Is Sacrificing My People.
Resources for Native people were limited before the pandemic. Now, they are even more so.
Trump Demands Postal Service Increase Prices Fourfold for Customers
The president is threatening to withhold future COVID-19 relief from the USPS unless it raises shipping prices.
Facing Near Total Loss of Customers During Pandemic, Street Vendors Need Relief
As street vendors struggle through the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, activists are organizing to throw them a lifeline.
This Appalachian Collective Has Launched Its Own “Green Stimulus”
West Virginian beekeepers are supporting local agriculture and demonstrating the benefits of non-extractive livelihoods.
HHS Spokesman Tweeted About Chinese People Sucking “Blood Out of Rabid Bats”
The new Department of Health and Human Services spokesman deleted most of his tweets earlier this month.
New Relief Bill Lacks Funds for Food Aid, Rent Relief, Election Protection
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the sole Democrat to vote against the $484 billion relief bill, saying it falls short.