News | Economy & Labor Sudden GOP Push to End Emergency Lending Programs Condemned as Sabotage Attempt The move is seen as an attempt to hamstring the Biden administration's ability to respond to the economic crisis. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams December 18, 2020 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 2020 Saw Resurgence of Strikes as a Key Tactic for Labor Around the World While this year catalyzed a historic strike wave, it also exposed the labor movement’s internal divisions. By Candice Bernd , Truthout December 18, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Following Deadliest Day of Pandemic, Trump Brags About the Stock Market More than 3,600 Americans died during a single 24-hour period earlier this week. By Chris Walker , Truthout December 17, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Did Trump Deliberately Pursue Genocide via His “Herd Immunity” Strategy? “We want them infected," reads an email from former Trump administration adviser Paul Alexander. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout December 17, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health US COVID-19 Deaths and Infections Shatter Records During Vaccine Rollout Until vaccines are widely available, there's "no reason to let up" on masking and other basic public health measures. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! December 17, 2020 Truthout
Photo Essay | Human Rights Cancel the Rent: A Rising National Rent Strike Movement Gains Momentum In the absence of help from Congress, rent strikes have become a widespread response to brutal economic pressure. By David Bacon , Truthout December 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Ilhan Omar Says Congress Is “Not Embarrassed Enough” for Failing on COVID Relief Researchers estimate that nearly 8 million people in the U.S. have been pushed into poverty since the summer. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams December 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor GOP Push to Keep Stimulus Check From People on Unemployment Draws Outrage The effort comes after the GOP already reportedly succeeded in paring back the duration of unemployment benefits. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams December 17, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Frontline Warehouse Workers Are Worried They’ll Be Passed Over for COVID Vaccine Low-wage warehouse workers, many of whom are temporary, are demanding access to the vaccine. By Kari Lydersen , InTheseTimes December 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health HHS Aide Pushed Herd Immunity to Trump COVID Officials: “We Want Them Infected” So-called "natural" herd immunity has been widely discredited by health experts as an ineffective way to tackle COVID. By Chris Walker , Truthout December 16, 2020 Truthout