News | Education & Youth As Progressives Call for Student Debt Cancellation, Loan Companies Influence DC The student loan industry has spent over $25 million lobbying the federal government since 2014. By Reid Champlin , CenterforResponsivePolitics June 27, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth Sanders and Omar’s Plan Would Wipe Out Every Outstanding Student Loan Wiping out student debt could boost the GDP up to $108 billion and add 1.5 million jobs per year. By Alexis Goldstein , Truthout June 24, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Raising the Minimum Wage Must Be a Central Issue in 2020 Election Democrats running for office in 2020 have an opportunity to do what's morally right and politically popular. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout June 17, 2019 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Warren Overtakes Progressive Rival Sanders in Trio of Recent Polls Is this a sign that Warren could be winning over progressive voters? By Matthew Rozsa , Salon June 14, 2019 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Warren, Sanders Call to Impeach After Trump Welcomes Dirt From Foreign Powers Fifty-nine House Democrats and one Republican support launching impeachment proceedings against President Trump. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams June 13, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health The US Military Won’t Lead the Fight in Combating Climate Change The Pentagon's scorched-earth policies cannot be reconciled with renewable energy initiatives. By Indigo Olivier , Truthout June 5, 2019 Truthout
Politics & Elections Should DOJ Be Able to Indict the President? Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan for That "I’ve got a plan to make sure that no President is above the law,” Warren wrote. By Igor Derysh , Salon June 2, 2019 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC and Warren Have Some Tough Questions for Mnuchin About Sears’s Collapse The lawmakers expressed concern about Mnuchin's “financial engineering and potentially illegal activity.” By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams May 23, 2019 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Warren and Sanders Refuse to Cozy Up to Wall Street Donors Many 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls have been raking in checks at big-dollar events across the U.S. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams May 22, 2019 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Will Democratic Party Elites Dictate Its Primaries Again? The Democratic elite will fight any real threat to their status quo, as they did in the 2016 primaries and caucuses. By Barbara G. Ellis , Truthout May 18, 2019 Truthout