News | Politics & Elections Federal Jury Finds 2 Men Guilty of Plot to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Prosecutors said that the men’s plot was meant in part to start a civil war. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 23, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Conservative Group Led by Man Behind Far Right Supreme Court Got $1.6B Donation The funds were given to a group led by Leonard Leo, who has had a major hand in the GOP’s packing of the Supreme Court. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 22, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Despite Trump’s Legal Woes, GOP Political Candidates Are Leaping to His Defense Yet Liz Cheney, who mostly supported Trump priorities, thinks the Republican Party will somehow reject Trumpism. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout August 19, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Former Brazilian President Launches Campaign to Unseat Far Right Bolsonaro Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will challenge President Jair Bolsonaro this October. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 18, 2022 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Teachers Make 23.5 Percent Less Than Other College Graduates, a New High A new report’s findings on deficiencies in teacher pay could help explain recent teacher shortages. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 16, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing The Far Right Doesn’t Want to Defund FBI. They Want It to Follow Their Orders. The FBI should be defunded. It has a legacy of repressing left movements. The right just wants to change its leadership. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 16, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections The Lessons of the Kansas Primary Go Far Beyond Abortion Rights Kansas organizers built a diverse voting bloc strong enough to beat back a movement of Christian nationalists. By Liz Theoharis , Truthout August 13, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections 5 Years After Charlottesville, We Can See Its Legacy in January 6 Violence Both events were the major public actions of the moderate and extreme sides of an alliance formed around Trump. By Spencer Sunshine , Truthout August 11, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Approval of Supreme Court Among Democrats Has Hit Rock Bottom at 13 Percent Approval of the majority conservative Supreme Court is down 23 points among Democrats since September. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 2, 2022 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Republican States Sue to Let Schools Block LGBTQ Children From Getting Meals The lawsuit is part of the right’s escalating attacks on LGBTQ peoples’ right to exist in the U.S. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 1, 2022 Truthout