News | Politics & Elections Progressives Helped Defeat Trump. They’re Readying Bold Demands for Biden. Progressives have pledged to push Biden and Harris to embrace policies like Medicare for All and a Green New Deal. By Staff , CommonDreams November 7, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Joe Biden Declared Winner of 2020 Presidential Election Biden is set to become the 46th president of the United States, when he's inaugurated on January 20, 2021. By Chris Walker , Truthout November 7, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice Founded on Inequality, Can the US Ever Be Truly Democratic and Inclusive? The inequality deeply embedded in U.S. statecraft continues to counterbalance any progress, however symbolic. By George Yancy , Truthout October 31, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Don’t Blame the Moderator. Presidential Debates Are Set Up to Be a Charade. The format ensures candidates don’t have to tackle real questions from journalists or third-party candidates. By Danny Katch , Truthout October 22, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Pence Refused to Say Whether Trump Would Accept Election Outcome From a progressive perspective, last night presented ample opportunities for both optimism and revulsion. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout October 8, 2020 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing The House Is About to Pass Marijuana Decriminalization. What Will the Senate Do? Marijuana legalization enjoys support from a clear and bipartisan majority of voters. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 9, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Absent Appeals to the Left, Biden Faces Challenge to Win Over Latinx Voters During the Democratic primary, Latinxs overwhelmingly supported Sen. Bernie Sanders. Will they turn out for Biden? By Jack Herrera , Truthout September 7, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Obama Breaks With Convention Protocol to Call Trump a Threat at DNC Night Three The third night of the Democratic National Zoom Meeting was an astonishment of history. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout August 20, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Remembering Charlotta Bass, the First Black Woman to Run for VP in 1952 Journalist and political activist Charlotta Bass joined the Progressive Party ticket in 1952 on an anti-racist platform. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! August 20, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Susan B. Anthony Never Sought Anyone’s Pardon, But Trump Did It Anyway Anthony's crime was an act of civil disobedience. She said that "resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 18, 2020 Truthout