News | Politics & Elections Senate GOP’s COVID Plan May Raid Social Security and Cut Unemployment Benefits The plan being crafted could include a cut to the payroll tax -- a funding mechanism for Social Security and Medicare. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 21, 2020 Truthout
News | Racial Justice To Honor John Lewis, Democrats Demand McConnell Stop Blocking Voting Rights Act Efforts in Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act have stalled, while some suggest the bill be renamed after Lewis. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 20, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health It’s Time to Shut the Country Down — and Pay People to Stay Home It will be hard, but the far side of inaction at this juncture is very nearly unthinkable. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout July 16, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Education & Youth If Schools Reopen This Fall, More People Will Likely Die. Full Stop. We are dangerously unready to thrust millions of children into the enclosed close-quarters reality of school. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout July 8, 2020 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Sanders Calls on “Do-Nothing” Senate to Pass Sweeping COVID Stimulus Legislation Sanders urged the Senate to approve relief that includes $2,000 monthly checks, rent cancellation and expanded Medicare. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 6, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Progressive Candidates Surge Again as Trump Drags GOP Down AOC defeated her conservative primary opponent by the razor-thin margin of 72-19. And that's just the beginning. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout June 25, 2020 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Protesters Disrupt McConnell’s Sleep to Protest Police Killing of Breonna Taylor Youth demonstrators gathered outside the Senate majority leader's house on Friday chanting, "No Justice! No Sleep!" By Eoin Higgins , CommonDreams June 19, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor The Stock Market Is Recovering. We Are Not. Congress Is to Blame. In the present crisis, both congressional action and inaction suggest that its priority is preserving capital. By Alexis Goldstein , Truthout June 18, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections McConnell Blocks Resolution Condemning Assault on Nonviolent Protesters McConnell blocked the passage of a resolution condemning Trump for violating protesters' constitutional rights. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams June 3, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Lindsey Graham Is Urging Older Judges to Quit So Trump Can Nominate Replacements Graham and other Republicans are acting hypocritically, compared to how they handled Obama's nominations in 2016. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 28, 2020 Truthout