Interview | Human Rights Resisting the Criminalization of Dissent: A Conversation With Iowa Activist David Goodner Iowa activists are fighting a law that would make blockading highways a felony offense. By Sarah Jaffe , Truthout February 9, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health The GOP Plan to Prevent a Repeat of Obama’s Climate Action Congress is moving to get rid of a legal precedent that allowed the EPA to tackle climate change under President Obama. By John Light , Moyers&Company February 9, 2017 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Republicans Want to Let Fossil Fuel Companies Waste Taxpayers’ Natural Gas The GOP is moving to axe rules designed to improve air quality and bring in millions of dollars in royalties. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout February 8, 2017 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republicans Introduce Bill to “Terminate the Environmental Protection Agency“ On Friday, Florida Republican Matt Gaetz introduced a bill with the aim of abolishing the EPA forever. By Dahr Jamail , Truthout February 6, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections You Are the Conscience of This Nation Nothing in my experience is comparable to what has been taking place across this country. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout February 4, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Human Rights A Lame-Duck Assault on Our Rights in Ohio Republicans used the lame-duck session to force laws against reproductive rights, higher minimum wages, and solidarity with Palestine. By Emily Shaw , SocialistWorker February 3, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health We Must Resist Trump’s Energy Plan Trump picked Tillerson, outgoing president of ExxonMobil, for secretary of state; and Pruitt, a climate change denier, for head of the EPA. By Vaios Triantafyllou , Speakout February 3, 2017 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump’s Choice of Gorsuch Endangers Civil, Human and Environmental Rights With Gorsuch on the bench, people of color, women and unions will see their hard-earned rights undermined. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout February 1, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Stop Hiding the “T”: Fighting the Stigmatization of Trans People Even those who oppose the current attacks on trans people are often reluctant to back trans communities publicly. By Mischa Haider , Truthout January 28, 2017 Truthout