Interview | Politics & Elections Sen. McConnell Plans Vote on Repealing Obamacare Despite Lacking Enough Support From GOP Senators Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has announced the Senate will vote next week on whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 21, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections David Cay Johnston: Trump Is “Appallingly Ignorant” on Health Care and Puts Greed Above Human Lives About 32 million Americans would become uninsured over the next decade if Obamacare is repealed. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 20, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing David Cay Johnston: GOP Budget Redistributes Money to the Rich and Helps Make US a “Police State” The Republican-controlled House Budget Committee approved its 2018 budget resolution. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 20, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Dr. Carol Paris: We Must Make It Toxic for Politicians to Not Get on Board With Single-Payer Dr. Carol Paris, president of Physicians for a National Health Program, discusses how people can make the demand for single-payer health care. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 19, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Gaza on Verge of Collapse as Israel Sends 2.2 Million People “Back to Middle Ages” in Electricity Crisis Raji Sourani and Tareq Baconi discuss the Israeli occupation and the escalation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 19, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor The Ultimate Hypocrisy? Trump Plan to Renegotiate NAFTA Resembles TPP Deal He Withdrew From The Trump administration has released their plans for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 18, 2017 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace Amnesty International Accuses US Coalition of War Crimes in Mosul: Scale of Death Much Higher Than Acknowledged Amnesty's new report entitled states the US coalition may have committed war crimes in Mosul. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 18, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Outrage Mounts as Saudi Arabia Plans Imminent Executions for 14 Accused Pro-Democracy Protesters The country is set to execute 14 men, including Mujtaba'a al-Sweikat, who was only 17 when he was sentenced to death five years ago. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 17, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Economy & Labor How Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Undermines Civil Rights and Favors Predatory Lenders Over Students Attorneys general in 18 states are suing DeVos over a rule to protect student loan borrowers. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 17, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Justice Neil Gorsuch Ends First SCOTUS Term Voting Consistently on Court’s “Most Conservative Side” Rewire legal analyst Jessica Mason Pieklo discusses how Neil Gorsuch emerged as one of the Supreme Court's most conservative justices. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 14, 2017 Truthout