Interview | Racial Justice Justice vs. Urgency Is a False Choice for Climate Action, Says GND Architect The IRA's passage included concessions that perpetuate environmental racism, says policy expert Rhiana Gunn-Wright. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! September 1, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Record-Breaking Extreme Weather Will Only Become Worse, Says Climate Scientist By allowing fossil fuel expansion, the Biden administration will bring us deeper into catastrophe, says Peter Kalmus. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! August 31, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Haitians Work on Sugar Plantations Under Conditions Amounting to Forced Labor Many work 12-14 hours for less than $2 a day while living in communities that may not have running water or electricity. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! August 30, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice Jacksonville Has History of Racial Terror, Says Civil Rights Leader Rodney Hurst A white mob led by the Ku Klux Klan attacked Black civil rights protesters in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1960. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! August 29, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice Are We Closer to or Further From MLK’s Dream 60 Years After March on Washington? “As things can go forwards, so can they go backwards,” says author and professor of sociology Gary Younge. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 28, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Trump Released on Bail From Georgia Jail After Being Booked on 13 Felony Counts Professor Carol Anderson discusses Trump's use of racism and voter suppression in an attempt to “overthrow democracy.” By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 25, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Climate Denial Reaches Its Peak at First Republican Presidential Debate “This sums up the Republican Party at this point,” says The Nation's national affairs correspondent John Nichols. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 24, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections 15 Prisoners Died Last Year in Jail Where Trump Will Surrender Thursday The Justice Department announced it’s opened a civil investigation into the conditions in Georgia’s Fulton County Jail. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! August 23, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health How Will Ecuador’s New Oil Drilling Ban in Amazon Shape the Runoff Election? “[Whoever] wins has to comply with what the Ecuadorian people voted,” says activist Helena Gualinga. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! August 22, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health British Columbia in State of Emergency Amid Canada’s Worst Wildfire Season Ever Evacuation orders are in place for more than 35,000 people, and 30,000 more have been told to be prepared to evacuate. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 21, 2023 Truthout