Truthout https://truthout.org/series/human-rights-and-global-wrongs/ During her Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Amy Coney Barrett refused to say that voter intimidation is illegal, that armed poll watchers are intimidating, that voter discrimination exists, whether the president could deny someone the right to vote based on race or that Congress …

October 12, 2020 (IEEFA) ‒ A major contract signed with the LUMA Energy consortium may prevent Puerto Rico from building a safe, reliable and resilient electrical system, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The deal to operate the island’s grid came in the …

SPONSORED CONTENT “Health care has emerged as a major pivot point for American voters who are deciding right now to, or planning how to, cast their ballots. At a time of medical pandemic, people’s access to reliable affordable health care is at the forefront of many voters’ minds. President Trump …

At the time of this writing, the on and off, then on again negotiations for a bi-partisan compromise on a bill to extend stimulus to our flagging economy are still in process. And, after the latest remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, on October 5th, legislators are forced to …

Herd Immunity is a Double Tragedy in the Making Yesterday we learned that two unnamed White House spokespeople confirmed that achieving “herd immunity” for Covid-19 is part of the President’s plan to control the pandemic. Achieving herd immunity means effectively letting the virus spread unchecked. The head of the World Health Organization, …