William Rivers Pitt
Truthout
Boston, MA, United States
Contact Will
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Will:
When We Rose to Fight COVID, We Were Deliberately Turned Against Each Other
There was a time when we came together to fight COVID, but that energy threatened the status quo more than the virus. → Read More
On the Trump Front, This Week Has Been a Year. What Will Come of It?
Merrick Garland has called Donald Trump's bluff in a staredown for the ages. → Read More
Don't Ignore the Threat of Right-Wing Violence in Wake of Mar-a-Lago Search
This remains a moment for peak vigilance. Far right groups -- encouraged by Trump -- are still alive and kicking. → Read More
Bill Russell Has Died, But His Legacies in Basketball and Racial Justice Live On
Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics was a champion without peer, in more ways than one. → Read More
Merrick Garland's January 6 Investigation Appears to Be Zeroing In on Trump
The Justice Department appears to be investigating whether Trump and his allies committed conspiracy and fraud. → Read More
New York Post Announces COVID Is Over. It's Still Running Rampant.
The daily infection rates still tally in the thousands. That’s not “over” by even the most wildly irresponsible metric. → Read More
The Time to Plan for Winter COVID Needs to Start Now
Omicron variant BA.5 is being described by scientists as “the worst version of the virus that we’ve seen.” → Read More
US Democracy May Have 2 Years to Live, Depending on Upcoming Gerrymander Ruling
Free and fair elections may be in their final days, thanks to an impending Supreme Court decision. → Read More
The Supreme Court's Assault Is Far From Over. July 4 Is No Celebration.
The frontal assault by right-wing forces upon all the progressive gains made last century is only just beginning. → Read More
Subpoenas Are Flying — and Anything That Gets Trump in a Twist Is a Good Thing
Trump is now blaming Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for the thrashing Trump has absorbed in these hearings. → Read More
COVID Is Not Behind Us — It’s Still Sending Children to the Emergency Room
Sick children are the price we pay because we seem to enjoy the arguments more than we can tolerate the solutions. → Read More
GOP Wants to Blame Biden for Inflation. What About COVID and Capitalism?
COVID! Come on, you can say it, the monster is still under the bed, no sense pretending otherwise. → Read More
Trumpist Perdue Seems Poised to Lose Georgia to Brian Kemp
We must always condemn Trumpists -- and their GOP opponents, too. Perdue and Kemp are key examples in these primaries. → Read More
The Greatest Trick COVID Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World It Didn't Exist
The push to rose-color even the grimmest data stumbles over immunocompromised people like me. → Read More
It’s Primary Night in Pennsylvania, and All Hell Is Set to Break Loose
The outcome in Pennsylvania tonight could shed light on the current disposition of Republican voters more broadly. → Read More
Capitalism Is to Blame for How Quickly US COVID Deaths Reached 1 Million
The idea of obeying science when it might cost multibillion-dollar corporations their market share was heresy. → Read More
The Biden Administration’s Aid Package Will Fuel War Profiteers
Military escalation serves the war profiteers, not the people of Ukraine. → Read More
Democrats Had 50 Years to Save and Protect "Roe." They Failed.
The GOP attack on "Roe" was enabled by a Democratic Party that intentionally deprioritized reproductive rights. → Read More
What's Needed to Fight Climate Crisis Is Clear. The Powerful Are Preventing It.
Republicans, Manchin, Sinema, Biden, capitalism and war are obstructing climate action this Earth Day. → Read More
As Republicans Push Far Right Agenda, Stakes for Midterms Couldn't Be Higher
Voter turnout for midterms tends to be low, and Republicans are far more reliable voters than Democrats. → Read More