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Sharon Zhang is a news writer at Truthout covering politics, climate and labor. Before coming to Truthout, Sharon had written stories for Pacific Standard, The New Republic, and more. She has a master’s degree in environmental studies. She can be found on Twitter: @zhang_sharon

Demonstrators protest the death of environmental activist Tortuguita on Saturday, January 21, 2023 in Atlanta, Ga. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post via Getty Images.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

1,300 social justice groups demand Atlanta mayor resign over Tortuguita’s death

Headshot of Sharon Zhang, Truthout. by Sharon Zhang January 31, 2023March 14, 2024
Senator Sanders speaks in front of the white columns of the White House's West Wing. He is wearing a dark suit and has one finger raised in the air.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality

Sanders calls for minimum wage to be raised to at least $17 an hour

Headshot of Sharon Zhang, Truthout. by Sharon Zhang January 30, 2023January 30, 2023
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) questions U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland at a House Judiciary Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)
Posted inClimate Crisis

Cori Bush calls for investigation into police killing of activist Tortuguita

Headshot of Sharon Zhang, Truthout. by Sharon Zhang January 26, 2023March 14, 2024
U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks at a press conference at the RNC headquarters on Capitol Hill on January 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

Republicans want to raise retirement age to 70 as life expectancy is falling

Headshot of Sharon Zhang, Truthout. by Sharon Zhang January 25, 2023March 14, 2024
President Donald Trump participates in the final presidential debate against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at Belmont University on October 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

The RNC is already warning its nominee will boycott 2024 presidential debate

Headshot of Sharon Zhang, Truthout. by Sharon Zhang January 24, 2023March 14, 2024
Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., attends a House Rules Committee meeting on the Build Back Better Act in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, November 3, 2021.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US

A majority of House Republicans’ new committee chairs are election deniers

Headshot of Sharon Zhang, Truthout. by Sharon Zhang January 19, 2023March 14, 2024
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts a news conference after securing the Republican nomination for Speaker of the House in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
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GOP votes to kill Congressional Workers’ Union in new rules package

Headshot of Sharon Zhang, Truthout. by Sharon Zhang January 10, 2023January 10, 2023
A nurse of the New York State Nurses Association holds up a sign during a press conference on the Covid-19 public health crisis engulfing Jacobi Medical Center and other New York health hospital facilities on January 13, 2022 in New York City.
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7,000 New York nurses go on strike, decrying ‘unimaginable’ working conditions

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