Truthout
Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Enact Sweeping Speech Crackdown
The US has entered a new era of McCarthyism as the Trump administration equates leftist critique with “terrorism.”
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Israel Bombed My High-Rise Apartment This Week. We Barely Survived.
My cousin saved my life by warning me of the bomb that was about to fall. Now we must flee, but we have nowhere to go.
Democrat-Aligned PR Firm Says It Ended Contract to Create Pro-Israel Propaganda
The firm’s other pro-Israel work targeting the news media is unaffected.
What Trump’s Executive Order on 401(K)s Means for Workers Who Hope to Retire
More workers may lose their hard-won retirement savings now that Trump has pushed them toward crypto and private equity.
Israeli Minister Smotrich Calls Gaza “Real Estate Bonanza” Amid Talks With US
“We paid a lot of money for the war, so we need to decide how to divide the percentages of the land,” said Smotrich.
15K Gaza Students Have Been Killed. Survivors Are Denied Their Education.
Israel has killed over 800 teachers and staff, along with 15,000 school-aged kids. Schools are in ruins.
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Kash Patel Appears to Not Know Who White Supremacist Shooter Dylann Roof Was
“Can you give me a reminder? I’ve got a lot in front of me,” the FBI director said of the widely-publicized massacre.
In the Aftermath of Israel’s Assault, Feminists in Iran Chart a Path Forward
Iranian feminists navigate Israeli attacks, authoritarianism at home, and appropriation of their liberation struggles.
As Prisons Deal With Heat Waves, Climate Crisis Makes Abolition Even More Urgent
While the planet continues to warm, conditions in prisons, and specifically in solitary confinement, continue to worsen.
Bolsonaro’s Conviction for Coup Plot Is a Blow to the Global Far Right
In holding the former president accountable, Brazil’s legal system has delivered a historic victory for democracy.
Digital Tools Are Fueling the Rise of New “Time Exchange” Solidarity Economies
Through time exchanges, members earn time credits by helping others, then redeem them when they need help themselves.
Rising Tenant-Led Movement Aims to Bring Down Corporate Landlords
Tenant union organizers from Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and New York share hopeful news from the growing movement.
Trump’s Education Plan Seeks to Make Cruel Domination Into “Common Sense”
Trump isn’t even trying to hide his authoritarianism within social acceptability.
Targeting Venezuela, Trump Escalates US Campaign of Aggression in Latin America
The US and Latin American right have long mobilized to remove challenges to their traditional privileges and control.
Environment & Health
This Researcher Studied How Climate Change Hurts Children — Trump Shut Her Down
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Trump’s Health Care Funding Cuts Leave States With Impossible Budget Choices
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FDA Guidelines on COVID-19 Vaccines Are Throwing Those Most at Risk Into Despair
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EPA Paved Way for Buildout of Fossil Fuel-Boosting Chemical Recycling Facilities
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Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Firms Have Doubled Since 2017, Now $35 Billion a Year
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Chicago Hospital’s Closure Is a Canary in Coal Mine for Corporatized Health Care
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Is Oregon Paving the Way for Universal Health Care in the US?
“There are still people alive today who knew those who had been enslaved. That history isn’t distant — it’s still breathing beside us.”
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Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation
Israel Demolished 50 High-Rises in Two Days. Will My Apartment Building Be Next?
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Israeli Forces Bomb, Loot, Vandalize Our Homes in Gaza. We Long for Normal Life.
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The World Has Failed to Stop Israel. Our Only Choices Now: Leave or Die.
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Gaza Mental Health Professionals Warn of Urgent, Widespread Trauma Crisis
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Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millennia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage
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Olive Trees Tie Palestinians to Our Homeland. Israel Treats Them as a Threat.
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Egypt Has Leverage Against Israel. Why Doesn’t Sisi Use It?