Truthout
California Is Home to 200 Billionaires. Organizers Say It’s Time to Tax Them.
If passed, California’s Proposition 40 would generate funding for health care, education, and food assistance programs.
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My Study of Dystopian Fiction Never Prepared Me for Reality Here in Gaza
As a teacher of English literature in Gaza, I’ve seen my relationship to books be overturned by the violence around me.
As Trump Sabotages the ICC With Sanctions, There Are Many Ways to Fight Back
Trump officials now face a temporary restraining order for violating the First Amendment with the sanctions.
Washington State Invests My Pension in Genocide. I’m Demanding Divestment.
Workers across the US are demanding divestment from firms that profit from weapons and surveillance. I’m one of them.
“Democrats for Mike Rogers” PAC Is Funded by Republicans, Records Show
The group has spent more than $4 million in an attempt to defeat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
New Documents Expose Exxon’s Attempt to Suppress Damning Climate Evidence
A paper from 1992 shows the oil company anticipating how the melting of Arctic ice sheets could impact its bottom line.
Latest Stories
Washington Post Journalist Hospitalized After Israeli Settler Attack
Netanyahu cast doubt on the journalists’ account of the attack just hours after it happened.
HHS Demands Answers From Orgs Over Support for Youth Gender-Affirming Care
Studies have demonstrated that gender-affirming care for transgender young people can be life-saving treatment.
Man Shot by ICE in NYC Last Week Yet to Receive Surgery for Bullet in His Neck
Lawyers for Oscar Belgal have called for his immediate release, citing inadequate care.
New Mexico’s Challenges Hold Lessons for the Struggle for Universal Child Care
New Mexico is finding out that successfully providing universal child care requires giving teachers a living wage.
How Communities Are Fighting AI Data Centers and Winning
“There’s so much power in this fight,” says Saul Levin.
Progressives Shouldn’t Call on Trump to Restore Military Exercises in Korea
More than 20 Democrats signed a letter calling on Trump to maintain escalatory policies against North Korea.
The Tech Oligarchs Have Captured Washington — Now They’re Pivoting to the States
AI and crypto firms have spent record amounts on the 2026 midterms.
Trump’s Genocidal Rhetoric on Iran Deserves Legal Consequences, Scholars Say
As Trump repeats annihilation threats against Iran, legal scholars implore other countries to step in.
Elections
“No Kings” Shifts Focus to Midterms With Early Voting Day of Action
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Aging Coal Plants Turn Into a Midterm Fight Over Energy Costs
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Organizers Are Pushing to Reach “Forgotten” Black Voters Ahead of the Midterms
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Elon Musk Is Bankrolling Massive Push for Ken Paxton in Texas
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Meta Has Paid Far Right Accounts for Their Posts Ahead of the Midterms
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Israeli Forces Raid Palestinian NGOs in the West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections
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Mike Rogers’s Wealth Soared as His Wife’s Firm Won Billion-Dollar Contracts
“The administration is pursuing numerous strategies, legal and extralegal, to bludgeon its way into sensitive databases, neutralize electoral safeguards, and disenfranchise legitimate voters.”
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Human Rights and Global Wrongs
Trump’s Final Battle to Sabotage the Midterms
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Trump Sanctioned ICC Officials to Shield Israeli Leaders. Rights Groups Sued.
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To Trump’s Chagrin, Supreme Court Narrowly Protects Voting by Mail
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Labor Unions Celebrate World Court’s Ruling That Enshrines the Right to Strike
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Failure to Stop Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Has Allowed It to Expand Into Lebanon
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Supreme Court Is Poised to Gut Remaining Protections of the Voting Rights Act
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Judge May Reconsider Dismissing Maduro’s Case Due to US Blocking His Legal Funds