Truthout

July 22, 2019

Honduran asylum seeker Sandra Sanchez embraces her daughter Yanela Sanchez, 2 1/2, at a playground on February 13, 2019, in the greater Washington D.C. area.

Op-Ed Immigration

If Left Unchecked, Trump Will Obliterate the Right to Asylum

The new asylum rule is part and parcel of Trump's systematic assault on migrants.

by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout

July 22, 2019

A man representing the Freedman’s Bureau stands between armed groups of Euro-Americans and Afro-Americans in this illustration from 1868.

Op-Ed Racial Justice

The US Gave Slavers Their Land Back. What About Black Folks’ Reparations?

H.R. 40, the bill for a commission to study reparations, can help fulfill the promise of “40 acres and a mule."

by Taru Taylor, Truthout

July 22, 2019

Rep. Ilhan Omar conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center responding to negative comments by President Trump that were directed at the freshmen House Democrats on Monday, July 15, 2019.

Op-Ed Politics & Elections

To Protect Ilhan Omar, We Must Beat Back the March of Fascism

Last night’s rally drove home just how dire the situation has become, not simply for Omar, but for us all.

by Kelly Hayes, Truthout

July 22, 2019

The cross on a necklace burns.

News Analysis Human Rights

“Religious Freedom” Laws Are Unraveling Civil Rights as We Know It

"Moral convictions" and individual conscience are being used as a form of assimilation and control.

by Stephanie Guilloud, Truthout

Honduran asylum seeker Sandra Sanchez embraces her two-year-old daughter Yanela Sanchez at a playground on February 13, 2019, in the greater Washington D.C. area. — If Left Unchecked, Trump Will Obliterate the Right to Asylum

A man representing the Freedman's Bureau stands between armed groups of Euro-Americans and Afro-Americans in this illustration from 1868. — The US Gave Slavers Their Land Back. What About Black Folks’ Reparations?

Rep. Ilhan Omar conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center responding to negative comments by President Trump that were directed at the freshmen House Democrats on Monday, July 15, 2019. — To Protect Ilhan Omar, We Must Beat Back the March of Fascism

The cross on a necklace burns. — “Religious Freedom” Laws Are Unraveling Civil Rights as We Know It

Featured

1970s Activism Laid Foundation for Today’s Prison Abolitionist Feminism

by: Anton Woronczuk,; Truthout

President Trump talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a cabinet meeting at the White House, July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Trying to Exploit Tension With Iran for 2020

by: David Barsamian,; Truthout

An activist wears a "Fight For $15" T-shirt during a news conference prior to a vote on the Raise the Wage Act July 18, 2019, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

House Votes to Eliminate One Legacy of Slavery — Subminimum Wages

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Donald Trump puts two fists into the air

Trump’s Race-Baiting Evokes Nuremberg Rallies

by: Sasha Abramsky,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

A hand puts paper into a ballot box

People on Parole Fight to Reclaim the Ballot

by: Michelle Chen,; Truthout

Counselor to President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, talks to reporters outside the White House, May 1, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Federal Officials Are Illegally Campaigning for Trump at Work

by: Yeganeh Torbati,; ProPublica

Democratic presidential candidates South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders take the stage for the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27, 2019, in Miami, Florida.

Which 2020 Democrats Are Taking Money From the Health Care Industry?

by: Karl Evers-Hillstrom &; Jessica Piper,; Center for Responsive Politics

Bernie Sanders points towards the audience while speaking at a podium

Bernie Sanders Challenges Joe Biden to Stop Taking Money From Big Pharma

by: Alex Kotch,; Sludge

Exclusives

Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Trying to Exploit Tension With Iran for 2020

Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Trying to Exploit Tension With Iran for 2020

Trump is cynically concocting crises with Iran to strengthen his hand going into the next election, Chomsky says.

by: David Barsamian,; Truthout

Why the Mainstream Media Has Failed to Tell Truths About Psychiatry

Why the Mainstream Media Has Failed to Tell Truths About Psychiatry

The media failed to question psychiatric association claims that were backed by Big Pharma advertising dollars.

by: Bruce E. Levine,; Truthout

Don’t “Make War” on Climate Change

Don’t “Make War” on Climate Change

We can’t save a burning planet with the same militarist paradigms that have repeatedly set it on fire.

by: Medea Benjamin &; Azeezah Kanji,; Truthout

Environment & Health

A bullzoder sits on its side in a clearing of a forest

Organic Farm in West Virginia Is Imperiled by Gas Pipeline Construction

by: Anne Meador,; DC Media Group

Criminal pollution enforcement under Trump's EPA is at record low levels.

Giving “Upper Hand to Corporate Polluters,” EPA Drops Surprise Inspections

by: Andrea Germanos,; Common Dreams

Therapists are noticing more patients with anxiety or depression related to climate change and the Earth’s future.

Fears About the Planet’s Future Weigh on Americans’ Mental Health

by: Victoria Knight,; Kaiser Health News

President Trump knocks on the hull of a power boat as he tours his 'Made In America' product showcase at the White House, July 15, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Turning 75 in the Bleak and Surreal Age of Trump

by: Tom Engelhardt,; TomDispatch

Economy & Labor

The four representatives have been bold and progressive in their tone and policies.

“The Squad” Keeps the Focus on Bold Policies to Fight Inequality

by: Sarah Anderson &; Negin Owliaei,; Inequality.org

Following the "Prime Day" actions, a new organizing effort is underway at an Amazon facility in Chicago.

Angry About Low Pay and Sweltering Heat, These Amazon Workers Are Organizing

by: Rebecca Burns,; In These Times

Two men chant and hold signs during a union protest

Quiet Trump Administration Rule Change Could Allow Federal Union-Busting Spree

by: Heather Gies,; In These Times

As Amazon Continues Undercutting Rivals, Workers Demand Fair Pay and Conditions

by: Amy Goodman &; Juan González,; Democracy Now!

Immigration

Hundreds of people gather in lower Manhattan for a "Lights for Liberty" protest against migrant detention camps and the impending raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on July 12, 2019, in New York City.

How Corporate Journalism Is Normalizing the Concentration Camps

by: Janine Jackson,; FAIR

Honduran asylum seeker Sandra Sanchez embraces her two-year-old daughter Yanela Sanchez at a playground on February 13, 2019, in the greater Washington D.C. area.

If Left Unchecked, Trump Will Obliterate the Right to Asylum

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

A mother hold her child while walking outside

A Trump Plan Would Throw 55,000 Children Out of Their Homes

by: Rose Ramirez &; Dedrick Asante-Muhammad,; Other Words

A border patrol officer wears a patch reading "US BORDER PATROL" on their sleeve

Border Patrol Agent Calls Migrant Prison Camp a “Scene From a Zombie Apocalypse”

by: Ginger Thompson,; ProPublica

Racial Justice

A Black woman looks onward as a slavery scene is depicted in the shadows of her face

Reparations to Black Americans Should Be Made Now. Here’s How to Start.

by: Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann,; The Conversation

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds an immigration town hall in Queens on July 20, 2019 in New York City.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: Trump’s Agenda Is Driven by Racism

by: Andrea Germanos,; Common Dreams

A man representing the Freedman's Bureau stands between armed groups of Euro-Americans and Afro-Americans in this illustration from 1868.

The US Gave Slavers Their Land Back. What About Black Folks’ Reparations?

by: Taru Taylor,; Truthout

Attacks on Ilhan Omar Rooted in Belief “America Is for White People”

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

LGBTQ Rights

Queer Liberation March Returns Pride to Radical Roots

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Budweiser employees dance on a float during the Toronto Pride Parade, June 25, 2017.

No Rainbow Capitalism: The Five Worst Corporations We Must Kick Out of Pride

by: Violet Glaser,; Left Voice

Members of an LGBT group traveling with the the Central American migrant caravan wait for a ride on November 1, 2018, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, Mexico.

It’s Pride. Don’t Forget Trans Women Dying at the Border.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Joe Biden squints into an apparent source of light while speaking into a microphone

Joe Biden, Get Out of Stonewall

by: Ezra Brain,; Left Voice

Prisons & Policing

"All Our Trials" offers a history of feminists who challenged the idea that the state could end gender violence.

How Feminists Resisted Prisons and Policing in the 1970s

by: Emily L. Thuma,; University of Illinois Press

Eric Garner Family Outraged DOJ Won’t Prosecute His Murder by Police

by: Amy Goodman &; Juan González,; Democracy Now!

A fallen ice cream cone sits on the ground

Outrage Over Ice Cream Licker Should Prompt Us to Ask: What Is a Crime?

by: Sarah Lustbader,; The Appeal

Since 2015, mass shooters have killed 339 people in the U.S., while police have used guns to take 4,355 lives.

Presidential Candidates Can’t Discuss Gun Deaths Without Discussing Cops

by: Ella Fassler,; Truthout

War & Peace

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes his last step off the Eagle lunar module onto the surface of the Moon.

We Got to the Moon. We Can Overcome War and Capitalism.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

New Film Shows How UK Whistleblower Almost Stopped the Iraq Invasion in 2003

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A man in the cockpit of an aircraft looks out of the window at a predator drone flying below him

Iran Says US May Have Shot Down Its Own Drone by Mistake

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

A piggy bank and a bottle of medicine sit equally on a scale

We’re Spending Trillions on Weapons and War. Let’s Spend It on Health Care.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Series

Voting Wrongs

Voting Wrongs

We expose the injustices that deny the vote to millions — and cover the fight for true enfranchisement.

Climate Disruption Dispatches

Climate Disruption Dispatches

Each month, Dahr Jamail chronicles the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

Progressive Picks

Progressive Picks

Books and films that we find thought-provoking and insightful.

How Then Shall We Live?

How Then Shall We Live?

Finding our way and peace of heart amidst global collapse.

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Marjorie Cohn analyzes human rights and executive branch lawbreaking.

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Progressive academics address important social issues.

Education & Youth

High school students from New York City's public high schools demonstrate against a segregated school system on May 17, 2019, in Times Square, New York City. New York City has some of the most segregated schools in the nation, and black and latino students continue to be vastly underrepresented at the city's elite public high schools.

What School Segregation Looks Like in the US Today

by: Erica Frankenberg,; The Conversation

Lebanese retired security personnel remove a barricade during a demonstration over feared pension cuts near the government's headquarters in the capital Beirut on May 20, 2019.

Professors and Students Unite to Oppose Cuts to Lebanon’s Only Public University

by: J.M. Kassem,; Waging Nonviolence

Henry Giroux

Henry A. Giroux: Education Should Not Be Neutral

by: João França,; CCCB LAB

Sen. Bernie Sanders is introduced by Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a rally at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on March 31, 2017.

As Progressives Call for Student Debt Cancellation, Loan Companies Influence DC

by: Reid Champlin,; Center for Responsive Politics

Culture & Media

A patient sits in a chair as a doctor looks over forms on a clipboard

Why the Mainstream Media Has Failed to Tell Truths About Psychiatry

by: Bruce E. Levine,; Truthout

White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway talks to reporters outside of the West Wing July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Fox News Is Intensifying Its Racist Attacks to Prop Up Trump 2020

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Justice Minister Sergio Moro speaks in Manaus, Brazil, on June 10, 2019.

Journalist Faces Death Threats for Exposing Brazilian Judge’s Far-Right Bias

by: Michael Fox,; Truthout

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a press conference to introduce college affordability legislation outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2019.

Why Won’t New York Times Disclose Corporate Ties of Sanders Critics?

by: Katie Halper,; FAIR