Truthout
Border Patrol Unleashes Violence on Protesters Over Trump’s Border Wall
Activists say federal agents dragged protesters across a barbed wire and used “extreme pain compliance" tactics.
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Mississippi Is in Danger of Executing Woman on Death Row, Despite Key Evidence
Lisa Jo Chamberlin’s co-defendant confessed to coercing her into their crime. Will that be enough to stop her execution?
Trump Admits He Wants to Privatize Social Security
“I wanted to do it so badly,” Trump said of his desire to privatize Social Security in his first year in office.
US Embassy Aide Suppressed Report on Israeli Killings of Americans in West Bank
David Milstein, top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, has wielded enormous power in US-Israel policy decisions.
As French Police Teargas Students, Trump Blames Protests on “Mass Migration”
Over 200 students have been injured as police fired teargas and used batons against the youth protestors.
The War on Afghanistan Was Launched 25 Years Ago. It Still Hasn’t Ended.
The war inaugurated a terrible new global order in which armed drones kill civilians who are neither named nor counted.
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Trump, Facing Sinking Approval on Earth, Sets Sights on Colonizing the Moon
The president said that the US will soon “establish a permanent” base on the moon, then gave Elon Musk a medal.
FBI Adds Torture Charges Against Maduro as US Faces Questions Over Its Abuses
New torture charges against Maduro come as the US faces scrutiny over its treatment of migrants.
3 Years Ago My Family Harvested Olives, Not Knowing It Would Be the Last Time
Two of my family’s olive groves fell under Israeli control and got bulldozed. The third is damaged beyond recognition.
Thousands of Cornell Students Protest for Accountability in Rape Case
In a 2025 survey, 35 percent of undergraduate women reported experiencing sexual assault during their time at Cornell.
Progressives and Republicans Introduce Competing Bills to Rein In Flock Cameras
The Ban Flock Act aims to slow the rise of Flock-style cameras amid rising fears about AI mass surveillance.
Activists Target What They Call a Major “Spy Center” for ICE in Rural Vermont
As ICE widens its surveillance dragnet, activists plan a week of action to disrupt a major data network.
Cubans See Hope in Reforms But Worry Over How the US May Thwart Them
Residents of Havana discuss the obstacles facing the revival of the Cuban economy amid the US fuel blockade.
Trump’s Repeal of Roadless Rule Would Declare Open Season on Protected Forests
A public policy expert described the move as “the largest evisceration of public lands protection in American history.”
AI
New Report Reveals Walmart’s Patents for Price-Gouging Tech
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Two-Thirds of Americans See Social Media as Harmful to Democracy
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Report: Trump Used Grok to Help Talk Him Into Illegal Invasion of Venezuela
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Dem Candidate Sends “Cease and Desist” Order to Republican Over Deepfake Ads
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Reject AI Billionaire Cash, Progressive Caucus Leader Casar Tells Democrats
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The Real Existential Risk Is AI Company CEOs, AI Researcher Timnit Gebru Says
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Amazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They Form
“A dystopian infringement on our access to information isn’t just some looming threat — we’re actively living through it.”
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Movement Memos
Activists Are Preparing to Defend Elections This November
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Artificial Intimacy Is Changing Who We Are
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Organizing for Survival in an Era of Climate Chaos
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Silicon Valley’s Billionaire Cults Are Coming for Democracy
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You Can’t Drink Data: Native Communities Are Resisting the AI Death Cycle
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The AI Boom Is a Corporate Project. It Can Be Disrupted
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No Abandonment, No Bunkers: Preparing for Disaster Together