Truthout
Trump Is Already Outpacing His First-Term Record Number of Airstrikes on Somalia
The Trump administration cut humanitarian aid to Somalia while continuing to pound it with military airstrikes.
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When a Fascist Organization Set Up Shop in Their Town, Residents Fought Back
Michael Edison Hayden’s new book tells the story of an Appalachian town’s fight against an anti-immigrant behemoth.
Musk Says He Got “Carried Away” With DOGE Cuts, Which Are Set to Kill Millions
Research last year found that, by 2030, DOGE cuts could kill 14 million, including 4.5 million children under 5.
Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy.
Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.
Kansas Amendment Battle Highlights Billionaires’ Efforts to Capture State Courts
Charles Koch and Leonard Leo’s hands are all over a ballot measure to change how judges get on the Kansas Supreme Court.
Reporters in Gaza Are Under Attack. Will I Be Recognized as One If I Am Killed?
Israel routinely targets Palestinian journalists and then questions their credibility after death.
Latest Stories
Trump Says US Has Taken “Billions and Billions” From Venezuela and Iran Is Next
He said that Congress should approve legislation to allow Venezuela’s funds to be rerouted to the US military.
The Odyssey Challenges the Right-Wing Myth of a “Golden Past”
The new film pushes back against MAGA attempts to use a fetishization of the ancient world to legitimizing bigotry.
25 States Sue to Stop Admin’s FEMA Restrictions Over Election Overhaul Demands
The Trump White House is “threatening to jeopardize public safety,” one state attorney general said.
The State’s War on the Left Didn’t Begin With Trump — But He’s Escalating It
Trump’s war on the left blends “war on terror” language with Cold War McCarthyism.
Gaza’s Streets and Markets Have Become Dumping Grounds for Medical Waste
With its waste disposal infrastructure destroyed, Gaza is experiencing a growing health and environmental crisis.
People Keep Dying in ICE Custody. 13 Dems Back a Bill to Abolish the Agency.
At least 53 people have died in ICE custody since President Donald Trump’s return to office.
Floridians’ Fights Against Flock Cameras and AI Are Shaking Up State Politics
Public backlash has pushed some counties to pull funding for Flock cameras and issue moratoriums on data centers.
The AI Boom Is a Corporate Project. It Can Be Disrupted
“A lot of people are really sitting up and pushing back,” says Brian Merchant.
Criminalization
DOJ Charges Alleged Cop City Activist Over “Duress” Password That Wipes Phone
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House Republicans Subpoena Left-Wing Groups Amid Trump Administration Crackdown
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As Trump Threatens Invasion, Admin Releases Report Vilifying Cuba and the Left
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DHS Chief Threatens to Imprison Election Officials Who Don’t Comply With Trump
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Miller Labels Leftists a “Cancer” That World Must “Root Out” in Fascistic Speech
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The Fight Against Surveillance Cameras Is a Struggle for Democracy
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Latest Case of “Palestine Exception” to Free Speech Is “Golden Gate Defendants”
“People keep looking to Hungary, to Putin’s Russia, even to Nazi Germany to understand how authoritarianism takes hold. We don’t have to leave our own country to find those examples.”
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Movement Memos
No Abandonment, No Bunkers: Preparing for Disaster Together
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ICE Camps Are Not Untouchable. Here’s How Communities Can Push Back.
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What Trump’s “Whenever Wars” Reveal About US Empire
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Hope Is Not Naive: Rebecca Solnit on Backlash, Power, and Political Memory
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Repair Is a Survival Skill Under Fascism
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Rupture and Repair Under Fascist Conditions
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Why Libraries Matter in a Fascist Moment