Truthout
Free Trade Has Hurt Global Labor Conditions. Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Help Them.
Corporations are likely to respond to the tariffs by further exploiting overseas workers to keep the profits flowing.
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A Fraction of What We Pay in Fossil Fuel Subsidies Could Fund a Just Transition
Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies must be tied to new subsidies that raise living standards for working and poor people.
DOJ Lawyer Argues AG Pam Bondi Can Revoke a Person’s Green Card at Any Time
A ruling in the attorney general’s favor could affect 12 million permanent legal residents currently living in the US.
Netanyahu Praises Smotrich After Minister Vows “Conquering, Cleansing” of Gaza
Smotrich said that the level of destruction in Gaza will be unprecedented globally.
Trump Lawsuit Against Driving Access Seeks to Grab Undocumented People’s Data
Across the United States, 19 states and DC allow all residents to get driver’s licenses. That right is being challenged.
Behind Trump and DOGE’s Reckless Destruction Is a Determination to Crush Workers
The future of collective bargaining and labor rights in the United States is on the table.
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Facing International Scrutiny, Israel Allows a Paltry 5 Aid Trucks Into Gaza
Advocates slammed the miniscule allowance of aid as nothing more than a “PR stunt by Netanyahu’s genocidal government.”
Pete Hegseth Has Banned 3 of My Books From the US Naval Academy
Censorship is an act of cowardice and a direct refusal of the mirror I hold up to the US’s racist past and present.
Trump’s Order to Expand Logging Threatens to Increase Climate-Fueled Wildfires
The president’s push to expand timber and fossil fuel production “is a double whammy on the climate.”
DHS Is Reportedly Considering “Reality” Show for Immigrants to Win Citizenship
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has frequently been criticized for “photo ops and costume changes” since taking on the role.
3 Years Into War, Ukrainian Leftists Fight for Labor Rights Under Martial Law
Ukrainian leftists face a double bind, caught between anti-labor governance in Ukraine and military attacks from Russia.
My Father in Gaza Was Yearning for Our Reunion. When That Hope Died, So Did He.
This is how we grieve under occupation: digitally, remotely, alone. Our mourning, like our lives, is fragmented.
Experts Credit Harm Reduction, Not Border Cops, for 27% Drop in Overdose Deaths
Grassroots public health efforts and shifts in drug use have contributed to the sharp decline in overdose deaths.
Newsom’s Health Plan Cuts Out Undocumented Californians
The cuts included in Newsom’s budget are “reckless and unconscionable,” said one California health care advocate.
LGBTQ Rights
Federal Judge Strikes Down LGBTQ Protections Against Workplace Discrimination
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Appellate Court Says Florida’s Drag Show Ban Is Likely Unconstitutional
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Trans-Led Advocacy Wins Hard-Fought Victory in Colorado Legislature
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Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetoes Anti-Trans Bills, Chides GOP for Attacking Arizonans
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Forthcoming Anti-Trans Report From HHS Could Further Restrict Access to Care
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LGBTQ Suicide Hotline at Risk Under Trump’s HHS Budget Proposal
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Conservative Justices May Upend School District’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Lessons
“It’s not only the fear of death that haunts the mothers of Gaza, but the unbearable agony of watching their children starve, unable to feed them, powerless to save them.”
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Prisons & Policing
Did the US’s Descent Into Authoritarianism Start With Policing in Blue Cities?
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Now Free, Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi Discusses His Experience in ICE Jail
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Having Survived Solitary, I Refuse to Conflate the Imaginable With the Possible
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Speaks Out After His Arrest for Visiting ICE Jail
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If Dems Want to Stand Up to Trump, They Must Stand With Palestine Protesters
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3 Memphis Cops Acquitted on State Charges of Murdering Tyre Nichols
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Judge Questions Whether Trump’s Hands Are Really Tied Over Kilmar Abrego García