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Our Organization and Mission

Truthout is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues. Since our founding in 2001, we have anchored our work in principles of accuracy, transparency, and independence from the influence of corporate and political forces.

Truthout works to spark action by revealing systemic social, racial, economic and environmental injustice and providing a platform for progressive and transformative ideas, through in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis. With a powerful, independent voice, we spur transformations in consciousness and inspire both policy change and direct action. For more on our editorial approach, please read “Remaking Media in the Pursuit of Justice” and “A Call to the Media: Let’s Go Beyond ‘Preserving Democracy.’

Your support helps us continue to do the vital work of publishing award-winning independent journalism. Whether you can give $10 a month or $50,000 a year, your gift provides the kind of sustainable funding publications like ours need to survive, and ensures we can continue amplifying the voices of activists, scientists, scholars and truth-tellers from across the nation.

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Financial Information

Truthout is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization #20-0031641. Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. To donate to Truthout, click here.

For more information about our model and how we utilize our resources, please read Truthout’s annual report for fiscal year 2021/2022. You can also view past annual reports: 2020/2021 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016, 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012.

Our 2022/2023 annual report is in the works. In 2023, Truthout switched from a fiscal year that spans from May 1 to April 30, to a fiscal year that spans from January 1 to December 31. To account for this change, we’ll publish a longer-than usual annual report covering the 20 months from May 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. After that, our annual reports will cover a 12-month calendar year.

Our recent 990s can be found here: 2023, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016.

Contributing Writers

Eman Abdelhadi, Sasha Abramsky, Rodrigo Acuña, Ashjan Ajour, Shireen Akram-Boshar, Michael Arria, Seraj Assi, David Bacon, Eleanor J. Bader, brian bean, Cody Bloomfield, adrienne maree brown, Alyssa Bowen, Braxton Brewington, Shane Burley, José Luis Granados Ceja, Lizzie Chadbourne, Michelle Chen, Noam Chomsky, Simone Chun, Marjorie Cohn, Sandra Cuffe, susie day, ​​Jen Deerinwater, Marianne Dhenin, Jaskiran Dhillon, Arvind Dilawar, Brian Dolinar, Emily Drabinski, Daniel Falcone, Ella Fassler, Michael Fox, Setareh Ghandehari, Henry A. Giroux, Lisa Graves, Jesse Hagopian, Rachel Herzing, Maha Hilal, Adam Hudson, Mickey Huff, Emily Janakiram, Dahr Jamail, Hoda Katebi, Susan Kang, Danny Katch, James Kilgore, Michael T. Klare, Lindsay Koshgarian, October Krausch, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Victoria Law, Aaron Leonard, Jon Letman, Frances Madeson, Magally A. Miranda Alcázar, Austin C. McCoy, Zane McNeill, Michel Moushabeck, Nadine Naber, Souzan Naser, Greg Palast, David Palumbo-Liu, Tamara Pearson, Khury Petersen-Smith, CJ Polychroniou, Nicholas Powers, Katie Rose Quandt, Lauren Rankin, Barbara Ransby, David Renton, Andrea J. Ritchie, William I. Robinson, Brant Rosen, Sam Rosenthal, Daniel Ross, Andy Lee Roth, Edwin Rubis, Derek Seidman, Silky Shah, Ashley Smith, Norman Solomon, JP Sottile, Dean Spade, Chase Strangio, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Rimsha Syed, Flint Taylor, Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Alex S. Vitale, Tyler Walicek, Lewis Raven Wallace, George Yancy, Stephen Zunes

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