News | Politics & Elections Case Challenging Trump’s Deportations of Pro-Palestine Students Goes to Trial While the case deals specifically with noncitizens, it has implications for free speech for everyone in the US. By Stephen Prager , CommonDreams July 7, 2025 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Georgia Librarian Fired After Displaying Book Featuring Transgender Child “The library is for everybody,” said the Pierce County library manager, who had served for 15 years before her firing. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 7, 2025 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Provision in Trump Budget Law Subsidizes Private Jet Owners Amid Climate Crisis Analysts say private jet owners will be able to write off the full cost of their aircraft in the first year of purchase. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 7, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Dodges Questions on Texas Floods, National Weather Service Cuts Several National Weather Service offices in Texas are considerably understaffed. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 7, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Amid Gaza’s Devastated Infrastructure, Donkey Carts Function as Ambulances Protecting donkeys helps protect the people who depend on them to survive the ongoing crisis, says a Gaza veterinarian. By Shahad Ali , Truthout July 7, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections LA Protests Seem to Show That Courts Won’t Stand in the Way of Trump’s Agenda Portland’s attempts in 2020 to fight back against the deployment of federal agents offers lessons about what to expect. By Karen J. Greenberg , TomDispatch July 7, 2025 Truthout
News | Human Rights Police Arrest 27 During UK Protest Defying Ban on Pro-Palestine Group British lawmakers voted to ban Palestine Action as a “terrorist” group after members vandalized two aircraft. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams July 6, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Critics Call Trump’s Proposed White House UFC Match Pure “Idiocracy” UFC President and CEO Dana White has donated at least $1 million to Trump's campaign coffers. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams July 6, 2025 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Schools Are Going Underground to Avoid Trump’s Immigration Dragnet No matter the strategy, the goal is the same: avoid potential federal audits, funding cuts, and closures. By Jo Napolitano , The19th/The74 July 6, 2025 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Idaho’s Abortion Ban Is Impacting Routine Care for Seniors and Kids Three years after “Dobbs,” states that were already struggling with physician shortages say they’re getting worse. By Kelcie Moseley-Morris , FloridaPhoenix July 6, 2025 Truthout