News | Politics & Elections Jack Smith’s Latest Filing Hammers Trump’s Immunity Defense, Legal Experts Say A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit will hear arguments in Trump’s election interference case on January 9. By Tatyana Tandanpolie , Salon January 2, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Analysts Warn of Escalation Risk Following Drone Strike Death of Hamas Leader An Israeli drone strike reportedly killed Saleh Arouri in Beirut, an attack likely to further inflame the region. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 2, 2024 Truthout
News | Immigration Biden Administration Will Sue Texas If Anti-Immigrant Law Takes Effect “SB 4 is unconstitutional,” Attorney General Brian Boynton said in a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. By Zane McNeill , Truthout January 2, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Vetoes Anti-Trans Bill The bill would ban gender-affirming care for trans youth, and exclude trans individuals from a wide range of sports. By Erin Reed , ErinInTheMorning January 2, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Raskin: Clarence Thomas Should “Absolutely” Recuse From Trump Ballot Cases “The question is, what do we do if he doesn’t recuse himself?” Raskin said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 2, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Reproductive Rights History Shows Community Solidarity Is Essential for Making Abortion Accessible In the wake of “Dobbs”, we must again center community solidarity around bodily autonomy, like we did before “Roe.” By Lizzie Chadbourne , Truthout January 2, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Israeli Ministers’ Comments About Mass Evictions in Gaza Alarm Observers The remarks follow Netanyahu reportedly saying that he wants “voluntary migration” of Palestinians from Gaza. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 2, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Prison Treats Me Like an Animal. I Write to Reclaim My Humanity. I’ve been confined for 27 years to a concrete box, and prison staff treat me like an animal branded with a number. By Tony D. Vick , Truthout January 2, 2024 Truthout
5 Largest Oil Giants Expect Shareholder Payouts to Exceed $100 Billion for 2023 Meanwhile, 2023 saw record temperatures in what UN Secretary General António Guterres called an “era of global boiling.” By Julia Conley , CommonDreams January 1, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights In Kentucky, LGBTQ Student Clubs Go Underground as SB 150 Goes Into Effect One mother sought to start a Gay-Straight Alliance at her local school until Kentucky's “Don't Say Gay” bill came along. By Javeria Salman , TheHechingerReport January 1, 2024 Truthout