News | Politics & Elections Glitches on Twitter Interrupt Ron DeSantis’s 2024 Presidential Campaign Launch Employees of the social media site said there wasn't enough preparation for the Twitter Spaces event. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 25, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders Leads Senate Call to Investigate Price-Gouging Military Contractors Even as it claims to oppose wasteful spending, the GOP pushes for more military funding in debt ceiling talks. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams May 25, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights The US Continues to Try to Suppress Details About Its Torture Programs It’s time to end the ongoing “war on terror,” expose it for what it is, and make sure it never happens again. By Karen J. Greenberg , TomDispatch May 25, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections A Single Parent’s Complaint Leads School District to Ban Amanda Gorman Poem Book bans like the one against her poem “[rob] children of the chance to find their voices in literature,” Gorman said. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 25, 2023 Truthout
News | War & Peace US Spent $1.1 Trillion of Federal Discretionary Money on Militarism in Past Year This left less than two-fifths of the discretionary budget for public health, education, the environment, and more. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 25, 2023 Truthout
News | Education & Youth The Fight Against Book Bans Is Mobilizing a New Generation of Student Activists As the right bans books on LGBTQ issues and racial justice, youth are getting a crash course in collective organizing. By Emily Drabinski , Truthout May 25, 2023 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Biden Administration Pauses Copper Mining Project on Sacred Apache Site For years, tribal leaders in Arizona have fought to keep Oak Flat free from mining projects and other disturbances. By Lyric Aquino , Grist May 25, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections 2 Democrats Join House GOP in Voting to Repeal Student Debt Relief Critics say repealing the program would hit borrowers with surprise bills and nullify the student loan payment pause. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams May 25, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Stabbings Near UC Davis Were Terrifying, But More Policing Won’t Make Us Safer Student-led care and support work rather than criminalization and prosecution should be our model for safety. By Beenash Jafri , Truthout May 25, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections AOC Slams GOP After Gaetz Admits Debt Limit Negotiation Is “Hostage” Situation “For all of this talk about negotiations, Republicans are not negotiating at all,” said Ocasio-Cortez. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 24, 2023 Truthout