Truthout
Interview
We Both Were Incarcerated at Rikers Island. Now We’re Discussing Its History.
I met Jarrod Shanahan before my own sentence at Rikers. His new book details how the jail “took New York City hostage.”
Attacks on Trans Youth Are a Fascist “Moral Battering Ram”
“I am so disheartened by the lack of response to these attacks,” says attorney Chase Strangio.
Latin American Nations Skip Summit of Americas for Excluding Cuba and Venezuela
Leaders from Mexico, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are absent from Biden’s Summit of the Americas in LA.
Journalists in Texas Say Uvalde Police Are Actively Obstructing News Reporters
Officials in Uvalde face increasing accusations of stonewalling the media.
Pennsylvania Governor Race Could Be “Life or Death for Democracy”
The Republican candidate was present at the January 6 “Stop the Steal” rally and arranged buses for attendees.
Corporate Media Are Leaving Pro-Negotiation Voices Out of Ukraine-Russia Reports
“The longer this war goes on, the much more difficult it is to end it,” says Katrina vanden Heuvel.
Mass Shootings Are Evidence of a Deep Rot in Our Society
Horrific gun violence is more than just a failure of policy and misplaced faith in policing.
Organizers Are Demanding a Green New Deal for the Gulf South
The Gulf South for a Green New Deal comprises about 300 organizations working for climate, racial and economic justice.
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Attacks on Trans Rights and Abortion Rights Are “Bound Together”
“Some of the wildest dreams of the far right are being realized,” says Kelly Hayes.
Chomsky: We Must Insist That Nuclear Warfare Is an Unthinkable Policy
Heroic posturing from the U.S. isn’t reducing the risk of a nuclear conflagration over Ukraine, argues Noam Chomsky.