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US Citizen Detained by ICE During Raid on CA Farm Is Suing Trump Administration
“They didn’t need an excuse for anything they did. They just did it,” George Retes says of ICE agents who arrested him.
State Dept Official Fired After Pushing to Denounce Gaza Displacement Speaks Out
Shahed Ghoreishi shares details of the internal debates around language on Israel policy that led to his ouster.
Israel Denies Foreign Doctors Entry to Gaza as It Prepares Gaza City Invasion
“I feel too weak to move,” says a medical student in Gaza City, describing her working conditions under famine.
Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block
“When people are fighting displacement, they're fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.
The Trump Family Has Made $3.4 Billion Due to His Presidencies, Report Finds
“The scale is really quite novel,” journalist David Kirkpatrick says of Trump’s frenzy to cash in while in office.
Is Assisted Suicide About Autonomy or Coercion? A New Film Asks Hard Questions.
Truthout speaks to filmmaker Reid Davenport about assisted suicide, Medicaid cuts, and the fight for disabled lives.
LA Immigrant Rights Activist Recounts Violent Arrest by Masked Federal Agents
“The way that we’re going to win ... is through solidarity for all people,” said Amanda Trebach.
“Defeatism Has No Place” in Liberation Struggles, Frantz Fanon’s Daughter Says
For Black August, Mireille Fanon Mendès-France sets the record straight on her father’s revolutionary legacy.
Historian Rebukes Trump Imposing His Own Views of US History on the Smithsonian
“People support the idea of a capacious and a truthful, unvarnished picture of [US] history,” says Annette Gordon-Reed.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to Trump: “We’re Not Going to Cower or Bend”
It is time “to all come together to resist the tyrannical reign that is coming from the White House,” the mayor said.