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![An illustrated portrait of economist Robert Pollin, his face set in front of a swirling blue and green orb](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0224pollin-400x300.jpg)
We Face a Climate Abyss, But There Are Sparks of Hope, Robert Pollin Says
We must embrace the positive developments so that we can build effectively from them, the progressive economist argues.
![Calls Grow for Rail Safety Laws as Officials Deem Ohio Derailment Preventable](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/SEG1-Derailment-2-400x300.jpg)
Calls Grow for Rail Safety Laws as Officials Deem Ohio Derailment Preventable
Residents of East Palestine demand answers as reports on the ground indicate a growing public health crisis.
![Onlookers watch a search and rescue operation at an apartment block hit by a Russian-launched rocket during a massive missile attack on Dnipro in central Ukraine on January 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0224-ukraine-a-400x300.jpg)
A Ukrainian Socialist Lays Out the Aims and Struggles of Her Country’s Left
Leftists in Ukraine are simultaneously resisting Russian imperialism and the domestic imposition of neoliberalism.
![One Year After Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Much of Africa Remains Neutral](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/seg3-ukraine-africa-400x300.jpg)
One Year After Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Much of Africa Remains Neutral
Memories of Africa as a conflict zone during the Cold War influence neutrality, says Kenyan writer Nanjala Nyabola.
![A family examines the remains of a Russian tank destroyed at the beginning of the war as the first anniversary of the war between Russia and Ukraine nears, in Bucha, Ukraine, on February 22, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0223-ukraine-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: A Stronger NATO Is the Last Thing We Need as Russia-Ukraine War Turns 1
It is becoming increasingly obvious that this is now a U.S./NATO-Russia war via Ukraine, Noam Chomsky argues.
![Movement Memos - a Truthout Podcast - banner with guest Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and host Kelly Hayes](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0213-movement-memos-400x300.jpg)
Disability Justice Organizers Dream Big and Resist a Culture of DisposabilityÂ
Disabled mutual aid sees us as people who have skills and gifts to offer, says Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.
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Nuclear Treaty Putin Suspended Was Important But Inadequate, Expert Says
We need to go far beyond the New START treaty to actually ban and eliminate these weapons, says Ira Helfand.
![Angela Davis on Assassination & Legacy of Malcolm X, Her Exclusion from AP Black Studies and More](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/SEG2-Angela-MalcolmX-400x300.jpg)
Angela Davis Discusses Malcolm X’s Legacy and Her Removal From AP Black Studies
Davis says Malcolm X's legacy is still vital to understanding racism, power and justice in the United States and beyond.
![Steven Donziger is seen at a "Free Donziger" rally held in front of the Manhattan Court House as Donziger faces sentencing in contempt case in New York City on October 1, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1235627384-400x300.jpg)
Ecocide — Not Eco-Activism — Is a Crime Against Humanity, Says Steven Donziger
Truthout interviews Donziger as he awaits a Supreme Court decision over whether to take up the final appeal in his case.
![Biden Pulls Nomination of Human Rights Lawyer For Decrying Apartheid](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/SEG2-Cavallaro-Biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Pulls Nomination of Human Rights Lawyer for Denouncing Israeli Apartheid
James Cavallaro had also criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s close ties to AIPAC.