News Analysis | War & Peace Iran’s Protesters Are Caught Between State Repression and Foreign Intervention Both Trump and the Iranian government are treating Iranian protesters as political pawns. By Alex Shams , Truthout January 15, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Will Rafah Crossing Ever Open? Palestinians in Egypt Await Promised Reentry. Former Gaza residents who fled to Egypt in 2023 and 2024 anxiously await news on whether they can return home. By Shahad Ali , Truthout January 14, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk The FAA accepted that risk by authorizing SpaceX to test its experimental rocket over busy airspace. By Heather Vogell & Agnel Philip , ProPublica January 10, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Amid Trump’s War on Antifa, Activists Face Arrest for Zines and Group Chats The Trump administration now has zine distributors and jail support efforts in its sights. By Brit “Red” Schulte , Truthout January 10, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing ICE’s Murder of Renee Nicole Good Was Not an Aberration — It Is the New Normal US immigration agents have now shot 11 civilians in cars in four months. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout January 9, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Oil Companies Are Key Partners in Trump’s Imperial Plans for Latin America Stocks in ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and ConocoPhillips surged the day after Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela. By Derek Seidman , Truthout January 8, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Will the US and Russia Abandon Nuke Restraints When New START Treaty Expires? After February 5, the countries will have no legal obligation to limit nuclear warheads on strategic delivery systems. By Michael T. Klare , TomDispatch January 8, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Trump Is Betting MAGA Fans Will Relish an Expanded War on Drugs Trump’s invasion of Venezuela fuses the deeply unpopular “war on drugs” with the “war on terror.” By Mike Ludwig , Truthout January 7, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | Human Rights Disability Justice Organizers Are Creating the Liberatory Future We All Deserve Organizers share where they find hope in the struggle for disability justice as we go into the second year of Trump 2.0. By Marianne Dhenin , Truthout January 6, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Local Officials Anticipate Surge in Costs as Residents Set to Lose Health Care An estimated 10 million people will be newly uninsured over the next decade due to the GOP megabill passed last year. By Christine Mai-Duc & Claudia Boyd-Barrett , KFFHealthNews January 6, 2026 Truthout