News Analysis | Immigration Despite SCOTUS Ruling, Abbott Promises to Fight Fed Removal of Border Razor Wire Immigrants' rights activists have noted that the razor wire barriers are not effective deterrents to stemming migration. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 23, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | LGBTQ Rights Maine Could Become 15th State to Pass Transgender Refuge Law State lawmakers may soon pass a bill that would make Maine a safe haven for trans people fleeing hostile states. By Erin Reed , ErinintheMorning January 20, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth DOE Investigations of Campus “Antisemitism” Suppress Criticism of Gaza Genocide As Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues, Department of Education investigations are chilling dissent at US campuses. By Arvind Dilawar , Truthout January 18, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Israel Tells ICJ It Has the “Most Moral Army in the World” at Genocide Hearing South Africa presented a powerful and compelling case that Israel is violating the Genocide Convention. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout January 16, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections In the US South, Just 1 in 5 State Lawmakers Are Women A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, representation is lagging. By Jennifer Berry Hawes , The19th/ProPublica January 14, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice Philly’s Ski Mask Ban Is Just Another Tool for Cops to Target Black Youth The policy is part of a familiar playbook where governments enact racist fashion bans in the name of “curtailing crime.” By Rann Miller , Truthout January 13, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Challenging the Criminalization of Trauma Survivors The criminal legal system traumatizes survivors. Noncarceral alternatives are key to breaking the cycle of violence. By Staff , Truthout/TeenVogue January 12, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Budget Deal Ensures Bombs Will Keep Dropping While Fewer Human Needs Are Met All of that military funding comes at the direct cost of funding social programs and climate programs. By Lindsay Koshgarian , Truthout January 11, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Reproductive Rights History Shows Community Solidarity Is Essential for Making Abortion Accessible In the wake of "Dobbs", we must again center community solidarity around bodily autonomy, like we did before “Roe.” By Lizzie Chadbourne , Truthout January 2, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Education & Youth School Voucher Systems Massively Expanded Thanks to Dark Money Push in 2023 The programs, pushed by big money donors like Betsy DeVos and the Kochs, are undermining public schools across the U.S. By Josh Cowen , TheWashingtonSpectator December 30, 2023 Truthout