News | Prisons & Policing The Nationwide Resistance Against Flock Surveillance Cameras Is Gaining Steam Since 2021, 82 Flock contracts have been canceled across 28 US states — nearly half of them during this year alone. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams July 4, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Defiance Against Trump Drives Rise of Democratic Socialist in DC Mayor’s Race Grassroots organizers offer a look inside the movement that helped Janeese Lewis George win the Democratic primary. By Nick Fulton , Truthout July 4, 2026 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Incarcerated People Lose Treasured Media When Prisons Change Tablet Contracts People are losing purchased music and games, as well as emails and photographs from loved ones, without compensation. By Katie Rose Quandt , Truthout/TheAppeal July 4, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Uses Speech at Mount Rushmore to Warn Against “Communist Menace” Trump also called on Congress to end the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act, a voter suppression bill. By Seth Tupper & Meghan O’Brien , SouthDakotaSearchlight July 4, 2026 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Mark Carney Unveils $35B Canadian Pipeline Project as Climate Crisis Accelerates Progressives and climate groups said the plan is a boondoggle designed to appease right-wing Alberta separatists. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams July 4, 2026 Truthout
News | War & Peace Israeli Settlers Are Pushing a Plan to Establish 100 New Outposts in West Bank The move would push settlements into Palestinian-controlled areas of the West Bank, effectively ending the Oslo Accords. By Qassam Muaddi , Mondoweiss July 3, 2026 Truthout
News | War & Peace Israel Reportedly Planned to Assassinate Iranian Negotiators During Peace Talks Israel allegedly plotted to derail talks by killing Iran's foreign minister and speaker of parliament against US wishes. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 3, 2026 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Taxpayer-Funded 250th Anniversary Group Pushes AI Slop to Whitewash US History In a slop video shared by Freedom 250, an AI-generated John Adams spews the catchphrases of a 21st-century right-winger. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout July 3, 2026 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing ICE Detained 10,000 People in 5 Days After White House Ordered Surge in Arrests ICE officials have pushed to double arrests after the White House called for an increase to 2,000 arrests per day. By Shireen Akram-Boshar , Truthout July 2, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Capitol Police Arrest Air Force Major During Impeachment Protest Against Trump US Air Force Major Jason Watson cited “an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s authority” to justify his protest. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 2, 2026 Truthout