Truthout
Op-Ed
When the FBI Is Asked to Go After the Right, It Inevitably Comes for the Left
The FBI was never meant to address right-wing extremists. We can’t look to it to stop the right.
It’s Time to Break With the ADL as a Source for News and Research on Extremism
The Anti-Defamation League’s disinformation campaign should mark the end of the group’s role as a source on extremism.
More Sanctions and Military Pressure Won’t Improve North Korean Human Rights
Current U.S. policy justifies an arms race and keeps families separated while risking nuclear conflict with North Korea.
US Palestinians Feel Helpless as Our Tax Dollars Fund Our Families’ Destruction
The Palestinians who are suffering and being killed in Gaza are our families. They are people we know and love.
Liz Cheney Floats Presidential Bid, Adding More Uncertainty to 2024 Election
Cheney says she would consider running to peel votes away from Trump, but her plan could easily backfire.
US Veto of Ceasefire Resolution Reflects Its Colonial View on Whose Lives Matter
Centuries of colonialism and orientalism have shaped U.S. leaders’ calculus on who deserves the right to live.
Does Israel Really “Keep Jews Safe”?
It’s time to reexamine the truism that an ethnonationalist state keeps Jews safe.
Some of the Most Important Connections at COP28 Aren’t Between Heads of States
In the ashes of disappointing negotiations rises a global climate movement demanding action and building solidarity.
Social Worker Shortage Looms If Field Keeps Relying on Unpaid Student Labor
Amid agency budgets cuts and declining social work enrollments, unpaid internships continue to lower the wage floor.
We Need a Transnational Uprising Against Reckless Escalation of the Arms Race
The Biden administration is carelessly pushing the world closer to nuclear war.