Truthout
Op-Ed
A Land Deal Threatens Alaska’s National Conservation Lands
The interior secretary must reject a land exchange to build a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness.
The Party of “Family Values” Sees No Irony in Axing Child Labor Protections
The Republican Party is embracing policies that roll back a century of child labor protections.
Our Vision of Liberation This Passover Must Include Palestinians
The anti-government protests within Israel embody liberal Zionism rather than liberation for all. Let’s dream bigger.
The Right Wing Is Waging a Dirty War Against History and Education
In the contemporary U.S., an authoritarian politics of disappearance manifests in new ways every week.
The GOP Has Preemptively Declared Trump Innocent Without Hearing Evidence
The GOP response to Trump’s indictment shows his grip on the party remains firm.
Chicago Mayoral Candidate Vallas Destabilized Majority-Black Schools Across US
Paul Vallas turned schools into test prep factories, punishing and publicly shaming “failing” schools and teachers.
MAGA Legislators Increasingly Force Taxpayers to Support Fossil Fuel Industry
Lawmakers take legal aim at private companies and local leaders considered insufficiently deferential to the industry.
Chemical Plant That Polluted Delaware River Forced My School to Evacuate in 2007
Who will guarantee our safety in the future when this inevitably happens again? Because it will, and it already has.
The Right Is Weaponizing the Nashville Shooting to Whip Up an Anti-Trans Panic
I’m filled with terror by the right’s lies about an “epidemic” of trans shooters and push to “eradicate” people like me.
Anti-LGBTQ Parents Bill of Rights Is a Cruel Attack on Our Kids and Our Schools
Republicans have brought their moral panic over schools to the national stage, unleashing hate on families like mine.