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Trump’s Racist Language of Pollution Drives His Neoliberal Fascism
The politics of disposability now exists at the highest levels of the US government.
Five Things the Shutdown Shows Us About 2019
It's the people who end up paying for Trump's “populist” stunts.
Former Child Soldier’s Guantánamo Nightmare Lives On
Omar Khadr is a victim of the US and Canadian legal systems, both of which denied him the rights of a child.
Watching the World Burn: Truthout Readers Share Their Climate Stories
Some up-close and personal accounts of how people are experiencing climate change in the US and abroad.
I Am a Teacher in Los Angeles and I Am Ready to Go on Strike
All 640,000 students in the Los Angeles public schools deserve to be treated like they matter.
Biggest Threat to Single-Payer? Democrat Support for a Public Option.
The next big fight for single-payer will be with Democrats who are pushing weaker policies.
Trump Writes Sad Ballads as the New House Majority Arrives
What a perfectly ridiculous way to ring in a new year.
This Is Not a Dress Rehearsal: Climate Can No Longer Wait
It’s time to hold all elected officials accountable on climate change.
This Radical Plan to Fund the Green New Deal Just Might Work
A network of public banks could fund the Green New Deal.
“Prison Reform” Is Not Enough. In 2019, Let’s Fight for Decarceration.
Radical critics of the prison system have a difficult but familiar task in the coming year.