Truthout
Photo Essay
![Haitian refugees living on the streets of Mexico City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/IMG_1498-400x300.jpg)
Mexico’s Migrant Shelters Are Operating at 900% Capacity Due to US Border Policy
The end of Title 42 obscures a harsh reality: New policies have created a dangerous limbo for migrants in Mexico.
![Trans youth, wearing colorful clothing and joyful expressions, march to the capitol holding signs reading "TRANS KIDS HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED" and "TRANS YOUTH ARE POWERFUL"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/Truthout-Photo-9-400x300.jpg)
Trans Youth Held a Prom Outside the US Capitol. It Sparkled With Joy & Healing.
The day of laughter and hope offered youth a reprieve from having to always defend themselves from anti-trans attacks.
![The Wood Street encampment of unhoused people under a freeway and railroad overpass was home to over 300 people, who the city and CalTrans forced to leave. Volunteers helped residents try to resist eviction.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/dnb-wood-street-01-400x300.jpg)
Eviction of 300-Person Encampment in California Shows Scorn for Right to Housing
The destruction of the camp that was home to over 300 unhoused people in Oakland laid bare the brutality of capitalism.
![Mundano and members of three volunteer brigades operating in the Cerrado biome.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/DSC00004-3-scaled-1-400x300.jpg)
Volunteer Fire Brigades Are Resisting Bolsonaro’s Ecological Assault on Brazil
Street artists and volunteer firefighters are linking up to fight wildfires and deforestation.
![Protesters demonstrate in memory of the murder of 24-year-old Congolese Moïse Kabagambe and against violence against refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 5, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/BARRA-5FEV-Fabio-Teixeira-5-400x300.jpg)
Immigrant’s Lynching in Brazil Forces Us to Confront Xenophobia and Colonialism
Justice means understanding and fighting against a geopolitical paradigm driven by abuse and exploitation.
![Paramilitary forces patrol the grave of Syed Ali Shah Geelani.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/1630689393774-400x300.jpg)
Kashmir Plunged Into Internet, Phone Blackout After Death of Resistance Leader
Many in Kashmir see the blackout as an effort to prevent collective mourning following Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s death.
![Newly-elected Oakland City Council member Carroll Fife speaks to a rally in Oakland, calling for cancelling rents. Aja, the daughter of Dominique Walker, stands beside her.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/dnb2020oaklandrentdemo-01-400x300.jpg)
Cancel the Rent: A Rising National Rent Strike Movement Gains Momentum
In the absence of help from Congress, rent strikes have become a widespread response to brutal economic pressure.
![Josué Vicente Pereira cleaning a grave made of black marble in the Caju Cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/5-2-400x300.jpg)
Erasure of Black History in Favor of White Narratives Isn’t Limited to the US
Rio de Janeiro’s Caju Cemetery, built over a cemetery for enslaved people, is symbolic of the erasure of Black history.
![Protesters chant during an Occupy Downtown event in downtown Florence, Alabama, on July 16, 2020. Occupy Downtown protest have become a weekly occurrence.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/08/2020_0814-alabama-protest-06-400x300.jpg)
Confederate Monument Protests Gain Momentum in Small Alabama Town
Black activist group Project Say Something has tried to have the monument to racism removed since 2017.
![The Secret Service built large fences around Lafayette Square in an attempt to safeguard Trump, whose vile messages like “It's MAGA night at the White House” appear aimed at inciting further violence from the state and potentially white supremacists. Protesters on June 2 were not deterred as they raised their fists in the air and called for liberation, chanting: “The ballot or the bullet. Vote Trump Out.”](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0604-w-protest-08-400x300.jpg)
DC Residents Take to the Streets to Demand End of Police State
Protesters continue to pour onto the streets in spite of curfews and other attempts to stifle demonstrations.