News | Immigration NC Residents Stand Up Against ICE as Trump Admin Pivots Operations From Chicago Siembra NC said “the most immigrants were arrested in a single day in state history” on Saturday. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams November 17, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Trump’s Proposed Missile Defense System Is a Weapon of Mass Insecurity The “Golden Dome” will enrich arms contractors, yet it's likely to be ineffective while worsening the nuclear arms race. By Ashley Gate & William D. Hartung , TomDispatch November 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Health Care Workers Spoke Out for Their Peers in Gaza. Then Came Backlash. Medical institutions are silencing their staff and impeding efforts to build solidarity with medical workers in Gaza. By Marianne Dhenin , Truthout November 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights South Carolina Anti-Abortion Bill Would Also Ban Popular Contraceptives “This is the most extreme, heinous bill restricting reproductive health care that we have faced yet,” one critic said. By Chris Walker , Truthout November 17, 2025 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Could the Destruction of the ACA Force Democrats to Champion Medicare for All? After caving on the shutdown and letting the GOP gut the Affordable Care Act, Democrats must chart a new health policy. By Sam Rosenthal , Truthout November 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Human Rights US Plans for Indefinite Division of Gaza, Leaving Palestinian Side in Ruins A US official said that keeping Gaza whole is “aspirational” and “not going to be easy.” By Sharon Zhang , Truthout November 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Calls to West Virginia 211 Helpline Skyrocketed by 1,680 Percent Amid SNAP Delay Almost all of the more than 2,600 calls that came in after the federal government shutdown began were for food. By Amelia Ferrell Knisely , WestVirginiaWatch November 17, 2025 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Tens of Thousands Join Indigenous-Led Protest at COP30 Demanding Urgent Action Demonstrators denounced false solutions at the UN climate summit and called for respect of Indigenous sovereignty. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! November 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Vance Blames Immigrants, Biden in Response to Affordability Questions There is no significant relationship between immigration rates and rising housing costs in the US, experts have said. By Chris Walker , Truthout November 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Ecuador’s Trump-Allied President Loses Bid to Allow Return of US Military Bases About two-thirds of voters in Ecuador on Sunday opposed the measure pushed by right-wing President Daniel Noboa. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams November 17, 2025 Truthout