News | Education & Youth Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools. By Ella Fassler , Truthout August 2, 2025 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Over a Dozen States Sue Trump Administration to Protect Gender Affirming Care The new lawsuit argues Trump is pursuing a backdoor strategy to restrict care nationally while skirting state laws. By Orion Rummler , The19th August 2, 2025 Truthout
News | Environment & Health A Las Vegas Conference Hawked Life Extension Tech — Then 2 Attendees Nearly Died The two women received injections of peptides, a controversial treatment supported by RFK Jr. By Anjeanette Damon , ProPublica August 2, 2025 Truthout
News | Immigration Federal Court Finds Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Tactics Unconstitutional The 9th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling against the administration's indiscriminate ICE raids in California. By Jon Queally , CommonDreams August 2, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections El Salvador Abolishes Presidential Term Limits in Boost to Authoritarian Bukele “Democracy has died in El Salvador today,” said opposition Congressmember Marcela Villatoro. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams August 2, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Bipartisan US Push Tries to Label Democratic African Government as “Terrorist” The UN treats the Polisario as the legitimate representative of the Western Sahara people. The US is now vilifying it. By Stephen Zunes , Truthout August 2, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Palestinian Statehood Is Not a Political Bargaining Chip The UK and Canada have added conditions — but no arms embargoes — to their recognition of a Palestinian state. By Schuyler Mitchell , Truthout August 2, 2025 Truthout
News | Immigration US Abducts, Illegally Deports Mother, Child With Cancer, Suit Says A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of abducting two families and then illegally deporting them. By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg , Truthout August 1, 2025 Truthout
News | Human Rights Israel Is Imprisoning Florida-Born Cousin of American Slain by Settlers Israeli officials have barred the 16-year-old from contacting his family for months as they hold him without trial. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 1, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Democrats Are Struggling to Block Trump’s Texas Power Grab “When you can’t win fairly, you cheat, and that is exactly what this is,” a civil rights advocate said of Trump’s ploy. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout August 1, 2025 Truthout