Interview | Culture & Media Israel Kills Gaza Photographer Day After Cannes Film Fest Selects Doc About Her Fatma Hassona, subject of the upcoming film “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,” was killed with her family Wednesday. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! April 18, 2025 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Carcinogen Rising in Rice Supply Due to Climate Change Higher temperatures and CO2 levels are increasing rice's uptake of inorganic arsenic from soil. By Ayurella Horn-Muller , Grist April 18, 2025 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Trump Scraps Effort Begun Under Biden to Close Loophole Abused by Ultra-Rich The regulations could’ve raised $50 billion over a decade by stopping corporate tax dodging through asset manipulation. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 18, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Education & Youth Chinese Students and Scholars Faced Targeting Before Trump. Now It’s Escalating. As the US and China jockey for dominance, anti-Chinese bigotry is driving visa denials for students and scholars. By Valentina Dallona & Rose Ying , Truthout April 18, 2025 Truthout
News Analysis | Reproductive Rights Abortion Bans Criminalize People — and Not Just Those Who Are Pregnant Post-“Roe,” pregnancy outcomes — and even actions taken to help pregnant people — face escalating criminalization. By Lauren Rankin , Truthout April 18, 2025 Truthout
News | Human Rights UN Expert: Israel Has “Decimated” Gaza Health System, Leaving “Zero” Options “The options for health care — especially emergency care — for the people of Gaza are reduced to zero,” the expert said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Immigration New England Couple Detained “for Several Hours” at Border Despite Being Citizens Border Patrol agents kept the couple in separate cells, and demanded to go through the husband’s emails. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 17, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Immigration Kilmar Abrego García Case Shows Constitutional Crisis Is Here "Depriving due process is the domino that causes the rest of the legal system to fall,” one constitutional scholar said. By Schuyler Mitchell , Truthout April 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Human Rights Israel Executed Paramedics in Gaza With Gunshots to the Head, Autopsies Show The autopsies also found evidence that medics were shot with bullets that explode on impact, shredding their victims. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 17, 2025 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace Sudan Faces “World’s Worst Displacement Crisis” After 2 Years of War The Sudanese army, the Rapid Support Forces “and their funders need to be held accountable,” says Emtithal Mahmoud. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! April 17, 2025 Truthout