News | Prisons & Policing With New Lawsuit, Lawyers Suspect Police Cover-Up in Death of Daniel Barajas Key details surrounding Daniel Barajas’s death are missing from police reports, civil rights attorneys say. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout April 12, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections House Poised to Vote on Mass Spying Authority Critics Call “Patriot Act 2.0” The FBI and NSA have regularly used the spying authority to obtain the communications of US citizens. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 12, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Top Biden Official Admits Famine Is Spreading in Gaza as US Continues Funding It The famine is “giving rise already to child deaths in the north,” the USAID chief said in a congressional hearing. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 11, 2024 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Ohio Rep. Introduces Bill That Would Redirect Funds to Fake Abortion Clinics “Rep. Williams’ bill is just the latest attack on our rights by extremists,” one Democratic lawmaker said. By Zane McNeill , Truthout April 11, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Honduras Woman Says Country Denied Her Access to Abortion in UN Complaint The country’s strict abortion ban violates Hondurans’ rights to “life, health, privacy, autonomy, and bodily integrity.” By Zane McNeill , Truthout April 11, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Rights Group: 13,000 Palestinians in Gaza Are Missing in Addition to 34,000 Dead Those missing include people whose bodies have been exhumed and are being held by Israeli forces, Euro-Med Monitor says. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 11, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights State Department Has Seen Historic Amount of Internal Dissent Over Gaza Even the Iraq War hadn’t prompted nearly this much internal dissent, former officials said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout April 11, 2024 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights First Brief Filed to SCOTUS to Overturn “Dobbs” Calls the Decision Unworkable The amicus curiae brief was filed in “Moyle v. United States,” a case that is scheduled for oral arguments on April 24. By Alexandra Martinez , Prism April 11, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Federal Judge Rules FL Teacher No Longer Has to Be Referred to by Wrong Pronouns The case will likely be cited in other attempts to bar trans students and teachers from using their pronouns in schools. By Erin Reed , ErinInTheMorning April 11, 2024 Truthout
News | Culture & Media TikTok Exposed Youth to Genocide in Gaza — Is That Why Electeds Want It Banned? Vocal proponents of a TikTok ban are among the top recipients of donations from the pro-Israeli lobby group AIPAC. By Derek Seidman , Truthout April 11, 2024 Truthout