News | Reproductive Rights TN Hospital Denies Woman Sterilization Surgery, Citing Her “Sacred Fertility” The decision came as the woman was hours into pre-surgery preparations, and already had an IV in her arm. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 26, 2026 Truthout
News | Immigration Nearly Blind Rohingya Refugee Found Dead After Being Stranded by Border Patrol Nurul Amin Shah Alam’s family spent days searching for him in sub-freezing temperatures before his body was found. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams February 26, 2026 Truthout
News | Human Rights Pentagon Threatens Retaliation If Anthropic Bars Use of AI for Mass Surveillance Anthropic’s CEO has expressed concerns about the use of AI for autonomous drones and surveillance. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 25, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | War & Peace Once a Niche Topic in Federal Lobbying, AI Is Now a Major Area of Focus Both legacy military contractors and an influx of startups are making the technology a core focus of their efforts. By Janaki Kapadia , OpenSecrets February 25, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | Human Rights Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba — Its Oil Reserves Could Be Empty by March The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s threatened tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba, but the crisis persists. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout February 25, 2026 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections DHS Assault Victim Aliya Rahman Arrested at State of the Union Address “I was arrested for standing up,” says Rahman, who was removed from the chamber Tuesday and spent several hours in jail. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! February 25, 2026 Truthout
News | War & Peace In Contrast to Trump’s Claim, Iran Has Openly Vowed to Never Have Nuclear Weapon Hours before the SOTU, Iran’s foreign minister said: “Iran will under no circumstances ever develop a nuclear weapon.” By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 25, 2026 Truthout
News | Immigration Trump’s State of the Union Speech Failed to Mention Violence by DHS Agencies Trump relied on theatrics to push disinformation about immigrants in his speech. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 25, 2026 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing CBP Doubles and ICE Quadruples Their Weapons Stockpiles in 1 Year A new report warns the Department of Homeland Security’s “procurement of weapons at immense scale is just beginning.” By Brad Reed , CommonDreams February 25, 2026 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice As the Status Quo Shatters, Afrofuturists’ Visions Offer a Way Forward Afrofuturism takes us to strange futures. In its kaleidoscope lens, the future is a canvas to imagine free Black life. By Nicholas Powers , Truthout February 25, 2026 Truthout