News | Prisons & Policing 60 Years After Assassination of Malcolm X, a Lawsuit Aims to Uncover the Truth The outcome of this lawsuit will have broad ramifications for movements facing state surveillance and repression today. By Tyler Walicek , Truthout January 6, 2025 Truthout
News | Environment & Health COVID Rates Are Up in What Experts Are Calling a “Silent Surge” Across the US “There’s a good chance that a lot of people are going to get sick in the next couple of weeks,” one expert predicted. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 6, 2025 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden Permanently Bans Offshore Drilling Across 625M Acres of Coastal Territory This executive action could be difficult for the Trump administration to reverse. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 6, 2025 Truthout
News | Immigration Trump’s Team Looks to Bypass Sanctuary Laws That Hinder His Deportation Plans Sanctuary states can get ahead by closing loopholes that allow prisons and jails to cooperate with ICE. By Hilary Beaumont , Capital&Main January 6, 2025 Truthout
News | Human Rights Israeli Lawmakers Call for Even More Violent “Complete Cleansing” of North Gaza A group of Knesset members are urging the Israeli military to destroy all sources of water, food and energy. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams January 5, 2025 Truthout
News | Racial Justice A New Law Could Be a Lifeline for Los Angeles’s Immigrant-Owned Small Businesses California’s Commercial Tenant Protection Act is the first of its kind to protect struggling businesses in Chinatown. By Kathy Ou , Prism January 5, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections One Man Spent Years Infiltrating a Far Right Militia — This Is What He Found John Williams went undercover to expose the operations of notorious fascist militias like the Oath Keepers and AP3. By Joshua Kaplan , ProPublica January 5, 2025 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Muslim Advocates Ramp Up the Fight for Reproductive Justice Muslim Americans are creating a movement around accessible and resonant information on sexual and reproductive health. By Wendy Wei , Truthout January 5, 2025 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Legal Advocates Use Archiving as a Form of Resistance to Genocide Denial in Gaza Members of Law for Palestine discuss their database of genocidal statements by Israeli leaders. By Eleftheria Kousta , WagingNonviolence January 5, 2025 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Indians in Flood-Prone Areas Are on Front Lines of Growing Mental Health Crisis Health care workers in India note rising instances of solastalgia, the pain of seeing one’s home environment degrade. By Sanket Jain , Truthout January 5, 2025 Truthout