News | Politics & Elections Public Rage Against ICE Sends Democrats Scrambling for a Response Two Democrats announce bill to abolish ICE prisons as Congress votes to continue funding Trump’s anti-immigrant blitz. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout January 22, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections After Davos Speech, Trump Tells the World, “Sometimes, You Need a Dictator” Polling from August indicates that most Americans already view Trump as a “dangerous” leader seeking to be a dictator. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 22, 2026 Truthout
News | Human Rights “The Voice of Hind Rajab” Nominated for Oscar for Best International Film The announcement comes just a week before the second anniversary of Hind’s killing on January 29, 2024. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 22, 2026 Truthout
Interview | Immigration Latest ICE Surge in Maine Targets Somali Community Safiya Khalid of the Community Organizing Alliance advises residents to not open the door to people they don’t know. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! January 22, 2026 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Rescinds Workplace Harassment Guidance Going forward, it will be more difficult, timely, and costly for LGBTQ workers to seek justice for workplace harassment. By Amanda Becker , The19th January 22, 2026 Truthout
News | Environment & Health US Will Likely Lose Its Measles Elimination Status This Spring The rise in measles cases comes after a year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplaying the importance of vaccines. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 22, 2026 Truthout
News | Human Rights Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers on Ruins of Gaza Genocide The plan appears to be to finish Israel’s bulldozing of Gaza to make real estate opportunities for investors. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout January 22, 2026 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Trump’s Goal With “Board of Peace” Is to Replace UN With an Unaccountable Entity The board’s charter is an authoritarian dream for Trump and an Orwellian nightmare for the rest of the world. By Craig Mokhiber , Mondoweiss January 22, 2026 Truthout
News | Immigration Whistleblowers Reveal ICE Memo Authorizing Warrantless Searches The memo directly contradicts the Fourth Amendment, years of caselaw, and ICE's own training manuals. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 22, 2026 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Trump’s Imperial Nostalgia in Latin America Will Come at a High Cost Trump is sowing chaos and instability in pursuit of a futile quest for renewed US global supremacy. By William D. Hartung , TomDispatch January 22, 2026 Truthout