News | Politics & Elections Louisiana Hearing Erupts Over GOP Push to Eliminate Majority-Black Districts "He’s suggesting he’s not racist. I suggest we look at his work,” a Louisiana lawmaker said during heated map debate. By Wesley Muller , LouisianaIlluminator May 9, 2026 Truthout
News | War & Peace War Profiteers Multiply as Opportunists Eye “Golden Opportunity” Defense contractors, Trump allies, and insiders are cashing in as tensions with Iran escalate. By Stavroula Pabst , ResponsibleStatecraft May 9, 2026 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Capitalism’s “Overseer Class” Upholds White Supremacy Under Guise of Diversity From policing to political office, capitalism ensures marginalized people help launder the violence of the status quo. By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore , Truthout May 9, 2026 Truthout
Op-Ed | Culture & Media We Must Resist the Collapse of Conscience in the Age of Trump Trumpism can only thrive in a culture stripped of its conscience. To combat this, conscience must become contagious. By Henry A. Giroux , Truthout May 9, 2026 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Trump’s Border Czar Threatens to “Flood” New York With ICE Agents “I don’t take well to threats,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in response. By Shireen Akram-Boshar , Truthout May 8, 2026 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing FOIA Request Reveals Major Spike in ICE Arrests of Iranians Amid 2025 War on Iran “Many Iranians were arrested with little to no legal basis,” the report noted. By Shireen Akram-Boshar , Truthout May 8, 2026 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Trans Youth Denied Hormone Therapy Have Much Higher Suicide Risk, Study Shows The finding is consistent with a growing body of research linking anti-trans policies to worse mental health outcomes. By Erin Reed , ErinInTheMorning May 8, 2026 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Contractors Razed a 1,000-Year-Old Indigenous Site to Build Trump’s Border Wall Bulldozers destroyed part of a Sonoran Desert intaglio that holds special significance for the Hia-Ced O’odham people. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 8, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections John Roberts Bemoans Americans for Viewing SCOTUS Justices as “Political Actors” Recent polls suggest that nearly 6 in 10 Americans have a negative view of the Supreme Court. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 8, 2026 Truthout
News | Human Rights Despite Ceasefire, Israel Continues to Expand Occupation of Southern Lebanon Those displaced from south Lebanon wonder if they will ever return. By Mat Nashed , Truthout May 8, 2026 Truthout