News | War & Peace Israel Urges Iranian Uprising While Privately Saying They’d “Get Slaughtered” Israeli officials told US diplomats that the Iranian government is “not cracking” in a State Department cable. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 17, 2026 Truthout
News | Immigration Afghanistan War Veteran Dies in ICE Custody One Day After Arrest Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal served alongside US troops. He died at 41 after ICE arrested him in front of his children. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout March 17, 2026 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Growing Presence of AI Data Centers Prompts Debate on Native Lands Concerns include environmental impacts and resources needed for the centers, as well as cultural creative theft from AI. By Jen Deerinwater & Jesse Deer In Water , CrushingColonialism March 17, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections CBS Streaming News Workers Launch 24-Hour Walkout for Better Contract Workers “are fighting to protect their livelihoods during a period of uncertainty in broadcast news," the union said. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 17, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Adviser Says War-Induced Pain to Consumers Is “the Last of Our Concerns” “If [the war] were to be extended, it wouldn’t really disrupt the US economy very much at all,” Hassett said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 17, 2026 Truthout
Op-Ed | Immigration As US Bombs Iran, ICE Is Deporting Iranian Americans Into Danger Trump isn't “freeing” Iranians -- he's deporting and bombing them. By Etan Mabourakh , Truthout March 17, 2026 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Every Classroom “Arkansas lawmakers cannot sidestep the First Amendment,” an ACLU spokesperson said. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 17, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump’s Top Counterterrorism Official Resigns in Protest Over Iran War “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation,” he said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 17, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Supporters Celebrate Release of Palestinian Leqaa Kordia — But Fight Continues Kordia can now return to her family after a year in ICE jail, but the Trump administration may continue to target her. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams March 17, 2026 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Cuba’s Electrical Grid Has Collapsed as Trump Threatens to “Take” the Island “Sanctions are literally killing people right now,” says Cuban journalist Daniel Montero, speaking from Havana. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! March 17, 2026 Truthout