News Analysis | War & Peace Pentagon Prepares for Island Combat in the Pacific as US-China Tensions Rise The U.S. has been securing new basing facilities and conducting large-scale combat exercises in the Western Pacific. By Michael T. Klare , Truthout February 28, 2023 Truthout
News | War & Peace Russian War Crimes Have Hardened Ukrainians Against Peace Talks, Activist Says A Kyiv-based activist says Russia's mass attacks on civilians have bolstered many Ukrainians' resolve to keep fighting. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout February 27, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health We Face a Climate Abyss, But There Are Sparks of Hope, Robert Pollin Says We must embrace the positive developments so that we can build effectively from them, the progressive economist argues. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout February 26, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections As US Reengages Maduro, Oil Giants Earn Deals — and Venezuelans Protest The protests in Venezuela show a broad movement of people who are reaching the end of their tether amid inequality. By Mike Gonzalez , Truthout February 26, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Oil and Gas Industry Spent $124.4 Million Lobbying Amid Record Profits in 2022 The industry targeted rules governing methane emissions as well as oil and gas development on federal land and waters. By Inci Sayki & Jimmy Cloutier , OpenSecrets February 24, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Calls Grow for Rail Safety Laws as Officials Deem Ohio Derailment Preventable Residents of East Palestine demand answers as reports on the ground indicate a growing public health crisis. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! February 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Immigration Ukrainian Refugees Struggle to Access Housing and Resources in the US More than 100,000 Ukrainians have entered the U.S. as short-term refugees. Their ability to stay remains uncertain. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout February 24, 2023 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace A Ukrainian Socialist Lays Out the Aims and Struggles of Her Country’s Left Leftists in Ukraine are simultaneously resisting Russian imperialism and the domestic imposition of neoliberalism. By Ashley Smith , Truthout February 24, 2023 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace One Year After Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Much of Africa Remains Neutral Memories of Africa as a conflict zone during the Cold War influence neutrality, says Kenyan writer Nanjala Nyabola. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! February 23, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | War & Peace Our Children Are Experiencing Militarization of the US Up Close and Personally Educational “culture wars” overlook the ways in which war has altered what we teach our kids. By Andrea Mazzarino , TomDispatch February 23, 2023 Truthout