Truthout
Supreme Court Is Poised to Gut Remaining Protections of the Voting Rights Act
The prohibition of racial discrimination in voting and the right to have absentee ballots counted are in grave peril.
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Israel Carpet Bombs Lebanon After Announcement of Iran Ceasefire
Israeli forces announced on Wednesday that it struck 100 sites in Lebanon over 10 minutes.
In Echoes of Corbyn, Insurgent Candidate Wins Canadian Party Leadership
Avi Lewis now leads the New Democratic Party after a campaign reminiscent of left-leaning politicians in the US and UK.
Trump Calls Factual CNN Report on Iran Ceasefire Statement “Fake News”
Trump said he was ordering CNN “to immediately withdraw” its reporting.
Trump’s Genocidal Threats on Iran Are Enabled by a Vast Apparatus of Destruction
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump threatened.
Thousands of Iranians Who Live on Kharg Island Face Possibility of US Invasion
US media talk about the island’s civilians as if they are a military problem, if they talk about them at all.
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Hours Into Ceasefire, Hegseth Demands Iran Hand Over Uranium or US Will Seize It
Netanyahu said Iran must accede or face “renewed fighting,” just hours after the ceasefire went into effect.
Bondi House Testimony Likely Delayed as DOJ Claims Subpoena No Longer Applies
“Our bipartisan subpoena is to Pam Bondi, whether she is the Attorney General or not,” Rep. Robert Garcia said.
Israel Has Buried Gaza in Rubble, But Our Love for the Land Will Always Survive
Israel tries to debate, cast doubt, and erase our belonging to the land, but our love for Palestine will not cease.
Israel’s Restrictions on Gaza’s Banking System Have Led to a Currency Crisis
Cash has become excruciatingly difficult to access in Gaza, even if you have money in the bank.
DOGE Attacks on Social Security Have Left Millions in the Lurch
Disabled, ill, and aging Americans are facing a broken system that’s now harder to navigate than ever.
Gaza Farmland Is Destroyed, But Some Are Growing Food Even While Displaced
In Gaza, war is not measured only by the number of airstrikes, but by the number of trees that no longer bear fruit.
US War Machine Is Built on Decades of Lies. The Assault on Iran Is No Exception.
Trump’s endless falsehoods about the Iran war build on a long history of US military mythmaking.
Trump Relies on Centuries-Old Notions of Whiteness to Activate His MAGA Base
Whiteness is baked into the US’s DNA. Can it be structurally dismantled?
Iran
Iranians, Watching Precarious Ceasefire, Express Desperation Over What’s Next
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Spanish Prime Minister Welcomes Ceasefire in Iran But Rejects Praise for Trump
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AOC: Iran Deal “Changes Nothing” on Need to Impeach Trump for Genocidal Threat
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Trump Baselessly Suggests That Iran, US Will Jointly Manage Strait of Hormuz
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Dems Call for 25th Amendment Remedy to Remove Trump — Is It Plausible?
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Schumer Takes No Action as Even Far Right Calls for Trump Impeachment
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GOP Lawmakers Defend, Spin Trump’s Genocidal Truth Social Screed Against Iran
“Movements that purport to be about protecting U.S. democracy also desperately need to contend with the fact that foreign policy is one of the least democratic political spaces we have. ”
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Voting Wrongs
Trump Votes by Mail in Florida Special Election, Despite Calling It “Cheating”
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Trump Allies Circulating Draft Order to Declare National Emergency on Elections
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I’ve Witnessed Trump Weaponize Georgia Ballots for Years. Then He Stole Mine.
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Bannon Calls for ICE to Engage in Voter Intimidation During the Midterms
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Trump DOJ Sues to Force States to Share Confidential Voter Data
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Trump Militarized Cities in ICE Crackdowns. Is Militarizing the Ballot Box Next?
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The Supreme Court Asks Why It Shouldn’t Gut the Voting Rights Act