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Should We All Be in the Streets? Let’s Talk About Protest.
Kelly Hayes talks with grassroots organizer and author L.A. Kauffman in Truthout's podcast “Movement Memos.”
Proposed Alaska Legislation Would Recognize Existence of Tribes
Alaska has 229 federally recognized tribes. A bill in the state legislature would obligate Alaska to recognize them too.
Border Officials Threaten to Destroy Native Burial Grounds to Build Trump’s Wall
The wall could damage or destroy as many as 22 sites on federal land near the Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation.
Clinging to Normalcy Is Killing Us. How Do We Break Free?
Kelly Hayes talks with organizer Aly Wane about how to energize our communities in Truthout's podcast “Movement Memos.”
A Year After Brazil Dam Collapse, Communities Still Calling for Accountability
A grassroots movement is demanding justice for impacted communities one year after a devastating dam collapse.
Tribes Decry Trump’s Opening of National Monuments to Oil and Gas Development
The Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments will be opened for grazing, mining and fossil fuel development.
Women Fight for Dignity and Survival in the Trump-Putin Era
In this era of assault on their rights, women are finding new ways to empower themselves.
The Israel-Palestine “Peace Deal” Is an Apartheid Proposal
U.S. corporate media fails to critically assess the “peace plan” proposed by the Trump administration.
In Wake of Trump-Netanyahu Proposal, Palestinian Authority Cuts Ties With US
The plan allows Israel to continue settlements and annexation while leaving Palestinians with vague promises of a state.
Millions in India Are Practically in Open Rebellion Against the Modi Government
The real story is one of mass disobedience, not merely the details of a single piece of legislation, says Vijay Prashad.