News Analysis | Politics & Elections Democrats Are Facing New Political Litmus Test: Military Aid to Israel A new Pew poll shows that 60 percent of US adults have an unfavorable view of Israel, up from 53 percent last year. By Michael Arria , Mondoweiss April 9, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders and AOC Introduce Bill to Pause New AI Data Centers Nationwide This comes as Trump doubles down on speeding up federal permitting for AI infrastructure construction and operation. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 26, 2026 Truthout
News | Human Rights AOC Says Cuba Blockade Part of “New Era of Depravity” Ushered by Gaza Genocide Ocasio-Cortez said the precedent set by the Gaza genocide has endangered civilians across the globe. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 10, 2026 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Funding Bill Lets GOP Senators Sue for $1M Payouts Related to Jan. 6 Probe Senators like Ron Johnson and Lindsey Graham could be granted payouts of $1 million or more under the bill. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout November 13, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Only 6 Vote for House Legislation to Nix $500M in Military Funding to Israel The amendment targeted a small portion of the $830 billion in Pentagon funding passed last week. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 21, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders Endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor: “We Need a New Politics” “We need the kind of visionary leadership that Zohran is providing in this campaign,” said Sanders. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections NYC Mayoral Race Poll Shows Progressive Zohran Mamdani Closing In on Cuomo A new poll with a margin of error of 3 points has Zohran Mamdani trailing the former governor by just 2 percent. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout June 10, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Over a Quarter Million People Have Attended Sanders-AOC Rallies The impressive turnout reflects the public's readiness to resist the Trump administration's far right policy agenda. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 17, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Democrats Shift Towards Limiting Stock Trading by Members of Congress One proposal, backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, would ban lawmakers from owning or trading stocks. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 15, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Over 20K Flock to Sanders-AOC “Fight Oligarchy” Rally in Red State Utah President Trump won Utah by more than 20 percentage points in the 2024 election. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams April 14, 2025 Truthout