News | Politics & Elections Guatemalan Protests Shut Down Country’s Highways to Defend Democracy Guatemalans have set up more than 120 protest blockades around the country as a post-electoral crisis deepens. By Sandra Cuffe , Truthout October 11, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections An Unexpected Candidate to Replace Kevin McCarthy Emerges. It’s Kevin McCarthy. No clear GOP frontrunner has emerged to become the next speaker. By Chris Walker , Truthout October 10, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections McCarthy’s Removal From Speakership Demonstrates Erosion of American Democracy "We are on the road to unraveling as a republic," one expert said. By Chris Walker , Truthout October 6, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Our Recurring Flirtation With Government Shutdowns Reveals a System in Crisis Our dysfunctional political system uses the debt ceiling to inflict cruelty on the poor and the working class. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout October 3, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Mouths Full of Blood: Trump and His Backers Spread Lies, Violence and Fascism Death threats have become rampant as MAGA culture twists norms and makes once-marginal forms of violence mainstream. By Henry A. Giroux , Truthout September 23, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Despite 116,000 Signatures, Atlanta Won’t Validate Stop Cop City Petition City officials are waiting to see if the 11th Circuit Court rules in favor of the activists and forces the validation. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 12, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Facing Electoral Defeat, Guatemala’s Ruling Elites Undermine Nation’s Democracy Efforts to undermine the president-elect are taking a toll on his party and on Guatemalans standing up for democracy. By Sandra Cuffe , Truthout September 2, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections US, Canada-Backed Guatemalan Elites Threaten Coup Amid Opposition Party Runoff Will Guatemalans be allowed to vote for a government that is actually democratic for the first time since 1954? By Grahame Russell & Michael Bakal , Truthout August 17, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Voters Don’t Have a Voice in Governance. Citizen Assemblies Could Be the Answer. What will it take for U.S. politicians to provide outlets for a consequential voice to citizens between elections? By Marjan H. Ehsassi , Truthout August 6, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Local Governments Are Blocking Ballot Initiatives at the Behest of Corporations We must see the government-corporate alliance for what it is and take bold action to put an end to the charade. By Kai Huschke , Truthout July 28, 2023 Truthout