News | Economy & Labor World’s Billionaires Saw Fortunes Rise by $2 Trillion in 2024 Oxfam’s new report estimates that 54 percent of billionaire wealth is either inherited or stems from monopoly power. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams January 20, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Culture & Media A Call to Media Organizations: Don’t Back Down in the Face of Trump’s Threats Trump’s attacks on press freedom aren’t separate from his attacks on oppressed communities. We must resist them all. By Maya Schenwar , Negin Owliaei , Ziggy West Jeffery , Truthout January 20, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Over 700 Protests Are Reportedly Planned Nationwide for Trump’s Inauguration Day Some organizers say the protests are both a reaction to Trump and a call to action for systemic change. By Alexandra Martinez , Prism January 19, 2025 Truthout
News Analysis | Reproductive Rights How Trump Could Impact Abortion Policy From Day 1 Trump’s previous actions offer some clues as to what he could do this term, even without help from Congress. By Shefali Luthra , The19th January 19, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor MLK’s Legacy Is One of Class Struggle. To Fight Trump, We Must Carry His Torch. Project 2025 aims to recreate the state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality that our ancestors fought to end. By Nicholas Powers , Truthout January 19, 2025 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump Has Pledged an Era of Spectacular Violence. We Can’t Be Passive Onlookers. Trump is poised to employ his mastery of spectacle to expand the oppressive forms of state violence at work in the US. By Khury Petersen-Smith , Truthout January 19, 2025 Truthout
News | Immigration Trump Reportedly Plans to Begin Immigration Raids in Chicago on Tuesday Migrant rights advocates say it’s a performance to generate fear, but will have real costs for immigrant communities. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams January 18, 2025 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Trump Is Packing His Cabinet With Crypto, Oil and Private Prison Profiteers Trump’s policy makers will be overseeing the industries that they run and own. By Derek Seidman , Truthout January 18, 2025 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Rockiness of Trump’s Transition Lowers Americans’ Confidence in Him to Govern Trump's approval rating for a presidential transition period is among the lowest since the early 1990s. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 17, 2025 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Some LGBTQ Couples Rush to Marry Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration Pop-up elopement events for queer couples are happening in states across the country before January 20. By Sarah Prager , Prism January 17, 2025 Truthout