News | Politics & Elections Critics Decry Trump’s Downplaying of “Bloodbath” Comments Examined alongside other violent rhetoric he's employed, Trump's comments are deeply troubling, commentators say. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 19, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Israeli Forces Again Storm Al-Shifa Hospital, Where 30,000 People Are Trapped Meanwhile, over 1 million in Gaza face “imminent famine” as the first aid trucks in months reach Jabalia refugee camp. By Leila Warah , Mondoweiss March 18, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights More Than 40 Pro-Palestine Orgs Refused to Meet With Biden in Chicago Last Week In an open letter, pro-Gaza leaders said there was "no point" to more talks without action from the White House. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 18, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Rent Increases Are Driving Inflation — and Pessimism About Economy Under Biden Democrats say the economy is great, but millions of tenants are struggling to pay historic rent increases. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout March 15, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Immigration Biden’s Use of the Slur “Illegal” Underscores His Rightward Lurch on Immigration Trump’s border plan is fascist. Why is the Democratic Party ceding rhetorical ground rather than confronting the right? By Setareh Ghandehari , Truthout March 13, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Biden and Trump Secure Party Nominations But Face Notably Low Voter Enthusiasm A new poll shows that less than half of voters overall describe themselves as "enthusiastic" for the 2024 race. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 13, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Senators to Biden: US Law Forbids Arming Israel If It Keeps Blocking Aid to Gaza Palestinians are dying of starvation after months of incessant Israeli bombing and attacks on humanitarian convoys. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 12, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections President Biden’s Budget Proposes a National Paid Family Leave Program Proposing new social services and higher taxes on the wealthy, the plan also includes $1 trillion in military spending. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout March 12, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Aides Do Damage Control on His Comments to “Cut” Social Security, Medicare "There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting," Trump said. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 12, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Trump Victory Could Add 4 Billion Tonnes to US Emissions by 2030, Analysis Finds The additional emissions would be equivalent to the combined annual emissions of the European Union and Japan. By Simon Evans & Verner Viisainen , CarbonBrief March 11, 2024 Truthout