News Analysis | War & Peace Tehran Residents’ Social Media Offer Nightmarish Glimpse of Humanitarian Crisis Oily smoke. Black rain. Destroyed apartments. Loved ones killed by airstrikes. Iran will not recover soon from this. By Kourosh Ziabari , Truthout March 18, 2026 Truthout
News | Culture & Media Trump Floats Treason Charges Against Media Outlets Over Iran War Coverage The FCC chair also threatened to pull the broadcasting licenses of media outlets he accused of “running hoaxes.” By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 16, 2026 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice In Era of Book Bans and War on History, Sinners Reveals What US Tries to Forget Sinners deserves to win Oscars: It’s a blues poem, a freedom cry, and a love letter to powerful culture. By Jesse Hagopian , Truthout March 13, 2026 Truthout
Interview | Culture & Media Nearly 4 Years After His Death, Documentary About Journalist Nominated for Oscar Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud also honors other fallen journalists, says Craig Renaud. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! March 5, 2026 Truthout
Interview | Culture & Media Committee to Protect Journalists Reports a Record 129 Journalists Killed in 2025 For both 2024 and 2025, the Israeli military was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! February 26, 2026 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Incarcerated Women Featured in True Crime Media Face Flood of Sexual Harassment Incarcerated women are being made involuntary performers in a spectacle that attracts men who dehumanize them. By Kwaneta Harris & Leigh Goodmark , Truthout February 19, 2026 Truthout
News | Culture & Media The Web Is Not Enough — Why These Left Media Workers Are Opening Physical Spaces Corporations control the internet, so grassroots media workers are creating in-person spaces to build collective power. By Ella Fassler , Truthout February 17, 2026 Truthout
Interview | Culture & Media Former Washington Post Staffers Slam Billionaire Bezos for Gutting Paper “Journalism deserves better,” says Karen Attiah, who was fired last fall over comments about the death of Charlie Kirk. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! February 6, 2026 Truthout
News | Culture & Media This Tribal News Agency Shows How to Defend a Free Press at the Grassroots As Trump erodes press freedoms, the resurgence of Mvskoke Media offers lessons on how to protect independent media. By Dan Ross , Truthout January 10, 2026 Truthout
News | Culture & Media Condé Nast Upheaval Signals a New Level of Corporate War on Media Workers Facing the impacts of mergers and displacement by AI, media unions are fighting for democracy and freedom of expression. By Michelle Chen , Truthout December 23, 2025 Truthout