Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Homelessness among newborns, infants, and toddlers skyrocketed from 2022 to 2023, impacting 446,996 newborns, infants, and toddlers, according to a new report. SchoolHouse Connection, in partnership with...
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. On June 13, Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran. Airstrikes hit buildings across the capital, Tehran, striking residential neighborhoods as well as military sites. In just...
“We need the kind of visionary leadership that Zohran is providing in this campaign,” said Sanders. Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) announced his endorsement of Zohran Mamdani in...
Trump says he’s ordering his entire administration to attack cities he calls “the Democrat Power Center.” Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. President Donald Trump openly ordered Democratic cities to be targeted with...
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Organizers say about 5 million people participated in “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump and his administration’s abuses of power in hundreds of towns and cities across the United States on Saturday, June...
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Israel bombed the Iranian state TV building in Tehran during a live broadcast on Monday, seemingly devastating the building as Israeli military officials falsely touted attacks on...
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. In response to a January executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented new guidelines that permit individual doctors and other health professionals to refuse to...
This comes a day after Trump floated the possibility of deeper US involvement in the intensifying war. Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Warning against “another endless conflict” in the Middle East, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine on Monday introduced...
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. More than 5 million people joined No Kings Day protests Saturday in the largest day of action against President Trump since his return to office. Protests were held in over 2,100 cities and towns across the country. The...
Police used batons, tear gas, and “non lethal” projectiles to disperse “No Kings” protesters on Saturday. On Saturday morning tens of thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles as part of the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations. Organizers estimated there were over 40,000 people in the crowd. Protesters carrying signs denouncing Trump as well as...
The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife in a separate incident, officials said. DEVELOPING STORY… A gunman pretending to be a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota and killed the lawmaker’s husband in “an act of targeted political violence,” Gov. Tim Walz said Saturday. The assailant also...
In late May, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office sent out a press release announcing an executive order that declared a drought emergency and state of emergency in New Mexico. The order itself was missing two things: It didn’t actually include an emergency declaration, and it didn’t say why the state was in the midst of...
The labor actions are built on a decades-long tradition of internationalism, anti-militarism, and anti-imperialism. Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. On June 4, in response to the unfolding genocide in Gaza, France’s CGT...
Part of the Series The Road to Abolition Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. In the movies, people bolt upright, panting after dramatic awakenings from bad dreams. I thought that was an exaggeration until I experienced it behind bars. In...
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Montreal, Canada – Civil rights advocates and Palestinian solidarity groups in Canada have raised alarm over a growing wave of municipal bylaws prohibiting protests outside houses of worship, schools, and other sites. They say...