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...
“Give me some,” 6-year-old Ismail said while waiting for food in Gaza As crowds gathered at a food distribution point in northern Gaza, six-year-old Ismail Abu Odeh fought his way to the front. “Give me some,” he called out. His bowl was filled with lentils, but as he made his way back, it was knocked...
European Union President Cruella von…sorry. It’s like the darn auto-correct always knows what I’m thinking and goes ahead on its own, making the change. EU President and Chief Scold Ursula von der Leyen was waxing as poetic as her somber and glacial personality allows the other day. For Teutonic musings, it came pretty close to...
Robby West BBC News, Norfolk Reporting fromUniversity of East Anglia BBC BBC reporter Robby West spent the night at the University of East Anglia’s Sleep and Brain Research Unit Do you get enough sleep? As a new parent, I don’t think I do, and conversations about the subject dominate my life. At the University of...
*checks notes* Yup. That’s what it says right here. How bad is California’s housing crisis? A first-in-the-nation bill would let students live in cars. So…what in the wide, wide world of sports would compel someone to bring that up as a suggestion on any given campus, less mind introducing it as a legislative act? Well,...