Today’s decision by the Supreme Court is a big and potentially fatal loss for Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider. Scanning the headlines about this decision, Axios’ gets it right: “Supreme Court ruling on patients rights’ could devastate Planned Parenthood.” The case decided today is called Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and it arose...
The following is a statement written and endorsed by members of the Latin American Anarchist Coordination (CALA) and sibling organizations across the Americas, including Black Rose/Rosa Negra. Violence in the Middle East continues to grow exponentially. The war profiteers, the main partners of neoliberal capitalism, impose death on those below, while they become richer with...
Ah, the heat’s on, you know. SUMMERTIME Traditionally when many New Jersey families would pack the kids up for a week – two if they were lucky – and head down to ‘The Shore‘ to enjoy scalding little feet off across broad, sandy beach before hitting the bathtub warm, sometimes brown water churning and washing...
Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! This story was originally reported by Chabeli Carrazana of The 19th. Meet Chabeli and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Parents, you’re not imagining it: The cost of child care is rising. By a lot. The average...
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars. The move could shrink access to health care...
Corbis via Getty Images A 1900 photograph of the customs department in Dubai In the winter of 1956, The Times correspondent David Holden arrived on the island of Bahrain, then still a British protectorate. After a short-lived career teaching geography, Holden had looked forward to his Arabian posting, but he hadn’t expected to be attending...
As Hot Air readers know, the reapportionment of congressional seats is based on the census which happens every ten years. States that lose population also lose seats while states that gain population gain seats. Back in January when Democrats were still reeling from the fresh loss in the 2024 election, the AP published a story...
This morning, I dunked on New York State’s excreable governor, Kathy Hochul, as the latest egregious example of blue state lunacy regarding the illegals among us. But she’s not the only one, and I really don’t know what it’s going to take for the majority of voters to wake up in some of these places,...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has responded to President Donald Trump’s call for Iran’s surrender with a threat. Earlier this morning, he broadcast a televised address, and his X account posted a series of tweets directly targeting the United States, warning that if Trump becomes directly involved, there will be severe consequences. The US President...
There’s a newish meme being used to justify the anti-ICE riots and illegal immigration–the illegal immigrants have a right to be in the United States because the Southwest was stolen and really belongs to Mexico. The problem isn’t illegal immigrants; it’s American citizens who wrongly believe they have the right to live here without being...
As another school year ends, superintendents across the United States are staring down an autumn staffing crisis, with 1 in 8 teaching positions either vacant or filled by an underqualified educator. States that are struggling with post-pandemic teacher shortages have spent millions to lure replacements and retain veterans with hiring bonuses and bumps in salaries....
At least 16 people are reported to have died after tornadoes tore through parts of two US states. Officials in Kentucky, said there had been nine deaths while seven people were killed in Missouri, including five in the city of St Louis. The Kentucky tornado struck in Laurel County, in the south-east of the state,...
The Maryland cop who first linked Kilmar Abrego Garcia to alleged gang activity in 2019 was placed on a “do not call” list published by Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy in 2021 — meaning he was deemed unfit to testify in state court due to criminal charges filed against him for sharing confidential...
Oooh, wasn’t there some more welcome news on the Green grifting front yesterday. Back in January, even as Trump had already expressed his opposition to renewable energy in general and his disgust with the wind industry in particular, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York, in concert with the Biden administration’s last minute dash to shove...
With a name like “rare earths” you would think that the metals in this category would be, you know, rare. They aren’t, though. They are actually pretty abundant and are even more so, given that we don’t use them in great quantity compared to other metals like copper, iron, or tin. What they are is...