John Anthony Castro, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, has petitioned the U.S. District Court of Alaska to declare Donald Trump ineligible to appear on the state’s election ballot. Castro has filed similar lawsuits in more than two dozen states, with nine legal challenges remaining active after three states have dismissed the lawsuits.Updated 1:15 PM PDT, March 26, 2024. NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company rose about 16% in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq, …Come Sunday, Feb. 11 Crouser will continue her tradition of not wearing Kansas City football gear on game day when she joins protestors outside Allegiant Stadium on the Las Vegas strip. That’s where the team will be playing the San Francisco 49ers during the 58th NFL Super Bowl. For the fourth time in the past five years, Native demonstrators ...Twenty years ago this week, President Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The act, signed into law on February 8, 1996, was “essentially bought and paid for by corporate media lobbies,” as Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) described it, and radically “opened the floodgates on mergers.”.Beyond the Right’s Conspiracy Theories. Like novelist Rex Stout’s ace fictional detective Nero Wolfe, news critics of all political persuasions need the agility to “dodge folly without backing into fear.”. Skepticism about the corporate news media and global digital platforms such as Google and Facebook is absolutely warranted.Oct 23, 2023 · This request is coming from the United States’ closest ally at a time the U.S. is seeking Australia’s support as a bulwark, both financially and militarily, against the perceived threat from China,” Vincent De Stefano, national organizing director of Assange Defense, told Truthout. In September, a cross-party delegation from Australia’s ... In a highly unusual move, the White House has requested for it to be able to conduct arms deals with Israel in complete secrecy, without oversight from Congress or the public — in a time when the U.S. is supporting a military that experts say has been committing war crimes in Gaza and beyond. The White House …Horstmeyer expects Truth Social’s stock price to swing 10% or more on a daily basis in the coming months. However, because the stock’s price is based on sentiment, …The Supreme Court recently blocked the Biden administration’s plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt. The decision disappointed 43 million borrowers owing $1.6 trillion in student debt. Regardless, the failure of the Biden plan misdirects us from the root problem: It’s not that student loan borrowers need debt …The U.S. led the way in approving new oil and gas projects over the past two years, GEM’s analysis found. The oil & gas industry persists in development of new …December 8, 2023. IMAGINESTOCK / Moment / Getty Images. A newly inaugurated school board president in a Philadelphia suburb took an oath of office Monday evening by placing her hand on a stack of books that have been targeted by book bans. Karen Smith, an incumbent member of the Central Bucks School District …Feb 9, 2024 · Come Sunday, Feb. 11 Crouser will continue her tradition of not wearing Kansas City football gear on game day when she joins protestors outside Allegiant Stadium on the Las Vegas strip. That’s where the team will be playing the San Francisco 49ers during the 58th NFL Super Bowl. For the fourth time in the past five years, Native demonstrators ... El Paso, Texas, has increasingly become the subject of an intense national conversation. The New York Times, The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal report that migrant surges are straining the city, the country and the economy. These are just three headlines from a barrage of coverage of the “crisis” at the border.Truthout is a progressive news organization in the United States that operates a website and distributes a daily newsletter. Registered in September 2001, in …On its face, that may sound like a heavy sanction — however, it works out to a mere $15,138 per child. As Professor Richard D. Wolff pointed out, the entire $1.5 million amounts to 0.05 percent of the company’s 2021 sales. Remarkably, these abysmally low fines are not the result of some decades-old statute.March 22, 2024. Former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company — and the parent of his favorite communications platform, Truth Social — became a public …In the exclusive interview for Truthout that follows, Tariq Kenney-Shawa, policy fellow at the independent transnational think tank Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian …Guns seized from organized crime are laid out for destruction by the Ministry of National Defense on March 22, 2023, in Santa María Rayon, Mexico. The government of Mexico is suing U.S. gun-makers for their role in facilitating cross-border gun trafficking that has supercharged violent crime in Mexico. The lawsuit …Jan 14, 2024 · It took until July 19, 2023, for The New York Times to finally report the story. The corporate media has also largely ignored efforts by Clean Creatives, a movement of workers within the most prominent advertising and PR agencies, to end their employers’ ties to fossil fuel companies. The movement now has support from some 2,000 individuals ... With little fanfare on July 13, Florida officials released the findings of a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study conducted recently in the Key West area revealing that about 10 percent, or 1,000 people, of the coastal town’s population are infected with the dengue fever virus. While the July 13 release made little mention …Truthout is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is funded through donations. Analysis / Bias. In review, Truthout is a progressive news and opinion website focused on social justice and the environment. There is significant use of loaded emotional language that favors the left such as this: Scapegoating Unions for the Postal Service’s Phony Crisis.The emergency motion that the group of Palestinians filed on November 16 came days after the same group of Palestinian plaintiffs sued Biden, Blinken and Austin in the U.S. District Court of Northern California for failure to prevent genocide and complicity in genocide. Netanyahu and Gallant are committing genocide in Gaza.Kelly Hayes / Truthout “The massive turnout is a resounding rejection of the policies of the Biden administration, which is shamefully taking part in Israel’s genocide in Gaza,” ANSWER Coalition Executive Director Brian Becker said in a statement. “Without the support of the US government, Israel’s terrible crimes would not be ...Feb 15, 2024 · Unremitting Turkish Attacks Leave Rojava in Peril — and in Need of Solidarity. By. Martin Winiecki , T ruthout. February 15, 2024. Stanton Sharpe / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images. Alongside all the heartbreaking tragedies in the Middle East, a radical alternative is under threat in the region. In northeast Syria, not long ago the ... December 8, 2023. IMAGINESTOCK / Moment / Getty Images. A newly inaugurated school board president in a Philadelphia suburb took an oath of office Monday evening by placing her hand on a stack of books that have been targeted by book bans. Karen Smith, an incumbent member of the Central Bucks School District …Trump says ‘I love Truth Social’ one day after DWAC stock plunges on social media merger vote. Donald Trump told followers, “I LOVE TRUTH SOCIAL” — but …In fact, Mexican auto workers’ wages declined after the passage of NAFTA — from an average $6.65 an hour for final assembly jobs in 1994 to $3.14 in 2016. Mexico …A GOP-sponsored bill in Oklahoma, HB 3216, passed a legislative hurdle on Wednesday when it passed out of committee. HB 3216 would ban emergency contraception in the state and create a state database of people who have had an abortion. “If the bill doesn’t get changed with the current wording then IUDs and Plan B could be inaccessible to ...The latest tweets from @truthout4 days ago · Truthout. March 27, 2024. The New York Times building stands in Midtown on February 7, 2024, in New York City. Spencer Platt / Getty Images. A recent study conducted by Media Matters and GLAAD reveals that in the year following public backlash for its coverage of anti-trans legislation, The New York Times neglected to include transgender voices ... When the FBI Is Asked to Go After the Right, It Inevitably Comes for the Left. By. Alex S. Vitale , T ruthout. December 15, 2023. Matt McClain / The Washington Post via Getty Images. In the wake of the Trump-inspired siege on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, many liberals have called for wide-ranging …Prisons & Policing. Don’t Blame Drug Decriminalization for What the Housing Crisis Has Caused. Corporate media outlets like The New York Times are misleading the public on drug decriminalization in Oregon. By. Morgan Godvin, T ruthout. Published. August 12, 2023. Used needles are seen on the street on September 22, 2022 in New …Feb 15, 2024 · Unremitting Turkish Attacks Leave Rojava in Peril — and in Need of Solidarity. By. Martin Winiecki , T ruthout. February 15, 2024. Stanton Sharpe / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images. Alongside all the heartbreaking tragedies in the Middle East, a radical alternative is under threat in the region. In northeast Syria, not long ago the ... Propagandists know this. And despite decrying their own roles in spreading hate and fascism, social media executives also understand that their business model is based on clicks — and haters are the most voracious clickers. Social media executives seem remiss to mess with this metric — unless their hands are forced.Feb 24, 2024 · The aim of the far right is not so much a philosophical attack on African Americans (as in critical race theory; or diversity, equity and inclusion) as it is a cultural attack on African people themselves. In a strange way, our Blackness represents the origins of civilization, even beyond that, the beginning of our species, Homo sapiens. Christian nationalists, including Johnson, “are zeroed in on defeating democracy,” Huffman added. “Violence is a feature, not a bug, of this movement and we need to take it very, very seriously.”. The CFC’s report recognizes that it’s “the right of every American,” including Mike Johnson, “to freely practice [their] faith as ...A look at how the corporate media marginalized or distorted some of the most important news stories of 2020-2021. By. Andy Lee Roth &. Steve Macek ,In a highly unusual move, the White House has requested for it to be able to conduct arms deals with Israel in complete secrecy, without oversight from Congress or the public — in a time when the U.S. is supporting a military that experts say has been committing war crimes in Gaza and beyond. The White House …Current U.S. policy is to “fight to the last Ukrainian” while offering no way to save Ukraine from further tragedy. Russia's President Vladimir Putin writes as he chairs a meeting on economic issues in Moscow on February 17, 2022. Russia’s war in Ukraine is producing an earthquake in international affairs. The war has raised new questions ...John Anthony Castro, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, has petitioned the U.S. District Court of Alaska to declare Donald Trump ineligible to appear on the state’s election ballot. Castro has filed similar lawsuits in more than two dozen states, with nine legal challenges remaining active after three states have dismissed the lawsuits.Jon Cherry / Getty Images. Republican lawmakers in Kentucky introduced a bill last Tuesday that would criminalize homeless encampments and expand the state’s Stand Your Ground law to allow property owners to confront unhoused people with a gun. The bill, dubbed the “Safer Kentucky Act,” already has received more than 45 …Under a new law — SB 202 — signed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp last year, self-appointed vigilante vote fraud hunters have, for the first time, the right to challenge an unlimited number of other voters: “There shall not be a limit on the number of persons whose qualifications such elector [voter] may challenge.”. …Members of the Hillside Villa Tenants Association rally in front of a banner that says "Stop Breaking Families Apart" on August 12, 2023, in Los Angeles, California. This year marks the sixth year that the Hillside Villa Tenants Association (HSVTA) has been engaged in a ceaseless struggle to protect their homes in Los …January 21, 2024. Ayo Walker / Truthout. The extraction of wealth is a pathology of late capitalism and is defined by the cultural and political processes by which the rich establish themselves as the dominant class. Social theorist and organizer Marjorie Kelly labels this phenomenon “wealth supremacy” which is also the title of her …Feb 12, 2024 · Most members of the court all but ignored Trump’s participation in the January 6 insurrection, the greatest threat to the survival of the republic since the Civil War. Indeed, Section 3 was enacted after the Civil War to disqualify people from holding office who had served in government prior to the war but then supported the Confederacy. The genocide Israel is currently carrying out against Palestinians in Gaza correlates almost exactly with the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians triggered by the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Israel’s current war on Gaza is part of a much larger continuum of violence against ...Derek Seidman , T ruthout. November 11, 2023. A U.S. Army veteran who was injured in Afghanistan in 2004 takes part in a protest march from the White House to the U.S. Capitol to demand an end to the war in Iraq, the return of U.S. troops and the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C., on September 15, …Truthout. 876,469 likes · 42,422 talking about this. Independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues.The horrific choking murder of 30-year-old Jordan Neely by a white MTA rider on May 1, 2023, in the New York City subway sparked mass outrage, with demonstrators converging on subway stations while cops brought “ force and chaos ” to a vigil in his memory. The murder has put a renewed spotlight on carceral logics of the state that assume ...Raising the eligibility age is not an insignificant proposal with mere incidental effects. Research has found that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut monthly Social Security payments for early retirees by about 15 percent. And people in low-income or blue collar jobs would see their retirements cut the most, as …Here at Truthout, we’re gearing up to meet these threats head on, but we need your support to do it: We must raise $16,000 before midnight to ensure we can keep publishing independent journalism that doesn’t shy away from difficult — and often dangerous — topics. Robinson has described the LGBTQ community as "filth," and has called for a total abortion ban in the state. By Chris Walker, Truthout. To donate by check, phone, bitcoin, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT This is a difficult time for media orgs and donations…. Current U.S. policy is to “fight to the last Ukrainian” while offering no way to save Ukraine from further tragedy. Russia's President Vladimir Putin writes as he chairs a meeting on economic issues in Moscow on February 17, 2022. Russia’s war in Ukraine is producing an earthquake in international affairs. The war has raised new questions ...Tamara Pearson , T ruthout. May 2, 2023. The only Tesla supercharging station in Puebla city. Tamara Peasron. People were lining up with buckets to get water …He is a regular contributor to Truthout as well as a member of Truthout’s Public Intellectual Project. He has published scores of books and over 1,000 articles which have appeared in a variety of journals, magazines, newspapers and popular news websites. Many of his publications have been translated into a multitude of different ...George Yancy. George Yancy is the Samuel Candler Dobbs professor of philosophy at Emory University and a Montgomery fellow at Dartmouth College. He is also the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural fellow in the Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellowship Program (2019-2020 academic year). He is the author, editor and co-editor of over 20 ...In this exclusive interview for Truthout, renowned law professor and anthropologist Khiara M. Bridges, who specializes in the intersection of race, class, reproductive justice and law, shares her insights into the issues raised above and offers some legal remedies that she believes will help achieve racial justice and equality in the 21st century.T ruthout. April 3, 2023. Jared Rodriguez / Truthout. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a new climate report which updates and combines the findings from all past reports in the IPCC’s sixth assessment. The synthesis report urges immediate action to curb global warming and secure a livable future for all.Jan 17, 2022 · Let’s Make Them Visible. For years, the establishment press has utterly ignored workers and news about labor issues. Change is long overdue. By. Steve Macek &. Andy Lee Roth , T ruthout. January 17, 2022. A truck hauls a piece of John Deere equipment from the factory past workers picketing outside of the John Deere Davenport Works facility on ... Feb 29, 2024 · The union’s endorsement was first reported by NBC. Michigan pro-Palestinian advocates’ campaign to vote “uncommitted,” known as Listen to Michigan, scored a major win on Tuesday, with over 101,000 Michiganders choosing “uncommitted” in the primary and the option garnering 13 percent of the vote overall. Though President Joe Biden ... Dec 10, 2017 · Dahr Jamail. Dahr Jamail, a Truthout contributing writer, Board of Advisers member and former staff reporter, is the author of The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption (The New Press, 2019), The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan (Haymarket Books, 2009), and Beyond ... We have drawn from those lessons to launch the Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism, a program to assist other social justice-driven media …Aug 20, 2023 · Despite frustrations at the federal level, progressive officials and activists are winning in states and municipalities. By. Sam Rosenthal , T ruthout. August 20, 2023. Nearly eight years since Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign, progressives are notching wins on both federal and municipal levels. FG Trade / Getty Images. Yet, although it has been 20 years since the invasion of Iraq, no U.S. leaders have been indicted. The Obama administration’s Department of Justice actively decided not to prosecute anyone for the torture and abuse committed during the Bush regime. Yet it only took one year for the ICC to charge Putin with war …A GOP-sponsored bill in Oklahoma, HB 3216, passed a legislative hurdle on Wednesday when it passed out of committee. HB 3216 would ban emergency contraception in the state and create a state database of people who have had an abortion. “If the bill doesn’t get changed with the current wording then IUDs and Plan B could be inaccessible to ...Kelly Hayes / Truthout “The massive turnout is a resounding rejection of the policies of the Biden administration, which is shamefully taking part in Israel’s genocide in Gaza,” ANSWER Coalition Executive Director Brian Becker said in a statement. “Without the support of the US government, Israel’s terrible crimes would not be ... Truthout. 875,945 likes · 14,642 talking about this. Independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues. Oct 23, 2019 · At Truthout’s request, EWG researchers ran the numbers on the latest database to look at some of the ways in which the socioeconomic disparities in drinking water quality play out. Smaller water utilities, which commonly struggle with underfunding and aging systems, are more likely to serve low-income, disadvantaged communities. Oct 25, 2023 · Montinique Monroe / Getty Images. Lubbock County, Texas, is now the fourth and largest county in the state to pass an anti-abortion ordinance that would bar pregnant Texans from traveling to access an out-of-state abortion. Lubbock now joins three other Texas counties — Goliad, Mitchell and Cochran — that have passed similar anti-abortion ... Formerly Incarcerated People Seek Discrimination Protection as “Protected Class”. By. Ella Fassler , T ruthout. February 16, 2023. Jared Rodriguez / Truthout. Bridgette Simpson said she was a bright-eyed and …The Biden administration recently expressed outrage that Russia arrested journalist Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal, a United States citizen based in Moscow, for practicing journalism. Gershkovich is now incarcerated in Russia, facing espionage charges that could garner him 20 years in prison.Dec 17, 2013 · Here at Truthout, we’re gearing up to meet these threats head on, but we need your support to do it: We must raise $40,000 to ensure we can keep publishing independent journalism that doesn’t shy away from difficult — and often dangerous — topics. We can do this vital work because unlike most media, our journalism is free from ... As Noam Chomsky notes in this exclusive interview for Truthout, Biden is carrying on a U.S. tradition: Relations with Saudi Arabia “have always proceeded amicably, undisturbed by its horrifying record of human rights abuses, which persists.”. Security also likely figures in the equation of Biden’s trip, particularly with regard to Israel.Missing in a lot of the circulating narratives, however, is the indisputable role that the powerful Christian Zionist movement plays, both now and in the long and bloody history of the colonization of Palestine. Christian Zionists are leading the call for the U.S. to unconditionally support Israel’s expulsion of …Oct 18, 2023 · In a viral post on X, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis ignited an intense debate about selective condemnation and moral outrage surrounding Israel’s massive bombardment of Gaza, which the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations described as “nothing less than genocidal.”. Varoufakis stated: I condemn every killing with equal ... November 2, 2023. Steve Smith / Tetra Images / Getty Images. Reproductive justice advocates allege that police in Idaho have made the first “abortion trafficking” arrest after an Idaho teenager and his mother were charged with “kidnapping” for bringing the teen’s girlfriend out of state for an abortion. The 15-year-old who had an out ...The Supreme Court Won’t Save Us — It Was Founded to Defend White Supremacy. Since its inception, the court has operated to enshrine whiteness as the normative baseline in constitutional law. Conventional wisdom tells us the Supreme Court ’ s dominion is the administration of justice. This misconception, …March 22, 2024. Former President Donald J. Trump’s social media company — and the parent of his favorite communications platform, Truth Social — became a public …Come Sunday, Feb. 11 Crouser will continue her tradition of not wearing Kansas City football gear on game day when she joins protestors outside Allegiant Stadium on the Las Vegas strip. That’s where the team will be playing the San Francisco 49ers during the 58th NFL Super Bowl. For the fourth time in the past five years, Native demonstrators ...Tamara Pearson , T ruthout. May 2, 2023. The only Tesla supercharging station in Puebla city. Tamara Peasron. People were lining up with buckets to get water …Mike Ludwig , T ruthout. June 13, 2023. Quintana Beach County Park / Handout / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. Thousands of dead fish washed up on the gulf coast of Texas over the weekend, and massive globs of seaweed carrying plastic pollution infested with flesh-eating bacteria are raising public health …Chris Walker is a news writer at Truthout, and is based out of Madison, Wisconsin. Focusing on both national and local topics since the early 2000s, he has produced thousands of articles analyzing the issues of the day and their impact on the American people. He can be found on most social media …Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line, including Gaza, encompass 7.503 million — or 51.16 percent, a majority. Between 59 and 65 percent of people living between the river and the sea oppose the Israeli occupation. Israel’s “undisclosed Zionist Long Game,” Falk wrote at Just World Educational, “aims at …Tamara Pearson , T ruthout. May 2, 2023. The only Tesla supercharging station in Puebla city. Tamara Peasron. People were lining up with buckets to get water …Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line, including Gaza, encompass 7.503 million — or 51.16 percent, a majority. Between 59 and 65 percent of people living between the river and the sea oppose the Israeli occupation. Israel’s “undisclosed Zionist Long Game,” Falk wrote at Just World Educational, “aims at …Norris-De La Cruz underwent that procedure, from a different hospital, 24 hours after being denied an abortion at Arlington Memorial Hospital. According to an OB/GYN who treated her at the second hospital, Norris-De La Cruz’s life would have been “in extreme danger” had she waited any longer. After terminating the pregnancy that was ...He is a regular contributor to Truthout as well as a member of Truthout’s Public Intellectual Project. He has published scores of books and over 1,000 articles which have appeared in a variety of journals, magazines, newspapers and popular news websites. Many of his publications have been translated into a multitude of different languages ...The report shows that Israel imposes a form of domination and oppression against Palestinians under its control that qualifies as a system of apartheid under international law. In this context, it affirms the 2017 United Nations report that you had helped produce and for which you were personally attacked by Nikki Haley at the …Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images. Last week, Israeli leaders struck an agreement with Hamas to implement a four-day pause in bombardments in Gaza after weeks of Israeli attacks that have killed over 14,500 Palestinians. But Israeli forces have continued killing Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza throughout the …Feb 9, 2024 · Come Sunday, Feb. 11 Crouser will continue her tradition of not wearing Kansas City football gear on game day when she joins protestors outside Allegiant Stadium on the Las Vegas strip. That’s where the team will be playing the San Francisco 49ers during the 58th NFL Super Bowl. For the fourth time in the past five years, Native demonstrators ...
A city of Chicago’s size calling for a ceasefire would undoubtedly impact public discourse around Israel’s war on Gaza. People wait in line to attend a Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall on January 24, 2024. A highly anticipated Chicago City Council vote will have to wait. The council delayed voting on a cease-fire resolution that .... Briscoe manor
T ruthout. December 15, 2023. Peter Lyngso. On Wednesday evening and into the night, hundreds of demonstrators in eight cities across the U.S. shut down bridges and highways to pressure the Biden administration and members of Congress into demanding a permanent ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal siege of Gaza. Jewish organizers and their allies ...4 days ago · Truthout. March 27, 2024. The New York Times building stands in Midtown on February 7, 2024, in New York City. Spencer Platt / Getty Images. A recent study conducted by Media Matters and GLAAD reveals that in the year following public backlash for its coverage of anti-trans legislation, The New York Times neglected to include transgender voices ... In the interview that follows, Noam Chomsky reflects on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection and offers us his own insights on what may lie ahead in a country where a very sizable segment of the population still believes in Trump’s lies. Noam Chomsky is internationally recognized as one of the most important …According to a letter sent to government agencies on Tuesday by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), a U.S. company tracked people’s visits to 600 Planned Parenthood locations in 48 states and sold that data to anti-abortion group the Veritas Society, which used the location data to orchestrate one of the largest anti-abortion ad campaigns in U.S ...Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing independent news and commentary on a daily basis. Truthout works to spark action by revealing systemic injustice and providing a ...The dream of a truly joyful Easter — one aligned with the holiday’s message of hope and resurrection — feels far, far away for Christian Palestinians as Israel’s mounting …Feb 2, 2024 · US Is Underwriting Israel’s Crimes — Americans Can No Longer Claim Ignorance. By. Mohamed Seif El Nasr , T ruthout. February 2, 2024. Samuel Corum / Jack Guez / AFP / Getty Images / Truthout. Like many around the world, I dedicate some time each day to staring at the screen of my phone, looking at photographs of children who were murdered ... Touching My Prison Yard’s Grass Radicalized Me to Take Action Behind Bars. Creating a prison book club provided a safe space for the men around me, where new ways of thinking could be explored. By. Tony D. Vick , T ruthout. September 21, 2023. Tony D. Vick has served almost three decades in prison on a life-with-parole sentence in … Mass Layoffs Are Fueling the Growth of Far Right Authoritarianism. To stop the momentum of the far right, we need to confront mass layoff capitalism, says labor expert Les Leopold. By Derek Seidman, Truthout. We'll send you daily news, in-depth reporting and critical analysis from the journalists, activists and thinkers who are working to ... Glowimages. Powerful meat corporations are planning to push false claims that meat is “sustainable nutrition” at COP28, an international environmental conference that meets yearly to establish a global response to the climate crisis. The meat lobbyists’ pro-meat communications strategy is contradicted by research …Mohammed Abed / AFP via Getty Images. A trade union for Palestinian journalists has strongly condemned Western media organizations for perpetuating lies and propaganda about Israel’s siege of Gaza, saying that they have been “facilitating genocide” amid Israel’s “wholesale ethnic cleansing” of Gaza. The …A damning analysis of the argument presented by Israel’s lawyers in its defense against South Africa’s genocide case finds that Israel’s legal team made false or misleading claims about evidence that it submitted to the court, undermining its arguments that its massacre in Gaza is justified. This includes assertions, the lawyers argued ...The Supreme Court Won’t Save Us — It Was Founded to Defend White Supremacy. Since its inception, the court has operated to enshrine whiteness as the normative baseline in constitutional law. Conventional wisdom tells us the Supreme Court ’ s dominion is the administration of justice. This misconception, ….