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© 2025 TruthoutPalestinian Statehood Is Not a Political Bargaining Chip
The UK and Canada have added conditions — but no arms embargoes — to their recognition of a Palestinian state.Read the StoryBipartisan US Push Tries to Label Democratic African Government as “Terrorist”
The UN treats the Polisario as the legitimate representative of the Western Sahara people. The US is now vilifying it.Democrats Are Struggling to Block Trump’s Texas Power Grab
“When you can’t win fairly, you cheat, and that is exactly what this is,” a civil rights advocate said of Trump’s ploy.Bush Lawyers’ Legal Arguments for Guantánamo Bay Paved the Way for CECOT
The Bush administration denied prisoners the right to due process. Now, Trump is doing the same.Israeli Forces Killed Young Boy After He Kissed Hand of GHF Contractor, He Says
Former Green Beret Anthony Aguilar recounted the horrific story of the small child who was grateful for food.Utility Bills Hit Record Highs Under Trump
Experts say Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is likely to drive up energy prices even higher.Latest Stories
Trump’s Motives Can Be Opaque. I Asked a Feminist Economist to Bare Them.
Trump’s policies cater to the 1 percent, but they don’t neatly align with capitalist interests in the traditional sense.Black-Led, Progressive Homeschool Networks Rise Amid Book Bans, Attacks on DEI
As Trump attacks civil rights protections, a growing number of progressive parents are opting out of public schools.US Abducts, Illegally Deports Mother, Child with Cancer, Suit Says
A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of abducting two families and then illegally deporting them.Israel Is Imprisoning Florida-Born Cousin of American Slain by Settlers
Israeli officials have barred the 16-year-old from contacting his family for months as they hold him without trial.Trump’s Executive Order Criminalizing Houselessness Reveals a Familiar Dystopia
For years, mad and disabled people have been asking Americans to fight the criminalization of disability. Will they?8 Prisons in Virginia Lack AC in 108-Degree Heat. I Am Stuck in One of Them.
My bunk gets sweaty when I lay it in. The walls sweat, too — you can see it. We’re in an oven. It’s too hot.Bernie Sanders Launches Investigation of RFK Jr.’s Attacks on Vaccine Access
By firing all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine panel, RFK Jr. has imperiled vaccine access in the US, critics say.If Mamdani and Fateh Become Mayors, Will Dem Elites Still Collude to Sink Them?
Parts of Fateh and Mamdani’s platforms would be difficult to execute without cooperation from their city councils.Donald Trump
Trump Plans to Build $200 Million White House Party Room
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FBI Officials Reportedly Redacted References to Trump From Epstein Files
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Economists Slam Trump’s New Tariffs as US Consumers See Rising Prices
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Ron Johnson: Stock Trading Ban Would Make It “Unattractive” to Be in Congress
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Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theorist Who Likened BLM to Terrorists to Lead Counterterrorism Center
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Local Jails Play Integral Role in Mass Deportation, Report Says
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Lawsuit Says ICE Arrests on Church Property Are Unconstitutional
“In Gaza, the meaning of malnutrition has been forcibly redefined — it is systematically human-made and weaponized.”
– Hend Salama Abo Helow, from As a Medical Student in Gaza, I Studied Malnutrition. Now It’s All Around Me. Read the StoryStruggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation
Israel’s Ever-Expanding War Machine Is Financed Through International Bond Sales
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As a Medical Student in Gaza, I Studied Malnutrition. Now It’s All Around Me.
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The Last Thing We Had in Gaza Was Flour. Now Even That Is Gone.
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Dispatch From Gaza: Starving Palestinians Cling to News on Ceasefire Talks
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Israel’s Decimation of Transportation Is Adding to Gaza’s Death Toll
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Decades of Cinematic Organizing Change the Narrative on Palestine in the US
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Japanese BDS Activists Are Ramping Up Their Campaign Against a Robotics Company
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