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© 2025 TruthoutUS Proxy War Displaced My Family 50 Years Ago. We Still Live in the Wreckage.
As the daughter of Hmong refugees, I know the traumatic consequences of American foreign policy.Read the StoryโBending the Barsโ Rap Album Fights Damaging Stereotypes of Incarcerated People
โBending the Barsโ rips away bipartisan propaganda by letting incarcerated artists speak their truth.Project Esther Is a McCarthy-Era Blueprint for Crushing the American Left
While the Heritage Foundation document focuses on the Palestine solidarity movement, its ultimate target is far broader.New Oral History Captures Decades of Trans Life in the Words of Elders of Color
Amid the current anti-trans backlash, letโs heed the wisdom and perspective of the trans elders in our communities.Republican Calls for Gaza to Be โNukedโ Like Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Rep. Randy Fine said โthe Palestinian causeโ is โevilโ in stunning remarks on Fox News.The โOligarchโs Budgetโ Wages War on Poor Americans
Unless youโre very wealthy, this bill will ultimately leave you worse off and more economically vulnerable.Latest Stories
A New Generation of Palestinian Activists Uses Art as Nonviolent Resistance
Editor Malu Halasa discusses the poetry and art of steadfast survival documented in โSumลซd: A New Palestinian Reader.โPrisons Allow Private Companies to Cut Off Communication With Loved Ones
Some states are allowing private companies to decide which people in prison are allowed to contact their family members.GOP Billโs Militarized Funding Boost Could Instead Keep Millions on Medicaid
The reconciliation bill is a โredistribution of resources from struggling Americans to the Pentagon,โ an expert said.NYPD Assault on CUNY Gaza Encampment Shows Why We Need Sanctuary Universities
My lived experience of Chile under Pinochetโs dictatorship drives my opposition to the current US crackdown on dissent.Big Pharma Front Groups Muddle Debate Over Drug Prices, Patient Advocates Say
Big Pharma is using dark money to fund groups that sound like patient advocacy organizations but represent the industry.We Are Being Blown Up by Israel in Places It Told Us Were Safe
Families like mine fled to areas that the Israeli military called โsafe zones,โ but it has continued to kill us there.First Nations Worry Canadaโs Push to Be an โEnergy Superpowerโ Will Harm Them
Canadaโs new prime minister is pushing to accelerate energy projects in a bid to decrease dependence on the US.I Wrote This From Solitary Confinement. I Refuse to Let It Break Me.
โThe holeโ is a prison within a prison, where Iโm just another number without a name.LGBTQ Rights
Federal Judge Strikes Down LGBTQ Protections Against Workplace Discrimination
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Appellate Court Says Florida’s Drag Show Ban Is Likely Unconstitutional
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Trans-Led Advocacy Wins Hard-Fought Victory in Colorado Legislature
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Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetoes Anti-Trans Bills, Chides GOP for Attacking Arizonans
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Forthcoming Anti-Trans Report From HHS Could Further Restrict Access to Care
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LGBTQ Suicide Hotline at Risk Under Trumpโs HHS Budget Proposal
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Conservative Justices May Upend School District’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Lessons
“Banning books is not just about silencing people โ it is about silencing critical thinking and introspection. ”
– George Yancy, from Pete Hegseth Has Banned 3 of My Books From the US Naval Academy Read the StoryThe Road to Abolition
Having Survived Solitary, I Refuse to Conflate the Imaginable With the Possible
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Martin Sostreโs Life Teaches Us Revolutionary Moments Are Always Upon Us
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Report: US Police Killed Someone Every 6.5 Hours on Average in 2024
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Iโm 1 of More Than 600 People on CAโs Death Row. Newsom Must End Death Penalty.
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Biden Should Go Beyond Commutations for Death Row and Commute Life Sentences Too
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Daniel Pennyโs Trial Underscores the Need for Real Systems of Accountability
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Having Pardoned His Son, Biden Faces Pressure to Enact Mass Clemency
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