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They've sold out to big money and don't give a rat's ass about the issues that really matter to most Americans

Our hypocrisy on war crimes makes a rules-based world, one that abides by international law, impossible.

 A majority of the staff at the historic Highlander Research and Education Center based in New Market, TN have formed a union with Workers United Southern Region, SEIU.

'We are in a struggle between a progressive movement that mobilizes around a shared vision of prosperity, security and dignity for all people, against one that defends oligarchy and massive global income and wealth inequality'

He was one of the early players of color in the NFL. Racism and, ultimately, ostracism came with the territory

The war hits media on all sides

Ahed's Knee's, by Israeli director Nadav Lapid, opens up to deliver a filmmaker’s cri de coeur about the state of his country, it also dares to ask where goodness lies, which is a far more universal and relatable question.

The criminal Russian invasion has devastated cities around Ukraine and forced millions to flee the country. Achieving a cease-fire is top priority — but the war has already brought changes that will echo for decades to come.

Perhaps in part because of what’s going on inside these and other newsrooms, labor coverage nationwide is on the rise in the U.S. media. Labor reporters, who had almost disappeared from the landscape a decade or more ago, are now back on the beat

Truthout spoke with Anthony DiMaggio, associate professor of political science at Lehigh University, about the infiltration of fascism into contemporary political and media landscapes in the U.S. as outlined in his new book, Rising Fascism in America