Alarmingly, only five members of the nine-person U.S. Supreme Court found the U.S. presidentās executive order revoking birthright citizenship unconstitutional. This is…
With the 2026 midterm elections just four months away, the Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be…
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. The…
Since the 1959 Cuban Revolution, the U.S. government has sought to foment regime change in Cuba. In 1961, the C.I.A. orchestrated the…
In perhaps its most insidious decision in nearly a century, the U.S. Supreme Court disemboweledĀ Section 2Ā of the landmark Voting Rights Act (VRA)…
While the worldās attention is focused on the U.S.-Israeli aggression in Iran and Donald Trumpās genocidal proclamations, Israel is perpetrating genocide in Lebanon. Trump…
The Supreme Court appears poised to deal a severe blow to the fundamental right to vote in two cases this term. Louisiana v.…
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein refused to dismiss drug trafficking charges against Venezuelan President NicolĆ”s Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on…
Already 555 Iranians ā including 180 students at a girlsā elementary school in Minab ā have beenĀ reported deadĀ in the war of…
The Supreme Court struck down Trumpās threatened tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba, but the crisis persists. In accordance with…
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