Source: Truthout Fifty billion dollars. That’s the amount of past-due rent accumulated during the first year of the pandemic, according to some…

Proposed tax reforms have led to weeks of protest in Colombia. Amidst brutal state repression, and with the initial proposals defeated, Colombians are now demanding much more

A new Congressional resolution lays out a comprehensive vision for eradicating poverty and tackling racial and economic inequality

“The total amount of third world debt has already been repaid six times over in interest”

What is the difference between a riot and a protest? What about demonstrations? A vigil? Civil resistance?

Netanyahu’s political troubles — and an arms industry eager to battle test new wares on Gazans — may help explain the latest escalation of violence

A statement signed by 124 groups says the current conflagration is part of a “broader context of Israel’s ongoing policy to forcibly remove Palestinians from their homes through eviction, home demolition, and displacement.”

Open letter from the director of Gaza Community Mental Health Program

Working people need and deserve, instead, a foreign policy based on diplomacy, peace, and international solidarity

It is up to the international media, governments, human rights and grassroots organizations, and communities all over the world to make this story different this time

Israel’s latest assault on Gaza is turning life in the besieged territory into “sheer hell,” aided by U.S. military and diplomatic support

The Biden administration has finally backed a patent waiver for Covid vaccines, but it’s already too late for Argentina and countless countries across the Global South

People power is changing the story

The longest active picket line in the US is in Worcester, Massachusetts, where over 700 union nurses are entering their third month on strike. Their chief demand: safe staffing for patients

All over the country nurses are fighting to make sure hospital staff get needed personal protective equipment and safe staffing

The United States won’t achieve herd immunity because a significant portion of the herd is suffering from mad cow disease

Beware splashy corporate gestures when they leave existing power structures intact

The facts are too scarce, and the stakes are too high, to jump to conclusions. We cannot flourish as a society if a single accusation out of the blue upends an election overnight and ruins a 30-year career in politics

The U.S. prison system is a crime against humanity. Here are just some of the reasons why.

Interview on how the U.S. is a proudly and shamelessly corrupt oligarchy, reforming impeachment and how people can experience something bordering on democracy by engaging with their local governments