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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

The peace movement challenged as never before

The waters "are responsible for the future and fate of this blue planet, Earth," said one campaigner.

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

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

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.

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 war hits media on all sides

Nick Driedger argues that most metrics by which unions are measured obscure what is really important.

The war in Ukraine has delivered a shock to global energy markets. Now the planet is facing a deeper crisis: a shortage of food.