Extreme Weather Disasters Cost Hundreds of Billions. Let’s Make Polluters Pay.
As the Trump administration guts disaster aid, it’s time for an extreme weather superfund paid for by fossil fuel firms.
Read at source →Source
Truthout
Progressive independent news
Politics · 981 articles · page 4 of 28 · fetched 31 minutes ago
I Carry the Key to My Destroyed Home in Gaza to Keep Alive My Dream of Returning
The word “ceasefire” entered the news on October 11, 2025, but it has still not entered our lives as a reality.
Read at source →
Outside Groups Have Spent Nearly $2 Billion on Campaigns This Election Cycle
The top 6 groups had spent more than $60 million each as of October 5.
Read at source →
AdSponsoredSiguimi
Pure chronological social — no algorithm
See who you follow, newest first. Free to join. Posts that stay visible — not buried by an algo.
Join siguimi.com →
Shawn Fain’s Victory in United Auto Workers Elections Keeps Union on New Course
The election was a referendum on the union's new direction, pursuing bold contract fights and new organizing campaigns.
Read at source →
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Files New Lawsuit to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
Ten years after the Standing Rock protests captured national attention, the tribe is still fighting the project.
Read at source →
A Shadow of Fear Hangs Over Gazans Amid Israeli Defense Minister’s Threats
Israel Katz says Israel will forcibly displace 1 million Gazans if “even one Israeli soldier” is abducted.
Read at source →
Thwarted in Courts, Trump DOJ Increases Pressure on States to Obtain Voter Rolls
The administration is pursuing numerous strategies to manipulate data, neutralize safeguards, and disenfranchise voters.
Read at source →
Trump Administration, Accused of Crimes Against Humanity, Sanctions Entire ICC
Officials announced the sanctions just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a former ICC judge.
Read at source →
Trump Bought Millions in SpaceX Bonds, Then Eased Space Travel Regulations
Trump's financial disclosures also show he bought millions in stock from Meta as the company ramps up its AI efforts.
Read at source →
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Jurist Who Led UN Inquiry Into Genocide in Gaza
South African human rights lawyer Navanethem “Navi” Pillay began her career defending anti-apartheid activists.
Read at source →
Alleged Murder by US Marine Sparks Outrage at Military Presence in Okinawa
The Okinawa Council voted nearly unanimously to call for a review of its US military agreement.
Read at source →
Trump Openly Incites Race War, Calling for “Fight” Against Somalis in Minnesota
The president suggested that he would send federal agents to aid with attacks on the Somali community.
Read at source →
Destruction of Archives and Property Records Lays Ground for Land Theft in Gaza
Families in Gaza fear they may lose their property rights as deeds get destroyed and buried under the rubble.
Read at source →
Mike Johnson Suggests He’ll Quit Congress If Voters Reject GOP in Midterms
The latest polls show Democrats outperforming Republicans in the midterms by around eight points.
Read at source →
TN Court Rules Killing of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans
The ruling, the first of its kind in Tennessee history, revives elements of the infamous “trans panic” defense.
Read at source →
Martin Soto, Organizer of Delaney Hall Hunger Strike, Released After 8 Months
Soto was abducted by ICE in February while buying diapers for his son.
Read at source →
Protests Erupt in New York City After ICE Agent Shoots Father in the Bronx
The man, who is still being detained, had his 5-year-old child in his car at the time of the shooting.
Read at source →
Trump, Facing Sinking Approval on Earth, Sets Sights on Colonizing the Moon
The president said that the US will soon “establish a permanent” base on the moon, then gave Elon Musk a medal.
Read at source →
FBI Adds Torture Charges Against Maduro as US Faces Questions Over Its Abuses
New torture charges against Maduro come as the US faces scrutiny over its treatment of migrants.
Read at source →
JD Vance Defines Socialism in US as Replacing Americans “With Foreign Workers”
When asked to define the term, the vice president stuttered, saying, “it’s a hard term to define these days.”
Read at source →
Mississippi Is in Danger of Executing Woman on Death Row, Despite Key Evidence
Lisa Jo Chamberlin’s co-defendant confessed to coercing her into their crime. Will that be enough to stop her execution?
Read at source →
Trump’s Gutting of the Endangered Species Act Will Imperil Hundreds of Species
Razing the habitat of an endangered or threatened species will no longer come with federal penalties.
Read at source →
Border Patrol Unleashes Violence on Protesters Over Trump’s Border Wall
Activists say federal agents dragged protesters across a barbed wire and used “extreme pain compliance" tactics.
Read at source →
Throughout US War on Afghanistan, “We Could Clearly See Failure Was Coming”
The “war on terror” is still ongoing in Afghanistan despite US withdrawal, journalist Emran Feroz says.
Read at source →
US Embassy Aide Suppressed Report on Israeli Killings of Americans in West Bank
David Milstein, top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, has wielded enormous power in US-Israel policy decisions.
Read at source →
Trump Approves WI Disaster Aid, Credits GOP Candidate Rather Than Actual Governor
Trump's announcement ignored the current Wisconsin governor, who had applied for aid back in August.
Read at source →
Judge Orders Trump Admin to Return Phoenix Man Deported to Equatorial Guinea
Ahmed Soliman has been detained since he was sent there in April under Trump’s third-country deportation policy.
Read at source →
Trump Admits He Wants to Privatize Social Security
“I wanted to do it so badly,” Trump said of his desire to privatize Social Security in his first year in office.
Read at source →
As French Police Teargas Students, Trump Blames Protests on “Mass Migration”
Over 200 students have been injured as police fired teargas and used batons against the youth protestors.
Read at source →
Trump Has Granted $6B in Contracts to Arms Makers His Sons Have Invested In
Trump has previously said that his children have “inside information” about government actions.
Read at source →
Children Born in Gaza Over Last 3 Years Have No Memory of World Before Genocide
Israel's genocide has narrowed Palestinian children’s expectations of life's possibilities.
Read at source →
The War on Afghanistan Was Launched 25 Years Ago. It Still Hasn’t Ended.
The war inaugurated a terrible new global order in which armed drones kill civilians who are neither named nor counted.
Read at source →
Tlaib, Democrats Call for Israel to Release Palestinian Doctors From Detention
Israel has killed over 1,700 Palestinian health care workers in three years of genocide in Gaza.
Read at source →
VA Ballot Measure Would Restore Formerly Incarcerated People’s Voting Rights
The state permanently disenfranchises people with felony convictions unless pardoned or successfully petition one.
Read at source →
Humanitarian Workers Keep at “Noble Mission” Despite Risks, Gaza Journalist Says
“Every single aspect of the life of the people of Gaza has changed once and forever,” says Akram al-Satarri.
Read at source →
Democrat Opens Probe Into Kushner’s Firm’s Stake in Israeli Military
Kushner’s role as a “special envoy” allows him to dodge financial reporting requirements, the Democrat pointed out.
Read at source →