menu_open Columnists

Truthout

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Trump Continues to Slash Corporate Taxes as GOP Pushes to Cut Medicaid and SNAP

The administration has gutted enforcement of a corporate tax enacted as part of the Biden-era Inflation Reducation Act.

latest 0

Truthout

Jake Johnson

Supreme Court Lets Trump Pause SNAP — Food Banks Scramble to Respond

Food banks are in “disaster response mode” after SCOTUS blocked a lower court order that the funds be distributed.

latest 0

Truthout

Jake Johnson

Backing Trump Has Paid Off for Silicon Valley Billionaires Like Marc Andreessen

Lawsuits have been dropped and settlements renegotiated in favor of companies as the administration guts the CFPB.

latest 0

Truthout

Jake Pearson

Rights Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Use of Israeli Spyware to Target Immigrants

The suit seeks details on the extent of ICE’s use of invasive surveillance tech to track immigrants and activists.

latest 0

Truthout

Alexandra Martinez

Many Warned That a Child Care Cliff Was Coming. It’s Now Here.

Facing budget shortfalls, states are quietly cutting child care funding — and families are running out of options.

latest 0

Truthout

Chabeli Carrazana

Formerly Incarcerated Women Are Building a Global Network to Fight Imprisonment

Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.

latest 0

Truthout

James Kilgore

Amid Destroyed Health System, Gaza Sees Severe Outbreak of Autoimmune Disorder

Guillain-Barré syndrome could be a manageable disease anywhere with proper treatment — but not in Gaza.

latest 0

Truthout

Hend Salama Abo Helow

Maryland Workers Are Fighting to Divest Their Pensions From Israel’s Genocide

Maryland’s public pension fund raised its Israeli bond holdings to $74 million in 2024.

latest 0

Truthout

Jaisal Noor

Hurricane Melissa Recovery Puts Jamaica’s Climate Resilience Plan to the Test

A $150 million “catastrophe bond” will help the island recover, but experts hope for more investment in adaptation.

latest 0

Truthout

Rebecca Egan Mccarthy

If Trump Sells Student Loan Portfolio, Avenues of Debt Cancellation Could Close

Privatizing student loan debt would mean less protection for debtors, more suffering, and fewer paths to relief.

latest 0

Truthout

Kristin Collier

As SNAP Crisis Continues, Trump Whines About Americans’ “Affordability” Concerns

As SNAP Crisis Continues, Trump Whines About Americans’ “Affordability” Concerns

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  On Thursday, President Donald Trump rejected the...

yesterday 2

Truthout

Chris Walker

DC “Sandwich Guy” Who Threw Sub at CBP Agent Acquitted on Fed Assault Charges

DC “Sandwich Guy” Who Threw Sub at CBP Agent Acquitted on Fed Assault Charges

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  A jury in Washington, D.C. has acquitted Sean...

yesterday 0

Truthout

Chris Walker

SCOTUS Is Behaving Like “Arm of the MAGA Trump Presidency,” Says Legal Expert

SCOTUS Is Behaving Like “Arm of the MAGA Trump Presidency,” Says Legal Expert

Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any...

yesterday 1

Truthout

Amy Goodman

With Big Tech Talking Government Backing, Has OpenAI Become “Too Big to Fail”?

With Big Tech Talking Government Backing, Has OpenAI Become “Too Big to Fail”?

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation...

yesterday 0

Truthout

Mike Ludwig

Gaza Group Asks for Help Recovering Over 10,000 Palestinians Buried Under Rubble

Gaza Group Asks for Help Recovering Over 10,000 Palestinians Buried Under Rubble

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. A civil society group in Gaza on...

yesterday 1

Truthout

Brett Wilkins

SCOTUS Sides With Trump on Gender Marker Passport Restrictions for Trans People

SCOTUS Sides With Trump on Gender Marker Passport Restrictions for Trans People

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. In a ruling issued from the shadow...

yesterday 1

Truthout

Erin Reed

US Citizenship and Immigration Services Is Hiring “Homeland Defenders”

US Citizenship and Immigration Services Is Hiring “Homeland Defenders”

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...

yesterday 2

Truthout

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

Caribbean Leaders Call for Unified Latin American Resistance to US Attacks

Caribbean Leaders Call for Unified Latin American Resistance to US Attacks

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  The tiny Caribbean island nation of Barbados —...

yesterday 0

Truthout

Michael Fox

Mamdani Ignited NYC’s Political Imagination. Grassroots Work Can Make It Real.

Mamdani Ignited NYC’s Political Imagination. Grassroots Work Can Make It Real.

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation...

yesterday 1

Truthout

Susan Kang

Layoffs in 2025 Second-Highest Since 2009 in Potential Sign of Looming Recession

Layoffs in 2025 Second-Highest Since 2009 in Potential Sign of Looming Recession

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation ....

previous day 40

Truthout

Chris Walker

FIFA Announces New “Peace Prize,” Weeks After Trump Fails to Win Nobel Award

FIFA Announces New “Peace Prize,” Weeks After Trump Fails to Win Nobel Award

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  The International Federation of Association...

previous day 2

Truthout

Chris Walker

DHS Falsely Labels Journalist a “Terrorist Sympathizer” After Wife’s Op-Ed

DHS Falsely Labels Journalist a “Terrorist Sympathizer” After Wife’s Op-Ed

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation...

previous day 2

Truthout

Chris Walker

Illinois Mayor Launches Investigations of Federal Agents Amid Violent Raids

Illinois Mayor Launches Investigations of Federal Agents Amid Violent Raids

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation...

previous day 2

Truthout

Amy Goodman

Trump SNAP Plan Will Cut 61 Percent of Aid for Many, Others Will Lose All Aid

Trump SNAP Plan Will Cut 61 Percent of Aid for Many, Others Will Lose All Aid

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. The average recipient of federal...

previous day 1

Truthout

Jake Johnson

Trump’s White House Ballroom Is Being Bankrolled by Genocide and ICE Profiteers

Trump’s White House Ballroom Is Being Bankrolled by Genocide and ICE Profiteers

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a...

previous day 3

Truthout

Derek Seidman

What Does It Feel Like to Be Older and Hungry? Trump Doesn’t Care.

What Does It Feel Like to Be Older and Hungry? Trump Doesn’t Care.

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Aging in a Trumpian world brings...

previous day 2

Truthout

Beverly Gologorsky

New DHS Proposal Expands Biometric Surveillance Program to Include DNA Sex Test

New DHS Proposal Expands Biometric Surveillance Program to Include DNA Sex Test

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. A proposed change to a Department...

previous day 1

Truthout

S. Baum

When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”

When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. This article is an excerpt from...

previous day 2

Truthout

Brit “Red” Schulte

Lawsuit Charges That CA Law Illegally Muzzles Students and Teachers on Palestine

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a...

wednesday 20

Truthout

Marjorie Cohn

California Republicans Sue to Overturn Voter-Backed Prop 50 Redistricting Vote

California Republicans Sue to Overturn Voter-Backed Prop 50 Redistricting Vote

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a...

wednesday 3

Truthout

Chris Walker

Frey Wins Third Term as Minneapolis Mayor Against Democratic Socialist Fateh

Frey Wins Third Term as Minneapolis Mayor Against Democratic Socialist Fateh

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey...

wednesday 2

Truthout

Brett Wilkins

What Can Mamdani Do to Combat Trump’s Threats of a National Guard Deployment?

What Can Mamdani Do to Combat Trump’s Threats of a National Guard Deployment?

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  This story originally appeared in New York Focus,...

wednesday 5

Truthout

Isabelle Taft

Colorado Passes Measures to Feed All Public School Kids by Taxing the Wealthy

Colorado Passes Measures to Feed All Public School Kids by Taxing the Wealthy

Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any...

wednesday 1

Truthout

Chris Walker

Trump Admin Signals It May Not Pay Furloughed Workers After Shutdown Ends

Trump Admin Signals It May Not Pay Furloughed Workers After Shutdown Ends

Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any...

wednesday 1

Truthout

Chris Walker

In Voter Rebuke to Trump, Democrats Win Races Across the US

In Voter Rebuke to Trump, Democrats Win Races Across the US

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. We get an overview of how...

wednesday 1

Truthout

Amy Goodman

Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?

Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory for the working...

wednesday 1

Truthout

C.j. Polychroniou

Government Shutdown Is Straining Many Tribes’ Already Thin Reserve Funds

Government Shutdown Is Straining Many Tribes’ Already Thin Reserve Funds

Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any...

wednesday 0

Truthout

Amelia Schafer

“I Think That Protest Is a Healthy Part of Any Democracy,” Says Mamdani

“I Think That Protest Is a Healthy Part of Any Democracy,” Says Mamdani

Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any...

wednesday 2

Truthout

Katie Honan

Zohran Mamdani Wins Decisive Victory in NYC, Triumphing Over Billionaire Onslaught

Zohran Mamdani Wins Decisive Victory in NYC, Triumphing Over Billionaire Onslaught

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Democratic socialist Zohran...

04.11.2025 30

Truthout

Sharon Zhang

DOT Secretary Duffy Threatens to Close Airspace Amid Ongoing Shutdown Standoff

DOT Secretary Duffy Threatens to Close Airspace Amid Ongoing Shutdown Standoff

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  On Tuesday, Department of Transportation (DOT)...

04.11.2025 40

Truthout

Chris Walker

Trump Demands Filibuster’s End, Claiming It Will Help GOP Win Midterms

Trump Demands Filibuster’s End, Claiming It Will Help GOP Win Midterms

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  For the second time in less than a week,...

04.11.2025 20

Truthout

Chris Walker

Top DOJ Lawyer Claims Trump Doesn’t Need Congressional Approval for Boat Strikes

Top DOJ Lawyer Claims Trump Doesn’t Need Congressional Approval for Boat Strikes

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  As the Trump administration blows past a key...

04.11.2025 7

Truthout

Sharon Zhang

From the Coasts to Rust Belt, Progressive Candidates Take On Dem Establishment

From the Coasts to Rust Belt, Progressive Candidates Take On Dem Establishment

Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any...

04.11.2025 20

Truthout

Mike Ludwig

Trump Will Fund Only Half of SNAP Benefits, Leaving Millions Short on Food

Trump Will Fund Only Half of SNAP Benefits, Leaving Millions Short on Food

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  Update: In a new Truth Social message posted on...

04.11.2025 3

Truthout

Chris Walker

Trump Appears Ready to Defy Court Order, Withhold SNAP Funds Until Dems Budge

Trump Appears Ready to Defy Court Order, Withhold SNAP Funds Until Dems Budge

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  Update: In a new Truth Social message posted on...

04.11.2025 3

Truthout

Chris Walker

War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84, With Blood of Millions on His Hands

War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84, With Blood of Millions on His Hands

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation...

04.11.2025 2

Truthout

Sharon Zhang

How Biden’s Justice Department Failed to Investigate Trump’s First Term Crimes

How Biden’s Justice Department Failed to Investigate Trump’s First Term Crimes

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a...

04.11.2025 2

Truthout

Amy Goodman

New Report Warns Fossil Fuel Expansion Is Accelerating Far Beyond Global Limits

New Report Warns Fossil Fuel Expansion Is Accelerating Far Beyond Global Limits

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a...

04.11.2025 1

Truthout

Julia Conley

Judge Pauses Annual Fees Imposed on Asylum Seekers by “One Big Beautiful Bill”

Judge Pauses Annual Fees Imposed on Asylum Seekers by “One Big Beautiful Bill”

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  A judge has ruled that, for now, asylum seekers...

04.11.2025 2

Truthout

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

New Prison Mail Policies Threaten Newsletters by and for Incarcerated People

New Prison Mail Policies Threaten Newsletters by and for Incarcerated People

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today!  On September 3, Illinois prison officials moved...

04.11.2025 2

Truthout

Tamanika Ferguson