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Organizers in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia Are Putting Abortion Rights on Ballot

Organizers in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia Are Putting Abortion Rights on Ballot

Grassroots canvassers are hitting the streets to urge voters to defend abortion rights in their states this November.

22.06.2026 8

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Lawyers Are Building a New Infrastructure to Fight Trump’s Deportation Machine

Lawyers and activists are organizing “habeas projects” to file petitions on behalf of unlawfully detained immigrants.

10.06.2026 7

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Disability Rights Are at Risk as 7 States Back Case Attacking Key Protections

Advocates for disability rights are fighting the lawsuit, which would push more people to be warehoused in institutions.

30.05.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

DOJ Just Shut Disabled People Out of Essential Online Services for Another Year

Disability rights advocates say everything from filing for unemployment to voting in the midterms just got much harder.

24.05.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Trump Counterterrorism Strategy Expands Administration’s War on Progressives

The administration is increasingly attempting to scare activists into silence, but progressives are preparing instead.

14.05.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Amendments Protecting Pro-Palestine Speech in California Schools Face Backlash

Educators and activists are fighting for changes to a bill they say was “designed to create an atmosphere of fear.”

03.05.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

New Mexico Becomes the Latest State to End Cooperation With ICE Under New Law

Activists say ending local and state cooperation with ICE is a key way to obstruct Trump’s mass deportation machine.

26.04.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Zionist Doxxing Campaigns Upended Their Lives. Now They’re Suing for Damages.

Canary Mission faces a class-action lawsuit under a new Illinois anti-doxxing law.

20.04.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

DOGE Attacks on Social Security Have Left Millions in the Lurch

Disabled, ill, and aging Americans are facing a broken system that's now harder to navigate than ever.

06.04.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Nurses Forge Alliances to Protect Patients From Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Support and rights advocacy are seen as a duty of care for many nurses who are organizing to protect their patients.

04.04.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Disabled Organizers Are Facing Down Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Disability justice organizers are turning to immigrant rights groups to guide their interventions and support work.

25.03.2026 20

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

ICE Jails Have Repeatedly Denied Muslims the Right to Fully Observe Ramadan

The infringement of Muslims’ religious rights has intensified in ICE jails under Trump 2.0, civil rights advocates say.

18.03.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

The Fight to Defend Pro-Palestine Speech on Campus Isn’t Over

Targeted for pro-Palestine speech, these academics are refusing to back down.

09.03.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Massachusetts Unseals Records of Abuse of Disabled People in State Institutions

The state is baring the history of generations of disabled people and the violence many faced while institutionalized.

08.03.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Minneapolis Health Care Workers Are Organizing to Defend Their Patients From ICE

Organizing and rights trainings have helped health care workers protect their colleagues and their patients.

25.01.2026 40

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

AHA’s Leaders Vetoed Its Members’ Condemnation of Scholasticide in Gaza — Again

American Historical Association members are undaunted by the veto: “We educate. We organize. We have to keep fighting.”

17.01.2026 40

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Disability Justice Organizers Are Creating the Liberatory Future We All Deserve

Organizers share where they find hope in the struggle for disability justice as we go into the second year of Trump 2.0.

06.01.2026 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely

New efforts to shut down honest discussion of Palestine could restrict everything from literature to science classes.

29.11.2025 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Prosecutors at International Tribunal on Palestine Accuse Israel of Ecocide

Prosecutors at the International People’s Tribunal on Palestine decried Israel’s destruction of farms and water sources.

25.11.2025 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

These Health Care Workers Spoke Out for Their Peers in Gaza. Then Came Backlash.

Medical institutions are silencing their staff and impeding efforts to build solidarity with medical workers in Gaza.

18.11.2025 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors

13.10.2025 20

New Republic

Marianne Dhenin

FDA Guidelines on COVID-19 Vaccines Are Throwing Those Most at Risk Into Despair

“There’s a lot of misinformation, and nobody seems to know what’s going on,” a resident of Missouri said.

12.09.2025 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Facing Defunding, Indigenous Cultural Workers Say They Cannot Be Suppressed

The proposed elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities threatens Indigenous libraries and arts programs.

06.09.2025 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Tribes Condemn Trump for Backing Out of Columbia River Deal for Salmon Recovery

Tribal leaders and environmental advocates warn salmon populations will go extinct without remediation efforts.

31.08.2025 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Is Assisted Suicide About Autonomy or Coercion? A New Film Asks Hard Questions.

Truthout speaks to filmmaker Reid Davenport about assisted suicide, Medicaid cuts, and the fight for disabled lives.

21.08.2025 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Organizers Fight Against Tax Breaks for Weapons Manufacturers Amid Gaza Genocide

A St. Louis coalition argues that these exemptions rob schools of funding, contribute to pollution, and fuel wars.

14.06.2025 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Trump’s Budget Would Limit Investigations Into Abuse, Neglect of Disabled People

Dismantling a key HHS agency, gutting important programs, and cuts to Medicaid will roll back decades of progress.

04.06.2025 10

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

Escalating Anti-Homeless Policies Fall Hardest on Disabled People in the US

As legislative attacks on unhoused people ramp up, disabled people are on the front lines.

09.05.2025 20

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin

California Ethnic Studies Bill Aims to Censor Palestine-Related Education

The proposed legislation is the newest front in a yearslong attack on ethnic studies in California.

02.04.2025 20

Truthout

Marianne Dhenin