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Trump and his allies in local governments have been fighting to defund everything from health care to education — fights we’ve been covering at Truthout for as long as they’ve existed. But we can’t just work to protect existing public goods; we need to fuel the push for more.
In California, volunteers are canvassing for Proposition 40, an upcoming ballot initiative to tax billionaires to fund health care, education and more. Whether or not it passes, the initiative will serve as a model for future efforts to tax the rich. truthout.org/articles/califo…
After a 12-year-long grassroots push by advocacy groups and activists, the state of New Mexico in 2025 made headlines for being the first in the nation to enact free universal child care. Now the challenge is to make sure teachers are paid a living wage. truthout.org/articles/new-me…
Guilfoyle's gaffe of telling Greece’s energy minister that the U.S. could change the government of any country it wants may have gotten her fired. But the next ambassador will understand the job is still to communicate the demand for subservience.truthout.org/articles/mafia-…
Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday and met with Netanyahu, just 8 days before Israel’s upcoming elections. In comments to reporters, Hegseth said that he was there “visiting our troops” and “had a chance to talk to the prime minister.”truthout.org/articles/hegset…
Before Trump sanctioned the entirety of the ICC, his executive order in Feb 2025 granted his administration the ability to sanction foreign nationals for supporting the ICC’s investigations into U.S. and Israeli parties guilty of committing war crimes.truthout.org/articles/we-bea…
Netanyahu has ordered the IDF to “immediately impose a lockdown on Hebron and prepare for a full lockdown of the entire” illegally occupied West Bank following a gun battle that reportedly left two Palestinians dead and 5 Israeli soldiers wounded. truthout.org/articles/netany…
With progressives expected to hold a majority, if not a supermajority, on Providence City Council after the general election, local organizers are looking forward to implementing the solutions they fought for on the campaign trail.truthout.org/articles/tenant…
The indictment against state sen. Louise Lucas comes just a week and a half after federal agents raided the Washington, D.C. residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar, another vocal critic of the president and a frequent target of his rage-filled social media posts.truthout.org/articles/trump-…
Trump's Justice Department has dropped dozens of cases involving discrimination against Black, Latino, and Native American people, from Voting Rights Act lawsuits and redlining settlements with banks to firefighter and police hiring issues.truthout.org/articles/trumps…
This October, more than 100 politicians and local and state election officials around the country received envelopes in the mail with an unidentified white powder. They included the Arizona secretary of state and members of Congress from California.truthout.org/articles/its-no…
A new documentary examines AIPAC’s history and its role in shaping U.S. policy toward Israel, and questions whether its activities warrant further scrutiny under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, for those acting at the request of a foreign government.truthout.org/video/new-docum…
Israel had indicated to the U.S. that it wanted to restart major operations in mid-October, just before its parliamentary elections were set to start. President Donald Trump reportedly dismissed that idea, opting to wait until after the midterms.truthout.org/articles/report…
At least 902 cases have been documented of people being charged with crimes related to their pregnancies in the three years after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision. Many more cases are thought to exist as the research doesn't cover this year.truthout.org/articles/prosec…
A new data analysis shows that delays resulting from the U.S. Postal Service’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots cast in rural areas across the country. truthout.org/articles/ballot…
Cindy Napolitan and her daughter Melissa have multiple sclerosis and live in a nursing home. Previously they voted by mail, but this year they voted in person. They worried their mail-in ballots — and even their in-person votes — may not be counted. truthout.org/articles/nursin…
