Human Rights / Illness Is Rampant Among Children Trapped in ICE’s CoreCivic Dilley Detention Facility The number of people held at the notorious family jail has nearly tripled since October. By Truthout / 11 Feb 2026
Climate / 'Impeach Noem' Demands Growing After Gutting FEMA, Abandoning Disaster Victims From widespread winter storm deaths, to Hill Country flood response: 'It’s very clear that Secretary Kristi Noem is undermining FEMA’s capabilities and putting the public in harm’s way.' By Truthout / 7 Feb 2026
Democracy / Democrats Cave on Demands for DHS Reforms, Agree to Short-Term Spending Bill The deal — a major concession from Democrats — funds DHS and its immigration-related agencies for another two weeks. By Truthout / 30 Jan 2026
Democracy / Has US Fascism Moved From a Theoretical Debate Into an Urgent National Crisis? We must look past the headlines and evaluate the Trump administration’s trajectory against the historical markers. By Truthout / 21 Jan 2026
Human Rights / Families Resisting Trump Efforts to ‘Eviscerate’ Rights for Students with Disabilities Disability rights advocates are filing lawsuits as students, teachers and parents organize to protect education. By Truthout / 24 Apr 2025
Human Rights / Why the U.S. Left Needs to Get Ukraine’s History Correct and Deepen Its Solidarity with the Victims of Russian Violence More than ten years after Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution and an estimated million lives lost to Russia’s war on Ukraine, mischaracterizations continue. By Truthout / 18 Mar 2025
Democracy / Let’s Defend Sanctuary Policies and Throw a Wrench Into the Deportation Machine Local officials must not give in to Trump’s bullying and obey in advance, which will only set a dangerous precedent. By Truthout / 1 Feb 2025