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Texas Professor Speaks Out After Being Fired for ‘Crime’ of Speaking at Socialism Summit

By Ashley Smith & truthout ● Democracy ● November 6, 2025

Professor Tom Alter is appealing to Texas’s Board of Regents after being temporarily reinstated and then fired again.

We Must Reject Trump Admin Plot to Dismantle U.S. Progressive Movement

By Negin Owliaei, Maya Schenwar & truthout ● Community Voices ● September 19, 2025

White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller promised to dismantle leftist networks across the U.S. “in Charlie’s name,” as the Trump Administration’s broader commitment to consolidating power by demolishing civil rights, free speech, and free press became more explicit.

Texas Voters Beat Back Book Banners in Katy, Fort Bend, & Mansfield ISD Elections

By Chris Walker & truthout ● Texas ● May 8, 2025

Texas school districts have banned hundreds of titles over the past few years, leading the country in banning books.

Families Resisting Trump Efforts to ‘Eviscerate’ Rights for Students with Disabilities

By truthout ● Human Rights ● April 24, 2025

Disability rights advocates are filing lawsuits as students, teachers and parents organize to protect education.

Why the U.S. Left Needs to Get Ukraine’s History Correct and Deepen Its Solidarity with the Victims of Russian Violence

By truthout ● Democracy ● March 18, 2025

More than ten years after Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution and an estimated million lives lost to Russia’s war on Ukraine, mischaracterizations continue.

Let’s Defend Sanctuary Policies and Throw a Wrench Into the Deportation Machine

By truthout ● Democracy ● February 1, 2025

Local officials must not give in to Trump’s bullying and obey in advance, which will only set a dangerous precedent.

To Defeat Trump’s Agenda, Embrace MLK’s Teachings on Class Struggle

By Nicholas Powers & truthout ● Democracy ● January 20, 2025

Project 2025 aims to recreate the state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality that our ancestors fought to end.