BYChristina Jewett, Robert Lewis & Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News More than 2,900 U.S. health care workers have died in the COVID-19 pandemic since March, a far higher number than that reported by the government, according to a new […]
BY: Spencer Sunshine, Truthout This year was quite active for the far right in the United States, especially after its relative downturn in 2019 as a violent street movement compared to the recent past. Although the […]
BY: Kelly Hayes, Truthout PART OF THE SERIES Movement Memos 2020 was a year of catastrophe and collective struggle. Now, we have a new era of organizing and action to gear up for. In this special […]
By Gordon Duff, The Senior Editor On July 22, 2006, Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal published a story about the war between Jews and Arabs in Detroit over the Middle East. The entire story is fabricated […]
By Lawrence Davidson Beliefs based on faith Religion can be a particularly virulent form of ideology. With a stronger and more long lasting influence than Communism or Fascism, or for that matter, democracy, religion can demand […]
BY PAUL STREET Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair To admit the truth about Trump and authoritarianism then means they have to do something about it. Many people do not want to take that leap. * Ruth […]
BY MELVIN GOODMAN Photograph Source: Marco Verch – CC BY 2.0 The graceful and elegant writing of “The Promised Land” reflects the grace and elegance of its author: President Barack Obama. Unlike the current occupant of the […]
BY JEFF MACKLER Insane people who study playing Russian roulette with a well-lubricated and seasoned six-shooter understand that the odds on survival are far greater than the expected 83.3 percent, that is, five out of six. […]
BY LIZ THEOHARIS Martin Luther King, Jr., offered this all-too-relevant comment on his moment in his 1967 speech “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”: “The contemporary tendency in our society is to base our distribution […]
By Lawrence Davidson Protest versus insurrection There is a difference between attempts to change policy through public pressure and seeking to change the very nature of government through an insurrection. The civil rights protests of the late 1950s […]