Social Justice

Immigration

Chicago Child Care Worker Detained by ICE as Children Watched

Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th Nov 6, 2025 Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Column

Why Mamdani’s Win Isn’t a Total Victory

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Nov 6, 2025 The billionaire class' opposition has just begun. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Film

After a Decade of #MeToo Cinema, What Have We Learned?

Corey Atad / Truthdig Nov 5, 2025 “After the Hunt” is a fitting bookend for a genre that feels less about a movement than the solipsistic impulses that emerged in its wake. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Activism

The True Test of Our Progress

Robert Reich / Substack Nov 5, 2025 A great day at the polls lights a path forward for Democrats and away from a world of Gatsby-themed billionaires’ balls. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

New York’s Working Class Elects a Movement Mayor

Luis Feliz Leon / Labor Notes Nov 5, 2025 How Zohran Mamdani beat the odds with a vision of municipal governance that serves the needs of working-class people in the style of Fiorello La Guardia. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

TD Column

Sovereignty for Some: Racism, Immigration and the Global Tax Order

Steven Dean and Sarah Sherman-Stokes / Truthdig Nov 4, 2025 How an obscure 20th-century tax rule ensured that newly decolonized nations would never fully escape the orbit of their colonizers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

Trump’s Deportations Are Causing Farm Labor Issues

Sky Chadde / Investigate Midwest Nov 3, 2025 Trump has cast the H-2A program as a quick help for farmers. At the same time, the program has been suspended during the government shutdown, which could cause production problems. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

TD Column

Building Democracy, One City Budget at a Time

Celina Su / Truthdig Oct 31, 2025 To address the affordability crisis, cities must do more than elect progressive mayors. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Social Justice

How SNAP Benefits Could Be Saved During the Shutdown

Amanda Becker / The 19th Oct 31, 2025 The USDA has refused to release contingency funds, and Congress remains gridlocked — but there are still paths to keeping the nutrition assistance program alive. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

TD Original

Letter from Des Moines: Cary Fowler, the World Food Prize and the Ghost of Norman Borlaug

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Oct 30, 2025 At an annual corporate food powwow, Biotech and the State Department hungrily eye “opportunity crops” in Africa. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

In About-Face, USDA Declines to Shuffle Funds to Extend SNAP During Shutdown

Shauneen Miranda Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom Oct 27, 2025 The position is a reversal from the department’s earlier stance, which pledged to use contingency funds to cover the program short term. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Media

Corporate Media Use ‘Peace’ Prize to Fuel War Propaganda

Ricardo Vaz / FAIR Oct 24, 2025 Mainstream outlets have whitewashed María Corina Machado's record to paint her as a beacon of democracy despite her undemocratic past and unsavory alliances. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )