Amy Goodman

2 days ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Juan Gonzalez |Juan González

A federal judge has ordered Rümeysa Öztürk to be transferred to Vermont as she seeks to challenge what her lawyers call her “unconstitutional detention” in an ICE detention center in Louisiana. Öztürk is a Turkish national and a Tufts University Ph.D. student whose abduction off the streets by plainclothes U.S. agents was caught on camera, one of the most controversial examples of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian international students.

6 days ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman

Fatma Hassona, the 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and subject of the upcoming documentary film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, was killed with her family Wednesday by an Israeli missile that targeted her building in northern Gaza. The strike occurred just one day after she learned that the film centered around her life and work had been selected to premiere at the ACID Cannes 2025 film festival. Director Sepideh Farsi remembers Hassona for her talent, integrity and hope.

1 week ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Nermeen Shaikh

Sudan is facing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis after two years of war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. Thousands have died, and some 13 million have been forcibly displaced. There are also widespread reports of sexual and ethnically motivated violence and a worsening hunger crisis.

1 week ago | democracynow.org | Amy Goodman |Denis Moynihan

By Amy Goodman & Denis MoynihanApril 15th is tax day in the United States, when most of us – the wealthiest excepted – pay our share of taxes to fund the government. This includes three key pillars of the social safety net: Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

1 week ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Juan Gonzalez |Juan González

In one of its first major actions under the Trump administration, the Federal Trade Commission is arguing Meta has an illegal monopoly in social media and should be forced to divest Instagram and WhatsApp. CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Monday as the highly anticipated antitrust trial kicked off in Washington, D.C. If Meta loses the trial, it could be forced to sell off those platforms.