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

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested outside an immigration courtroom Tuesday. Lander has been volunteering as an observer and escort for people with immigration hearings in recent weeks. In this case, while accompanying a man named Edgardo, a group of ICE agents approached the two men, who were walking arm in arm.

1 week ago | truthout.org | Eleanor Bader |Samantha Borek

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Homelessness among newborns, infants, and toddlers skyrocketed from 2022 to 2023, impacting 446,996 newborns, infants, and toddlers, according to a new report. SchoolHouse Connection, in partnership with Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, found a 23 percent increase in the number of unhoused children under the age of 3 since 2021.

1 week ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Samantha Borek

Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. More than 5 million people joined No Kings Day protests Saturday in the largest day of action against President Trump since his return to office. Protests were held in over 2,100 cities and towns across the country. The protests coincided with a poorly attended, multimillion-dollar military parade on President Trump’s birthday, June 14.

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Sasha Abramsky |Samantha Borek

The results could be catastrophic, especially in states that have experienced unprecedented fires in recent years.

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Emily Wilder |Samantha Borek

Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation Dozens of lawyers, academics, human rights advocates, and journalists from Palestine, Israel, and global civil society issued a call to conscience on May 29 from a gathering in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.