Sharon Zhang

England

News Writer at Truthout

climate lady ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ union steward and newswriter on politics, Gaza, labor, and more @truthout

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State Department Found No Evidence of DHS’s Reasons for Abducting Tufts Student

1 week ago | scheerpost.com | Sharon Zhang

By Sharon Zhang / TruthoutThe State Department internally found no evidence supporting the Trump administration’s reasoning for abducting and pushing to deport Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, new reporting finds, just days before immigration officials snatched her off the streets and took her to a horrific immigrant detention center anyway.
State Department Found No Evidence of DHS’s Reasons for Abducting Tuft’s Öztürk

1 week ago | truthout.org | Sharon Zhang

Angry, shocked, overwhelmed? Take action: Support independent media. We’ve borne witness to a chaotic first few months in Trump’s presidency. Over the last months, each executive order has delivered shock and bewilderment — a core part of a strategy to make the right-wing turn feel inevitable and overwhelming.
"You Are Not Welcome Here:" DHS Plans to Monitor Immigrants' Social Media

1 week ago | inthesetimes.com | Sharon Zhang

Sharon Zhang April 13, 2025 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it is monitoring immigrants’ social media accounts for supposed “antisemitism” — a seeming code word for speech criticizing Israel’s U.S.-backed occupation of Palestine and genocide of Palestinians.
Fetterman joins GOP in voting to confirm Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

2 weeks ago | therealnews.com | Sharon Zhang

This story originally appeared in Truthout on Apr. 09, 2025. It is shared here with permission. The Senate has confirmed former Arkansas governor and fervent Christian Zionist Mike Huckabee as the U.S.’s next ambassador to Israel after numerous rights groups called on the Senate to oppose his nomination. Huckabee was confirmed 53 to 46, in what was a largely party line vote — except for Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania), who voted with Republicans in favor.
DHS Announces It’s Surveilling Immigrants’ Social Media for ‘Antisemitism’

2 weeks ago | scheerpost.com | Sharon Zhang

By Sharon Zhang / TruthoutThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it is monitoring immigrants’ social media accounts for supposed “antisemitism” — a seeming code word for speech criticizing Israel’s U.S.-backed occupation of Palestine and genocide of Palestinians.
UN Chief Says Israel Has Made Gaza Into “a Killing Field”

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Sharon Zhang

Angry, shocked, overwhelmed? Take action: Support independent media. We’ve borne witness to a chaotic first few months in Trump’s presidency. Over the last months, each executive order has delivered shock and bewilderment — a core part of a strategy to make the right-wing turn feel inevitable and overwhelming.
Yemen Strike JD Vance Called “Excellent” on Signal Reportedly Killed a Newborn

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Sharon Zhang

“They were scattered and torn into pieces,” a witness said of a family killed by the strike. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout Published April 8, 2025 A view of the damages in an area struck by a U.S. airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 23, 2025.
Israeli Forces Now Occupying Over Half of Gaza’s Land Area After Leveling Everything in Buffer Zone

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Sharon Zhang

One soldier said they’re directed to make the buffer zone look like the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout Published April 8, 2025 Israeli soldiers look out as they sit on a tank as it is taking position in front of the northern Gaza Strip as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on March 18, 2025, in Southern Israel, Israel.
Trump Administration’s Food Aid Cuts “a Death Sentence for Millions,” WFP Says

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Sharon Zhang

Termination notices said that the contracts were being canceled “for the convenience of the U.S. Government.” By Sharon Zhang , Truthout Published April 8, 2025 The United Nations World Food Programme headquarters is pictured at Parco De'3 Medici on October 9, 2020, in Rome, Italy.Franco Origlia / Getty Images The Trump administration’s latest sweeping cuts to international food aid will kill millions of people across the world if implemented, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has...
Only 14 Senators Join Sanders Bid to Block Arms to Israel as Gaza Deaths Top 50K

2 weeks ago | scheerpost.com | Sharon Zhang

By Sharon Zhang / TruthoutOn Thursday, the Senate rejected Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vermont) resolutions to block the sale of $8.8 billion in weapons to Israel by an even wider margin than in similar votes last year — despite Israel having since violated the Gaza ceasefire agreement. The Senate’s opposition to the resolutions comes as Israel has maintained a total humanitarian aid blockade on Gaza for over a month.