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The Real News Network (TRNN) is a nonprofit news organization that operates independently. Founded in 2007 by Paul Jay, who is the CEO and senior editor, TRNN aims to deliver journalism that is both independent and unyielding. TRNN broadcasts its content online and is also accessible through Xfinity video on demand and Roku. The network has offices located in both Baltimore and Toronto.

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Trump cuts leave VA hospital nurses and veteran patients in a crisis

3 days ago | therealnews.com | Maximillian Alvarez

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Toronto just caved to Zionist attacks on the right to protest

4 days ago | therealnews.com | Marc Steiner

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'Some things don't change at the Post-Gazette'

1 week ago | therealnews.com | Maximillian Alvarez

In the latest episode of Working People, we go back to the picket line to get a critical update on the longest ongoing strike in the United States. In October 2022, over 100 workers represented by five labor unions—including production, distribution, advertising, and accounts receivable staff—walked off the job on an unfair labor practice strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PPG).
Bodycam shows Utah sheriffs harassing photographer for doing his job-and you won't believe the charges

2 weeks ago | therealnews.com | Taya Graham |Stephen Janis

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Oaxaca, Mexico: Fighting for Teachers

2 weeks ago | therealnews.com | Michael Fox

The year is 2006. Oaxaca, Mexico. A city that will unexpectedly become ground zero for one of the most radical movements Mexico has seen in the 21st century. May 22. Teachers strike across the state, against dismal resources for schools, kids, and themselves. They are met with widespread repression. At least 90 people are injured by police forces.
'Call this what it is—theft': Republicans approve largest Medicaid, SNAP cuts in US history

2 weeks ago | therealnews.com | Jake Johnson

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on May 22, 2025. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. House Republicans on Thursday morning passed their sprawling budget reconciliation package after making last-minute changes to the legislation to mollify far-right hardliners. The final count was 215-214, with every Democrat voting no and Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.)—chairman of the House Freedom Caucus—voting present.
Why Oregon students are hunger striking for Gaza

2 weeks ago | therealnews.com | Maximillian Alvarez

At this very moment, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who have managed to survive Israel’s scorched-earth siege and bombing are being deliberately starved to death as a result of Israel’s 11-week blockade preventing food and aid from entering Gaza. As Jem Bartholemew writes at The Guardian, “The UN’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, told the BBC [Tuesday] morning that 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in 48 hours if aid did not reach them in time.
‘Israel is the religion’: Zionism, genocide, and the generational divide in the Jewish world

2 weeks ago | therealnews.com | Marc Steiner

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No time for doomerism. Why Malcolm Harris still believes humanity can save itself from apocalypse.

2 weeks ago | therealnews.com | Maximillian Alvarez

The climate crisis is not just a climate crisis—it is a planetary crisis threatening the very continuation of life and civilization as we know it. If humanity continues to lolligag its way to an apocalyptic future without drastically addressing this planetary crisis, “We are ensuring at best abominable lives for ourselves and our children,” Malcolm Harris writes in his new book What’s Left.
Audit finds dozens of police custody deaths in Maryland should have been ruled homicides

3 weeks ago | therealnews.com | Stephen Janis |Taya Graham

An audit of past rulings by a controversial medical examiner found that 36 cases of police custody deaths deemed accidents should have instead been classified as homicides. The comprehensive review of 87 determinations regarding deaths resulting from police use of force stretched back 16 years from 2003 to 2019. It highlights the often questionable conclusions the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) used to determine that police were not culpable.