Kansas Technical Institute Is the Story of a Literal School-to-Prison Pipeline
Not long after moving to Topeka, Kansas, in the early 1980s, community organizer Curtis Pitts learned about a hidden slice of that city’s history that would come to shape his life’s work over the next four decades. He was introduced to the Kansas Technical Institute, or KTI, a Black vocational college that had prospered throughout the early twentieth century, only to close in the mid-1950s.
Canada's Speaker Anthony Rota resigns after Nazi in parliament row
Supreme Court Denies Alabama’s Request to Use GOP-Drawn Congressional Map
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Alabama’s request to reinstate a Republican-drawn congressional map, in a victory for voting rights advocates and Black Alabama voters who had sued over the gerrymandered map. In June, the Supreme Court had struck down Alabama’s previous map, asserting that it was the product of racist gerrymandering. The justices found that the map diluted the power of...
Fact-checking Donald Trump's claim that wind turbines kill whales
Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20 as refugee count rises
JP Morgan settles Epstein lawsuits with US Virgin Islands and Jes Staley
Five alleged Russian spies appear in London court
By Sending Depleted Uranium to Ukraine, Biden Ensures Suffering Past War’s End
The United States announced plans to send depleted uranium to Ukraine earlier this month. Uranium is very dense, which is useful on the battlefield: Bullets that have elements of depleted uranium can pierce armor, and tanks made of depleted uranium stand up well against enemy fire. Almost all the reporting about the move includes the clarification that adverse health risks of depleted uranium — a...
Shakira accused of tax crimes for the second time
Are Elected Democrats Ignoring the Possibility of a Train Wreck in 2024?
Recent news reports have been filled with results of one poll after another after another showing that President Biden continues to weaken as a candidate for re-election. With an overall approval rating now 21 points underwater, polling shows that Biden has lost support among key demographics that made his 2020 victory possible, especially among younger people and people of color.
Landmark Saudi and Israeli trips as normalisation talks progress
Viral Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce clip leads to 'crazy 24 hours'
'France takes us for idiots' - Inside coup-hit Niger
General Motors Is Deploying Scabs at Parts Distribution Centers Amid Strike
Auto workers at the Big 3 expanded their strike last Friday to a key vulnerability: parts distribution centers that supply dealerships with everything from water pumps to brake drums and spark plugs to replacement bumpers. On Tuesday morning, General Motors began bringing in temps hired for $14 an hour to attempt to keep some of the parts and accessories flowing. Parts distribution centers ship...
Warming Target of 1.5°C Still Viable Due to Clean Energy Surge, New Report Says
The International Energy Agency said Tuesday that the rapid acceleration of clean energy growth worldwide has kept the Paris climate accord’s critical 1.5°C warming target alive for now — but warned the continued burning of fossil fuels poses a dire threat to efforts to stave off the worst of the planetary crisis. In a new report, the IEA noted that the adoption of clean energy technology has...
Russia shows video to prove top commander is alive
1 Year After William Rivers Pitt’s Death, Let’s Recommit to Collective Survival
As COVID infections rose again in the waning days of summer, I couldn’t stop thinking about William Rivers Pitt, Truthout’s lead columnist of two decades, who died tragically a year ago today. Will would not stop writing about COVID. He wouldn’t stop writing about it even after a couple of years had passed, when pandemic fatigue was pervasive and Will’s COVID stories drew fewer readers than his...