As tenants get organized, they’re increasingly using a wider range of tools to stay in their homes. Renters are demanding change by holding rent strikes and pressuring lawmakers — and they’re winning. truthout.org/articles/risin…

🚨 BREAKING! 🚨 AIPAC is *rushing* to the defense of "Out-of-Touch Tim" Kennedy (Rep. Tim Kennedy) because Tim's constituents are outraged over his AIPAC-paid junket to Israel and his refusal to cosponsor HR 3565, the "Block the Bombs" Act 🧵

"I believe one goal of this operation was to push the boundaries of what’s acceptable." On the horrible recent raid in Cato NY, its impacts locally and on families, and how the community is responding. For Truthout. truthout.org/articles/sweep…

Masked federal agents raided a snack bar factory in the small town of Cato, New York. “They were there to humiliate people,” said a coordinator. “They’re terrorizing kids,” said another advocate. truthout.org/articles/sweep…

“They’re terrorizing kids. What is the goal of taking all of these families and ripping them apart other than cruelty?” Sweeping ICE Raid Shakes Small New York Town as Dozens Remain “Disappeared” truthout.org/articles/sweep…

The last few paragraphs of this FT profile of Mike Huckabee are wild. ft.pressreader.com/v99e/20250929/…

More info coming out on the ICE raid in Cato NY that I reported on last week for Truthout. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny…

NEW: Corporate interests tied to crypto, fossil fuels + private prisons are pushing for banking deregulation under the guise of taking on "discriminatory debanking." They've showered big money on politicians advancing anti-"debanking" legislation. Story: littlesis.org/news/crypto-fo…

Nuclear deterrence is untenable. We need to pursue anti-colonial disarmament. truthout.org/articles/as-nu…

"The rising threat of authoritarianism makes nuclear war far more likely ... It’s deeply alarming." 📰 Truthout: Sara Haghdoosti, Executive Director of grantee Win Without War (winwithoutwar.bsky.social), was interviewed about today's urgent dangers surrounding nuclear weapons ⬇️ loom.ly/FbhdZTE

NEW: Buffalo Bills fans are paying up to $50,000 just to access seats in their new stadium. The stadium is largely taxpayer-funded, but the team is raising prices — and pricing fans out. Meanwhile, the Bills owner is worth over $14 billion.

In this piece, I tried to pull together the forces and agendas flowing through megabillionaire Larry Ellison, who is quickly becoming the newest face of US oligarchy in the Trump era. It's all deeply alarming. For Truthout.org. truthout.org/articles/from-…

Larry Ellison, the megabillionaire oligarch taking over CBS and TikTok, owns $2B in properties, including an entire island in Hawai'i, and a megayacht with another boat trailing to catch basketballs that bounce into the water. From my Truthout profile: truthout.org/articles/from-…

Today's the 166th anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. Last year I published this Truthout interview with the great historian Manisha Sinha on the history, lessons and legacies surrounding Brown and the mid-19th century abolitionist movement. truthout.org/articles/legac…

Billionaire backers tied to anti-union and pro-Israel causes are funding Rep. Tim Walberg’s “show trials,” which use antisemitism allegations to attack unions and public education while advancing corporate and ideological agendas. truthout.org/articles/anti-…

Tim Walberg is the GOP rep who said Gaza "should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima.” He's now weaponizing antisemitism charges to investigate labor unions + higher ed. I mapped out some of his major donors whose agendas are benefiting from these show trials. truthout.org/articles/anti-…

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Billionaire Marc Rowan, who led the donor revolt at Penn and is behind Trump's "compact" with universities, recently gave big to Tim Walberg, whose overseeing "antisemitism" hearings to attack unions, higher ed and Palestine solidarity. For Truthout: truthout.org/articles/anti-…