Amy Goodman January 10, 2024 Representative Jackson Lee has died at the age of 74 after announcing last month she had pancreatic cancer. Did you know that Truthout is a…
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By Kathleen Burkinshaw | August 4, 2016 John Mecklin “Someday, the voices of the hibakusha will no longer be with us to bear witness. But the memory of the morning of August…
By Hidehiko Yuzaki | August 5, 2020 John Mecklin Pope Francis in Hiroshima in November 2019, when he said nuclear weapons are immoral for war—and even for deterrence. (Photo by…
By Masako Toki | August 22, 2023 John Mecklin For too long, nuclear weapons narratives have been dominated by those who saw the mushroom cloud from afar or above. Or…
Despite our differences, most of us share a desire for freedom and justice. Yet, around the world, support for authoritarianism is growing. How is this possible? How do so many people come…
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BEIJING (AP) — Chen Yulu never thought her home province of Hunan had any culture that she would be proud of, much less become an ambassador of. But these days,…
NEW DELHI (AP) — Multiple landslides in southern India have killed 93 people and many others are feared trapped under the debris, officials said Tuesday, after torrential rains triggered torrents…
PHOENIX (AP) — The Navajo Nation planned Tuesday to test a tribal law that bans uranium from being transported on its land by ordering tribal police to stop trucks carrying…