Ziggy West

Big news: Truthout and YES! Media are launching an original series, “Taking Back the Public Commons.” We’re reporting on the many ways organizers are fighting to expand the horizon of what’s possible–particularly on the local and state level–even in the toughest times. truthout.org/series/takin...

Trump would really hate it if you sent this article to your friends at progressive foundations.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday, marking a historic win for the left over a high-powered, moneyed coalition of establishment forces that came together in hopes of defeating him.

“I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever,” Trump told reporters Read the full story: tinyurl.com/9ukyra8r

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani released a campaign ad this week honoring transgender trailblazers in the city and vowing to make New York City a sanctuary for trans people.

Must-read piece on "End Times Schooling" by @jessehagopian.bsky.social who has done so much to unleash the liberatory power of education.

Dear Truthout Community, there are only 2 months until the deadline for submissions to the fifth annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize: May 20, 2025. Please share with writers who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated.

"As protests and support efforts for Khalil continue, we should all uplift demands for his freedom."

Since the Supreme Court’s decision, health care providers in Idaho have been able to perform emergency abortions as the lawsuit progressed through the courts. However, Politico reports that such care may be in jeopardy now that the Trump administration is moving to dismiss the case.

“Trump’s order will … prevent transgender and intersex people from obtaining new passports, visas, and trusted traveler documents that reflect who they are and how they are perceived in the world.”

Can’t say this enough. Alternative media are really stepping up to fill the void left by mainstream media. They need all the support we can give them. Explore on your own, follow BlueSky accounts that post useful content, share and comment widely.

Submissions open today for the Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize. This prize uplifts the work of writers who are currently & formerly incarcerated. truthout.org/articles/kee... Spread the word! The prize honors my sister, who died five years ago after many years in and out of incarceration. 💔

On Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the White House from transferring three transgender women to men’s prisons and denying them gender-affirming health care in compliance with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.

My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. “For those of us who care deeply about trans children and trans communities, it’s important to stay focused on what the moment demands of us.”

Very flattered to be included among such good company in this episode! Here's our discussion of media capitulation under Trump: www.projectcensored.org/economic-pil...

The Trump administration’s Department of Education has launched an investigation into Denver Public Schools after students at a school implemented an all-gender multi-stall restroom.

That shit ain't Star Trek.

To begin with, this is terrible. But second, and I cannot emphasize this enough, please support credible and proven alternate media.

Trump and Melania launched crypto coins days before reentering the White House, making billions and opening a portal to untraceable payoffs from corporate and foreign actors.

A crucial read from @truthout.org: "With these choices, corporate media outlets make a rightward societal shift appear inevitable. Movement media’s role is to resist that tendency, and offer an alternative. We have a responsibility to remind people of what we have lost, and what we could still win."

Media organizations can't capitulate to a second Trump administration. @mayaschenwar.bsky.social, @ziggywest.bsky.social and I wrote for @truthout about how journalism needs to be grounded in accountability and solidarity more urgently than ever.

Media organizations must refuse to acquiesce to fascism's demands. I co-wrote this op-ed with @neginowl.bsky.social & @ziggywest.bsky.social about how those of us in media must ground our journalism in accountability and solidarity. truthout.org/articles/a-c...

Definitely have that we all died during Y2K and we're about to enter the 8th circle of hell feeling this morning.

Gaza Ceasefire Deal Announced After 466 Days of Genocide and 46,000 Dead truthout.org/articles/gaz...

"For the first time, after a year of longing, I’ll stand by my mother’s and grandmother’s graves. I’ll tell them how deeply I’ve missed them and how much I wished they were still with us, knowing how desperately they had waited for this moment." -- Shahad Ali writing for us in @truthout.org today

When the ceasefire was announced we took in collective sighs of relief and grief. Although the violence of occupation may not be over, we are looking back over the past 466 days of genocide and mourning those who were killed, the fellow journalists targeted, the medics who died saving others.

We might have just rung in a new year, but it feels like an epidemiological Groundhog Day.

Instead of trying to buy Greenland, which Denmark has repeatedly said is not for sale, maybe our elected officials could pass universal healthcare, which Americans overwhelmingly support. Just a thought.

My colleague @samculture.bsky.social wrote this piece, and I had to reach out and tell her that this article made me want to see Wicked when I hadn't previously planned to.

“We strongly condemn the Biden administration for its unbelievable and criminal decision to send another $8 billion worth of American weapons to the government of indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu instead of using American leverage to force an end to the genocide in Gaza."

"The official death toll is currently over 45,000 people, including 17,500 children. PCBS estimates that there are 11,000 Palestinians missing and presumed dead, while at least 100,000 have fled the besieged region."