US economic war on Cuba continues, even after war in Afghanistan ends
As the 20-year war in Afghanistan officially came to an end, President Joe Biden justified US military withdrawal in an address to the nation on Aug. 31: “This decision about…
Post-9/11 militarization has cost $21 trillion—here’s where that money could have gone
As the US occupation of Afghanistan comes to end, Americans are just beginning to come to terms with the cost of 20 years of war. A new report titled State…
We are living in the hell Ronald Reagan made
Last month marked the grim anniversary of one of the darkest days in American labor history. Forty years ago, President Ronald Regan crushed a strike by the Professional Air Traffic…
The Texas abortion ban is even more extreme than you think
Texas just enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. Senate Bill 8, which went into effect at midnight on Sept. 1, effectively bans abortions after six weeks into a…
Big Pharma is trying to scare you so they can gouge you even more for lifesaving drugs
Update 8/30/21: At the 6:40 mark in the video, PhRMA is referred to as a 501(c)(3) organization, but the correct classification is 501(c)(6). We regret the error and are posting…
Shocker: Military-industrial complex doesn’t want wars to end
Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and making a small donation: https://therealnews.com/donate-yt Former generals and elected officials are flooding the airwaves to demand…
The Mediterranean is on fire
After experiencing the most severe heatwave in decades, Mediterranean countries like Greece, Turkey, Italy, Algeria, Morocco, and Spain have been in the midst of a wave of destructive and deadly…
A cop kicked a compliant man in the head, then police tried to cover it up
The brutal assault on a suspect after a high-speed chase that was captured by a security camera reveals how police have many hidden mechanisms to skirt accountability. In this episode,…
Big Agriculture’s bleak future for all of us
A proposed concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in Burnett County, Wisconsin, is slated to house 26,000 hogs and produce millions of gallons of liquid manure every year. Residents fear the…
Cops illegally took his camera … but they weren’t ready for what happened next!
Holding police accountable requires defending the First Amendment right to put them on camera. This is why Philip Turner, known on YouTube as The Battousai, fought to solidify that right…
Remembering George Jackson, revolutionary author and activist
To celebrate Black August, TRNN Executive Producer and former Black Panther Eddie Conway talks with Claude Marks about the life and legacy of revolutionary author and activist George Jackson 50…
Who won the War in Afghanistan? The Taliban and defense contractors
After tens of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars wasted, the US departure from Afghanistan has left the Taliban in total control. How can we begin to measure…
Big business exploits prison labor instead of paying fairer wages
After surviving a deadly pandemic, workers in the US are reluctant to return to unsafe workplaces for poverty wages. Rather than offer better pay, protections, and benefits, businesses are choosing…
Eviction nightmare begins as Democrats let moratorium expire
As Congress heads out for a long recess without extending the pandemic-related moratorium on evictions, millions face a nightmare scenario.  Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth…
Factory farming is pushing independent farmers to the edge of extinction
A proposed concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in Burnett County, Wisconsin, is slated to house 26,000 hogs and produce millions of gallons of liquid manure every year. Residents fear the…
Richard Wolff: Capitalism is holding “all of us hostage”
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of work and the lives of working people in drastic ways. Millions of workers lost their jobs over the past year and a…
The moratorium extension won’t end evictions
Progressives celebrated as Biden extended the eviction moratorium. But three housing advocates in a city with one of the nation’s highest eviction rates warn that renters were never really protected…
Cops want him to plead guilty to see his kids, but he’s fighting back instead
Just how far will the criminal justice system go to quash dissent? The case of popular police auditor Otto the Watchdog is a cautionary tale of how far prosecutors and…
Slavery still exists in the US, but these CA organizers are working to end it
Thanks to the 13th Amendment, slavery still exists in the US in the form of low- or no-wage prison labor. But organizers like Jeronimo Aguilar and John Cannon are working…
We are running out of time to stop runaway climate change
Deadly heat waves, wildfires, melting ice sheets, and devastating floods around the world are just a small taste of what humanity will continue to face if it fails to dramatically…
Striking nurses hold the line against investor-owned healthcare giant
Monday, August 9, marked the 155th day that nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, have been on strike. At the center of the strike is a concern about…
Palestinian villagers fight against illegal Israeli settlements in Beita
In early May, a group of Israeli settlers arrived with caravans and set up an illegal outpost on the top of Jabal Sabih on the outskirts of Beita, which is…
Cops made his life a living hell. Judges are making it worse
Offensive Facebook posts led to the arrest of activist Joshua Martinez. But his treatment in court and $1 million bail reveal the often-overlooked role played by judges in the questionable…
Cops hate citizen journalists, but they’re not the only ones
Citizen journalists continue to play a critical role in holding police accountable, which is why they face increasing pushback from the underlying system that bolsters bad cops. PAR speaks to…
Connecticut made prison phone calls free. Other states should do the same
After Gov. Ned Lamont signed a new bill into law in June, Connecticut became the first state in the US to make phone calls free for incarcerated people, including those…
Striking Alabama coal miners protest corporate greed at NYC BlackRock headquarters
Striking Alabama coal miner Mike Wright says workers at Warrior Met Coal are taking their calls for fair pay and benefits to the NYC headquarters of their company’s biggest investor:…