The Real News Network

Are copwatchers journalists? Provocateurs? Or something else?

Is copwatching a form of citizen journalism, or is it just provocation masquerading as accountability? We debate and discuss your questions with (in)famous copwatcher Long Island Audit.

Can the Democratic Party be saved? TRNN’s full, unedited interview with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

“I’m a democrat with lowercase D, and I hope someday we can win the fight for what the Democratic Party can be. I’m not willing to let go of all that infrastructure because a few folks who can’t let go of power say that it’s theirs.”

by Maximillian Alvarez July 30, 2026July 30, 2026

Legal team of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal appeals to the UN for support

Lawyers are appealing to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which had urged the release of Leonard Peltier.

by Renée Feltz, Truthout July 30, 2026July 30, 2026

Corporate profiteers destroyed journalism. Worker-owned media can save it.

Former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers went on strike for over three years and won. Then, the owners sold the paper and most strikers lost their jobs. Now, they’ve launched “a cooperative news organization, owned and democratically run by its workers and members.”