Truthout

Truthout
Formation2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Type501(c)3 organization
20-0031641
Legal statusNon-profit
HeadquartersSacramento, California
Employees
25
Websitetruthout.org Edit this at Wikidata

Truthout is an American non-profit progressive news organization which describes itself as "dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues".[1] Truthout reports news from a left-wing perspective,[2] with its main areas of focus including mass incarceration and prison abolition advocacy, social justice, climate change, militarism, economics and labor, U.S. LGBTQIA rights and reproductive justice.[citation needed]

Truthout's senior leadership team is composed of Executive Director Ziggy West Jeffery; Editor-in-Chief Negin Owliaei; and Publisher Saima Desai.[3] The organization’s annual operating budget is approximately $2.2 million as of 2021.[4]

  1. ^ Truthout. "About Truthout". Truthout. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  2. ^ "Truthout". Ground News. Retrieved January 10, 2024. Truthout's media bias is left. Ground News assigned this score by aggregating media bias ratings of a Left rating from Ad Fontes Media, a Left rating from Media Bias/Fact Check, a leanLeft rating from from All Sides.
  3. ^ Truthout. "About Truthout". Truthout. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  4. ^ "Truthout Form 990 2021" (PDF). Truthout. Retrieved 26 August 2023.