by Ruwaida Amer, Mahmoud Al Mashharawi, Belal Awad and Leo Erhadt | Oct 24, 2025 | Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Politics and Movements: International, video
Ahead of a ground invasion that officials threatened would be a “mighty hurricane,” Israel ordered the entire population of Gaza City—over one million people—to evacuate. For those in Gaza City, many of whom have already been displaced multiple times, this order presents a deadly choice: flee into the unknown yet again, or stay and face the advancing Israeli army. “We already experienced displacement,” Ziad Ayyad, a refugee in Gaza City, says. “We can’t do it again. We’re staying here. Whatever happens, happens. Even if they crush us under their tanks.” In August 2025, TRNN asked Palestinians if they plan to evacuate or stay as Israel attempts to completely depopulate Gaza City. This is what they told us.
Producers: Belal Awad, Leo ErhardtVideographers: Ruwaida Amer, Mahmoud Al MashharawiVideo Editor: Leo Erhardt
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Ziad Ayyad:
Look at me. Nothing in the entire world compares to what’s happening to us.Saleh Abd Al Dayim:
Neither people, nor trees, nor rocks—nothing has escaped this brutal war.Abed Abed Al Dayim:
You wake up to bombing and go to sleep to bombing.
Basel Radi’ Al Masri:
It’s clear they have not destroyed the resistance in Gaza at all. They have only destroyed the people.
Narrator:
Israel has ordered the entire population of Gaza City—over one million people—to evacuate. The orders come ahead of a ground invasion that Israeli officials have described as a ‘mighty hurricane.’ For those in Gaza city, many of whom have already been displaced multiple times, this order presents a deadly choice: flee into the unknown yet again, or stay and face the advancing Israeli army.
Ziad Ayyad:
We moved from one place to another: from Nuseirat to Deir al-Balah, then from Deir to Gaza City.
by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis | Oct 22, 2025 | Economy, Economy and Inequality, Inequality, Inequality Watch, Politics and Movements: US, video
The current shutdown of the federal government is more than just a dispute between two parties with different policy ideas. It’s also a stark example of how America’s massive wealth inequality continues to weaken our democracy. Taya Graham and Stephen Janis break down the evidence that billionaires are running the show.
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Written by: Taya Graham
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The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible.
Taya Graham:
Hello everyone. Welcome back to the Inequality Watch Report. I’m Taya Graham, your inequality watchdog. Now, these past two weeks, Washington didn’t just shut down the government. It shut down equality because when the government stops working, inequality doesn’t take a break. It actually cashes in. Now Republicans are saying that the shutdown is about bad policy from Democrats, but we see something different that it is fundamentally about inequality and we can prove it right, Stephen?
Stephen Janis:
Yeah, absolutely. This is what I think we are going to start calling the first full throated inequality shutdown. It’s not just about politics. It’s not just about who has different policy proposals. I think we’re seeing something really, really different. It’s been evolving and it’s been on the horizon for a long time, but walking around Capitol Hill, we are seeing a different force here that is kind of defining the moment. I think it has a lot to do with economic inequality.
Taya Graham:
Now, what have you been seeing on Capitol Hill? I mean, we’ve been going to DC I would say, every other day for the past two weeks monitoring this shutdown. What have you
by Mansa Musa | Oct 22, 2025 | Prison Industrial Complex, prison reform, Prisons and Policing, Rattling the Bars, video
Calling from a prison phone in Nebraska, Nicholas Ely joined his wife, Julie Montpetit, for an episode of Montpetit’s podcast, “More Than an Inmate’s Girlfriend,” which aims to destigmatize relationships like theirs. Afterwards, Montpetit lost all contact with her husband. Now, Ely is suing several employees in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, alleging that he has faced unlawful retaliation for appearing on the podcast and that his constitutional rights, including his right to free speech, were violated. In this episode of “Rattling the Bars,” host Mansa Musa speaks with Montpetit about losing contact with her husband and about the status of his lawsuit.
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Producer / Videographer / Post-Production: Cameron Granadino
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Mansa Musa:
Welcome to this edition of Rattling the Bars. I’m your host Mansa Musa. I remember when I was locked up in prison, one of the most celebrity cases that came out in Nebraska was Nebraska versus Greenho. And in Nebraska versus Greenho, it was a case that dealt specifically with parole. But when it dealt with parole, it dealt with mandatory language. In Nebraska, it said that if a person does A, B, C, D, E, F, G, they will be paroled. And so when a person came up to be paroled because they did A, B, C, D, E, F, G, the department of correction in Nebraska denied them parole. The Supreme Court ultimately waived in on say that this particular rule was law and therefore it was mandatory and had to force the Lord and person should
by Maximillian Alvarez, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis | Oct 20, 2025 | Economy and Inequality, Politics and Movements: US, protest, Trump, video, Washington
WASHINGTON, DC: At the “No Kings” protest on Saturday, Oct. 18, TRNN was on the ground walking the entire length of the demonstration looking for the “paid protestors,” “agitators,” “Hamas supporters,” and “antifa terrorists” Republicans claimed would be filling the streets in what they called a “Hate America” rally. Here’s what we actually saw…
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TOWSON, MD: What brought millions of Americans out to over 2,500 “No Kings” protest sites across the US on Saturday,? Were these protests really “Hate America” rallies, as Republicans accused? What are the hopes, expectations, and goals of these protests, and what comes next? Reporting on the ground from one of the multiple protests that took place in Baltimore County on Oct. 18, Inequality Watchdogs Taya Graham and Stephen Janis posed these questions directly to protestors themselves. Here’s what they said…
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Taya Graham:
This is Taya Graham reporting for the Inequality Watch. I’m here at the No Kings protest in Baltimore, Maryland, where demonstrators are challenging not just one leader, but entire system. They say treats wealth and power like a birthright. Their message is both political and personal, that democracy should serve people, not coordinate kings, but let’s listen to the protesters in their own words.
Speaker 2:
Just tired of having our personal rights eroded. We’re seeing really bad bashing on First Amendment, and we just can’t be putting up with that. That’s what this country’s built on, and we got to protect it. And if that means forcing out folks that
by Cameron Granadino and Mansa Musa | Oct 20, 2025 | police accountability, Policing, Politics and Movements: US, Prisons and Policing, Rattling the Bars, video
In the USA, so many Black parents have seen their children killed by police that, now, growing numbers of those same parents are building a grassroots movement for accountability and justice. On Oct. 14—the birthday of George Floyd, who was murdered by Minneapolis police in 2020—a coalition of parents, allies, and community organizations gathered in Washington, DC, for a rally to remember those who have been killed by the police and to hear from their loved ones who continue to fight in their name. TRNN reports on the ground from the rally in Union Square.
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Bianca Austin:
Every year when we celebrate George Floyd, we celebrate him because we in a movement. We going to keep this shit moving, y’all. Say his name! Say his name!
Rapper:
Stand up for your rights that had nothing at all,
beyond the scope, be hope to the people I sworn,
no matter the cost I let it be known…
Rev. Dr. Greta Willis:
But in the hearts of mothers as we in this remembrance, a celebration, a heavenly birthday for George Floyd. If you remember on that particular day, in those nine minutes and those 26 seconds, if I truly recall, that he was calling out for his mother, as he was calling out for his mother because he knew that the comfort was with his mother. As there are mothers that are here, mothers such as myself and the other mothers that’s a part of this particular party, this organization, a place that
by Maximillian Alvarez | Oct 17, 2025 | Economy, Economy and Inequality, labor, video, Working People
Around 31,000 registered nurses and front-line healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente are on strike, demanding better wages, working hours, and proper staffing. The strike began on Tuesday, Oct 14, and spans hundreds of medical centers and offices in California, Oregon, and Hawaii. Calling in from the picket line in Portland, Oregon, Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) and Executive Secretary of the Oregon Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals (OFNHP) Nick Eng speaks with TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez about what healthcare workers are fighting for.
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Oregon Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals (OFNHP) website, Bluesky, and Instagram
OFNHP: “We are Kaiser: Fighting for the Care Our Patients Deserve“
AP News, “31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care workers strike for better wages and staffing“
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Studio Production: Maximillian Alvarez
Post-Production: Cameron Granadino
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The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible.
Maximillian Alvarez:
Around 31,000 registered nurses and frontline healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente are on strike, demanding better wages and proper staffing among other things, and even more workers could be joining the picket line soon. The strike began on Tuesday and spans hundreds of medical centers and offices in California, Hawaii, and Oregon. And as we always do here at the Real News Network, we’re going to take you to the heart of the action and to the front lines of struggle right now and calling in from the picket line in Portland, Oregon. I’m speaking with Nick Ang today. Nick is a registered nurse, first assistant, and he’s the Executive secretary of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals. Nick, thank you so much for
