Truthout

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Truthout

Formation	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Type	501(c)3 organization
Tax ID no.	20-0031641
Legal status	Non-profit
Headquarters	Sacramento, California
Employees	25
Website	truthout.org

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. LGBTQ+ 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 organizations annual operating budget is approximately $2.2 million as of 2021.^[4]