Accessibility

· 13 checks — Landmarks, headings, alt text, forms, and link quality rolled into one auditable list.

SCORE

GRADE

FIX

REVIEW

PASS

INFO

Checks

5 PASS 5 REVIEW 3 FIX

Dark Mode Support

Action

Theme color only

FIX

Theme color only

Theme-color present but no dark variant

A theme-color is set but no dark-specific variant was found. The browser toolbar may not adapt for dark mode users.

Got: #000000

No dark mode signals detected

Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.

Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles

External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

Dark ModePartial Dark Mode

color-scheme meta Not set ✗Dark theme-color Not set ✗CSS indicators Not detected ✗

Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles.

Print Stylesheet

Action

No print styles

FIX

No print styles

No print-specific styles detected

When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.

Print Stylesheet No Print Styles

Print stylesheet Not found ✗Inline @media print Not detected ✗

Heading Hierarchy

48 headings

REVIEW

48 headings

No H1 heading found

Every page should have one H1 that describes the page content.

H4 Trending:
H5 Menu
H4 Social Media
H4 Sections
H4 Trending
H4 Latest
H5 GOP Senator Suggests Trump Should “Finish” Iran With Nuclear Bomb
H5 Pentagon Assessment Contradicts Trump’s Claims on Iran as Public Opposes War
H5 Two US Officials Who Died After Mexico Drug Lab Bust Were CIA Operatives
H5 Trump Admin Sued for Approving First BP Project in Gulf Since 2010 Disaster
H4 More
H2 Locked Up by Israel at 15, Palestine Activist Is Now Jailed by ICE
H2 Trump Administration Is Using Christianity to Justify Murder and Empire
H2 AOC Renews Call to Oust Trump After Report on His Exclusion From Situation Room
H2 Hungarian Prime Minister-Elect Says Country Will Arrest Netanyahu If He Visits
H2 Trump’s Genocidal Threats on Iran Are Enabled by a Vast Apparatus of Destruction
H2 Inside the Grassroots Campaign That Pushed a Drone Company Out of Brooklyn
H2 Latest Stories
H2 GOP Senator Suggests Trump Should “Finish” Iran With Nuclear Bomb
H2 Pentagon Assessment Contradicts Trump’s Claims on Iran as Public Opposes War
H2 New Flotilla Shows Palestinians in Gaza That the World Has Not Abandoned Us
H2 As Fuel Protests Sweep Ireland, the Left Points to Imperialism as the Culprit
H2 Zionist Doxxing Campaigns Upended Their Lives. Now They’re Suing for Damages.
H2 Visuals Help Expose the Realities of Mass Incarceration to a Wider Audience
H2 Want to Resist a Data Center? These Organizers Share How They Did It.
H2 The Bombs Have Slowed, But Israel Controls Every Aspect of Our Lives in Gaza
H2 Iran
H3 Top Biden Official Supports Trump Iran Attack, Says Biden May Have Done The Same
H3 International Law Is Being Used to Restrain Iran, Enable US and Israel
H3 Parents of Iranian Children Killed by US Bombing Issue Letter Thanking Pope Leo
H3 Israel Intensifies Destruction Across Southern Lebanon Despite Ceasefire
H3 Strait of Hormuz Restrictions Return as Ceasefire Unravels
H3 Israel Killed Nearly 100 People in Lebanon in Day Leading Up to Ceasefire
H3 Trump Says He’s Still Blockading Iran After It Says It’s Opening Strait
H2 Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation
H3 Palestinian Prisoners Live on Hope. Israel’s Death Penalty Aims to Destroy It.
H3 War Pollutants May Be Poisoning a Generation of Mothers and Their Babies in Gaza
H3 Israel Has Buried Gaza in Rubble, But Our Love for the Land Will Always Survive
H3 Israel’s Restrictions on Gaza’s Banking System Have Led to a Currency Crisis
H3 With Gaza Still Under Blockade, Recycling Has Become a Matter of Life and Death
H3 With Gaza’s Libraries in Ruins, Palestinians Fight to Preserve Historical Memory
H3 Eid in Gaza Displays Palestinians’ Profound Loss — and Continued Resilience
H2 Want to Resist a Data Center? These Organizers Share How They Did It.
H3 News
H3 Series
H3 More
H3 Never Miss Another Story
H4 Fundraising Drive: 24 Hours Left to Raise $16,000

Every page should have one H1 that describes the page content.

Why this matters

No H1 means screen-reader users can't identify the page's primary topic, and Google's content-extraction degrades.

Learn more ▾

The H1 is the document title for assistive tech and a strong signal to search engines about page topic. Pages without one force screen readers to fall back to the <title> attribute or page chrome. Add a single H1 that names the page's primary subject.

Source: WCAG 2.4.6 / Google Search Central

Link & Button Quality

221 links, 5 buttons — all OK

REVIEW

221 links, 5 buttons — all OK

5 image-only link(s) without alt text

Image-only links need alt text on the image (or aria-label on the link) so screen readers can announce them.

Got: a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-renews-call-to-oust-trump-after-report-on-h…"]; a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-assessment-contradicts-trumps-claims-o…"]; a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/new-flotilla-shows-palestinians-in-gaza-that-th…"]; a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/want-to-resist-a-data-center-these-organizers-s…"]; a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/the-bombs-have-slowed-but-israel-controls-every…"]

216 link(s) with descriptive text

221 links

0 empty

0 generic text

0 new tab

0 empty buttons

Element	Text	Issue	Suggested Fix
https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-renews…	AOC Renews Call to Oust Trump …	img no alt	Add alt attribute to the image
https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-a…	Pentagon Assessment Contradict…	img no alt	Add alt attribute to the image
https://truthout.org/articles/new-flotil…	New Flotilla Shows Palestinian…	img no alt	Add alt attribute to the image
https://truthout.org/articles/want-to-re…	Want to Resist a Data Center? …	img no alt	Add alt attribute to the image
https://truthout.org/articles/the-bombs-…	The Bombs Have Slowed, But Isr…	img no alt	Add alt attribute to the image
https://truthout.org/articles/war-pollut…	“The overlap between widespr…	img no alt	Add alt attribute to the image

221 links and buttons have descriptive text

Image-only links need alt text on the image (or aria-label on the link) so screen readers can announce them.

a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-renews-call-to-oust-trump-after-report-on-h…"]; a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-assessment-contradicts-trumps-claims-o…"]; a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/new-flotilla-shows-palestinians-in-gaza-that-th…"]; a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/want-to-resist-a-data-center-these-organizers-s…"]; a[href="https://truthout.org/articles/the-bombs-have-slowed-but-israel-controls-every…"]

Why this matters

Image-only links with no alt are unidentifiable to screen-reader users — link's destination is invisible.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 2.4.4

Favicon & Branding

Action

9 icon(s) detected

REVIEW

9 icon(s) detected

No favicon.ico at site root

Some older browsers, bookmark tools, and RSS readers look for /favicon.ico. Add one as a fallback.

HTML icon links detected

Apple touch icon present

Multiple icon sizes detected

✗ favicon.ico Missing

✓ PNG Icons Present

✓ Apple Touch Present

✗ SVG Favicon Missing

✓ Manifest Icons Present

✓ Multiple Sizes Present

Web Manifest

Valid manifest

REVIEW

Valid manifest

Name present: Truthout

192x192 icon present

512x512 icon present

Display mode: standalone

PWA Install Criteria Not Installable

Name Truthout ✓192×192 icon ✓512×512 icon ✓Start URL ✗Display Mode standalone ✓

Name Truthout Display Mode standalone Theme Color #ffffff Background Color #ffffff Icons 2 icon(s)

Color Contrast (Screenshot)

Action

20 text elements analyzed, 20 fail WCAG AA

REVIEW

Analyzes text contrast against the actual rendered page, including background images, gradients, and overlays that CSS-based tools cannot detect.

0 pass 20 fail WCAG AA

h2 Want to Resist a Data Center? These Orga…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

24px · bottom of viewport

h3 Top Biden Official Supports Trump Iran A…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 International Law Is Being Used to Restr…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Parents of Iranian Children Killed by US…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Israel Intensifies Destruction Across So…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Strait of Hormuz Restrictions Return as …

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Israel Killed Nearly 100 People in Leban…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Trump Says He’s Still Blockading Iran …

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Palestinian Prisoners Live on Hope. Isra…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 War Pollutants May Be Poisoning a Genera…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Israel Has Buried Gaza in Rubble, But Ou…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Israel’s Restrictions on Gaza’s Bank…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 With Gaza Still Under Blockade, Recyclin…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 With Gaza’s Libraries in Ruins, Palest…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Eid in Gaza Displays Palestinians’ Pro…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 News

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Series

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 More

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

h3 Never Miss Another Story

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 3.0:1 (large text)

19px · bottom of viewport

title Truthout | Fearless Independent Journali…

1.62:1

#000000

#313136

needs 4.5:1 (normal text)

16px · top of page (header area)

Show all checked elements (20)

Element	Ratio	Required	FG	BG	Result
h2 Want to Resist a Dat…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Top Biden Official S…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 International Law Is…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Parents of Iranian C…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Israel Intensifies D…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Strait of Hormuz Res…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Israel Killed Nearly…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Trump Says He’s St…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Palestinian Prisoner…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 War Pollutants May B…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Israel Has Buried Ga…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Israel’s Restricti…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 With Gaza Still Unde…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 With Gaza’s Librar…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Eid in Gaza Displays…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 News	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Series	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 More	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
h3 Never Miss Another S…	1.62:1	3.0:1	#000000	#313136	Fail
title Truthout \| Fearless …	1.62:1	4.5:1	#000000	#313136	Fail

Methodology: The top 20 text elements by font size were checked. Background color was sampled from the desktop screenshot using a 5-point pattern. WCAG 2.1 AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text.

A+

Landmark Structure

34 landmarks

PASS

34 landmarks

<main> landmark present

7 <nav> landmark(s) found

All <nav> elements are properly labeled

Skip navigation link present

Page Structure — as a screen reader sees it

Alt Text Quality

All 19 images OK

PASS

All 19 images OK

10 image(s) with alt text over 125 characters

6 decorative image(s) correctly marked

3 image(s) with good alt text

19 images 3 good alt text 6 decorative

Issue	Count
too long	10 image(s)

Form Accessibility

1 of 9 controls have issues

PASS

1 of 9 controls have issues

1 control(s) without accessible label

Form controls need a <label>, aria-label, or aria-labelledby for screen readers.

Got: <input type="submit" id="gform_submit_button_3495557563">

8 control(s) properly labeled

9 controls

8 labeled

0 placeholder only

1 unlabeled

Control	Type	Label	Method
#searchForm	search	Search	for/id
#searchOptionsAll	radio	Search All Content	for/id
#searchOptionsArticles	radio	Articles	for/id
#searchOptionsAudioPosts	radio	Audio Posts	for/id
#searchOptionsVideoPosts	radio	Video Posts	for/id
#searchOptionsAuthors	radio	Authors	for/id
#input_3495557563_11	text	X/Twitter	for/id
#input_3495557563_1	email	Email*	for/id
#gform_submit_button_3495557563	submit	(none)	none

Form controls need a <label>, aria-label, or aria-labelledby for screen readers.

Why this matters

Form controls without labels — assistive tech announces 'edit text' with no context; users can't complete forms.

Source: WCAG 2.1 SC 3.3.2

404 Error Page

HTTP 404, custom page

PASS

HTTP 404, custom page

Correct 404 status code returned

Got: HTTP 404

Custom styled 404 page

Navigation links present on 404 page

Homepage link present on 404 page

Search form present on 404 page

404 Page Quality ✓ Custom 404 Page

Status Code HTTP 404 ✓Page Title Bluesky Circle Icon ✓Custom Styling ✓Navigation ✓Homepage Link ✓Search Form ✓

A+

Lighthouse Accessibility Audits

Score 100/100 — 0 failing, 28 passed

PASS

100

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Input buttons have discernible text.

●Form elements have associated labels

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio

●`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

●Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Skip links are focusable.

●Document has a main landmark.

●Identical links have the same purpose.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○`[role]` values are valid

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.