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![Israeli soldiers argue with a Palestinian man after an attack by settlers in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, in which Palestinian vehicles were burned and destroyed, on June 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-west-bank-1200x675.jpg)
Settlers Are Already Executing Smotrich’s Plan to Annex West Bank, Residents Say
“They make it impossible for you to stay, they make your life miserable,” said Palestinian activist Issa Amro.
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Democrats’ Support for Israel Is Weakening the Reproductive Rights Movement
Reproductive justice is not compatible with imperialism, militarism and colonialism.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
Bans on gender-affirming care are "medically unsound" and "a violation of fundamental human rights," one advocate said.
![Signs showing support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are seen in a protest outside the High Court in London, Britain, on March 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-julian-assange-400x300.jpg)
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Is Set to Be Freed Following Plea Deal
Assange will be sentenced to "time served" in a British prison, and is expected to return to his family in Australia.
![Workers of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees) inspect destruction after an attack carried out by Israeli army on a building belonging to the UNRWA located in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on May 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
UNRWA Only Has Funding Through August, With Emergency Appeals Underfunded
The US is one of only two countries still withholding funding to the UNRWA, the agency chief said.
![People hold signs reading "KEEP ABORTION LEGAL" and "SAFE ABORTION IS A HUMAN RIGHT" during a protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Cort building](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0624-scotus-protest-400x300.jpg)
2 Years After the End of “Roe,” We Must Demand More Than Its Restoration
The struggle for reproductive justice is about more than legal rights — it’s about bodily autonomy and access to care.
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![Israeli soldiers argue with a Palestinian man after an attack by Jewish settlers in the village of Burin, south of Nablus, in which Palestinian vehicles were burned and destroyed, on June 18, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-gaza-ch-400x225.jpg)
Israel’s Killing of Aid Workers May Force UN to Suspend Gaza Operations
Multiple UN aid agencies do work in Gaza, providing food, shelter, health care and other crucial services.
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Nobel Prize Winners Warn That US and Global Economy Would Worsen Under Trump
Donald Trump will "reignite" high inflation, the economists said, based on a review of his policies.
![Baby triplets of Palestinian mother Nuzha Awad face the threat of dying from malnutrition and lack of medical care due to constant Israeli attacks and blockades as they take shelter in Nuseirat camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on March 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-gaza-400x225.jpg)
4 Children Have Died of Hunger This Week in Gaza as Half a Million Face Famine
A fifth of households in Gaza are reporting having to go days without food due to Israel’s starvation campaign.
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Sanders Report Reveals Right-Wing Billionaires’ Aim to Sabotage Public Education
Public schools are underfunded as voucher programs to subsidize private schools with taxpayer dollars surge.
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“The Dobbs decision transformed the abortion access landscape, putting extreme strain on a system that was already highly over-taxed due to the significant gaps in access that Roe v. Wade never prevented.”
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Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation
We can’t look away from Israel’s genocidal violence against Palestinians — or the movement for a free Palestine.
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Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
Bans on gender-affirming care are "medically unsound" and "a violation of fundamental human rights," one advocate said.
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SCOTUS’s Anti-Immigrant Ruling Imperils Marriage Equality and LGBTQ Lives
“Department of State v. Muñoz” could be used to undermine the right to same-sex marriage.
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Queer Activists Are Making BDS a Key Question of Pride This Year
LGBTQ people are pushing Pride events to reject pinkwashing, endorse BDS and show solidarity with Palestine.
![The Progress Pride Flag flies above a crowd during the Pride parade in Portland, Maine, on June 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0619-Pride-400x225.jpg)
A Coalition of Faith Groups Is Banding Together to Protect Pride Events
More than 120 groups will fan out across 50 events this June to deescalate extremist protests from hate groups.