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US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico
Farmers are risking their lives to fight back against the US-owned factory farms that are destroying Mexico’s water.
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I Work for the US’s Largest Union. Why Would It Hold My Health Care Hostage?
The National Education Association has been using its employees’ health insurance as a bludgeon at the bargaining table.
![California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0726-gavin-newsom-400x300.jpg)
A Month After SCOTUS Decision, Newsom Issues Order Targeting Unhoused People
“From a public health perspective, this is ineffective and potentially deadly,” a public health researcher said.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visit Hebron, West Bank, on August 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0726-netanyahu-gallant-400x300.jpg)
UK Dropping Challenge to ICC Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders Under New PM
Pro-Palestine groups lauded the move, but said Labour leaders must go further to end the UK’s complicity in genocide.
![Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0725-jd-vance-400x300.jpg)
Polls Show Vance Is Deeply Unpopular — Could the RNC Remove Him From the Ticket?
Some Republicans privately worry that Vance as the vice presidential nominee “doesn't add much” to Trump's chances.
![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/2024/07/2024_0725-gaza-hunger-400x300.jpg)
US Health Workers Back From Gaza Calculate Death Toll at 92,000 — at a Minimum
Epidemics and famine are raging across Gaza, they said, and at least 37,000 have already died of starvation.
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Sanders Rebukes Billionaire Effort to Get Harris to Dump Antitrust Champion Khan
Major Wall Street donors have mounted a push to oust the FTC chair over her crackdowns on corporate power.
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Elena Kagan: Supreme Court Should Have Enforcement Mechanism for Ethics Rules
Kagan suggested a panel of respected judges with “experience and a reputation for fairness” could enforce the rules.
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Jewish National Fund of Canada Has Its Charitable Status Revoked
The move marks a significant victory against apartheid, genocide and Palestinian dispossession.
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US Doctors Back From Gaza Push Kamala Harris, Joe and Jill Biden for a Ceasefire
An open letter from 45 US medical workers also demands an international arms embargo of Israel.
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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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![Fausto Limon looks at his bean plants, knowing they need more fertilizer, but lacking the money to buy it, in Veracruz, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/fausto06b-1-400x225.jpg)
US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico
Farmers are risking their lives to fight back against the US-owned factory farms that are destroying Mexico’s water.
![President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo looks on after a meeting with the business sector at Hotel Presidente Intercontinental on June 19, 2024, in Mexico City, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2158323455-400x225.jpg)
Can Mexico’s Leftist President-Elect Solve the Nation’s Water Crisis?
As mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum made the city’s water shortage her “main concern.”
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Scientists Discover Way to Destroy Harmful “Forever Chemicals” in Water Supply
New technology could help water utilities remove stubborn PFAS chemicals linked to cancer and other maladies.
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Despite Governor’s Tough Talk, Michigan Bottlers Still Extract Water for Free
Bottlers have avoided additional fees for removing groundwater, even though Gretchen Whitmer promoted the idea.