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![A person holds a sign reading "TRANS STUDENTS DESERVE RESPECT" during an outdoor demonstration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1009-trans-students-400x300.jpg)
Trans Youth Impacted by Anti-LGBTQ Laws Share Their Stories in New Book
“American Teenager” gives a platform to eight trans teens whose lives were upended by anti-trans laws in the US.
![A man with stands at an electric voting machine](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1009-voting-florida-400x300.jpg)
The GOP Is Engaged in an Eleventh-Hour Effort to Change Mail-In Voting Rules
The GOP’s lawsuits against mail-in voting could pave the way for vote suppression and election denial in swing states.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders during the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on September 27, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1008-netanyahu-u-400x300.jpg)
Netanyahu Openly Threatens Lebanese Civilians With Violence “Like Gaza”
The Israeli prime minister openly threatened to escalate Israel’s campaign of mass killing in Lebanon.
![Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1008-brett-kavanaugh-400x300.jpg)
FBI Never Followed Up on Tip Line Reports Over Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Claims
The FBI forwarded thousands of tips about Kavanaugh to the White House, where they weren't followed up on.
![Smoke rises from a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike as journalists and local residents visit during a press tour on October 2, 2024, in Beirut, Lebanon.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1008-lebanon-p-400x300.jpg)
WHO: Disease Outbreaks Imminent in Lebanon With Over 1M Displaced by Israel
All of Lebanon’s over 900 shelters are full, officials have said, with 1.2 million displaced by Israel’s assault.
![A woman walks past a crater where a collapsed building stood following an overnight Israeli air strike on the neighbourhood of Kafaat in Beirut's southern suburbs, on October 7, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1008-lebanon-400x300.jpg)
Biden Officials Say Ceasefire Talks Are Suspended as Harris Names Iran Top Enemy
The U.S. has reportedly all but given up on a ceasefire proposal it put forth just two weeks ago.
![Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Dodge County airport in Juneau, Wisconsin, on October 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1008-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Report: Trump’s Policies Would Raise Taxes — Except for the Top 5 Percent
The average middle class worker would see a $1,500 increase on their taxes if Trump's economic policies become reality.
![Workers prepare to pick peaches from the last crop of the season off the trees at Pearson Farm on July 24, 2023, in Fort Valley, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1008-georgia-farmworkers-400x300.jpg)
Hit Hard by Hurricane Helene, Georgia’s Farmworkers Struggle to Get Aid
With homes destroyed and income gone, undocumented and migrant workers are overlooked when it comes to federal relief.
![A child waits for her mother to vote at Evergreen Mills Elementary School on November 2, 2021, in Leesburg, Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024-1008-polls-400x300.jpg)
Will Child Care Campaign Promises Turn Out Traditionally Nonvoting Single Moms?
Organizations are working to lower barriers for caregivers in a political system that has ignored them.
![Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 79th General Debate of the UN General Assembly on September 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1008-netanyahu-400x300.jpg)
Former Israeli PM “Suspects” Netanyahu Wants to Drag US Into War With Iran
The remarks come amid growing concern the Israeli military could be preparing to bomb Iran’s nuclear energy facilities.