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![Pictures of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh are displayed inside the news channel's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 9, 2023](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1253575483-400x300.jpg)
Israel Raids and Shuts Down Al Jazeera’s Bureau in the West Bank
The raid follows a similar one on Al Jazeera's East Jerusalem base of operations in May.
![Union members react as Aerospace Machinists District 751 President Jon Holden (out of frame) announces that union members rejected a proposed Boeing contract and will go on strike, following voting results at their union hall in Seattle, Washington, on September 12, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2170865140-400x300.jpg)
The Pro-Palestine Student Movement Should Unite With the Boeing Workers’ Strike
Boeing is one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers and defense contractors aiding the genocide in Palestine.
![Floodwater fills a neighborhood as Hurricane Francine moves in on September 11, 2024, in Dulac, Louisiana.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2171388219-400x300.jpg)
Louisiana’s Black Rural Residents Feel Neglected in Wake of Hurricane Francine
Rural communities have the hardest time accessing aid from government recovery programs.
![Activists rally outside the State Capitol in support of abortion rights in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 14, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1240668969-400x300.jpg)
It’s Not on the Ballot, But Abortion Is Driving Voting Conversation in Georgia
The galvanizing potential for Georgia voters who oppose the six-week ban has not been lost on state lawmakers.
![Farmhand Adrian Gonzalez works in a field of newly planted alfalfa in California’s Imperial Valley. The valley depends solely on the Colorado River for its surface water supply.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1454412825-400x300.jpg)
Corporations Plunder US West’s Water Amid Worst Drought in 1,200 Years
Profiteering companies are lining up to buy water rights in the western US as the water supply dwindles.
![Voting booths in Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Lansing, Michigan, during the statewide primary on August 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2165915734-400x300.jpg)
Report: GOP “Election Deniers” Are in Position to Disrupt the 2024 Vote Tally
Researchers identified 102 election administrators across eight swing states who cast doubt on 2020 election results.
![Advocates with T1International hold a vigil on September 5, 2019, outside of Eli Lilly’s offices in New York City, honoring those who have lost their lives due to the high cost of insulin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1166231674-400x300.jpg)
Federal Trade Commission Sues Big Pharma Middlemen for Inflating Insulin Prices
Some health care advocates hope this is just the beginning and that decision makers will go even further in the future.
![People gather near a crater caused by an Israeli air raid attack in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on September 20, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2172421282-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Minister of Education Suggests Lebanon Will Be “Annihilated”
Meanwhile, UN officials urgently call for a Lebanon ceasefire as the Middle East is on the “brink of catastrophe.”
![Elon Musk attends a symposium on fighting antisemitism in Krakow, Poland, on January 22, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1963458442-400x300.jpg)
The Far Right Is Creating Emblematic Narratives for People to Latch Onto
Elon Musk's amplifying of dehumanizing lies suggests a willingness to stoke violence to shape electoral outcomes.
![The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation won a $32 million grant for a novel solar energy project in Washington State in February, but the project is being held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1550450800-400x300.jpg)
Yakama Nation’s $32 Million in Federal Solar Funds Could Expire Due to Red Tape
The Department of Energy is making it nearly impossible for the tribal nation to access the money.