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EPA Claims No Obligation to Regulate PFAS in Farmland Sewage Sludge
The EPA seeks to dismiss a lawsuit over toxic PFAS contamination in sewage sludge used as fertilizer.
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How Does Israel Justify Mass Killings? It Starts in the Schools.
Palestinian history and geography are absent from Israeli schoolbooks, scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan says.
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The Gun Industry Is Beginning to Lose Immunity From the Violence It Fuels
Criminalization will never solve gun violence. To stop the carnage, we must start holding gun manufacturers accountable.
![Elizabeth Cloinger holds an empty pill bottle that she hasnt refilled since losing Medicaid due to a work requirement, on March 22, 2019, in Marianna, Arkansas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1180809232-400x300.jpg)
Work Requirements and Red Tape Complicate Georgia’s Medicaid Expansion Program
Georgia is the only state that requires certain Medicaid beneficiaries to work to get coverage.
![A new natural gas well site under construction in seen in the background of George Wherry's farm in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, on September 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2170850227-400x300.jpg)
Fracking Company Is Selected to Receive Federal Environmental Justice Funding
CNX Resources has committed over 2,000 environmental violations since 2004.
![A demonstrator raises an Israeli national flag smeared with red paint as others block traffic on a main road during an anti-government protest in front of the Israeli defense ministry in Tel Aviv, on September 13, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2170871785-400x300.jpg)
Man Self-Immolates Outside Boston Israeli Consulate in Protest of Gaza Genocide
“We are all culpable,” Matt Nelson said before lighting himself on fire. This is the third such incident in a year.
![Pictured is the Illinois Carbon Capture and Storage 2 injection well east of Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois. It is part of the project that captures CO2 emissions from the nearby Archer Daniels Midland Co. plant in Decatur.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/carbon-capture-and-storage-2-injection-well-east-of-richland-community-college-in-decatur-illinois-400x300.jpg)
Leak at CO2 Injection Facility Raises Alarm Over Dangers of Carbon Capture Tech
Environmental advocates say the technology offers a false climate solution while also endangering frontline communities.
![Hajime White, exhausted from planning and executing a ceremony for mothers and their young children, snuggles with her grandson at the Warren Housing Authority on March 23, 2024, in Warren, Arkansas. Arkansas had the highest known rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. from 2018 to 2020, according to the CDC. Hajime White is one of the state's few Black doulas who works to help moms/babies in her area.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2167904843-400x300.jpg)
What Would It Mean If the Harris Campaign Centered Black Women’s Health?
Black women are bedrock of the Democratic Party. What would it look like if their needs and lives were made central too?
![This illustration photo taken in Washington, D.C., on September 10, 2024, shows U.S. singer Taylor Swift's Instagram post endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and addressing AI images shared by Donald Trump falsely claiming Swift's endorsement.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2170590144-400x300.jpg)
As Election Day Nears, AI Deepfakes Are Spreading — and Facing Little Oversight
Watchdogs want more than the current patchwork of regulations governing artificial media created to mislead the public.
![Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State, attends the NATO Women, Peace, and Security Reception during the 75th NATO Summit at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C, on July 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0913-blinken-400x300.jpg)
Blinken Echoes Israel’s Unverified Claims About Strike That Killed 6 UN Workers
Israel’s claim that it targeted Hamas members in the Gaza “safe” zone reveals its “logic of genocide,” a UN expert said.