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Here’s How the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates and Influences Higher Education
There are dozens of programs and even entire schools across the country funded by the fossil fuel industry.
![A picture taken in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 15, 2023, shows Israeli military bulldozers working in northern Gaza.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0905-israel-bulldozers-400x300.jpg)
Report: Israel Demolishing Nearly Everything in “Buffer Zone” Along Gaza Border
The “buffer zone,” in which Israel has destroyed most structures, encompasses 16 percent of the land area of Gaza.
![A Palestinian man stands in a devastated street near tyres set ablaze by youths in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on September 4, 2024, during an ongoing Israeli military raid.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0905-west-bank-400x300.jpg)
UN Warns of Israel’s “Lethal War-Like Tactics” in West Bank Amid Drone Strikes
Israeli forces have torn up over 70 percent of Jenin’s roads and have cut off water access from 80 percent of the city.
![Free food is distributed to residents in need at a weekly food bank at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Brooklyn on February 28, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0905-food-pantry-400x300.jpg)
Advocates Urge Action as US Food Insecurity Reaches Its Highest Levels in Years
A new USDA report reveals that about 13.5 percent of US households struggled to access enough food in 2023.
![A migrant family seeking asylum is escorted to a patrol vehicle while being apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border protection officers after crossing over into the U.S. on June 25, 2024, in Ruby, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0905-border-400x300.jpg)
Biden WH Considers Making Temporary Asylum Rule Changes More Permanent
“This is a shameful moment,” one immigrant rights group said of the potential changes to the asylum rule.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters alongside Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0905-netanyahu-400x300.jpg)
Report: Netanyahu Nixed Deal in July to Release 3 Hostages Recently Found Dead
A growing chorus of inside sources say Netanyahu is sidelining the lives of hostages to continue the genocide.
![Students and residents commemorate those who lost their lives by laying flowers near the scene of a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0905-georgia-shooting-400x300.jpg)
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump React to School Shooting in Georgia
Four people — two teachers and two students — were killed by a 14-year-old student of the school.
![Newly appointed Prime minister Michel Barnier arrives to attend the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on September 5, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0905-france-400x300.jpg)
Macron’s Naming of Right-Wing PM Is Affront to Democracy, Says Left Coalition
The French president rejected the candidate put up by the coalition that won the most seats in parliamentary elections.
![A vigil is held outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office the day before Oscar Bermudes was scheduled to be deported back to El Salvador after 20 years of living in the U.S. with his family, in Newark, New Jersey, on June 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/WhatsApp-Image-2024-09-05-at-10.56.40-AM-400x300.jpg)
As Immigration Policy Shifts Rightward, Families Like Mine Are Being Torn Apart
My first thought when I wake up and my last thought every night is how to keep my dad from being deported.
![Students speak after lessons at their tent school, in which their teacher Alaa Abu Mustafa, whose house was destroyed in the Israeli army's attacks, gives them education in Khan Younis, Gaza, on September 3, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0905-gaza-k-400x300.jpg)
Largest City in Maine Becomes Fourth in US to Adopt Israel Divestment Resolution
Portland lawmakers voted unanimously to divest public funds from “all entities complicit” in Israel's assault on Gaza.