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Undocumented Abuse Survivors Face Long Waits for Insufficient VAWA Aid
Since processing times have increased, some lawyers have seen survivors drop their cases altogether out of desperation.
![Jimmy Carter signs the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 on October 24, 1978.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0830-jimmy-carter-airline-deregulation-400x300.jpg)
Neoliberal Policies Associated With Reaganomics Actually Started With Carter
Historian David N. Gibbs, author of “The Revolt of the Rich,” says we mustn’t whitewash President Carter’s record.
![Elmwood Taco and Subs (ETS) workers take part in an unfair labor practice strike in December 2023 in front of ETS in Buffalo, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0830-IMG_2581jpg-400x300.jpg)
Union Busting in Buffalo Continues — But Restaurant Workers Are Fighting Back
Elmwood Taco and Subs faces community boycott and NLRB scrutiny as workers seek justice against anti-union retaliation.
![Culex pipiens, a common mosquito species, is seen through the microscope of Matthew Vanderpool, environmental health specialist and entomologist for the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness on August 25, 2021, in Louisville, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1234866907-400x300.jpg)
How Climate Change Spread This Deadly Mosquito-Borne Illness to the US Northeast
Eastern equine encephalitis, a rare mosquito-borne disease, has been spreading as temperatures rise.
![Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh attend a gathering in Gaza City, Palestine, on May 1, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-675591262-400x300.jpg)
What Does the Change in Hamas Leadership Actually Mean for Palestine?
Western reporting on Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh reduces them to shallow types — reality is much more complicated.
![A projection is seen as activists from the Population Connection Action Fund project a message onto the Trump International Hotel, to protest the Global Gag Rule which bans health care providers that receive U.S. global health aid from referring, providing or discussing abortion with their patients, during a demonstration in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1087690226-400x300.jpg)
The Right’s Anti-Abortion Agenda Could Have Impacts Around the World
If implemented, Project 2025 would reinstate the infamous Global Gag Rule blocking discussion of abortion.
![Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 2024 Joyful Warriors National Summit on August 30, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2169527520-400x300.jpg)
Trump Confirms He’s Voting to Keep Florida’s 6-Week Abortion Ban in Place
After dodging questions last month, Trump said he opposes a ballot measure that would block pre-viability abortion bans.
![A Palestinian inspects a destroyed car that was bombed by Israeli forces, during a raid near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestine, on August 28, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2168114423-400x300.jpg)
The Violent “Othering” of Palestinians Has Political Roots
Anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and political racism overlap in othering of Palestinians, says Palestinian scholar Yasmeen Daher.
![A Palestinian man walks on a street torn up by bulldozers during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Palestine, on September 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2168981680-1-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Built an Economy Fueled by Genocide at Home and Abroad
With the help of the US, Israel exports instruments of oppression abroad, while testing them against Palestinians.
![An activist holds a poster as hundreds of activists, allies and members of the transgender community gather at Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park in Old Strathcona, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1976890445-400x300.jpg)
Project 2025’s Anti-Trans Agenda Would Endanger Families Across the US
The vision for Trump’s second term would seek to expand draconian anti-trans policies, particularly targeting children.