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![A health worker marks the finger of a Palestinian child vaccinated against polio in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on September 1, 2024, amid Israel's ongoing war on Gaza.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0902-Polio-Gaza-400x300.jpg)
Israel Bombs Shelter, Killing 11 as Polio Vaccination Effort Begins
The attack comes at the start of three days of localized humanitarian pauses to allow aid workers to vaccinate children.
![A protester holds a sign that reads "This Is Fascism" amid a general strike in Israel](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0902-Israel-General-Strike-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Court Orders End to General Strike Protesting Netanyahu’s Cabinet
The strike followed Israel's refusal of a ceasefire deal after the recovery of six bodies of Israeli hostages in Gaza.
![Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien speaks during a rally with workers and union members as part of an “Amazon Teamsters Day of Solidarity” in support of the unionization and collective bargaining of Amazon delivery drivers at the Teamsters Local 848 on August 29, 2024, in Long Beach, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0830-Amazon-Teamsters-400x300.jpg)
What Could the ALU’s Affiliation With Teamsters Mean for Labor?
As the Amazon union begins to affiliate with Teamsters, questions remain about strategy and worker well-being.
![Close-up of a woman in distress covering her face in her hands](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0830-abuse-400x300.jpg)
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.