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![Amid an increasing drought, maize plants and cob are seen on dry ground in a field close to the village of Tortel, south-east of Budapest, Hungary, on August 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2164355599-400x300.jpg)
1 in 11 People Went Hungry in 2023. The Climate Crisis Is Partially to Blame.
Rising global temperatures are driving spiraling hunger and food insecurity.
![Yurok program outreach services manager Annelia Hillman picks fresh vegetables from a community garden on the Klamath River on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, in Weitchpec, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1712260642-400x300.jpg)
How Indigenous Land Reclamation Is Helping Heal California’s Klamath River
Dam removal and Yurok land management is helping the ecosystem adapt to the changing climate.
![Committee chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders shakes hands with long COVID patient Nicole Heim as he arrives for a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing titled "Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care" on January 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1935287868-400x300.jpg)
Sanders Unveils “Moonshot” Bill to Fund Research Into Long COVID
The bill would offer $1 billion per year to support studies, treatments and expansion of care for US patients.
![Low angle view of barbed wire atop fence with cloudy sky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1323897904-400x300.jpg)
Journalists Must Report on Prisons — But We Need to Protect Incarcerated Sources
Incarcerated people risk harsh reprisal when they speak out about the abuses they face. We must protect them.
![Former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a keynote speech on the third day of the Bitcoin 2024 conference at Music City Center on July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2163284613-400x300.jpg)
Why Are More Tech Leaders Pivoting to Trump? Follow the Crypto.
Crypto may well be the most salient factor in Silicon Valley elite’s new willingness to endorse the right.
![Palestinians return to their homes after the withdrawal of Israeli army from the eastern Khan Yunis, Gaza, on July 30, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0802-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Gaza Has 14 Times More Debris Than Total Created in All Conflicts Since 2008
This is a staggering amount of debris concentrated in a region that’s one-sixteenth of the size of New York City.
![Lebanese civil defence workers extinguish a fire following an Israeli air raid on the town of Shamaa (Chamaa) in southern Lebanon on August 1, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0802-lebanon-400x300.jpg)
Don’t Believe the Rampant Disinformation Over Israel’s Escalation in Lebanon
The US is misrepresenting the strike on Majdal Shams and even the geography and political status of where it took place.
![Rep. Cori Bush leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus about the candidacy of President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Committee on July 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0802-cori-bush-400x300.jpg)
Bush’s Infrastructure Bill Vote Criticized by Opponent and Amplified by AIPAC
With the August 6 primary imminent, the likelihood of progressive Cori Bush returning to Congress is in doubt.
![Palestinian living in the area inspect the rubbles of the destroyed school building following an Israeli attack on Haditha School, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on July 28, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0802-gaza-school-400x300.jpg)
Israel Has Damaged or Destroyed 85 Percent of Schools in Gaza
Israel’s siege of Gaza “is destroying the present and the future of Palestinian children,” UNRWA said.
![Montana state flags and USA flag billowing over blue sky](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0802-montana-400x300.jpg)
Montana Proposes Obstacles for Abortion Clinics Ahead of Vote to Protect Access
Abortion rights advocates call such rules “TRAP” laws, which stands for targeted restrictions on abortion providers.