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![Seen through a window, President Joe Biden speaks during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Calls on Nation to “Lower the Temperature” in Aftermath of Trump Shooting
Biden acknowledged several examples of political violence over the past few years, including some incited by Trump.
![A voter checks in before casting a primary ballot at a polling place in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 12, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2071889607-400x300.jpg)
New Georgia Law Opens Door to Partisan Purging of Voter Rolls
The law allows challenges that will disenfranchise voters and prevent election workers from doing their jobs.
![A Baytown resident wears a sticker that reads Exxon is not a good neighbor as residents spoke during formal public comments about the Exxon Mobil Corporations Baytown Olefins Plant on February 5, 2024, in Baytown, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1993004569-400x300.jpg)
Big Oil Is Pulling Out All the Stops to Block Lawsuits Demanding Accountability
Fossil fuel corporations are teaming up with far right activists to hide their climate deception and block lawsuits.
![Sen. J.D. Vance speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 2, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_07-13-jd-vance-cpac-400x300.jpg)
Republicans Immediately Seize on Trump Rally Shooting to Incite More Violence
Comments blaming Biden and the left for the shooting could lay the groundwork for crackdowns on critics of the right.
![A Palestinian woman reacts over the corpse of a family member in front of the morgue of the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on July 13, 2024, one of the health establishments to which casualties were rushed after an Israeli strike killed at least 90 people at the Al-Mawasi camp.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2161226806-400x300.jpg)
Survivors Describe Horror as Israel Massacres 90 Palestinians in “Safe Zone”
“What a life we ​​live ... that we have to see the dismembered bodies of our siblings and families fly over our heads.”Â
![The Ash Street Jail in New Bedford, Massachusetts, believed to be the oldest continuously operating jail in the country, pictured on February 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2035575150-400x300.jpg)
Massachusetts’ Proposed Prison Moratorium Is a First Step Toward Abolition
A bill to halt the construction of new prisons and jails provides a way forward for decarceration.
![A digital illustration of a cartoonist drawing the Palestinian flag as she's loomed over by two large, shadowy figures in suits, both of them stretching red tape across the composition and holding it to her neck in a threatening manner.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-palestine-censorship2-400x300.jpg)
Israel Faces No Apparent Red Line, But Pro-Palestinian Media Workers Do
Western journalists have faced retaliation following expressions of support, or even concern, for the people of Gaza.
![President Joe Biden checks his watch as he steps out onto the balcony of the White House to view the fireworks over the National Mall during a 4th of July event on the South Lawn of the White House, on July 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2159970215-400x300.jpg)
How Long Do Democrats Have Left to Replace Biden on the Ballot?
Let's talk about when Biden's presidential candidacy passes the point of no return.
![An aerial view of the Whinstone U.S. Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on October 9, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1235926785-3-400x300.jpg)
Crypto Mining Is Creating an Environmental Crisis for Black Texas Communities
Energy companies plan to build new fossil fuel plants in communities of color to meet the demands of crypto mining.
![Raul (Junior) Nunez milks Holstein cows at Frank Konyn Dairy Inc., on April 16, 2020, in Escondido, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1210114335-2-400x300.jpg)
Finland Is Offering Farmworkers Bird Flu Shots. Should the US Be Following Suit?
As this year's bird flu threatens to spread, some experts criticize the CDC's hesitance to vaccinate high risk workers.