News Analysis | Human Rights ICJ Tells Israel to End Occupation of Palestinian Territories, Pay Reparations In an advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice reaffirmed the Palestinian right to self-determination. By Michel Moushabeck , Truthout July 19, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republicans Extra Confident That Trump Will Win After RNC — But Should They Be? Although a small bump in the polls for the GOP is expected, the convention is unlikely to move the needle for US voters. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 19, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Public Health Authorities Raise Alarm as Poliovirus Is Found in Gaza Sewage Combating any infectious diseases will present challenges for Gaza's largely destroyed health care system. By Edward Carver , CommonDreams July 19, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump’s RNC Speech Riddled With Lies, Xenophobia and False Claims of Unity Trump vowed to “launch the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” should he win the 2024 election. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 19, 2024 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan More than half of the more than 8 million borrowers who have enrolled in the program have a $0 monthly payment. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams July 19, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Global IT Outage Grounds Flights, Disrupts Health Care and Banking Reports of disruptions came in from around the world, including from the US, UK, India, Germany and the Netherlands. By Common Dreams Staff , CommonDreams July 19, 2024 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Exploitation of Chinese Immigrants Pervades the Marijuana Industry From unsafe working conditions to wage theft and assault, Chinese immigrant laborers suffer in Oklahoma and beyond. By Sebastian Rotella , Kirsten Berg , Garrett Yalch , Clifton Adcock , ProPublica/TheFrontier July 19, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor This Week’s RNC Highlighted the Right’s Strategy for Courting the Working Class Why did the president of the Teamsters speak at the Republican National Convention? It’s part of the far right’s plan. By Schuyler Mitchell , Truthout July 19, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights 230 Congressional Staffers Urge Lawmakers to Boycott Netanyahu Speech The letter represented staffers working across 122 Democratic and Republican offices on Capitol Hill. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 18, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Presidential Immunity Ruling and Project 2025 Pave Way for Trump’s Fascist State A second Trump presidency would target immigrants, civil rights, health, safety and efforts to end the climate crisis. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout July 18, 2024 Truthout