News | Human Rights Israeli Forces Dropped 2,000-Pound Bombs on Gaza “Safe Zone,” Killing 90 At least one of the eight 2,000-pound bombs used in the massacre was made in the US. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 16, 2024 Truthout
News | War & Peace Israel Ramps Up Massacres in Gaza as Media Focuses on Presidential Horse Race Israeli forces have massacred nearly 60 people in the Gaza Strip over just the past 24 hours. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 16, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights GOP Speakers at First Night of RNC Attack Transgender Youth “The language of hate has an emotional cost,” said Fair Wisconsin Executive Director Abigail Swetz. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 16, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Hundreds March Against GOP in Milwaukee During First Day of RNC “We want to stand with Palestine, and we want peace and justice,” one participant in the march said. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 16, 2024 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Arizona’s “Model” School Voucher Program Is Causing Massive Budget Meltdown The state is facing a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of it due to a tax-funded private school voucher program. By Eli Hager , ProPublica July 16, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Unions Slam “Billionaire” Trump-Vance Ticket as Working-Class “Nightmare” J.D. Vance has opposed congressional efforts to strengthen organizing rights and has raked in donations from the elites. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams July 16, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Israel Has “Flattened” UNRWA HQ in Gaza in “Blatant” War Crime, Agency Says “Another episode in the blatant disregard of international humanitarian law,” said the head of UNRWA. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 15, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Transgender Floridians Are Being Denied Updated Birth Certificates Without public notice or a new law, residents face an opaque process that seems designed to reject all applicants. By Orion Rummler , The19th July 15, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Chooses J.D. Vance, Who Once Called Trump “America’s Hitler,” as His VP The Ohio senator is known to many as a political opportunist who has cozied up to racists and the wealthy. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 15, 2024 Truthout
News Analysis | LGBTQ Rights Trump’s Alternative to Project 2025, “Agenda 47,” Is Also Extreme and Anti-LGBTQ Trump is trying to woo moderate voters, but his policy platform is also a far right attack on queerness in public life. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout July 15, 2024 Truthout