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Refusing to Certify Elections Isn’t About Fairness. It’s Aimed at Sowing Doubt.
New rules in Georgia are worrisome but safeguards prevent rogue election officials from refusing to certify the results.
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From Weapons to Fossil Fuels — 10 Firms Control $50 Trillion of Global Wealth
A new book, “Titans of Capital,” shows how the 0.05 percent concentrate wealth by investing in industries of mass death.
![From left to right: Malaika Wangara, Linda Brown Bragg, Carole Gregory Clemmon, Alice Walker, Mari Evans, Gloria Oden, June Jordan, Marion Alexander, Margaret Danner, Audre Lorde and Margaret Goss Burrough, participants of The Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival standing in a garden.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1394053977-400x300.jpg)
New Biography Opens a Portal Into the Life and Work of Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde may be gone, but her legacy lives on through her students, says author Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
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Watch the Speech the DNC Wouldn’t Allow on Stage
Georgia state Rep. Ruwa Romman would have been the first Palestinian to ever address the Democratic National Convention.
![Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on July 31, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0823-jerome-powell-400x300.jpg)
Interest Rate Cuts Now Could Help Workers. But That’s Not Who the Fed Serves.
Progressive economist Gerald Epstein says the Fed is more sensitive to the needs of the wealthy few than the rest of us.
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Doctor Recounts Treating Patients in Gaza Injured in US-Enabled Massacres
Tanya Haj-Hassan joins demands for Palestinian voices to be allowed to address the DNC onstage.
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Doubts Grow Over Blinken’s Claims on Ceasefire Talks as Gaza Overlooked at DNC
Human rights lawyer Zaha Hassan says US policy essentially incentivizes Israel to refuse compromise in the talks.
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Trump Was Never a “Moderate” on Foreign Policy
Neither presidential candidate offers a fundamental break from the US foreign policy status quo.
![Activists face off with police in riot gear as they clear out a park during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0820-chicago-f-400x300.jpg)
Chicago Organizers Remind Us That Movement Building Happens Outside the DNC
From a pivotal teachers’ strike to a surprising mayoral victory, a mass movement has transformed the city.
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First-Ever DNC Panel on Palestinian Rights Asks: Will Dems Take Urgent Action?
The panel was the result of persistent grassroots organizing against US support for Israel’s assault on Gaza.