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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.
![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.
![U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden participate in a group photo with NATO Allies and partners on the South Lawn of the White House on July 10, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2161548655-400x300.jpg)
Can Anyone Still Convince Biden to Step Aside?
The future of Biden’s candidacy has never been more uncertain.
![Eklas Omar Kafi, 24, has her arm measured for a malnutrition checkup at the medical center in the Tiamushro camp for internally displaced persons in Kadugli, South Kordofan State, on June 17, 2024. More than 10 million people have been displaced within Sudan, according to figures released on June 11, 2024, by the International Organization for Migration.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0711-sudan-400x300.jpg)
From Regional Uprisings to Reactionary Regimes: How Sudan Relates to Palestine
Leaders of Sudan’s counterrevolutionary forces have expressed affinity with Israel and have used Israeli-made weapons.
![People who are watching the proceedings are escorted past a security gate at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0711-scotus-400x300.jpg)
Recent SCOTUS Rulings Leave People Open to Unfettered Abuse by Big Corporations
Legal experts warn the court has decimated the government's ability to protect workers and consumers through regulation.
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The Supreme Court Is Demolishing Decades of Precedent on Workers’ Rights
A flurry of Supreme Court rulings this term has undermined workers and underscored the court’s anti-union agenda.
![Members of the National Education Association Staff Organization participated in a picket line outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center from July 4 to July 7, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0709-neaso-400x300.jpg)
Why Did the National Education Association Just Lock Out Its Own Staffers?
The US’s largest labor union has retaliated against the three-day strike of its 350 staff members.
![Christopher Rufo, a right wing activist and New College of Florida trustee, walks through protestors on his way out of a bill signing event featuring Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who signed three education bills on the campus of New College of Florida in Sarasota, Florida, on Monday, May 15, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1255159223.jpg)
Inside the Right-Wing Network Trying to Dismantle Higher Education
A new paper lays out the coalition of far right billionaires and think tanks behind the national assault on education.
![Newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits to the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran, on July 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2160351076-400x300.jpg)
Reformist Pezeshkian Wins Iran’s Presidential Election — What Comes Next?
Pezeshkian's presidency could be an opening for progressive forces within Iran — and for the US to back away from war.
![Shanita Jefferson talks about her mother at a Families for Justice as Healing rally led by formerly incarcerated and directly impacted women and girls in support of Angela Jefferson's motion for a new trial outside Suffolk County District Attorneys Office in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 18, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1235968675-400x300.jpg)
Several States Are Building New Women’s Prisons — Can They Be Stopped?
Organizers across the country are working to halt the expansion of the carceral system.