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![United State Postal Service processing clerk Debby Cheng at the U.S. Post Office Sorting and Delivery Center in Hicksville, New York, on October 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2177980061-400x300.jpg)
USPS Overhaul Threatens to Dismantle National Postal Service
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s modernization plan may cost thousands of jobs and slow mail across the country.
![Cows graze in a field at a dairy farm on April 26, 2024, in Petaluma, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2150341563-400x300.jpg)
California Ballot Measure Could Provide National Model for Factory Farm Bans
Sonoma County is considering Measure J, a novel law that would cap the number of animals allowed on a farm.
![Voters head into a polling location to cast their ballots on the last day of early voting for the 2024 election on November 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2181595277-400x300.jpg)
Right-Wing Activists Are Pushing States to Use Their Voter Roll Purging Software
The software programs empower self-appointed activist “election investigators” to attempt to knock voters off the rolls.
![Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (right) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries attend a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill on September 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1102-house-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Have Edge in Swing House Races, According to Election Forecasters
Democrats are running strong challengers in a handful of districts that could swing control of the House.
![Woman wrapped in blanket checks a thermometer to see if she's sick](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1102-sick-leave-400x300.jpg)
Paid Sick Leave Is on the Ballot in 3 States
The measures have received broad support, though not from the meatpacking plants whose workers stand to gain the most.
![Residents line up to vote at the Stamford Government Center on the first day of early voting on October 21, 2024, in Stamford, Connecticut.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1102-voting-400x300.jpg)
Voting Experts Fear Post-Election Chaos But Tout Resilience of Electoral System
Trump is expected to declare victory regardless of the results and blame the system if he loses.
![Laurene Powell Jobs, Founder and Chair of Emerson Collective, introduces Vice President Kamala Harris at the In Her Hands launch event at the InterContinental Los Angeles on June 7, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1102-jobs-400x300.jpg)
Billionaires Who Aim to “Disrupt” Education May Get a Chance Even If Trump Loses
One of Harris’s biggest donors and closest confidants is a billionaire for whom education “disruption” is a core cause.
![President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1101-netanyahu-biden-400x300.jpg)
Tlaib, Bush: Biden’s Deployment of US Troops to Israel Violates the Constitution
“The Executive Branch cannot continue to ignore the law without Congressional intervention,” they warned.
![Republican vice presidential nominee, Sen. J.D. Vance speaks during a campaign rally at the Elite Jet at Contact Aviation facility on October 24, 2024, in Waterford, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1101-jd-vance-400x300.jpg)
Vance Falsely Claims That Teens Are Pretending to Be Trans to Get Into College
The GOP has made false, anti-trans statements a key talking point this election cycle.
![People pass outside the U.S. Supreme Court on October 7, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1101-scotus-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Case on Trans Youth Could Impact Health Care for All Americans
If the court rules to keep the ban on gender-affirming care in place, the consequences could be wide-reaching.