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![People march in the New York Pride Parade on June 26, 2022 in New York City, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1405431130-400x300.jpg)
The End of Federal Abortion Rights Hurt LGBTQ Parents, New Study Reveals
Roe v. Wade's overturn upended relationships, family planning and the mental health of queer women and nonbinary people.
![Defense Department Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder holds a press briefing at the Pentagon on October 1, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2175952123-400x300.jpg)
US Deploys 100 Troops to Israel as Latter Prepares to Attack Iran
The U.S. currently has some 40,000 soldiers stationed across the Middle East.
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Oklahoma Spends Millions on Bibles for Schools, Sparking Civil Rights Investigation
Critics argue it violates church-state separation and harms students' rights.
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Protests Grow as Corporate-Backed Biomass Projects Threaten Forests and Communities
Communities and activists push back against biomass projects promoted as “clean energy.”
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US Silent as Over 100 Nations Back UN Chief
Nations worldwide are backing U.N. chief Guterres after Israel declared him “persona non grata.”
![International-Matex Tank Terminals in the historic Black community of Elkinsville in St. Rose, Louisiana, as seen on September 8, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/P9081109-400x300.jpg)
Carbon Capture Means More Pollution for Black Communities in Cancer Alley
The existing racial injustices of the petrochemical industry are being expanded in the name of fighting climate change.
![Andre Hanna, a local pharmacist, carries Narcan in Long Beach, California, on June 15, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1498744387-1-400x300.jpg)
Colorado’s Naloxone Fund Is Drying Up, Even as Opioid Lawsuits Bring in Millions
Harm reduction advocates say the money earned from settlements should be used to help prevent more overdose deaths.
![A photo album lies in the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the Ras al-Nabaa district on October 11, 2024, in Beirut, Lebanon.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2177950919-400x300.jpg)
Israel Used US-Supplied Bomb in Beirut Strike That Killed at Least 22
The strike hit an apartment complex in the densely populated Basta neighborhood.
![Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks at a rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center on October 11, 2024, in Aurora, Colorado.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2177235175-400x300.jpg)
Trump Pledges to Use Law Behind Japanese Internment to Conduct Mass Deportations
Trump's rhetoric in Colorado built on the anti-immigrant lies his campaign spread about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio.
![Iraq's forward #17 Ali Jasim and Palestine's defender #07 Musab Batat vie for the ball during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification football match between Iraq and Palestine at Basra International Stadium in Basra, Iraq, on October 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2177086184-400x300.jpg)
Amid Genocide, Palestine Attempts to Qualify for Its First World Cup
FIFA has joined the long list of international bodies unwilling to sanction Israel.