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![Thousands of pro-Palestine Americans march from Bryant Park to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Headquarters in New York City, led by labor unions calling for a ceasefire on December 21, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-1865835783-400x300.jpg)
Labor Raises Collective Voice Against Genocide in National Network for Ceasefire
Workers in Gaza “need us to push back through our unions” to demand an arms embargo, union leader Mark Dimondstein said.
![Activists pass out emergency contraception to party-goers while campaigning with Vote for Abortion outside of Maya Dayclub on Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2156315606.jpg)
These Are the 10 States Where Abortion Rights Are on the Ballot
Despite attempts to undermine them, ballot measures have been a key tool of the reproductive rights movement.
![Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to reporters about the resignation of United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the U.S. Capitol on July 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2162526726-400x300.jpg)
House GOP Is Threatening Government Shutdown to Force Through a Voter ID Measure
The measure would force voters to show proof of citizenship, despite evidence that noncitizen voting is extremely rare.
![Palestinians inspect the completely destroyed city center of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, Palestine, after a 10-day deadly operation that left much of the infrastructure and many homes in ruins, on September 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2169932177-400x300.jpg)
Palestinians Recount Terror and Destruction of 10-Day Israeli Incursion in Jenin
Israeli forces withdrew from the West Bank city Friday, leaving behind demolished infrastructure and dozens dead.
![Aircraft are seen being stored at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on May 12, 2015, in Tucson, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-473476350-400x300.jpg)
Remote Southwest Communities Resist Dangerous Combat Flight Training Expansion
Increased military flight trainings would have dire environmental and public health effects in Arizona and New Mexico.
![Displaced Palestinians react among their tents which have been destroyed under Israeli attacks in the yard of Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al Balah, Gaza on September 05, 2024. 4 people were killed and many people were injured.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_09-06-gaza-children-400x300.jpg)
UN Expert Warns Israel on Track to Exterminate Nearly Entire Gaza Population
“Once the dust settles, I can’t imagine how the world will go on after having allowed that. Again,” Albanese said.
![Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, left, poses for photos with Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance, before making remarks to a crowd during an event on August 21, 2024, in Asheboro, North Carolina, at the North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0906-trump-vance-400x300.jpg)
Trump and Vance Offer Incoherent, Baffling Responses to Questions on Child Care
One observer called Trump's meandering response to the question “incoherent gibberish.”
![An exterior view of The Heritage Foundation building on July 30, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2163945840-400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 and GOP Agenda Would Increase Poverty and Wealth Gap, Experts Say
A new report finds GOP policies would exacerbate hardship in order to give tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations.
![Israeli soldiers face Palestinian protesters in the town of Beita, West Bank, on August 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0906-idf-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Forces Kill 26-Year-Old American, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, in West Bank
An Israeli soldier reportedly shot the American activist in the head during a protest against Israeli settlements.
![Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris looks on during a campaign rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 5 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2169375979-400x300.jpg)
Poll: Endorsing Israel Arms Embargo Would Boost Harris’s Support to 49 Percent
A majority of Democratic voters say the Gaza crisis is either very or somewhat important in determining how they vote.