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Trump’s Instinct After Being Shot Was to Incite His Followers to “Fight”
A growing right-wing consensus has been quick to blame Trump’s critics for the shooting.
![The Ash Street Jail in New Bedford, Massachusetts, believed to be the oldest continuously operating jail in the country, pictured on February 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2035575150-400x300.jpg)
Massachusetts’ Proposed Prison Moratorium Is a First Step Toward Abolition
A bill to halt the construction of new prisons and jails provides a way forward for decarceration.
![Michael Broadway, who died on June 19 at Stateville Correctional Center, excelled at educating himself in prison, graduating with a degree from Northwestern University. In this photo, taken at Stateville’s study hall in summer 2022, Broadway (left) stands with fellow student Michael Simmons.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/DSC08858-2-400x300.jpg)
I Watched My Neighbor Die a Preventable Death Due to Scorching Heat in Prison
Breathing was hard for all of us in the heat. I screamed for help when he collapsed but it didn’t come soon enough.
![President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference at the close of the 75th NATO Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-biden-2-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Refusal to Step Down Could Spell Disaster for Down-Ballot Democrats
Polls suggest Biden’s candidacy could shred Democrats’ hopes of retaining the Senate and winning control of the House.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Liacouras Center on June 22, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0709-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Claims Ignorance on Project 2025 But Can’t Run From His Agenda 47 Plan
As Democrats squabble over their nominee, Trump and his acolytes know exactly what they will do if he wins.
![People wave the Antifascist and French flags at an outdoor rally](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-france-election-400x300.jpg)
France Just Showed the Secret to Beating the Far Right — a United Left
France’s centrists had to ally with a powerful left coalition to halt the far right’s fiercest challenge yet.
![A protester chants while holding aloft the Palestinian flag](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-florida-palestine-400x300.jpg)
We Must Fight Repression With Solidarity — Not by Replicating Carceral Logic
A new tool helps activists think through the material impacts of the language we use to talk about protest and backlash.
![Jane McAlevey speaks into a microphone](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0708-jane-mcalevey-400x300.jpg)
Labor Movement Commemorates the Life of Union Organizer Jane McAlevey
McAlevey, who passed away on Sunday, continued to organize, teach and write nearly to the end.
![People gather to watch the partial solar eclipse from Brooklyn Public Library on April 8, 2024, in Brooklyn, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2147650163-400x300.jpg)
Public Libraries Are Essential Resources — and They’re More Threatened Than Ever
Our libraries are already combating inequality, we need to make sure they have the funds to keep doing it.
![Inmates sing as Helen Sinclair, a 98-year-old volunteer prison chaplain known as Queen Mother, helps lead in a church service on February 10, 2019, at the Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1129218201-400x300.jpg)
Volunteers Play a Key Role in Breaking Down the Patterns That Enable Prisons
During my decades behind bars, I’ve watched community volunteers help fight the invisibilization that props prisons up.