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![U.S. and Philippine troops take part in joint army-to-army drills between the U.S. and the Philippines, on August 9, 2024, in Laur, Nueva Ecija province, Philippines.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1011-philippines-400x300.jpg)
US Militarism Remains Front and Center for Many Filipino Voters in 2024
The war machine enables authoritarianism in the Philippines and genocide in Gaza at the expense of our needs at home.
![Cars are flooded in an apartment complex after the arrival of Hurricane Milton on October 10, 2024, in Clearwater, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1011-flooding-400x300.jpg)
Hurricane Season Has Revealed the Right’s New Climate Denial Playbook
As extreme weather becomes more frequent, fascist hoaxes and conspiracies are increasingly emerging as explanations.
![Section of lead pipe that supplied drinking water to a Campbell Ave. home is removed on May 20, 2024, in Troy, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2177634784-400x300.jpg)
The EPA Is Mandating Removal of Lead Pipes. What Will Replace Them?
The new rule is a step in the right direction, but cost-cutting could lead to a different kind of toxicity.
![Everywhere you look in Aya Nashwan’s hometown of Rafah is a sea of tents. Thankfully, Ashwan and her family are able to live in her in-laws’ house in Deir al-Balah, in the middle of the Strip. Twenty people are living in that one house.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/photo-2-shelters-1-400x300.jpg)
I Gave Birth During Genocide, Into a World I No Longer Know
My child is 8 months old. Surviving the genocide in Gaza is the only life he knows. I fight every day to keep him alive.
![A man with stands at an electric voting machine](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1009-voting-florida-400x300.jpg)
The GOP Is Engaged in an Eleventh-Hour Effort to Change Mail-In Voting Rules
The GOP’s lawsuits against mail-in voting could pave the way for vote suppression and election denial in swing states.
![Demonstrators rally in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Lebanon in Times Square on October 5, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176078535-400x300.jpg)
Movement Media Are Fighting for Palestinian Liberation and Against Censorship
One year into Israel’s genocide in Gaza and colonial expansion, media that tell the truth face censorship or worse.
![Demonstrators from Jewish Voice for Peace protest Israel's genocidal war on Gaza at the Cannon House Office Building on July 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2162567436-400x300.jpg)
As a Rabbi, Taking Direct Action Against Genocide Is Part of My Sacred Practice
As I observe the High Holidays, I join with the grassroots movement of Jews who are recommitting to resisting genocide.
![Palestinian families arrive in Gaza City after evacuating their homes in the Jabalia area after the Israeli army ordered people to evacuate the area north of Gaza, on October 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176160269-400x300.jpg)
A Single Day of Genocide Would Be Too Much. What Then When It Lasts a Year?
Israel and the US have spent 365 days trying normalize civilian slaughter. We must fight for another future.
![Shot in June 2023, this photo shows Abdallah Aljazzar’s brother Nour just after graduation from police college. Nour is shown among family members and friends at a celebration party. Abdallah has not seen Nour since May 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/photo-4-400x300.jpg)
View From Gaza: This War Has Broken Me in Ways I Didn’t Think Possible
I’ve lost 60 family members in the last year, and I struggle to process how quickly everything has changed.
![New York City Mayor Eric Adams participates in the annual Veterans Day Parade on November 11, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1004-eric-adams-400x300.jpg)
Eric Adams Allegedly Took Bribes to Erase the Genocide That Killed My Ancestors
The mayor’s silence on the Armenian genocide mirrors his refusal to condemn Israel’s genocide in Gaza.