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![In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers (right), F-22 fighter jets and South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets (bottom) fly over South Korea Peninsula during a joint air drill on February 1, 2023 at an undisclosed location in South Korea.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0629-F22-400x300.jpg)
The Nearly $1 Trillion US Military Budget Doesn’t Provide Safety, Only Profit
Diverting that money to jobs, health care and the climate would make us far safer.
![U.S. President Joe Biden participates in the CNN Presidential Debate against Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0629-Joe-Biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Offered No Alternative to Trump’s Pro-Policing Authoritarianism in Debate
Biden did not put forth a progressive or convincing counterweight to Trump’s xenophobic and authoritarian tirades.
![Joe Biden speaks at a podium as supporters stand behind him](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0626-biden-immigration-400x300.jpg)
Don’t Let Biden’s Latest Protections Excuse His Rightward Lurch on Immigration
Biden's recent order offers no fundamental change to the right-wing agenda on immigration that has become the norm.
![A lone protester holds a Palestinian flag on a University campus](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0626-nc-protester-400x300.jpg)
North Carolina GOP Is Trying to Corner Prosecutors Into Charging Protesters
The new proposal is yet another disturbing development in the criminalization of dissent that has swept across the US.
![Executive Chairman of Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, Eric Schmidt speaks during a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) conference November 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-eric-schmidt-400x300.jpg)
Silicon Valley Rushes Toward Automated Warfare That Deeply Incorporates AI
We can’t let those who will profit most from its unbridled application make the rules for how AI should be used.
![President Joe Biden speaks during an event hosted by the Democratic National Committee at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on October 18, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0625-restore-roe-400x300.jpg)
Democrats’ Support for Israel Is Weakening the Reproductive Rights Movement
Reproductive justice is not compatible with imperialism, militarism and colonialism.
![People hold signs reading "KEEP ABORTION LEGAL" and "SAFE ABORTION IS A HUMAN RIGHT" during a protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Cort building](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0624-scotus-protest-400x300.jpg)
2 Years After the End of “Roe,” We Must Demand More Than Its Restoration
The struggle for reproductive justice is about more than legal rights — it’s about bodily autonomy and access to care.
![Protesters wave Palestinian flags and chant on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House during a demonstration against the genocide in Gaza on June 8, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2156054220-400x300.jpg)
Palestine Has Reignited US Left Internationalism. Can We Keep the Fire Alive?
Today’s ceasefire movement builds on the internationalism of the 1960s and ’70s.
![French President Emmanuel Macron waits for a bilateral meeting during the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation at the French Foreign Ministry on June 20, 2024, at the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris, France.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2157816289-400x300.jpg)
After Macron’s Gamble in France, History Is Repeating Itself
The French left is making the same wager it did before fascism gripped Europe. What will happen as the center collapses?
![A group of marchers holds a banner that reads, "No Pride In Genocide" during the 2024 WeHo Pride Parade on June 2, 2024, in West Hollywood, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2155965308-400x300.jpg)
Queer Activists Are Making BDS a Key Question of Pride This Year
LGBTQ people are pushing Pride events to reject pinkwashing, endorse BDS and show solidarity with Palestine.