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![Brig. Gen. William Rogers, director of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate and Air Force program executive officer for ICBMs, speaks during a leadership ceremony at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, on August 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/240827-F-OD616-1005-400x300.jpg)
Costly Replacement of ICBMs With Sentinel Missiles Increases Risk of Nuclear War
Many of our unmet needs as US citizens are due in part to the cost of the US nuclear arsenal.
![Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, South Sakota, is seen on March 27, 2011.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/5591065014_8f04102533_k-400x300.jpg)
Native Higher Ed May Be Shortchanged $250 Million Per Year by Congress
Many colleges in Indigenous communities have major infrastructural problems because they cannot afford maintenance.
![A member of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force searches a flood-damaged property with a search canine in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on October 4, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2176737224-400x300.jpg)
FEMA Workers Told to Flee North Carolina After Threats From “Armed Militias”
MAGA's “lies have real world consequences,” Carolina Forward, a North Caroline-based think tank, said.
![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.
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Doctors at Hospital in Gaza Refugee Camp Besieged by Israel Refuse to Evacuate
“We will not leave our patients behind us,” Dr. Mohammed Salha, acting director of Al-Awda Hospital in Jabaliya, said.
![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.
![A nurse checks vitals from a Navajo Indian woman complaining of virus symptoms, at a COVID-19 testing center at the Navajo Nation town of Monument Valley in Arizona on May 21, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1214464135-400x300.jpg)
The Lack of Native Doctors Has Deadly Consequences. We Can Fix It.
Increased access to scholarships and other funding is crucial to improving Native representation in medicine and beyond.
![Chief Arvol Looking Horse, of the Sioux Tribe, delivers a prayer during the rally in front of the United States Supreme Court on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol, on December 7, 2015.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-500318714-scaled-e1728915344378-400x300.jpg)
Indigenous Sovereignty Is Under Attack as Supreme Court Bends Rules for Settlers
In the past 30 years, Indigenous tribes and tribal interests have lost two-thirds of all Supreme Court cases.
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Protests Surge as Governments Support Genocide and Climate Catastrophy
As violence escalates in Gaza and Lebanon, protests against government support for genocide grow worldwide.
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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.