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Protests Grow as Corporate-Backed Biomass Projects Threaten Forests and Communities
Communities and activists push back against biomass projects promoted as “clean energy.”
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US Silent as Over 100 Nations Back UN Chief
Nations worldwide are backing U.N. chief Guterres after Israel declared him “persona non grata.”
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Carbon Capture Means More Pollution for Black Communities in Cancer Alley
The existing racial injustices of the petrochemical industry are being expanded in the name of fighting climate change.
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Chalking Bans and ID Checks at Protests Repress Palestine Solidarity on Campus
Many new forms of campus repression are stifling Palestine solidarity organizing.
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Acclaimed Palestinian Journalist Motaz Azaiza on Photographing Genocide in Gaza
For the first 108 days of Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza, Azaiza risked his life to show the world what was happening.
![Andre Hanna, a local pharmacist, carries Narcan in Long Beach, California, on June 15, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-1498744387-1-400x300.jpg)
Colorado’s Naloxone Fund Is Drying Up, Even as Opioid Lawsuits Bring in Millions
Harm reduction advocates say the money earned from settlements should be used to help prevent more overdose deaths.
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Israel Used US-Supplied Bomb in Beirut Strike That Killed at Least 22
The strike hit an apartment complex in the densely populated Basta neighborhood.
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Trump Pledges to Use Law Behind Japanese Internment to Conduct Mass Deportations
Trump's rhetoric in Colorado built on the anti-immigrant lies his campaign spread about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio.
![Iraq's forward #17 Ali Jasim and Palestine's defender #07 Musab Batat vie for the ball during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian qualification football match between Iraq and Palestine at Basra International Stadium in Basra, Iraq, on October 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2177086184-400x300.jpg)
Amid Genocide, Palestine Attempts to Qualify for Its First World Cup
FIFA has joined the long list of international bodies unwilling to sanction Israel.
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“People Love to Vote for a Raise”: Red States Gear Up for Minimum Wage Vote
Missouri, Alaska and Nebraska are voting on ballot measures that could raise wages for nearly a million workers.