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![Hundreds of thousands of people have borrowed money from Exeter Finance to pay for their used cars. Consumers like Don Weaver, pictured, have found themselves saddled with unmanageable interest.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-auto-lending-400x300.jpg)
Customers of Top Auto Lender Have Been Devastated by Hidden Costs
Exeter, which specializes in subprime lending, makes more money on loans that default than on ones paid on time.
![Former President Donald Trump reacts as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the first presidential debate at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Calls for Entire ABC News Network to Be Fired Over His Disastrous Debate
Focus groups and polls conducted after Trump's debate with Harris show that most voters think she won.
![Committee chairman Sen. Ron Wyden speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 8, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-ron-wyden-400x300.jpg)
US Could Fully Fund Social Security by Targeting Wealthy Tax Dodgers, Wyden Says
“The ultra-wealthy are avoiding nearly $2 trillion in taxes every 10 years,” Sen. Ron Wyden said during a hearing.
![Activists participate in a protest against the proposed Cop City being built in an Atlanta forest on March 9, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-cop-city-400x300.jpg)
As “Cop Cities” Spread to Nearly Every State, Activists Are Pushing Back
Over the last five years, over 80 multimillion-dollar Cop City-like facilities have quietly rolled out across the US.
![Banner image for Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast, with guests M Adams and Montague Simmons and host Kelly Hayes.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-movement-memos-400x300.jpg)
“Our Power Is Where We Choose One Another”: Abolitionists Discuss Our Moment
“We are on the precipice of something big,” says Movement for Black Lives organizer M Adams.
![Philadelphia Police disperse a Palestinian solidarity demonstration while officers arrest some demonstrators as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump square off in their first debate on September 10, 2024, in Philadelphia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0912-police-400x300.jpg)
Police Want to Repress Palestine Solidarity — We Must Not Do Their Work for Them
The Palestine solidarity movement must reject the state’s divide-and-conquer tactics.
![Civil defense teams and civilians carry out search and rescue operations from the rubbles after an Israeli attack at the school of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on September 11, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0911-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Israel Kills 18 in School Bombing in Second Attack on Gaza “Safe Zone” in 2 Days
Six UNRWA employees were killed, making it the single deadliest attack on the agency since the genocide began.
![Democratic congressional candidate from Delaware Sarah McBride hugs Delaware State Treasurer Colleen Davis during a press conference on the steps of Delaware Legislative Hall on March, 4 2024, in Dover, Delaware.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0911-sarah-mcbride-400x300.jpg)
Democrat Sarah McBride Wins Delaware House Primary
The seat is considered a safe one for Democrats, meaning McBride is highly likely to win the election in November.
![A child receives a vaccination for polio at a make-shift camp for people displaced by conflict in a school run by the UNRWA in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 5, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/09/2024_0911-polio-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Tanks, Bulldozer Attack UN Convoy En Route to Support Polio Vaccination
Soldiers held UN workers at gunpoint, slammed into the convoy and dumped debris on one of the cars.
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Trump’s Debate Message to White Voters Was to Fear People of Color, Scholar Says
Racism underlies the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, says professor Carol Anderson.