News | Environment & Health EPA Claims No Obligation to Regulate PFAS in Farmland Sewage Sludge The EPA seeks to dismiss a lawsuit over toxic PFAS contamination in sewage sludge used as fertilizer. By Shannon Kelleher , TheNewLede September 15, 2024 Truthout
Interview | Education & Youth How Does Israel Justify Mass Killings? It Starts in the Schools. Palestinian history and geography are absent from Israeli schoolbooks, scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan says. By George Yancy , Truthout September 15, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing The Gun Industry Is Beginning to Lose Immunity From the Violence It Fuels Criminalization will never solve gun violence. To stop the carnage, we must start holding gun manufacturers accountable. By Schuyler Mitchell , Truthout September 15, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Work Requirements and Red Tape Complicate Georgia’s Medicaid Expansion Program Georgia is the only state that requires certain Medicaid beneficiaries to work to get coverage. By Renuka Rayasam & Sam Whitehead , KFFHealthNews September 14, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Fracking Company Is Selected to Receive Federal Environmental Justice Funding CNX Resources has committed over 2,000 environmental violations since 2004. By Kristina Marusic , EnvironmentalHealthNews September 14, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Man Self-Immolates Outside Boston Israeli Consulate in Protest of Gaza Genocide “We are all culpable,” Matt Nelson said before lighting himself on fire. This is the third such incident in a year. By Michael Arria , Mondoweiss September 14, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Leak at CO2 Injection Facility Raises Alarm Over Dangers of Carbon Capture Tech Environmental advocates say the technology offers a false climate solution while also endangering frontline communities. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 14, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice What Would It Mean If the Harris Campaign Centered Black Women’s Health? Black women are bedrock of the Democratic Party. What would it look like if their needs and lives were made central too? By Nicholas Powers , Truthout September 14, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections As Election Day Nears, AI Deepfakes Are Spreading — and Facing Little Oversight Watchdogs want more than the current patchwork of regulations governing artificial media created to mislead the public. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 14, 2024 Truthout
News | Human Rights Blinken Echoes Israel’s Unverified Claims About Strike That Killed 6 UN Workers Israel’s claim that it targeted Hamas members in the Gaza “safe” zone reveals its “logic of genocide,” a UN expert said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout September 13, 2024 Truthout