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![Donald Trump grimaces at a podium by his border wall](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1030-trump-wall-400x300.jpg)
Trump Doubled Down on Anti-Immigrant Speech — and Bounced Back in the Polls
The former president’s attempts to shift toward the political center this summer angered some far right supporters.
![A woman holding a sign reading "THERE ARE STILL BABIES IN MASS GRAVES; YOUR APOLOGY MEANS NOTHING #landback" is harassed by police](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1030-biden-genocide-schools-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Apology Energizes Push for Truth Commission on Indian Boarding Schools
A survivor of the boarding schools says the apology mattered, but it’s what happens next that truly “tells the tale.”
![The Ilulissat Icefjord, also known as Sermeq Kujalleq, is draining approximately 7% of Greenland's ice sheet in Ilulissat, Greenland, on June 21, 2024. This glacier, the largest outside of Antarctica, is calving enough ice daily to meet New York City's water needs for an entire year.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1030-glacier-400x300.jpg)
Greenhouse Gases Increased to Record High Levels in 2023 — Report
The Earth is set to experience “rising temperatures for many, many years to come,” one UN official said.
![A person holds a cardboard sign coverfed in plastic reading "KEEP ABORTION SAFE & LEGAL" during an outdoor protest in the rain](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1030-abortion-new-york-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Abortion Centers Campaign Against Abortion Ballot Measures in 10 States
Because anti-abortion centers often resemble medical clinics, people may not always know about their political agenda.
![This picture shows a car marked "Press" at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area where a number of journalists were located in the southern Lebanese village of Hasbaya on October 25, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1029-press-400x300.jpg)
Press Freedom Group Urges International Probe of Israel’s Journalist Killings
Gaza officials say Israel has killed at least 182 journalists over the past year of genocide.
![Mehdi Hasan attends Variety & Rolling Stone Truth Seekers Summit at Second on August 2, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1029-mehdi-hasan-400x300.jpg)
CNN Guest Spews Hate at Mehdi Hasan: “I Hope Your Beeper Doesn’t Go Off”
The conservative went on to suggest that Hasan is a “supporter of Hamas.”
![Sen. JD Vance speaks during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1029-jd-vance-400x300.jpg)
J.D. Vance Says He’s “So Over” Criticism of Racist Jokes Made During Trump Rally
Despite defending the comedian’s remarks, Vance dubiously claimed that he hadn't actually heard the joke in question.
![A member of the United Nations is checking the destruction at a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) that was previously hit by Israeli bombardment, in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1029-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Knesset’s Ban on UNRWA Slammed as Horrific, Violation of UN Charter
The bills, passed on Monday, are “nothing less than collective punishment,” said UNRWA’s leader.
![Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally Mirrors Shameful 1939 NYC Nazi Gathering](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/seg3-trumpandmsgfilm-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Madison Square Garden Rally Mirrors Shameful 1939 NYC Nazi Gathering
“The demagogues in 1939 used the same tactics that we see today,” says the director of a film about the 1939 Nazi rally.
![MIT students and faculty gather outside of the campus to protest the university's involvement with Israel and show support for Palestine on September 13, 2024, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/10/2024_1029-palestine-400x300.jpg)
Academics Have a Responsibility to Speak Out Against Palestine Repression
As universities crack down, academics must not let pro-Israel McCarthyism silence our public voices.