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![Manal Tamimi protests against settler-only roads in 2013 in Nabi Saleh, Palestine. The Israeli military denies Palestinians free use of these roads that are built on stolen land.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0728-palestine-400x300.jpg)
In the Face of Israel’s Violence, Being a Good Parent Means Fighting Colonialism
Parents living under settler-colonial violence are repeatedly robbed of their capacity to protect their children.
![Burma Executes Four Activists as Resistance to Military Government Grows Since 2021 Coup](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/seg2-burma-400x300.jpg)
Myanmar Executes Four Activists as Resistance to Military Government Grows
Human rights activists are sounding the alarm after the military junta executed four men who opposed last year's coup.
![People gather for a rally protesting rent hikes at City Hall Park on April 28, 2022, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/GettyImages-1394256764-400x300.jpg)
Amid Eviction Crisis, Organizers Win Right to Legal Representation for Tenants
A right to counsel in eviction cases exerts an outsize impact as an intervention in housing injustice.
![Elizabeth Blaney, right, with Union de Vecinos in the LA Tenants Union, chants with others as they listen to speakers talk about living unhoused from the steps of Los Angeles City Hall on May 19, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0719-eviction-400x300.jpg)
Facing Eviction? Here’s How We Turn Rent Debts Into Leverage for Change.
Let’s build collective tenant power to target the corporate landlords who see housing only as a profit-generating asset.
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During Biden’s Israel Visit, Palestinians Urge US to Reverse Embassy Plans
Biden reaffirmed his support for Israel despite growing disapproval -- including among members of the Democratic Party.
![Activists take inventory of donated foods while others stand and talk during a Day of Solidarity event at the DeKalb County Court House on April 3, 2021, in Auburn, Indiana.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0708-mutual-aid-400x300.jpg)
Mutual Aid Groups That Arose During COVID Gather to Build Power Regionally
Durable mutual aid networks prioritize building relationships around anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist values.
![A demonstration in Granada in support of rights for the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara on December 12, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-1230084934-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Nominee for Peace Board Is a Prominent Supporter of Human Rights Abuses
United States Institute of Peace board nominee Edward Gabriel is a longtime lobbyist for the Moroccan government.
![Mourners attend a memorial ceremony for Shireen Abu Akleh, to mark the 40th day of the killing of the Al Jazeera journalist, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 19, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0624-shireen-abu-akleh-400x300.jpg)
UN Human Rights Office Confirms Israeli Forces Killed Shireen Abu Akleh
“Perpetrators must be held to account,” said a spokesperson for the UN high commissioner for human rights.
![As Afghanistan Earthquake Death Toll Rises, US Sanctions Limit International Aid](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/SEG1-quake-3-400x300.jpg)
As Afghanistan Earthquake Death Toll Rises, US Sanctions Limit International Aid
More than 1,000 people have died in the earthquake. Meanwhile, nearly half of Afghanistan’s people face acute hunger.
![Stella Morris, wife of Julian Assange, speaks during a protest outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, England, on April 20, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0621-julian-assange-protest-400x300.jpg)
Julian Assange Is Enduring Unbearable Persecution for Exposing US War Crimes
The extradition, trial and conviction of Assange would have frightening ramifications for investigative journalism.