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Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Jailed for War Crimes Against Iraqi Civilians
The White House described the former Blackwater mercenaries as veterans with “a long history of service to the nation."
![Ronel Remy, an organizer with City Life / Vida Urbana, speaks during a "Rally to Stop Evictions and Foreclosures" at the Brewer Fountain in Boston on October 11, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1229051363-400x300.jpg)
Activists Are Mobilizing to Create an Eviction-Free United States
Tenants are mobilizing to cancel rent, stop evictions and demand construction and maintenance of affordable housing.
![Newly-elected Oakland City Council member Carroll Fife speaks to a rally in Oakland, calling for cancelling rents. Aja, the daughter of Dominique Walker, stands beside her.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/dnb2020oaklandrentdemo-01-400x300.jpg)
Cancel the Rent: A Rising National Rent Strike Movement Gains Momentum
In the absence of help from Congress, rent strikes have become a widespread response to brutal economic pressure.
![A protester holds a placard during a candle lit vigil to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers in London on December 17, 2014.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1216-sex-work-is-work-400x300.jpg)
Ending Violence Against Sex Workers Means Abolishing Police and Prisons
On the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, let’s commit to building a world free of policing.
![Demonstrators protest federal executions of death row inmates, in front of the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/12/GettyImages-1230051366-scaled-e1607788961966-400x300.jpg)
The Trump Administration Has Gone on an Underreported Execution Spree
Under Trump, the U.S. has restarted federal executions and reinstated the use of the electric chair and firing squads.
![Maricopa County constable Lenny McCloskey knocks on an apartment door before evicting tenants for non-payment of rent on October 6, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1279352111-400x300.jpg)
A Prosecutor Called Jail Time for Renters Who Fall Behind “Cruel.” He Got Fired.
An Arkansas prosecutor has been fired after speaking out against the state's criminal eviction statute.
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on as he meets with civil society leaders in Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 18, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1229662537-400x300.jpg)
Pompeo Embraced Israeli Settlements, But Democrats Also Paved the Way for It
Mike Pompeo’s embrace of Israel’s illegal settlements built on decades of bipartisan support for Israeli expansionism.
![A sign marks the explosion of the atomic bomb test at the Trinity Site, New Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/2020_1115-trinity-site-400x300.jpg)
75 Years Later, Victims of Nuclear Bomb Tests on US Soil Still Seek Justice
U.S. nuclear tests have caused serious health issues to generations of New Mexico residents who remain uncompensated.
![Activists from the Guantanamo Justice Campaign, a group calling for the U.S. to close its Guantanamo Bay prison camp, and for the British government to lobby the United States to this end, demonstrate in orange detainee jumpsuits outside the Houses of Parliament in London.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/11/GettyImages-1200368107-400x300.jpg)
Guantánamo Prisoners Sent to UAE Risk Forced Expulsion, Secret Detention
Human rights observers are concerned by the role the United Arab Emirates is playing in facilitating U.S. abuses.
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Intersex Activists Push Hospitals to Ditch Nonconsensual Surgeries on Children
While intersex activism has existed for decades, the past few years have seen a series of historic victories.