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![Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee joins fellow governors for a press conference along the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border to discuss Operation Lone Star and border concerns on February 4, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0509-bill-lee-400x300.jpg)
Tennessee Law Will Force Schools to Out Trans Students to Their Parents
“This law does not protect children and schools should not be forced to put children in danger,” an LGBTQ advocate said.
![Pro-Palestinian demonstrators celebrate after raising the Palestinian flag outside Lisner Hall as they rally on the campus of George Washington University on May 2, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0509-campus-protest-400x300.jpg)
Campus Protests Are Fighting Militarism and Corporatization at Home and Abroad
Student protesters know the fight for Palestinian freedom requires resisting militarization and fascism at home.
![A janitor cleans a floor with a mop, in silhouette.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0508-janitor-400x300.jpg)
US Company Fined $649K for Illegally Hiring Children to Clean Slaughterhouses
“For too long this industry has evaded basic legal oversight,” a legal scholar told Truthout.
![Activists from the Interuniversity and Popular Assembly in Solidarity with the People of Palestine erect a tent in front of the Rectory Tower of the National Autonomous University of Mexico as part of a camp to protest Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip and demand from the authorities the breaking of academic, political and economic relations between Mexico and Israel, in Mexico City on May 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0507-pro-palestine-encampment-400x300.jpg)
University Students in Mexico Launch Gaza Solidarity Encampment, Call for BDS
In demanding divestment from Israel, students in Mexico City build on a vibrant history of activism at their university.
![Sarah Huckabee Sanders, then-nominee for governor of Arkansas, speaks during the America First Agenda Summit, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on July 26, 2022m in Washington, D,C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0506-huckabee-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Conservative States Say They Won’t Comply With Rule Against Trans Discrimination
Biden “needs to ensure that states follow through in compliance with the law,” said an LGBTQ advocate.
![A group of human rights activists hold a rally and a protest outside the White House to demand that the charges against the Tampa 5 be dropped, in Washington, D.C., on July 12, 2023. The Tampa 5 are five activists facing felony charges after being brutalized by police for protesting against the removal of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on campus.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1529125080-400x300.jpg)
Meet the Campus Leaders Fighting Back Against Right-Wing Anti-DEI Crackdowns
Resistance is mounting among students, faculty and staff to the extreme anti-DEI laws in states like Florida and Texas.
![Police react while pro-Palestinian students stand their ground after police breached their encampment at the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, early on May 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0503-pro-p-400x300.jpg)
Journalists Covering Campus Antiwar Protests Must Be Safeguarded, CPJ Says
Student journalists “must be allowed to cover campus protests without fearing for their safety,” the group said.
![Students rally at the University of Florida to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza, on April 24, 2024, in Gainesville, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0502-fl-400x300.jpg)
2,000 Campus Protesters for Gaza Have Been Arrested. Momentum’s Only Building.
Students nationwide face harsh repression from university administrators and the police, but they’re not backing down.
![Police face off with pro-Palestinian students after destroying part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, on May 2, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0502-student-protest-a-400x300.jpg)
Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters Are Enacting the Highest Ideals of Education
Universities have largely abandoned their educational mission in relation to Gaza. Students are filling the vacuum.
![Pro-Israel counter-protesters lay siege on a Gaza solidarity encampment at UCLA with fireworks in Los Angeles, California, on May 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0501-ucla-encampment-seige-400x300.jpg)
Pro-Israel Mob Attacks Students in Violent Assault on Encampment at UCLA
Campus security stood aside as the mob unleashed bricks, fireworks and pepper spray, organizers said.