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“There is no alternative to a negotiated solution,” an Iranian foreign minister said. truthout.org/articles/iran-p…

Iran Pushes for A Negotiated End to War After Trump Rejects Ceasefire Proposal

“There is no alternative to a negotiated solution,” an Iranian foreign minister said.

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Nonviolence trainers are teaching voters and volunteers how to manage fear and assess risk. truthout.org/articles/stayin…

Staying Grounded in the Face of Voter Intimidation

Nonviolence trainers are teaching voters and volunteers how to manage fear and assess risk.

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Floridians pay some of the country’s highest property insurance premiums, averaging $4,200 to $5,700 a year. truthout.org/articles/florid…

Florida Homeowners Are Paying the Price of a Broken Disaster System

Floridians pay some of the country’s highest property insurance premiums, averaging $4,200 to $5,700 a year.

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I am being locked up 23 hours a day with no human interaction. I believe I am being punished for being transgender. truthout.org/articles/restri…

“Restrictive Housing” Is Wielded as Punishment Against Trans People in Prison

I am being locked up 23 hours a day with no human interaction. I believe I am being punished for being transgender.

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Organizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois. truthout.org/articles/incarc…

Incarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not “Trauma-Informed” Prisons

Organizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois.

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Abortion returns to ballots in Missouri and other states as voters and lawmakers reshape post-Roe policies. truthout.org/articles/missou…

Missouri’s Abortion Rights Face a Second Vote in Two Years

Abortion returns to ballots in Missouri and other states as voters and lawmakers reshape post-Roe policies.

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After weeks of legal battles, Missouri voters will cast November ballots in the districts used in the past two elections. truthout.org/articles/suprem…

Supreme Court Shuts Down Missouri’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map

After weeks of legal battles, Missouri voters will cast November ballots in the districts used in the past two elections.

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Israeli forces and settlers have damaged the area’s main water line five times since January. truthout.org/articles/israel…

Israeli Attacks on Water Leave Palestinians in Masafer Yatta Struggling to Survive

Israeli forces and settlers have damaged the area’s main water line five times since January.

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As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition. truthout.org/articles/the-mo…

The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum

As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.

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This week a judge dismissed all the charges brought against a group of Stanford students for occupying the university president’s office in June 2024 to protest Stanford’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.truthout.org/articles/pro-pa…

Pro-Palestine Stanford Students Celebrate Dismissal of Harsh Charges

All charges were dropped against the students, who could have faced prison for “conspiracy to trespass” and vandalism.

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The charges against the Stanford protesters were the most severe of any imposed on pro-Palestine student activists in the country. Had the charges not been dropped they could have faced prison for “conspiracy to trespass” and vandalism.
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The National Iranian American Council has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Trump’s ongoing war on Iran. The lawsuit asks the court to halt the U.S.’s military action against Iran and argues that Trump violated the Constitution’s war powers checks.truthout.org/articles/irania…

Iranian American Organization Sues Trump to Demand End to War on Iran

“Billions have been taken out of our pockets to wage an illegal war that has no end in sight,” one advocate said.

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A House Democrat has filed 26 articles of impeachment against Trump, calling him the “most impeachable president” in history and accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors ranging from Iran to his schemes to enrich himself and his allies while in office.truthout.org/articles/democr…

Democrat Files 26 Impeachment Articles Against Trump Over War, ICE, Corruption

“Trump is clearly the most impeachable President our country has ever endured,” Rep. Steve Cohen said.

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Involuntary psychiatric treatment is a cornerstone of Trump’s mental health policy, but years of research has found that court orders add no benefit over voluntary access to housing and community care, while causing significant harm to participants.truthout.org/articles/forced…

Forced Psychiatric Care Can Feel Like a “Forever Sentence,” Victims Say

Patients describe serious harms, including high coercion and a systematic lack of due process.

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Over 100 protesters were arrested near the UN ahead of Netanyahu’s speech to the General Assembly. Susan Sarandon, Elliot Page, Hannah Einbinder, Cynthia Nixon and other prominent figures attended the protest. truthout.org/video/over-100-…

Over 100 Protesters Arrested at Peaceful Sit-In Ahead of Netanyahu’s UN Speech

At least 104 people were arrested, including nine elected officials as well as congressional and other candidates.

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The sit-in, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, denounced Netanyahu for perpetrating a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, building more illegal settlements in the West Bank, occupying parts of Lebanon and bombing Iran alongside the United States.
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The DHS falsely claimed there were nearly 16,000 noncitizen residents registered to vote in Nevada, a number that dropped to 185, and finally to 0, just weeks after Trump cited the numbers to push a purge of several states’ voter rolls.truthout.org/articles/dhs-cl…

DHS Claim of 16,000 Noncitizen Voters in Nevada Falls to Zero After State Inquiry

“DHS has still not provided evidence” to back their claims, one state official noted.

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Nevada investigated the 185 names given by DHS and found that all of them were citizens. “Our records indicate that they were citizens. You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise,” Nevada Deputy Attorney General Greg Ott wrote in a letter to DHS.
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The errant number was part of a larger figure Trump cited during a campaign rally in July. Trump had claimed that, within four states alone (including Nevada), around 278,000 noncitizens had voted in the 2020 election.
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California voters will soon decide whether to tax billionaires — but even if a majority says yes, the measure could still lose to either of two billionaire-funded measures designed to cancel it out. truthout.org/articles/the-bi…

The Billionaire Tax Could Be Defeated by 2 Other Tax Measures — Here’s How

A billionaire-backed group aims to undermine California’s wealth tax and create multiple ways to defeat it.

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Recent polling shows slim majorities of likely voters support not just the wealth tax, Proposition 40, but also Propositions 41 and 42, the measures aimed at killing it, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.
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