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2 days ago | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Samantha Borek |Juan Gonzalez |Juan González

As Gaza faces over three months of Israeli blockade, a group of 12 activists is sailing to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. The Madleen ship was launched by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition and initially planned to sail from Malta last month, but the group’s ship was damaged in a drone attack. The new mission includes the renowned Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who speaks with Democracy Now! live from the Madleen.

2 days ago | truthout.org | Chris Walker

The Trump administration’s rule change will create “fear and confusion” at hospitals across the country, critics noted.

2 days ago | truthout.org | Marianne Dhenin |Merula Furtado

On May 30, the Trump administration released its most comprehensive look yet at its proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The proposal heightened concerns that the disability community and advocacy groups have voiced in recent months regarding the administration’s plan to eliminate the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and related grant programs.

3 days ago | truthout.org | Jake Johnson

Israeli forces fired on dozens of people, including children, near a privatized aid distribution site in southern Gaza.

3 days ago | truthout.org | Derek Seidman |Merula Furtado

Part of the Series Challenging the Corporate University A shining light within the U.S. labor movement over the past several years has been the rising wave of unionization and militancy among graduate workers, whose labor helps prop up the entire system of U.S. higher education. Tens of thousands of graduate workers have unionized over the past half-decade at institutions like Stanford, UChicago, MIT, Duke, Minnesota, and many more.