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  • "Kings and Pawns": Howard Bryant on What Jackie Robinson & Paul Robeson Reveal About America

    Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death on January 23, 1976. The actor, singer, athlete and scholar was once famous around the world, but he was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by the government for his political beliefs. Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers star who had integrated the all-white major baseball leagues, was hailed as a national hero in 1949 for testifying against Robeson before the House Un-American Activities Committee associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy. For more, we speak with sports journalist Howard Bryant, author of the new book Kings and Pawns that looks at how Robeson and Robinson’s paths intertwined at the height of the McCarthy era. “History writes people out of the story, and it’s […]

  • ICE Out of Minnesota: Unions & Churches Lead Economic Blackout in "Day of Truth and Freedom"

    Hundreds of businesses in Minnesota have closed for the day as part of an economic blackout to protest the surge of ICE agents into the state. Organizers of the strike include faith leaders and unions, who are encouraging people to stay home from work, school and shopping. Kieran Knutson, president of the Communications Workers of America Local 7250, says the strike comes “after weeks of living under the heavy weight of this racist campaign of terror by ICE agents” in the Twin Cities area. “Nothing runs without the working class in this country, and today we’re going to show our power.”

  • Nekima Levy Armstrong Jailed After Protesting ICE Official Who Also Serves as Pastor in St. Paul

    The Justice Department said Thursday that it had arrested three people in Minnesota who interrupted a church service in St. Paul to protest a pastor’s role as a local ICE official. The activists involved in the protest now face charges under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, a law written to protect abortion clinics. One of the arrestees, civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, had her appearance digitally altered in a photo posted online by the White House to make it look like she was crying while handcuffed. Her attorney, Jordan Kushner, tells Democracy Now! that Justice Department officials refused to let Levy Armstrong turn herself in, instead demanding an arrest at the hotel where she was staying. “This was their […]

  • "Emperor" Trump's So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance

    As President Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, his son-in-law Jared Kushner presented his vision of turning the Gaza Strip into an upscale seaside resort with gleaming skyscrapers and entirely new cities. The proposal is said to require an investment of at least $25 billion, and Kushner’s presentation showed a map of the besieged territory divided into different zones. This all comes as Palestinians in Gaza struggle to survive with little food or shelter amid ongoing Israeli restrictions on aid. “It’s hard to take these people seriously. I mean, they’re buffoonish. But the problem is, is that they control the largest military and economy in […]

  • Headlines for January 23, 2026

    Economic Blackout: Businesses Close for Day in Minnesota to Protest ICE Crackdown, Minnesota Activists Arrested for Anti-ICE Church Protest; White House Posts Doctored Photo, Outrage Grows over ICE Detaining 5-Year-Old Liam Ramos, Seven Democrats Back Spending Bill to Fund DHS & ICE, Israel Kills 4 in Gaza as Kushner Lays Out Plan for Turning Gaza into Seaside Resort, Russia, Ukraine & U.S. Negotiators Hold Trilateral Talks in Abu Dhabi, WSJ: U.S. Seeks Cuban Collaborators to Help Topple Government, Public Health Advocates Decry U.S. Leaving World Health Organization, Trump Orders Review of All Federal Funding Going to Democratic-Led States, Ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith: Not Holding Trump Accountable for Trying to Steal Election […]

Fair Observer

  • China Watch: China’s Rise and the New Multipolar Global Order

    “New Beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” — Lao Zi, fifth century BCE Over the last decade, the American and European architects of the rules-based global order disabled it step by step, believing they would lose their centuries-old political dominance in competition with China. More recently formed entities and forums, such as BRICS and… Continue reading China Watch: China’s Rise and the New Multipolar Global Order The post China Watch: China’s Rise and the New Multipolar Global Order appeared first on Fair Observer.

  • AI Helps Us Decode Elite Evasion at Davos

    In a Reuters article with the title, “World order changing, not rupturing, finance chiefs say,” readers who are paying attention will understand that the most meaningful word or expression in the title was not  “world order,” “changing” or “rupturing,” but the verb “say.” If you ask the average alert citizen about their expectations when consulting… Continue reading AI Helps Us Decode Elite Evasion at Davos The post AI Helps Us Decode Elite Evasion at Davos appeared first on Fair Observer.

  • The Millisecond Meridian: Governing Finance Beyond the Speed of Thought

    Global financial markets now operate at speeds that generally tend to exceed conventional human ability. With the use of automated trading systems, cross-asset hedging models and AI-driven execution tools, most intraday movements have created a new category of systemic risk; instability produced not by leverage or illiquidity, but by velocity itself. What once unfolded over… Continue reading The Millisecond Meridian: Governing Finance Beyond the Speed of Thought The post The Millisecond Meridian: Governing Finance Beyond the Speed of Thought appeared first on Fair Observer.

Anthropocene

Black Agenda Report

  • Black Agenda Radio January 23, 2026

    In this week’s segment, we cover state repression and regime change efforts. While the corporate media parroted state narratives about a popular uprising in Iran, all evidence indicates that recent violence resulted from a U.S. and Israeli attempt at regime change. But we begin in Minnesota, […]

  • ICE Domestic Repression in Minnesota

    Mnar Adley is the founder and director of MintPress News, an independent media outlet. She joins us from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Donald Trump's ICE enforcement is used as domestic police repression against the entire population, but particularly against people of color.

  • U.S. and Israel Attempt Regime Change Against Iran

    Nina Farnia is an assistant professor at Albany Law School in New York. She is a legal historian, focusing on the role of modern imperialism in U.S. law and politics, and a member of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective. Nina Farnia joins us from Albany to discuss violence in Iran which was […]

The Guardian

  • Trump says ‘we’re reviewing everything’ after Minneapolis killing as Republicans join calls for investigation – US politics live

    President signals to Wall Street Journal that he would eventually withdraw ICE agents, though did not give a timeframeTwo federal judges in Minnesota will weigh cases today that could impact Donald Trump’s surge of federal agents in Minneapolis.One case that will be heard in Minneapolis federal court directly challenges the legality of this deployment. Two US citizens have been killed this month during the controversial immigration enforcement operation.On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis resident and American citizen was executed on the streets of Minneapolis by ICE agents.This fundraiser is intended to support the loved ones he leaves behind with immediate and ongoing needs. Because details are still unfolding, and […]

  • Fraud focus: why is Trump granting clemency to convicted fraudsters?

    Pardons come as president and Republicans seem intent on investigating fraud in Democratic-run statesDonald Trump’s mass pardoning of those convicted in connection to the January 6 insurrection raised eyebrows last year, but more recently his pardons have appeared to have a particular focus: to grant clemency to those convicted of fraud.Since taking office, Trump has pardoned dozens of people convicted of white-collar crimes, including several billionaires, with most of the 13 pardons he quietly issued this month granting clemency to people convicted of fraud. Continue reading...

  • US families face ‘impossible choices’ as White House pushes to freeze childcare funding

    Childcare workers push back on Trump administration’s ‘ridiculous’ narrative that programs are riddled with fraudUS families are facing “impossible choices” as the Trump administration pushes to freeze federal funds for childcare and family assistance in five states over claims of potential fraud and misuse of taxpayer funds.Billions of dollars of funding are at risk in Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois, and Colorado, each with state governments run by Democrats. Continue reading...

  • Donald Trump says his administration is reviewing Alex Pretti shooting

    President declines to say whether federal officer who shot nurse acted appropriately as outrage mounts over killingUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has declined to say whether the federal officer who fatally shot Alex Pretti acted appropriately, as he said his administration was reviewing the incident.The US president told the Wall Street Journal in a short interview that immigration enforcement officers would leave the Minneapolis area “at some point”. Continue reading...

  • ‘Embarrassed’ v ‘force to be reckoned with’: Americans on Trump’s foreign interventions

    From capturing Maduro to proposing a take over of Greenland – people respond to the president’s rhetoricAs Donald Trump continues to call for the US to take control of Greenland, not long after the US captured the deposed president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, we asked people in the US what they thought about Trump’s foreign intervention and rhetoric. Here are some of their responses. Continue reading...

The Marshall Project

Aeon

  • Computers can’t surprise

    As AI’s endless clichés continue to encroach on human art, the true uniqueness of our creativity is becoming ever clearer- by Richard BeardRead on Aeon

Unicorn Riot

  • Tens of Thousands Demand ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ During Day of Action

    Minneapolis, MN — As businesses shuttered, schools closed and people called off work for Friday’s popular ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day, tens of thousands participated in actions demanding ICE cease their operations in the state. Around 100 people were arrested in morning protests. The “Day… The post Tens of Thousands Demand ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ During Day of Action appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.

The Conversation

Inter Press Service

  • ‘Freedom Always Returns – but Only If We Hold Fast to Our Values and Sustain the Struggle’

      CIVICUS speaks with Belarusian activist, blogger and journalist Mikola Dziadok about his experiences as a two-time political prisoner and the repression of dissent in Belarus. Mikola was jailed following mass protests in 2020. Amid continued repression, Belarus experienced two limited waves of political prisoner releases in 2025. In September, authorities freed around 50 detainees

  • Systemic Infrastructure Attacks Push Ukraine Into Its Deepest Humanitarian Emergency Yet

    Nearly four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine faces another winter marked by widespread humanitarian suffering and continued indiscriminate attacks. The final months of 2025 were particularly volatile, characterized by routine bombardment of densely populated areas and repeated strikes on residential neighborhoods, critical civilian infrastructure, and humanitarian facilities. As hostilities expanded into new territories over

  • Moving Towards Agroecological Food Systems in Southern Africa

    In a quiet village known as Nkhondola, in Chongwe District, Eastern Zambia, Royd Michelo and his wife, Adasila Kanyanga, have transformed their five-acre piece of land into a self-sustaining agroecological landscape. With healthy soils built over time, the farm teems with diverse food crops, fruit trees, livestock and birds, nourishing their family and the surrounding

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Yale Environment 360

Inside Climate News

  •  A Town’s Opposition to Proposed Power Lines Sparks Discussion About the Cost of Texas’ Growth

    GLEN ROSE, Texas—After a long journey north through Mexico’s highlands, small songbirds with bright yellow faces descend upon mature canopies of ashe juniper trees in Texas’ Hill Country.  The golden-cheeked warbler nests nowhere else, faithful to the savanna-woodlands of Central Texas, and some, even, to the precise cedar they chose the year before. The birds

  • What’s Killing Onshore Wind Power?

    SHENANDOAH, Iowa—First viewed from a pickup truck driving south on U.S. 59, the wind turbines seem small and delicate. The newly constructed wind farm is a matter of pride for Gregg Connell, the man behind the wheel of the truck. He is a former two-term mayor of this southwestern Iowa city and an official with

Amnesty International

Grist

Truthout

Labor Notes

  • Portland Grocery Workers Score Big First Contract Win

    Workers at the upscale grocery chain New Seasons have won a first contract, after more than three years of organizing. The contract covers 850 workers at the 10 stores in Portland, Oregon, that have joined the New Seasons Labor Union. The chain has 22 stores in Portland and Vancouver, Washington.

The World – PRI

  • Major cold snap and winter storm fueled by warming arctic

    A stretched polar vortex is bringing severe winter storm conditions to half the continental US, and is causing temperatures to plummet across even more of the northern hemisphere. The World's Marco Werman speaks with winter weather expert and scientist Judah Cohen about how the warming Arctic is tied to this weather event. 

  • Syrians in Turkey are trying to decide whether to stay or go

    About half a million Syrians living in Turkey have returned to Syria — just one in five. Although aid groups estimate many more will follow, it's a difficult decision, and many are wary of Syria's new leader and struggling economy. Reporter Durrie Bouscaren visited Istanbul's now largely emptied 'Little Syria' neighborhood to see how people are answering the question of whether they should stay […]

  • Oscar-nominated Iranian director refuses to bow to censorship

    Acclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi’s latest thriller, "It Was Just an Accident," was just nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Early last month, Tehran charged Panahi with creating propaganda against the government and sentenced him to a year in prison in absentia. Panahi spoke with The World’s Marco Werman shortly after those charges were announced […]

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