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Democracy Now!
- "Donroe Doctrine" Summit: Trump Seeks to Build Right-Wing Power Bloc in Latin America
President Trump is hosting right-wing leaders from across Latin America in Miami for a summit discussing his so-called Shield of the Americas initiative. This comes as the U.S. deploys special forces to Ecuador and as Trump hints about regime change in Cuba. “This summit is … an opportunity for Trump to play out a moment of imperial fantasy in front of fans in South Florida,” says Jake Johnston, director of international research at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The leaders of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago will attend, says the White House.
- Lies, Corruption & Scandal: Trump Ousts Kristi Noem, Nominates Sen. Markwayne Mullin to Head DHS
Kristi Noem has been ousted from her position as homeland security secretary after intensifying calls for her resignation. Noem’s tenure has been marked by allegations of corruption, deadly immigration raids and legal challenges. ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott has reported extensively on Noem’s tenure, including a $200 million ad campaign that may have been the inciting incident for her firing. “This did not go through the normal competitive process,” says Elliott. Instead, the ad “went to a Delaware LLC that was formed only a few days before.” President Trump has announced Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma as the new homeland security secretary. Mullin “has been known as a hard-liner,” says Chris Stein, […]
- Another Land Grab? Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Lebanon & Orders Mass Displacement in the South
It is the seventh day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, and Israel is escalating attacks on Lebanon after ordering the entire population of southern Lebanon to flee. This comes as Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened to turn areas of Lebanon into another Gaza in a video shared on social media Thursday. “The word on everyone’s mouths here is ethnic cleansing,” says Lylla Younes, an investigative journalist speaking with Democracy Now! from Beirut. “People are basically fleeing north with nowhere to go. Shelters are filling up rapidly. People are sleeping on the pavement in the winter nights.” Human rights lawyer Omar Shakir, the new executive director of DAWN, has urged Iran to give the International […]
- Headlines for March 6, 2026
House Narrowly Rejects Resolution to Limit Trump’s Power to Wage War on Iran, Iran Says U.S. and Israel Have Attacked 3,600 Civilian Sites, Hegseth Says “We Have Only Just Begun to Fight” as CENTCOM Prepares for 100 Days of War, Iranian Strikes on Mideast Oil Sites Trigger Global Energy Chaos, Israel’s Renewed Assault on Lebanon Kills 123, with Hundreds of Thousands Displaced, Stocks of Medical Supplies in Gaza “Critically Low” as Israel Closes Gaza Border Crossings, Trump Fires Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary, Names Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement, ICE Arrests Nashville Journalist Whose Stories Criticized Federal Agents, 169 Are Killed, Including Civilians, as Insurgents Raid Town in South Sudan, More Than 200 […]
- "Armed Only with a Camera": Oscar-Nominated Doc Honors Brent Renaud and Other "Fallen Journalists"
We speak with filmmaker Craig Renaud, the director of Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, an HBO documentary about his brother, photojournalist Brent Renaud, who was killed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine in 2022. March 13 marks the fourth anniversary of Brent’s death, and the film is both a tribute to him and “a bigger story about all the journalists who were being killed,” says Craig. “As we enter another war … I hope Brent’s work and the work of all the fallen journalists helps people pause for a minute and think about the impact that these wars will have.” Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud is nominated for Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Academy Awards on March […]
Anthropocene
- Do solar panels hurt crop yields? It depends on where you farm.
A new study shows agrivoltaics can cut maize yields in humid regions but boost soybean production in drier climates.
- EV batteries are getting better faster than the climate is getting worse
Concerns about EV performance in extreme heat waves might be a thing of the past, thanks to improvements in battery technology, researchers show.
The Guardian
- US energy chief says spike in gas prices will fall ‘before too long’ amid Iran war
Chris Wright says price increase would last weeks, not months, and that US would not target Iran’s energy industryThe US Department of Energy secretary, Chris Wright, said on Sunday that the spike in energy prices would last weeks, at the worst, not months, and that the US would not target Iran’s energy industry.His comments come amid rising anxiety that Iran’s response to the US-Israel strikes, which caused a reduction in shipping through the strait of Hormuz and production slowdowns in some oil and gas producing states in the Middle East, may cause broad economic turbulence and higher inflation. Continue reading...
- Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran US media agency, voiding mass layoffs
Lake, whom Trump appointed without Senate confirmation to run Voice of America parent agency, cut over 1,000 jobsA federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake unlawfully led the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for several months last year and voided mass layoffs and other actions taken during that period to dismantle the agency.The US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) is an independent federal agency that oversees the Voice of America (VOA), the US’s largest and oldest international broadcaster, and provides grants to Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other news agencies. Continue reading...
- Stephen Miller a ‘big problem’ for Trump administration, says Republican senator
Thom Tillis, who called for the resignation or firing of DHS secretary Kristi Noem, says White House adviser ‘should go’Republican Senator Thom Tillis said on Sunday he believes White House adviser Stephen Miller “should go” and that his role in the Trump administration has been a “big problem”.The senior senator representing North Carolina, when asked on CNN’s State of the Union if he thinks Miller should go, during a conversation about the administration’s immigration crackdown, responded to host Jake Tapper stating “Oh, of course I do.” Continue reading...
- How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits
Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxBy rolling back a bedrock climate legal determination, the Trump administration has undercut its attacks on a groundbreaking state climate accountability law, green groups have argued in court.Trump’s justice department has asked a judge to kill a first-of-its-kind 2024 Vermont “climate superfund” policy requiring major polluters to pay for damages caused by their past planet-heating pollution, partly on the grounds that that federal law, not state law, governs greenhouse gas emissions. But last month, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
- Lev Parnas, ex-member of Trump’s ‘cult’, runs for Congress as Florida Democrat
Parnas, who worked with Rudy Giuliani to find or manufacture dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine, says he ‘woke up’ Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian American businessman who served a 20-month sentence for campaign contributions to Republican politicians, including Donald Trump, that secretly came from a Russian oligarch, has announced a bid to unseat María Elvira Salazar, a Cuban American Republican who is in her third term as representative for Florida’s 27th congressional district.Parnas rose to national attention during Trump’s first impeachment trial in 2019, when it emerged that he had been the first to ask Trump to remove the US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, and then worked with former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to press […]
Aeon
- Ever behind the sunset
This hand-painted stop motion animation recalls the textures of a family home demolished to make way for a widened road- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The Conversation
- Arming a Kurdish insurgency would be a risky endeavor – for both the US and Iran’s minority Kurds
Washington has long worked with Kurdish groups in the Middle East. But without sufficient support, encouraging Iranian Kurds into an uprising now could be dangerous.
- War in Middle East brings uncertainty and higher energy costs to already weakening US economy
Risks for the US economy grow as the war in the Middle East continues to escalate.
- China’s muted response over war in Iran reflects Beijing’s delicate calculus as a concerned onlooker
Beijing has denounced US-Israeli action in Iran, but has not rushed to come to the aid of its regional ally.
- Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads
The Orinoco Basin is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. It’s also rich in oil, gold and critical minerals crucial to modern technology.
- Today’s obsession with authenticity isn’t new – being true to yourself has troubled philosophers for centuries
Contemporary culture seems obsessed with authenticity – but the question of how to be ‘sincere’ in modern society has troubled philosophers for centuries.
Inter Press Service
- UN: Amid Security Risks in Middle East, Humanitarian Work is Underway
As military fighting breaks out across the Middle East with increasing frequency and intensity, the United Nations promises to ramp up its humanitarian response ...
- As La Niña Fades, WMO Experts Warn That El Niño Could Set New Global Heat Records
Earlier this week World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that the weakening conditions of La Niña conditions are beginning to fade, with climate conditions transitioning ...
- Turning Waste into Hope: A Youth-Led Model for Sustainable Change
From the beginning, this project was a collaboration between student teams in Japan and Korea. Although we live in different countries, we shared one ...
Sludge
- Defense Contractor–Funded Think Tank Warns of Weapons Shortage After Iran Strikes
NPR listeners weren’t told the think tank receives millions from Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop Grumman.
Grist
- The future of geothermal energy may depend on fossil fuel workers
The next generation of geothermal energy is drawing on decades of talent and technical expertise developed in the oil and gas industries.
- The US barely bothers to track geoengineering. What could go wrong?
Whether it's cloud seeding or covering the Arctic in tiny glass beads, there’s little standing in the way of weather modification.
- Indigenous rights, the environment, and international law: What’s at stake at this week’s seabed mining talks
Trump's aggressive push toward deep-sea mining is putting pressure on global negotiators to act fast to shape deep-sea mining rules.
Labor Notes
- Keep ICE out of Stores, Say Starbucks Workers
Since more than 4,000 ICE agents descended on the city of Minneapolis, Starbucks barista Alex Rivers has tried to balance the exacting focus the job requires—baristas are expected to write on every cup and complete every order in four minutes or less, he said—with the gnawing fear that agents could burst in at any moment.
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