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Democracy Now!
- "Killers of Roe": Amy Littlefield Investigates the "Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights" in U.S.
Killers of Roe is a new book by the reproductive rights journalist Amy Littlefield on what she describes as the death of abortion rights in the United States. The book is framed as a murder mystery, examining a “twisted alliance of believers and opportunists” in the years and decades before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. “It started out as a murder mystery because it was a way to entice myself to tell a really difficult story about women dying preventable deaths as a result of anti-abortion policy,” says Littlefield.
- Ex-Marine, Senate Candidate Speaks Out After Arrest, Arm Broken During Iran War Protest in Senate
A Marine Corps veteran suffered a broken arm last week after he disrupted a Senate hearing to voice his opposition to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Democracy Now! speaks with the veteran, Brian McGinnis, who is also a Green Party candidate for Senate in North Carolina. McGinnis is critical of U.S. policy in Israel and the Trump administration’s decision to go “full speed ahead with military action” in the Middle East. McGinnis is charged with three counts of assault on police officers and resisting arrest, according to Sellano Simmons, an attorney representing McGinnis.
- "No Stupid Rules of Engagement": Ahead of Iran War, Hegseth Halted Efforts to Limit Civilian Deaths
Iranian authorities say the U.S. and Israel killed more than 1,300 civilians, striking over 10,000 civilian sites during the first 12 days of the war. This comes as Israel escalates attacks on Lebanon, killing at least 570 since the war began and displacing nearly 800,000 people. As President Trump dodges questions on how long the war will continue, reporting by Akbar Shahid Ahmed, senior diplomatic correspondent for HuffPost, has revealed that “a lot of the experts on international law, the laws of war, international humanitarian law have quietly been leaving the Trump administration.”
- Headlines for March 11, 2026
U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Enters Its 12th Day, Pentagon Reportedly Considers Deployment of Special Forces into Iran to Capture Enriched Uranium, NYT: Missile Fragments Add to Mounting Evidence That U.S. Forces Struck Girls’ School in Iran, Israel Continues Attacks on Lebanon, Killing 570 and Displacing 750,000, Iran Fires Retaliatory Missiles and Drones at Targets Across the Gulf, U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Causes Oil Prices to Surge, Reuters: Chevron and Shell Close to Finalizing Oil Production Deal with Venezuela, Anthropic Sues Trump Admin After Pentagon Designates It as a “Supply Chain Risk”, WaPo: Former DOGE Employee Took Social Security Information to New Job, Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence of Charles “Sonny” […]
- "Fossil Fuels as a Weapon of War": U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Exposes World's Dangerous Reliance on Oil
Oil prices surged past $100 a barrel this week as the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran threatens global energy supplies and the broader economy. Iranian officials say no oil will be allowed to leave the Middle East until the bombardment stops, raising fears of disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway through which about 20% of the world’s oil and gas flows. This comes as Israel has struck oil depots in Tehran, blanketing the capital in smoke and toxic rain. “What we’re seeing is just one of the clearest depictions yet of the frailty of a global order that is grounded in fossil fuels. All sides in this war are using fossil fuels as a weapon of war,” says independent investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, who reports on […]
Anthropocene
- The Black Death holds a surprising lesson: Humans and biodiversity can go hand in hand
When the Black Death depopulated Europe, abandoned farmland reverted to forest—and plant diversity declined. The lesson may complicate modern calls to simply “let nature take over.”
- The strange and persistent psychological distance between us and climate disaster
An analysis of dozens of previously published studies reveals people systematically underestimate their own vulnerability to climate threats.
The Guardian
- Trump puts pressure on Senate majority leader in blunt message: pass strict voter ID bill – live
President tells John Thune to force through Save America Act, which requires proof of citizenship while registering to vote and curbs mail-in votingDonald Trump said that the US-Israel war in Iran will end “soon” because there is “practically nothing left to target” in a phone interview with Axios.“Any time I want it to end, it will end,” the president told the outlet. “The war is going great. We are way ahead of the timetable. We have done more damage than we thought possible, even in the original six-week period.” Continue reading...
- New satirical statue depicts Trump and Epstein as doomed lovers from Titanic
Latest sculpture titled ‘King of the World’ includes plaques with pointed commentary on pair’s past associationA woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets. The appearance of a golden statue depicting Donald Trump and the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein as doomed lovers from the movie Titanic is confronting Washington with a murkier mystery.The nearly 12-ft sculpture, unveiled on Tuesday on the National Mall, is the third piece of guerrilla art satirising Trump’s past relationship with Epstein attributed to The Secret Handshake, a shadowy collective whose members remain anonymous. Continue reading...
- Donald Trump’s mixed messages on Iran leave questions unanswered
More than a week into the US-Israel war on Iran, president has provided little clarity on how the conflict might endThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdayOne week into the war with Iran, the central questions about the conflict remained largely unanswered: what would constitute victory, how long the crisis might last and whether the United States was responsible for a deadly strike on a girls’ elementary school that has come to embody the war’s early controversy.On Saturday, leaning against the bulkhead outside the press cabin as Air Force One cruised toward Florida, Donald Trump still struggled to clarify his own message. Continue reading...
- US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says
Strike that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, reportedly due to targeting mistake by US military plannersMinab school bombing: a visual guideSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA preliminary US military investigation has reportedly determined that Washington was responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school in February that killed scores of children.According to the New York Times, quoting unnamed US officials and others familiar with the initial findings, the investigation has concluded that the strike on 28 February on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result of a targeting mistake by the US military planners. Continue reading...
- US vaccine panel retreats from mRNA Covid review ahead of midterms
Advisers to RFK Jr drop the plan to end federal guidance amid Republican worries about the political impactUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA major federal panel that advises the government on vaccines has stepped back from efforts targeting Covid-19 mRNA vaccines, a change that comes as some Republicans reportedly caution that additional shifts in vaccine policy could hurt the party in the upcoming midterm elections.Several vaccine advisers selected by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary, had been exploring the possibility of ending federal recommendations for mRNA covid shots. That initiative is no longer going forward, according to two sources familiar with the discussions who […]
Aeon
- Echo
Struggling to speak after an operation, one man sets out to build himself a new connection to the world: a radio antenna- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The Conversation
- Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump’s war with Iran – and to ask questions
As critics question President Trump’s motivations for war on Iran, it’s not just about politics. It’s about the Constitution and whether Congress has any hope of checking the president’s warmaking.
- Patriots and loyalists both rallied around St. Patrick’s Day during the Revolutionary War
By the Revolutionary War in the late 1770s, those marking the anniversary of St. Patrick’s death on March 17 included Irish immigrants in the Continental Army and those serving the British Redcoats.
- Indie coffee shops are meant to counter corporate behemoths like Starbucks – so why do they all look the same?
The purportedly unique and local feel of coffee shops has instead been homogenized into a singular, palatable aesthetic.
- Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy aid in weight loss by suppressing appetite. Researchers are looking next at how the body expends energy – including through fat.
- AI doesn’t ‘see’ the way that you do, and that could be a problem when it categorizes objects and scenes
People and computers perceive the world differently, which can lead AI to make mistakes no human would. Researchers are working on how to bring human and AI vision into alignment.
Inter Press Service
- VENEZUELA: ‘An Economically Stable Authoritarian Model Could Become Entrenched’
CIVICUS discusses the situation in Venezuela following US intervention and the ousting of President Nicolás Maduro with Verónica Zubillaga, a Venezuelan sociologist who specialises in urban violence, state repression and community responses to armed violence. In late January, the interim government led by Delcy Rodríguez announced an amnesty for political prisoners, coinciding with a
- Tanzanian School Launches Energy Club to Promote Clean Cooking
A cloud of steam rises from a giant aluminium pot as Maria Joseph, a middle-aged cook in a toque blanche and faded apron, plants her feet firmly on the tiled kitchen floor. With both hands clasped around a wooden paddle, she plunges deep into the mound of rice, threatening to burn at the bottom. With
- The Cost of Being Seen: Exposure versus Exploitation
I have often been asked a simple but important question: How can we make it sustainable if we are not being compensated for it? That question sits at the heart of a conversation we do not address enough. Somewhere between exposure and exploitation lies a line we still have not learned to draw clearly. And
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 planet is overheating. Why is the news looking away?
Since 2021, global media coverage of climate change has dropped 38 percent. Blame wars, political chaos, and Jeffrey Epstein.
- As gas prices soar, Trump is ignoring the lessons of the last oil crisis
Fuel economy rules have reduced U.S. dependence on oil. Trump ripped them up — and then sent gas prices through the roof.
- The feds pulled $1.5B from tribal clean energy. Tribes are finding another way.
With federal funding gone, tribes are turning to philanthropy, alternative lenders, and their own institutions.
Truthout
- Trump Energy Secretary Accused of Manipulating Oil Markets With Deleted Post
Chris Wright claimed the US Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing.
- Speaker Johnson Defends Ogles, Fine, Amid Calls to Condemn Islamophobic Rhetoric
The move comes after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said “no a la guerra” — “no to war” — in a recent speech.
- The State Is Escalating Charges Against Protesters. Labor Must Defend Them.
John Caravello is facing decades in prison for an anti-ICE protest. He needs labor to build a national defense campaign.
Labor Notes
- How to Build a Union Reform Caucus
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