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  • MLK Day Special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

    Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which he delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his last speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.

  • "All That's Left of You": Oscar-Shortlisted Film Traces Palestinian Family's Love & Loss Since 1948

    All That’s Left of You is a new feature film that looks at 70 years of Palestinian history through the lens of one family’s experience over three generations. Democracy Now! speaks with Palestinian American director and actress Cherien Dabis, who says the film is about “looking for meaning in grief and choosing humanity even in the most difficult of circumstances, which Palestinians have done and do every single day.”

  • Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Speaks Out as New Ruling Could Lead to His Rearrest, Deportation

    A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered the Trump administration a victory in its efforts to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, opening the door for his rearrest. Khalil was a graduate student at Columbia University when he was arrested in March and detained for months. He missed the birth of his son, Deen, while in detention. “The Trump administration is trying everything in its power to come after me, to put the full weight of the government to actually make an example out of me,” Khalil tells Democracy Now! “The U.S. government has not brought a shred of evidence that I broke any laws.” The appeals court did not weigh in on the constitutional merits, instead saying Khalil should have appealed his removal order in […]

  • "Autocratic Power Grab": Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Deploy Troops to Minnesota

    Following Minneapolis protests in response to the ICE killing of Renee Good, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday, a move that would allow him to send military forces to the city. Trump’s comments came after a second person was shot by ICE following a traffic stop. “Trump probably sees this as a civil war,” says Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights. “This, as we all know, is being leveraged as part of an autocratic power grab.”

  • ICE Arresting U.S. Citizens, Using Banned Chokeholds: Explosive ProPublica Report

    A new investigation by ProPublica finds over 40 cases of immigration agents using potentially fatal chokeholds and other moves that can cut off breathing. “These arrests are playing out around the country, and often in full view of cameras and witnesses,” says ProPublica reporter Nicole Foy. She also reports that at least 170 U.S. citizens have been arrested by immigration agents.

Fair Observer

  • What’s in a Word? Japan’s Geopolitical Strategy for Regional Security

    Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takachi’s comments in the Diet that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could constitute a “survival-threatening situation” justifying the mobilization of Japan’s military were simply a restatement of Japan’s longstanding position about a prospective war over Taiwan’s sovereignty. China’s reaction, however, appeared wildly out of proportion to a statement that one could… Continue reading What’s in a Word? Japan’s Geopolitical Strategy for Regional Security The post What’s in a Word? Japan’s Geopolitical Strategy for Regional Security appeared first on Fair Observer.

  • Economics Beyond Allocation: Scarcity, Institutions and Collective Judgment

    Economics is often presented as a neutral science of allocation, yet rarely do economists ask what must already be in place before allocation itself becomes intelligible. Not scarcity alone, but the social recognition of scarcity; not choice alone, but the legitimacy of choosing — these constitute the silent foundations upon which economic reasoning rests. Only… Continue reading Economics Beyond Allocation: Scarcity, Institutions and Collective Judgment The post Economics Beyond Allocation: Scarcity, Institutions and Collective Judgment appeared first on Fair Observer.

  • The Propaganda Test: What AI Reveals About Democratic Discourse (Part 2)

    In Part 1, Claude and I concerted to arrive at some understanding of the motivational logic behind the extraordinary claims recently expressed by Britain’s Lord Robertson, who clearly wants the British population to prepare for a kinetic war with Russia.       After initially disagreeing about whether Robertson’s rhetoric should be called propaganda, when… Continue reading The Propaganda Test: What AI Reveals About Democratic Discourse (Part 2) The post The Propaganda Test: What AI Reveals About Democratic Discourse (Part 2) appeared first on Fair Observer.

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Black Agenda Report

  • Black Agenda Radio January 16, 2026

    In this week’s segment, we discuss the abuse of state power domestically and internationally. In Minnesota, the Trump administration has unleashed ICE, resulting in the fatal shooting of a US citizen as well as assaults and detentions carried out against others. But we begin with Venezuela and […]

  • Diego Sequera on Venezuelan Resistance

    Diego Sequera is a Venezuelan journalist. He joins us from Caracas to discuss the Venezuelan people's solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in the wake of the January 3rd U.S. kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.

  • ICE Invades Minnesota

    Suleiman Adan is Deputy Executive Director of the Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations. He joins us from Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Donald Trump has unleashed ICE enforcement against immigrants and the entire population.

The Guardian

  • Markets fall and gold and silver hit new highs after Trump’s latest tariff threat

    European carmakers among hardest hit with US president’s talk of Greenland-linked trade levies also pushing down the dollarBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesEuropean stock markets fell on Monday and gold and silver prices hit record highs after Donald Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs on eight European countries in an increasingly aggressive attempt to claim Greenland.France’s Cac fell 1.8%, while Germany’s Dax and Italy’s FTSE MIB were down 1.3%. In the UK, the FTSE 100 fell 0.4%. Continue reading...

  • Noem backtracks on ICE pepper spray denial amid tension in Minneapolis

    US justice department announced it is investigating protesters in Minnesota who disrupted church servicesKristi Noem first denied that federal agents were using chemical agents against protesters, then after being shown video footage turned to blaming the protesters themselves, as tensions continued to run high amid the Trump administration’s surge of federal officers into Minneapolis.The head of homeland security, who has acted as spearhead for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in the city – known as “Operation Metro Surge” – told the CBS show Face the Nation on Sunday that her department had not used pepper spray against crowds. Continue reading...

  • ‘Gestapo tactics’: Bruce Springsteen condemns Trump team’s ICE crackdown

    New Jersey musician said during concert in home state that US core values ‘have never been as endangered’ as nowBruce Springsteen used a Saturday concert to decry what he called the “Gestapo tactics” of the Trump administration’s surge of immigration officers and said the country’s founding values “have never been as endangered as they are right now”.While performing in his home state of New Jersey, Springsteen dedicated his 1978 song The Promised Land to Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minnesota. Continue reading...

  • ‘Counterintuitive and dangerous’: advocates warn Trump administration policies will increase homelessness

    Recent cuts to flagship federal program that funds housing and other services described as ‘chaotic and disruptive’When Shawn Pleasants first heard that the federal government was tearing up almost two decades of homelessness policy, it sent chills up his spine.Pleasants, 58, was brought right back to the moment he lost his car and was forced to start living on Los Angeles’s streets. “That feeling of, you could never be safe – there’s no more future,” he said. Continue reading...

  • ‘Very historic time’: US protests have jumped since Trump’s first term

    Data shows 133% increase from 2017 to 2025 as anti-ICE and No Kings protests push mobilization against White HouseIn the year since Donald Trump retook office, the number of protests in the US outpaced those at the same point in his first administration, according to data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, an open-source project collaboration between Harvard University’s Kennedy School and the University of Connecticut.There were more than 10,700 protests in 2025, a 133% increase from the 4,588 recorded in 2017, the first year of Trump’s first term. According to the data, an overwhelming majority of US counties – including 42% that voted for Trump – have had at least one protest since he was re-inaugurated last year. Continue […]

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Aeon

  • The art of museum dioramas

    From fluffing feathers to washing skins, a museum taxidermist shows the hidden art behind creating an ‘illusion of life’- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Unicorn Riot

  • Far-Right Provocateur Jake Lang Chased Out of Minneapolis During Hate Rally

    Minneapolis, MN — Thousands of counter-protesters gathered on Jan. 17 in downtown Minneapolis outside the City Hall, quashing an Islamophobic rally before it was able to even begin. Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang, the rally’s organizer, was chased multiple blocks from City Hall to the Hotel… The post Far-Right Provocateur Jake Lang Chased Out of Minneapolis During Hate Rally appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.

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Grist

Truthout

Labor Notes

  • Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota?

    Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising. Unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses there are calling for a statewide day of “no work (except for emergency services), no school, and no shopping” on January 23.

The World – PRI

  • This Ukrainian song is a symbol of freedom and resilience throughout Ukraine

    Since Russia's full-scale invasion, many Ukrainian songs have become symbols of defiance and resilience in the face difficult circumstances. Aside from the national anthem, though, one song has stood out as representing Ukrainian sovereignty and perseverance. It's called "Oi u luzi chervona kalyna" or "Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow." Reporter Daniel Ofman has more. This story originally […]

  • King’s global message against oppression

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered in the US for his leadership on civil rights, but that legacy extends to other countries, as well. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have more on King's universal message.This story originally aired on Jan. 20, 2025.

  • 'To India I come as a pilgrim'

    Martin Luther King Jr. spent a month traveling through India in 1959 to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi was one of King's biggest influences, and King was well known in India as an American disciple of Gandhi's teachings. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks to Meghan Weaver from the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, who tells us more about King's historic […]

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