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Democracy Now!
- Automatic Draft Registration Would Expand U.S. Surveillance State: Antiwar Activist
The federal government is preparing to begin automatically registering eligible U.S. men ages 18 to 26 for the military draft pool. The U.S. hasn’t had a military draft since 1973, but it still maintains a registry of eligible men in case the draft is restored. New rules around automatic military draft registration were tucked into the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. We are joined by Edward Hasbrouck, an organizer with the Anti-Draft Coalition, which opposes the plan for automatic draft registration and is calling for repeal of the Military Selective Service Act. “The important thing is to take the draft off the table, remove it from the arsenal of war planning. Forcing the government to confront the question, before they make […]
- Trump Fires Judges Who Blocked Deportations of Student Activists Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi
The Trump administration has fired six more immigration judges in its effort to reshape immigration policy and the immigration courts. Two of the fired judges, Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, had each dismissed high-profile cases brought by the government against international students who had advocated for Palestinian rights, Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi. Around 100 immigration judges have been fired by the Trump administration. Firings in previous administrations were rare. The Trump administration is eroding “the concept of procedural due process, the idea that you get to have a hearing in the United States” by “firing judges that it perceived as being opposed to the administration’s stated goal to deport as many people as […]
- Viktor Orbán's Era Is Over: Hungarians Celebrate as Longtime Far-Right Leader Suffers Landslide Loss
Official election results in Hungary show Péter Magyar and his opposition Tisza party won Sunday’s parliamentary election in a landslide, with more than the two-thirds majority needed to amend Hungary’s constitution. Hungary’s far-right Viktor Orbán has been prime minister of the country since 2010, making him the European Union’s longest-serving leader. His campaign was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Trump administration. Tens of thousands gathered in Budapest on Sunday to celebrate the victory over Orbán. “Everybody was partying on the streets. Strangers were hugging each other. Music, drinks, cars honking. So, basically, it was like a street carnival for the entire night,” says Hungarian journalist […]
- Trump Orders Naval Blockade of Iran After Failed Talks, Iran Threatens Retaliation in Gulf
Ship traffic has been halted again in the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump ordered the U.S. military to begin a naval blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas starting Monday at 10 a.m. ET. Iran denounced Trump’s move as an illegal act amounting to “piracy” and has threatened to strike Gulf ports in retaliation. Trump ordered the blockade after the U.S. and Iran failed to reach a deal to end the war following 21 hours of talks in Islamabad, Pakistan. Global oil prices jumped after Trump announced the blockade. Ervand Abrahamian, professor emeritus of history at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York, predicts “the U.S. will start bombing Iranian oil installations. Iran will retaliate by bombing the Gulf […]
- Headlines for April 13, 2026
President Trump Announces Naval Blockade of Strait of Hormuz, Israeli Strike Kills Infant Girl During Her Father’s Funeral in Lebanon, At Least Seven Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strikes in Gaza, Police Arrest Over 500 Palestine Action Activists in London, President Trump Slams Pope Leo as Too Liberal and “Weak on Crime”, Trump Admin Fires Immigration Judges Who Dismissed Cases Against Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi, Hungarian Far-Right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Concedes Defeat in Parliamentary Election, Amnesty International: Nigerian Airstrikes Kill Over 100 Civilians, “All You Had to Do Was Pay Us Enough to Live”: Worker Sets Fire to California Paper Warehouse, Saboteur at Ireland’s Shannon Airport Uses Hatchet to […]
Anthropocene
- Tracking traffic pollution in real time could transform city climate policy
Using traffic cameras and phone data, researchers created a real-time emissions map—giving cities a powerful new tool to cut pollution faster and smarter.
- The Future of the Grid Could Be Parked in Your Driveway
A growing fleet of electric vehicles could unlock a cheaper, cleaner alternative to fossil-fuel power plants—without building new infrastructure.
The Marshall Project
- New Videos Show ‘Absolutely Egregious Care’ in 2025 Cuyahoga County Jail Death
Ohio reopens review of Jennifer Wade’s death after county officials failed to provide body cam footage.
Aeon
- You’ve lived this life before
The mystical insight came to Nietzsche like a lightning flash: time eternally recurs – and life must be lived accordingly- by Mark HigginsRead on Aeon
The Conversation
- Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal waters
Tehran and Washington look to different rules to govern their conduct in the key choke point.
- The Islamabad talks were doomed to failure – and Hormuz blockade has thrown another obstacle to any Iran-US deal
A lack of trust, failure to agree to the grounds on which discussion is taking place and Israel’s de facto veto provide insurmountable barriers.
- AI companions can give constant support – but distort ideas about what a relationship really is
AI bots promise limitless companionship – but limits are what makes human relationships meaningful, a philosopher argues.
- A justice department opinion arguing the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional could revert the nation to a time when presidents freely burned their papers
Presidential records are the public’s property. The Justice Department wants to change that and revert to a time when presidents could do what they wanted with their papers, including burning them.
- How debate about gender identity could undermine global efforts to protect victims of violence
The US and some voices at the UN are calling for a narrow interpretation of gender to align with sex assigned at birth. That could leave vulnerable groups at risk.
Inter Press Service
- Civil Society Launch a Campaign Against Extractive Industry Exploitation and Land Grabs
Over 800 households in Ikolomani Constituency in Kakamega County, Western Kenya, fear eviction to pave the way for a British firm, Shanta Gold Limited, to begin extracting gold valued at Sh683 billion ($5.29 billion) on an estimated 337 acres of residential and agricultural land. Efforts by residents to protest against the looming displacement during an
- Why the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Need Work, Not Just Rations
While global attention right now is on escalating geopolitical tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, another crisis continues quietly in Bangladesh. Beginning April 1, 2026, the World Food Programme (WFP) introduced a revised Targeting and Prioritisation Exercise (TPE) for Rohingya refugees living in camps in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, according to a
- Trump Rips off Velvet Glove from Mailed Fist
Trump 2.0 has been marked by the blatantly aggressive exercise of power to secure US interests as defined by him. While many recent trends even predate his first term, his reduced use of ‘soft power’ has exposed his bullying, extortionary use of US power. Rule of law? Trade liberalisation has been reversed for at least
Sludge
- AI Super PACs Are Unleashing Millions to Tilt Primaries in Their Favor
So far, the industry groups have won nearly all the races they’ve thrown their money at, helping to advance allies who could help shape AI legislation in the next Congress.
Grist
- Hurricane Helene ravaged farmers’ topsoil. They’re still fighting to build it back.
"We're dirt farmers. Our primary job is to tend the dirt. That's the basis of everything."
- Trump and the Illinois governor keep feuding over an invasive fish
After accusing Illinois of being an "unreliable partner," the Trump administration is handing control of a billion-dollar carp barrier to Michigan.
- Many companies want clean energy. Georgia Power will soon let them build it.
Supporters hope the move will serve as a model for other places balancing surging energy demand and climate goals.
Labor Notes
- Virginia Public Workers Make Headway on Bargaining Rights
After a years-long campaign by unions, Virginia’s General Assembly passed legislation to extend collective bargaining rights to nearly half a million state, county, and municipal government employees. Union recognition has been denied Virginia’s public employees since 1946 when the state legislature passed a joint resolution against public sector bargaining to defeat a Black hospital workers’ organizing drive at the University of Virginia. A 1977 state Supreme Court ruling affirmed the ban, which was later codified by legislation in 1993.
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