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Inter Press Service
- ‘After Decades of Making Huge Profits, Companies Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Leave Behind a Toxic Legacy’
CIVICUS speaks with Matthew Renshaw, a partner at a UK law firm that represents Nigerian communities taking legal action against Shell over environmental damage caused by its operations in the Niger Delta. Two Nigerian communities, Bille and Ogale, are suing Shell in the UK over decades of oil spills in the Niger Delta that
- Airstrikes in Myanmar Continue To Spread Fear, Devastate Lives
In Myanmar, airstrikes occur almost daily. The phenomenon has become common since civil war broke out following the 2021 military coup that replaced the democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD) with the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s military. Several human rights organizations report that these airstrikes are disproportionately targeting civilians and harming lives. The Tatmadaw uses airstrikes
- Two-State Solution Conference Presents an “Exceptional Moment” for International Community – The Elders
Dignitaries across the international community have convened in New York to promote the two-State Solution – the coexistence of Israel and Palestine as sovereign states – as the only path forward to shared sustainable peace in the Middle East. Former and current leaders from 145 countries and independent groups will speak at the United Nations
The Guardian
- Trump suggests Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre among young female staff he hired away from Mar-a-Lago – US politics live
US president, asked on Air Force One about breaking with financier, says Epstein stole ‘people that worked in the spa’Ghislaine Maxwell demands immunity before testifying to CongressThe Trump administration must continue reimbursing Planned Parenthood clinics for Medicaid-funded services, a federal judge ruled on Monday, in an escalating legal war between the reproductive health giant and the White House over Republican efforts to “defund” Planned Parenthood.Days after Donald Trump signed his sweeping tax bill, Planned Parenthood sued over a provision in the bill that ended Medicaid payments for one year to abortion providers that received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023, such as Planned Parenthood. Continue reading...
- US states sue over Trump demand to collect details of food assistance recipients
Attorneys general challenge request for data of people enrolled in federally funded food assistance programA coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration’s demand that their states turn over personal data of people enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program, fearing the information will be used to aid mass deportations.The data demand comes as the Trump administration has sought to collect private information on mostly lower-income people who may be in the country illegally. It has already ordered the Internal Revenue Service and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to share private information with the Department of Homeland Security to aid in deportation […]
- ‘The war needs to end’: is the US right turning on Israel?
Longstanding ties between US conservatives and Israel face strain as war’s toll and internal rifts reshape the rightAs the Israel-Gaza war nears its two-year mark, and as images of starving people and utter devastation flood social media, cracks seem to be emerging in the American right’s typically iron-clad support for Israel.The US continues to support Israel diplomatically and militarily, and last Thursday pulled out of peace negotiations that it accused Hamas of sabotaging. And in the US Congress, only two Republicans voted for a recent amendment that would have pulled funding for missile defense systems for Israel. One of them, Marjorie Taylor Greene, on Monday became the first Republican to call Israel’s war a “genocide”. […]
- Trump moves to scrap climate rule tying greenhouse gases to public health harm
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to revoke key scientific finding that allows for US climate regulationDonald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule rescinds a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. Continue reading...
- Justice department asked California to give details of non-citizens on voter rolls
Exclusive: Unusual request comes as Trump administration asks about a dozen states to provide information on votersThe Department of Justice has asked several large California counties to provide detailed personal information of non-citizens who got on to the state voter rolls, an unusual request that comes as the Trump administration has asked about a dozen states to provide wide swaths of information about voters and election practices.The justice department’s voting section sent identical letters to local election officials in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego on 9 July. The request asks the officials to provide the total number of non-citizens who had their voter registrations cancelled since 2020 as well as a copy of their […]
Ensia
- Journalists, meet climate change
The headlines scream about war, crime, political strife, economic woes. But underlying it all — and more and more often bubbling to the top — is what future historians will likely look back and call the story of this century: Climate change. Recognizing the importance of this pervasive phenomenon, Covering Climate Now, Columbia Journalism Review, the Solutions Journalism Network, The Guardian […]
The Marshall Project
- The Trouble With Trump’s Homelessness Plan
The president’s new executive order defies legal precedent and proven strategies for reducing homelessness, says attorney Jennifer Mathis.
Fair Observer
- Crackdown Against Protesters Quickly Reveals Old Wounds In Serbia
Protestors in Serbia have faced increasing use of force by the police as they’ve incorporated increasing civil disobedience into their tactics. The students, who had been leading rallies until recently, issued a deadline for the government to set a date for snap elections. Once it had come and gone, they began to set up roadblocks… Continue reading Crackdown Against Protesters Quickly Reveals Old Wounds In Serbia The post Crackdown Against Protesters Quickly Reveals Old Wounds In Serbia appeared first on Fair Observer.
- Genocide… and Then Some!
The first stanza of the English version of French composer Charles Trenet’s celebrated song, “Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?” reads: I wish you bluebirds in the springTo give your heart a song to singAnd then a kiss, but more than thisI wish you love. These lyrics (by the way, very different from the untranslatable… Continue reading Genocide… and Then Some! The post Genocide… and Then Some! appeared first on Fair Observer.
- Iran Demands IAEA to Answer for Its Alleged Security Blunder
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched an offensive against Iran without provocation, killing the country’s top military leaders as well as striking Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz. Israel claimed that the attacks were meant to prevent the Iranian government from developing nuclear weapons, alleging that the country was close to doing so. Iran has… Continue reading Iran Demands IAEA to Answer for Its Alleged Security Blunder The post Iran Demands IAEA to Answer for Its Alleged Security Blunder appeared first on Fair Observer.
Aeon
- How to run the world
We need new forms of global diplomacy to transcend the current pathetic bargaining of national and commercial interests - by David Van Reybrouck Read at Aeon
Truthout
ProPublica
- A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.
by Anjeanette Damon ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that […]
- He Was Asked About His Tattoos and a TikTok Video in Court. Five Days Later, He Was in a Salvadoran Prison.
by Melissa Sanchez Leer en español. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. This story was originally published in our […]
- Appeals Court Overturns Murder and Kidnapping Conviction in Etan Patz Disappearance
by Joaquin Sapien ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as […]
Unicorn Riot
- Amidst Tourist Season, a Pro-Palestinian Initiative Holds Daily Protests Outside the Greek Parliament
Athens, Greece — On the evening of Saturday, July 26, pro-Palestinian protesters crafted and placed puppet dolls dedicated to the children killed in Gaza outside the Greek Parliament. The demonstration was organized by Initiative Against Genocide, a group staging sit-in protests and other activities in… The post Amidst Tourist Season, a Pro-Palestinian Initiative Holds Daily Protests Outside the Greek Parliament appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
Sludge
- Trump Admin Halts a String of Antitrust Cases, Approving Corporate Mergers
Trump regulators are waving through multibillion-dollar mergers, according to a new Public Citizen analysis, many for companies that were Trump-Vance inaugural donors.
Democracy Now!
- Democracy Now! 2025-07-29 Tuesday
Headlines for July 29, 2025; “Designed as Death Traps”: Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes; “Deliberate, Systematic Starvation”: Aid Leader Demands End to Israel’s War & Siege on Gaza; “Our Genocide”: Israeli Human Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Destroying Palestinian Society in Gaza
Latino USA
- Lost in Queer Translation: From Gay Slurs to Colombian Slang
When Andrés tried translating Colombian slang to his American boyfriend, he stumbled into a deeper question: what do these words... The post Lost in Queer Translation: From Gay Slurs to Colombian Slang appeared first on Latino USA.
- An ICE Raid at a Carwash and a New Tool Mapping the Terror in California
Cándido was at work when ICE agents pulled up in white vans to his job. ICE blocked all the entrances,... The post An ICE Raid at a Carwash and a New Tool Mapping the Terror in California appeared first on Latino USA.
- What Our Favorite Telenovela Villain Reveals About Human Evolution
There is no better villain like Soraya Montenegro, the venomous, sleek and sharp-tongued bad girl from the canonized Mexican telenovela... The post What Our Favorite Telenovela Villain Reveals About Human Evolution appeared first on Latino USA.
Yale Environment 360
- Sprawling Study Links Air Pollution to Dementia
A wide-ranging analysis, drawing from data on nearly 30 million people, finds a link between air pollution and dementia. Read more on E360 →
The Appeal
WhoWhatWhy
Inside Climate News
- Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater 7 Years After Closure, Lawsuit Claims
GADSDEN, Ala.—The coal ash lagoon at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden was supposed to be a model for how to close ash ponds by covering them in place, a process utilities insisted would protect human health and the environment from toxic contaminants in the ash. Now, groundwater monitoring data and a federal lawsuit are challenging that
- EPA Rescinds Finding That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Harm Human Health, Hobbling U.S. Climate Action
At an automobile dealership in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to rescind the science-backed 2009 determination that greenhouse gas emissions harm human health and the environment. Scientists, environmental policy experts and climate groups warn that revoking that decision will lead to dirtier air across America, and conflicts with the
Grist
- Climate change has sent coffee prices soaring. Trump’s tariffs will send them higher.
From drought-stricken farms to rising trade barriers, the global coffee industry is facing unprecedented strain.
- Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis
The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream."
- This Indian rapper is spitting bars about climate justice, caste, and Indigenous rights
In her latest single, Mahi G spotlights the outdoor workers vulnerable to extreme heat.
The Conversation
- Parents don’t need to try harder – to ease parenting stress, forget self-reliance and look for ways to share the care
A paradigm shift toward more social support is in order. It may sound countercultural, but really it’s a return to how people have raised children for thousands of years.
- Great Lakes offshore wind could power the region and beyond
States take the lead on regulation of planning, site selection, leasing and other elements of offshore wind projects in the Great Lakes, though the federal government has a role as well.
- Unpacking Florida’s immigration trends − demographers take a closer look at the legal and undocumented population
Florida has the third-largest population of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally, but that population has been steadily shrinking since 2018.
- When socialists win Democratic primaries: Will Zohran Mamdani be haunted by the Upton Sinclair effect?
After Sinclair won the California Democratic primary in 1934, business and media elites helped derail his bid for the governorship.
- ‘AI veganism’: Some people’s issues with AI parallel vegans’ concerns about diet
Vegans have multiple reasons for spurning animal products: ethical, environmental and health concerns. The same issues are keeping some people from using AI.
The Trace
- The NYC Shooter Had a Documented Mental Health History. How Did He Get a Gun?
The perpetrator of the July 28 mass shooting that killed four people, including a police officer, in a Midtown Manhattan office building had twice been hospitalized for mental health reasons. He was still able to get a gun. The shooting has renewed questions about what kinds of mental health hospitalizations disqualify someone from gun ownership. The post The NYC Shooter Had a Documented Mental Health History. How Did He Get a Gun? appeared first on The Trace.
- Trump Abandoned Police Reform. Fort Wayne is Paying the Price.
Gawon Benson was supposed to turn himself in. Last July, he’d been charged with a misdemeanor and sentenced to 80 days at the DeKalb County Jail, in Indiana, but when he didn’t show, corrections officials asked police for help locating him. They warned that he might be carrying a gun. His ankle monitor signaled he The post Trump Abandoned Police Reform. Fort Wayne is Paying the Price. appeared first on The Trace.
- Newest CDC Data Confirms Gun Deaths Fell in 2024, But Were Still Higher Than Before the Pandemic
Fatal shootings in the United States fell for the third consecutive year, driven largely by a drop in gun homicides and fewer firearm deaths among children, according to a Trace analysis of new federal data. The data, released in July by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows signs of progress after a surge The post Newest CDC Data Confirms Gun Deaths Fell in 2024, But Were Still Higher Than Before the Pandemic appeared first on The Trace.
Quanta Magazine
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