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Democracy Now!
- "Prevent the Bloodshed": Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi on Iran Protests & U.S. Threats of Military Strikes
The latest reliable estimates of the death toll in Iran’s recent nationwide protests are growing, potentially reaching the tens of thousands. Some estimates place the number of civilians killed by government forces at 30,000 or more. We play a rare eyewitness account of the deadly massacre of protesters in Rasht, Iran, and speak to the Iranian filmmaker and political dissident Sepideh Farsi, who says U.S. military intervention “would only worsen the situation.” She warns that President Trump’s interest in U.S. military action on the country is “for business,” and “not for Iranian people.”
- 350,000 Haitians in U.S. "at Risk of Losing Everything" After Trump Revokes Legal TPS Status
An estimated 350,000 Haitian immigrants are set to lose their temporary protected status, or TPS, on February 3, 2026, after President Trump signed an executive order to revoke their TPS shortly after coming into office. TPS holders live and work in the United States legally. During the 2024 presidential election, candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance spread racist invective about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Illinois. Now ICE is reportedly planning to begin extensive raids on Haitian American communities like Springfield. “We are living under a cloud of terror,” says Guerline Jozef, the co-founder and executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance. Her organization is mounting a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s […]
- "Cold-Blooded Murder": Families of Trinidadian Men Killed in U.S. Boat Strike Sue Trump Admin
The families of two men from Trinidad killed in an October U.S. missile strike in the Caribbean are suing the Trump administration for wrongful death and extrajudicial killing. The families of 26-year-old Chad Joseph and 41-year-old Rishi Samaroo say the two men were returning home from fishing and farming in Venezuela, not smuggling drugs as the Trump administration has claimed without evidence. Four others on the same boat were also killed. In all, at least 125 people have been killed in the unprecedented U.S. bombings of civilian boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. It’s “the latest example of the Trump administration’s total mockery of, contempt for the post-World World II human rights consensus, where nations are […]
- "Hostile Takeovers": As U.S. Claims Venezuela's Oil, Trump Seeks "Vassal States" Across the World
In the aftermath of the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, Venezuela has agreed to submit a monthly budget to the Trump administration, which will release money from an account funded by oil sales. It’s a deal for the interim government led by Delcy Rodriguéz that historian Greg Grandin calls “governing under the blade.” In a further shift away from the nation-building foreign policy of the past several decades of U.S. power, “what the United States is planning for Venezuela is basically to run the country as a vassal state,” he says. “This is an arrangement with transactional details that we’ve never seen before.”
- Headlines for January 30, 2026
Senate Democrats & Trump Reach Deal to Split Off Funding DHS to Avert Shutdown, Minneapolis Mayor Calls for Nationwide End to ”ICE Siege”, “No, No. Not at All”: Trump Denies He Plans to Pull Back Federal Agents from Minnesota, Protesters Call for National Shutdown Today to Protest ICE, Sen. Collins Claims DHS Has Paused Operation Catch of the Day, Financial Times: Private Companies Reaped $22B in Contracts with ICE & CBP Last Year, Iran’s Top Diplomat in Turkey as Trump Keeps Threatening to Attack Iran, U.S. Lifts Some Sanctions on Venezuela After Interim Leader Signs Bill Opening Door for Private Oil Firms, Trump Threatens to Impose Tariffs on Nations Who Provide Oil to Cuba, Trump Claims Russia Will Pause Attacks on […]
Anthropocene
- Just how effective would a European meat tax be for the environment?
By removing meat subsidies or taxing carbon across all foods, researchers uncovered how small changes in price could unlock outsized environmental benefits.
- New battery recycling method comes with a side of CO2 capture
Three-in-one strategy uses only carbon dioxide and water to recover 95% of lithium and reuses leftover metals, capturing CO2 in the process.
The Guardian
- US Senate scrambles to reach funding deal as partial shutdown deadline looms
Killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good prompted Democrats to block passage of a measure funding DHSUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Senate on Friday was scrambling to find agreement on a government funding package as a partial shutdown loomed at midnight, after the killings of two US citizens by federal agents in Minneapolis upended spending talks and gave Democrats rare leverage over Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, both US citizens shot dead amid a surge of immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, prompted Senate Democrats to block passage of a measure funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). That […]
- Department of Justice ‘did not protect’ Trump when reviewing Epstein files, says deputy attorney general – US politics live
Todd Blanche says ‘we didn’t protect anybody’ in the files as he announces release of 3m more documents US justice department releases more than 3 million new pages of Epstein filesAmong those arrested by federal agents for a protest earlier this month at a Minnesota church is Georgia Fort, an independent journalist who was covering the demonstration.“Agents are at my door right now. They’re saying that they were able to go before a grand jury sometime, I guess, in the last 24 hours, and that they have a warrant for my arrest,” Fort said in a video posted to Facebook, apparently shortly before she was taken into custody.This is all stemming from the fact that I filmed a protest. As a member of the media, we are supposed to have […]
- Anti-ICE protests being held across US as organizers urge national strike
Activists call for Friday ‘blackout’ in protest against administration’s violent immigration crackdownActivists have called for a nationwide shutdown on Friday, advocating “no work, no school, no shopping” in a protest against the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdowns.Organizers say Friday’s “blackout” – or general strike, as some are calling it – is part of a growing non-violent movement to combat ICE’s aggressive enforcement tactics, which have come under renewed scrutiny following a series of fatal shootings involving federal agents. Continue reading...
- Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protest
Lemon’s lawyer said he was taken into custody after attending protest in which demonstrators disrupted a church service earlier in JanuaryWho is Don Lemon, the ex-CNN anchor arrested over a Minnesota church protest?US politics live – latest updatesDon Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was arrested late on Thursday on charges that he violated federal law during a protest at a church in Minnesota earlier this month.Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Lemon, said that Lemon was “taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards”. Continue reading...
- It is beyond naive for Democrats – and Europe – to think Trump’s retreats are real. He never backs down for long | Jonathan Freedland
Whether it’s Minneapolis or Greenland, the US president will do just enough to get through a damaging news cycle, then carry on as beforeDon’t be fooled. When it comes to Donald Trump, what might look like a full retreat is almost always a mere tactical withdrawal, designed to buy time. He’ll step back when he’s forced to, under pressure, but will then revert the instant the pressure lets up. Too often, his opponents, whether at home or abroad, allow themselves to be played, confusing a mere pause for a surrender – and the risk is strong that they’re making that same mistake all over again.This week, the US president won praise in some quarters for moving to “de-escalate” the war he has been waging on the people of […]
Aeon
- Inside, the valley sings
Where does the mind go in solitary confinement? An evocative animation exploring three individual experiences- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The Conversation
- I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles
A policing scholar and former FBI special agent lays out the established principles of policing and constitutional law that govern how federal immigration enforcement efforts should be carried out.
- Short on resources, special educators are using AI – with little knowledge of the effects
As AI spreads in special education, the question remains: Can these tools uphold the individualized, legally protected services students with disabilities need?
- Grammys’ AI rules aim to keep music human, but large gray area leaves questions about authenticity and authorship
AI is already in much of the music you hear. It can be as mundane as a production tool or as deceptive as a fake recording artist – and a whole lot in between.
- From Colonial rebels to Minneapolis protesters, technology has long powered American social movements
Smartphone video, ICE-tracking apps and 3D-printed whistles have been emblematic of the protests in Minneapolis. Social movements have long latched onto and been catalyzed by new technologies.
- What Franco’s fascist regime in Spain can teach us about today’s America
Comparisons of Trump to Hitler have become common. But some of Trump’s policies may more closely resemble those of Francisco Franco of Spain, says a Spanish scholar.
Inter Press Service
- U.S. Exit from Paris Agreement Deepens Climate Vulnerability for the Rest of the World
On January 27, the United States officially withdrew from the Paris Agreement, an international treaty adopted in 2015 aiming to reduce global warming and strengthen countries’ resilience to climate impacts. Following a year of regulatory rollbacks and sustained efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle federal climate policy, this move is expected to trigger wide
- Business Growth and Innovation Can Boost India’s Productivity
India’s productivity growth over the past two decades has been impressive, reflecting rapid expansion in high-value services, gradual efficiency-enhancing reforms, and scale advantages from a large domestic market. That said, additional gains would support the country’s ambitions of becoming an advanced economy. Better supporting innovation, including by removing business barriers, can boost the productivity growth
- The UN is Being Undermined by the ‘Law of the Jungle’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was dead on target when he told the Security Council last week that the rule of law worldwide is being replaced by the law of the jungle. “We see flagrant violations of international law and brazen disregard for the UN Charter. From Gaza to Ukraine, and around the world, the rule
Sludge
- Hudson River Park Trust to End Longstanding ICE Contract Following Sludge Report
After contracting with ICE since 2004, the Trust tells Sludge it will stop when the current contract ends in June.
Grist
- Panic buying ahead of the winter storm isn’t preparedness. Here’s who it hurts.
While some hoard bread, milk, and eggs, others face bare shelves — and the planet pays too.
- The biomass industry promised these Southern towns prosperity. So why are they still dying?
States gave Drax millions in tax breaks in the hopes of boosting jobs.
- EVs are already making your air cleaner
A study in California finds that even small increases in EV adoption lead to measurable drops in neighborhood-level air pollution.
Truthout
- Trump Sues the IRS and Treasury for $10 Billion Over Tax Return Leak
Sen. Ron Wyden said Trump is weaponizing taxpayer privacy laws for himself while giving individuals’ tax records to ICE.
- Trump’s Back-and-Forth Threats on Iran Are Psychological Warfare
As Trump threatens war yet again, Congress is continuing to abdicate its responsibility.
- Democrats Cave on Demands for DHS Reforms, Agree to Short-Term Spending Bill
The deal — a major concession from Democrats — funds DHS and its immigration-related agencies for another two weeks.
Labor Notes
- Organizing Down the Supply Chain: Logistics Workers Win First Contract
One hundred and fifty workers at a vehicle processing center in Tacoma, Washington, won their first contract last year, in a huge step for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union organizing down the supply chain. Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics had opened the VPC across the street from a major terminal in the Port of Tacoma, where longshore workers are represented by ILWU Local 23. This “roll-on, roll-off” (ro-ro) terminal handles vehicles and other cargo that is driven on and off ships.
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