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Democracy Now!
- DOJ Whistleblower Confirms "Antisemitism" Probes Against Universities Were Sham Investigations
Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, has filed a complaint claiming the Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism pushed universities into massive settlements despite turning up little to no evidence of anti-Jewish discrimination on campus. Van Erem said in her complaint that the government’s probes into schools like Harvard, Brown and Columbia were “an unlawful process designed to achieve predetermined political goals.” “Columbia affiliates, from the Board of Trustees down, have actually collaborated with the federal government in these sham investigations,” says Marianna Hirsch, professor emerita at Columbia University. “These were not […]
- Meet Loui Ridi: Palestinian American Returns to West Bank Home Besieged by Israeli Settlers
Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American man who lives in Ohio, traveled to the occupied West Bank on Monday to help relatives defend their family home in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus. Israeli settlers have surrounded the home, which Ridi owns, for more than a week. Settlers have besieged several Palestinian houses in the village, trapping people inside and cutting off water and electricity in some cases. “I’m not getting no protection here. I still fear for my life. I still fear for my family’s life here,” says Ridi, who joins Democracy Now! from the occupied West Bank. Ridi has raised an American flag on his home and reached out to the U.S. Embassy for help. “The IDF is not even making it better here. They’re not allowing […]
- As Pressure Grows, Israel Finally Opens Probe into 2024 Killing of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab in Gaza
Israel’s military on Wednesday admitted that its soldiers opened fire in January 2024 on a car trying to flee Gaza City following Israel’s evacuation orders. The car was carrying 5-year-old Palestinian Hind Rajab and six of her relatives. They were all killed, as were Palestine Red Crescent Society medics dispatched to rescue them. The Israeli military said it would also investigate the killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics whose bodies and crushed emergency vehicles were recovered from a mass grave in Rafah in March 2025. It made no mention of thousands of other incidents where Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli forces. “This seems to be nothing more than political theater,” says Sharif Abdel Kouddous, the Middle East and […]
- Headlines for August 21, 2026
U.S. Treasury to Sanction Iran and Its Trading Partners: “You Are Either With Us or Against Us”, USS Abraham Lincoln Heads for San Diego After Record Wartime Deployment, Houthis Clash with Yemeni Forces in Largest-Scale Fighting Since 2022 Truce, Sudan’s Humanitarian Catastrophe Grows as 200,000 Are Displaced by Fighting and Flooding, “The People Want the Fall of the Regime”: Tunisian Protesters Demand Ouster of Kais Saied, Human Rights Watch: Russian Mercenaries Led Massacre of Civilians in Mali Village Raid, Armed Israeli Settlers Kill and Wound Palestinians During Raid on Village Near Hebron, Aisha Wahab Wins Special Election, Becoming First Afghan American U.S. Congressmember, FBI Searches Eric Swalwell’s Home and Seizes […]
- "Love Machines": James Muldoon on How AI Is Changing Relationships & the Global Workers Fueling AI
James Muldoon is a sociologist who writes about the changing nature of human-technology relationships. Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Our Relationships investigates how people form emotional attachments with large language models, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labor Powering A.I., co-written by fellow researchers Mark Graham and Callum Cant and based on more than a decade of fieldwork, follows Global South workers whose knowledge and labor are the basis of AI tools and assistants. “A lot of people see artificial intelligence as something that is largely automated, frictionless, and just appears as a useful tool for us. But most of the human hours […]
Fair Observer
- Bangladesh’s Campuses Made Muslim Piety Suspect
Bangladesh’s public universities must confront a difficult inheritance. For years, ruling-party student fronts turned residential halls into spaces of surveillance, discipline and fear. Between 2009 and 2024, this system worked most powerfully through the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) — the student wing of the Bangladesh Awami League, founded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on January 4,… Continue reading Bangladesh’s Campuses Made Muslim Piety Suspect The post Bangladesh’s Campuses Made Muslim Piety Suspect appeared first on Fair Observer.
- Women’s Empowerment and Economic Growth Through Dairy Cooperatives
According to the Indian Government’s Economic Survey 2025–26, agricultural and allied activities contribute nearly one-fifth (17–18%) of India’s national income, underscoring their continued importance to the economy. According to the recent Periodic Labour Force Surveys, Indian women account for more than half of the agricultural workforce, with more females (21.7 million) than males (19.7 million)… Continue reading Women’s Empowerment and Economic Growth Through Dairy Cooperatives The post Women’s Empowerment and Economic Growth Through Dairy Cooperatives appeared first on Fair Observer.
- Revisiting India’s “Push-in” Policy: An International Legal Perspective
On 24 June, the Naogaon Battalion (16 BGB) of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) prevented the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from inserting nine individuals, including women and children, into Bangladeshi territory. This is the latest attempt by the BSF to conduct a “push-in” of people into Bangladesh, which has continued since early May 2025.… Continue reading Revisiting India’s “Push-in” Policy: An International Legal Perspective The post Revisiting India’s “Push-in” Policy: An International Legal Perspective appeared first on Fair Observer.
Anthropocene
- Recycling food waste has a huge climate upside and a surprising downside.
A study of American composting and biogas schemes finds a climate win is shadowed by a microplastics problem. The clue is what food is wrapped in.
- Trashed solar panels will be a treasure worth up to $1 trillion
A huge new study charted 1,708 recycling scenarios across 32 regions and found a way to turn a looming waste crisis into a circular-economy windfall.
Black Agenda Report
- Black Agenda Radio August 21, 2026
In this week’s segment, we discuss U.S. control over Venezuela and its resources, and the Venezuelan people's response to their loss of sovereignty. But we begin with a report on the police killing of a one-year-old child in Mississippi and the policing of Black people throughout the country.
- One Year Old Kohen Wiley Killed Under Color of Law in Mississippi
Our guest is attorney Jaribu Hill, executive director of the Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights. She reports on the police killing of 1-year old Kohen Wiley in Senatobia, Mississippi and on policing against Black people throughout the United States.
- Venezuela Under U.S. Attack
On January 3, 2026, the U.S. conducted a military attack against Venezuela and kidnapped president Nicolas Maduro and his wife, First Combatant Cilia Flores. Since that time interim president Delcy Rodriguez, said to be under a secret indictment, has acquiesced to demands such as turning Alex Saab […]
The Guardian
- US Postal Service rule tightens mail-in voting despite court orders blocking changes
Rule would require states to provide federal government with information on voters in return for delivering ballotsThe US Postal Service prepared to publish a final rule late on Friday to impose new requirements on states to provide the federal government with information on voters before the November midterm congressional elections, despite a pair of court orders that currently block the changes from taking effect.The USPS acknowledged in the text of the final rule posted online Friday, which is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register next week, that two injunctions issued by federal courts in California and Massachusetts currently bar it from moving ahead with the changes to comply with a March executive […]
- Trump talks up White House ballroom and says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’ – as it happened
This blog is now closed. Read the latest herePentagon fires publisher and editor of Stars & StripesBacklash as navy carrier set to honor Black war hero could be named after TrumpSign up for the US Breaking News emailUS Senator Tim Sheehy, a Montana Republican and a cattle rancher, has come out against a plan announced Friday by Donald Trump to allow for an increase in imported ground beef. ”I’ve advised President Trump against this course of action for a year because American ranchers have been struggling against the packer monopoly for decades, and this will further harm them - most of whom are MAGA Republicans,” Sheehy wrote on X. “The President’s heart is in the right place on wanting lower prices for the American people, […]
- Trump says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’
President at rally in South Carolina makes comments on key strategic waterway and jokes about bombing IranDonald Trump called the strait of Hormuz “an American territory” on Friday, as the US continues its military blockade of Iran’s shipping and ports while Trump’s administration struggles to end its war with the country.“We don’t even know if we won, because I view the strait of Hormuz as an American territory right now,” Trump said, addressing a crowd in South Carolina. He was campaigning for senator Darline Graham, who is running to permanently fill her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat. Continue reading...
- Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal national guard policy report
A report released by thinktank Cap argues the deployment of the national guard failed to have a measurable impact on crime, despite costing billionsThe Center for American Progress (Cap) received a letter from Donald Trump’s lawyer threatening a $5bn lawsuit unless the liberal research organization retracts a report criticizing the effectiveness of the president’s National Guard rollout.The report released 13 July argues that the National Guard deployment in Washington DC, Memphis and Los Angeles failed to have a measurable impact on crime in these cities despite an estimated cost of $1.7bn. The report looks at the falling rate of crime in cities without a National Guard intervention and concludes that they are not statistically […]
- US supreme court lets Trump continue work on White House ballroom for now
Chief justice signs temporary order to permit work while court considers emergency appeal from administrationThe US supreme court has allowed Donald Trump to continue construction of his controversial White House ballroom for now, temporarily pausing a lower court order that would halt much of the project.Supreme court chief justice John Roberts signed a temporary order on Friday, permitting work to continue on the planned White House addition – a top priority of the president – while the court considers an emergency appeal from Trump’s administration. Continue reading...
The Marshall Project
- Bodies of Evidence
Lyrics, medical records and menopause — News Inside Issue 23 looks at what gets used against us, and what gets ignored.
Aeon
Unicorn Riot
- Palestinians Condemn Israel’s Interceptions of Global Freedom Flotilla
Palestinians in Gaza show their solidarity with international activists attempting to break Israel's siege by bringing humanitarian aid via boats. The post Palestinians Condemn Israel’s Interceptions of Global Freedom Flotilla appeared first on UNICORN RIOT.
The Conversation
- Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study shows urban seismology in action
With the help of thunderstorms and everyday fiber-optic cables, these scientists are revealing a hidden world underground.
- More protein in your breakfast or snacks won’t give you more muscle without more work – a biologist separates the science from the marketing
Protein powders and protein-fortified versions of all manner of foods line grocery store shelves. But just because something has added protein doesn’t necessarily make it better.
- The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do
Educators can confront AI head on by distinguishing its pattern-recognition skills from its inability to daydream, embody other people and authentically express itself.
- Antarctic krill fishing is now concentrated in the exact pattern conservation rules were designed to prevent
With location regulations no longer in force, fishing boats are harvesting thousands of tons of krill from very few areas, increasing competition with penguins, seals, whales and other marine life.
- A seemingly technical change to international student visas could disrupt teaching and research at US universities
US colleges and universities hosted nearly 1.2 million international students in the 2024-25 school year, an all-time high.
Inter Press Service
- Lailuma Built Opportunities for Afghan Women – Then She Was Killed
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons
- New Emergency Care Skills Help Tanzania’s Frontline Doctors Save Lives
The 14-year-old girl arrived at the hospital fighting for her life. After a tragic hit-and-run car accident, she was rushed into the emergency department with serious abdominal injuries. Every passing minute brought her closer to death. “There was internal bleeding,” recalls Dr Iddi Muhammad Juma, a surgeon at Tanzania’s Same District Hospital. “We performed an
- Cockroach Insult Unleashes Biggest Challenge yet to Modi’s Repressive Rule
India’s strongman leader, Narendra Modi, has just been forced to do the thing he likes least: making concessions in response to protests. It all started on 15 May, when the country’s Chief Justice, Surya Kant, told a courtroom that unemployed young people who protest and speak out on social media are like cockroaches. The remark,
Sludge
- Trump Convenes White House Crypto Meeting With His Own Business Partners
Many of the companies at today’s White House meeting are in business with the president's or his son's crypto ventures, and have donated millions to Trump’s political committees.
Yale Environment 360
- Rising CO2 Speeds the Growth of Grasses on the African Savanna
On the arid African savanna, grasses are growing faster than they were a generation ago, boosted by rising levels of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. That is the finding of a new study that warns that faster growth could fuel larger wildfires and alter the distribution of wildlife.Read more on E360 →
Inside Climate News
Amnesty International
Grist
- Solar buoyed Europe’s grid amid record-breaking heat and drought this summer
The season of extreme weather holds lessons for how the continent can climate-proof its energy systems.
- In a drier world, some infectious diseases are unexpectedly thriving
Researchers are beginning to untangle how the “drought-disease paradox” works.
- Who’s most at risk in the cyclospora outbreak? The farmworkers on the front lines.
An expert on migrant farmworker health describes how this population has been blamed and put at risk, but seldom understood.
Truthout
- Hind Rajab’s Family Says Israel’s Investigation Into Hind’s Death Just a PR Ploy
“Even now, all I hear is her crying, ‘I’m scared,’ and her plea: ‘Come here, Mama, take me,’” Hind’s mother said.
- Trump Is Destroying Pristine Public Lands to Build His Border Wall — Again
Contractors damaged federally protected habitats in Big Bend National Park and areas near sacred springs in Arizona.
- Trump Administration Is Reviving a Visa Rule That Could Disrupt Higher Education
These new rules will make it harder for some international students to visit and stay in the US.
Labor Notes
The World – PRI
19th News
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