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Democracy Now!
- Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights at Home
We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press. First Amendment freedoms “were tested right away in the days and weeks after 9/11,” says Jameel Jaffer, legal expert and director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. “All of the surveillance authorities that were put in place after 9/11,” says Jaffer, “their use […]
- "Horror to Last a Lifetime": Juan González on Covering 9/11 Attacks in NYC 25 Years Ago Today
Friday marks 25 years since the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Around 3,000 people were killed that day, and nearly 10,000 more have died in the years since from 9/11-related illnesses connected to the collapse of the twin towers. In 2001, Democracy Now! was a radio show broadcasting from the attic of Downtown Community Television in Chinatown, just blocks away from ground zero. We were the closest national broadcast to the World Trade Center site. We were on the air when the second plane hit the south tower. Today, we reair a clip of that broadcast and hear Democracy Now! co-host Juan González read the column he wrote for the New York Daily News in […]
- Headlines for September 11, 2026
Yemen’s Houthis Seize Entire Red Sea Coastline, Consolidating Power Over Bab al-Mandab Strait, Oil Prices Surge Toward $110 a Barrel as More Ships Are Struck Near Strait of Hormuz, At GOP Midterm Convention, Trump Asks Supporters to “Cheat Like Hell” to Win Election, Supreme Court Again Blocks Missouri from Using Gerrymandered Congressional Map in Midterms, Russia Bombs Shopping Malls and Gas Stations in Ukraine After Kyiv Orders Strikes Deep Inside Russia, Nepal Seeks $20 Million in Climate Compensation After Glacier’s Collapse Triggers Deadly Floods, Study Warns Climate Feedback Loops Could Worsen Global Heating by 30%, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows Holds Vigil Ahead of 25th Anniversary of Attacks, ICE Sends […]
- 4.7 Million Dead, $8 Trillion: Counting the Devastating Human & Economic Costs of the Post‑9/11 Wars
As part of our weeklong coverage marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the launch of the United States’ so-called war on terror, we take a look at the human, financial and environmental costs of U.S. military intervention around the world with Neta Crawford, co-founder of Brown University’s Costs of War Project. Researchers at the Costs of War Project estimate that nearly a million people have been killed as a direct result of U.S. military violence in the Middle East since 2001. At least half are estimated to be civilians. An additional 3.8 million deaths can be attributed to the indirect effects of war, including injuries, famine and long-term health conditions. And the wars have also increased the U.S. debt, […]
- "Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump": Spencer Ackerman
“The 'war on terror' was always a construct to be waged, never quite to be ended.” We discuss the origins and impacts of the global “war on terror,” launched by the U.S. government in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., with Spencer Ackerman, author of Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump. “We saw, beginning at the very outset of the 'war on terror,' our leaders told us to understand 9/11 as an assault of a foreign civilization, one that had nothing to do with the consequences of American extractive and exploitative foreign policy in the Muslim world or its support for Israel.” Ackerman says the “war on terror” and its repercussions have […]
Anthropocene
- Scientists develop a plastic that can be turned into fertilizer
Researchers say a modified plant-derived polymer offers a possible alternative to conventional plastics—one designed to end its life as crop fertilizer, not landfill waste.
- Building codes are holding back low-carbon concrete. A new study shows why.
Building standards treat all concrete the same, hindering the use of greener concrete, but climate conditions play a much bigger role in determining a structure’s durability
The Guardian
- Trump asks Smithsonian to install ‘Colossus statue’ of George Washington with exhibit
Trump, again trying to curate museum, says exhibit would stay until 2032 for 300th anniversary of Washington’s birthDonald Trump asked the Smithsonian Institution to install a 30ft “Colossus statue” of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History, and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president, in a social media post late on Friday.The president requested that the exhibit continue through February 2032, the 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth. Continue reading...
- Trump says he would ‘love’ to see unified Ireland and ‘it may as well happen now’ as he visits Dublin – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here:Full story: Donald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see united IrelandReuters has issued a series of alerts on Trump’s latest comments (he is currently meeting with Micheál Martin). Here is what the news agency has reported:On Iran: War will end very soon. Continue reading...
- Taxes wouldn’t fund $5,000 Trump ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms, says commerce secretary
Lutnick said $500bn of estimated $1tn needed to fund checks to all US adults could come from new visa programDonald Trump’s controversial proposal to give a $5,000 “dividend” to all US adults if Republicans maintain control of Congress in November’s elections would not be paid out from US tax revenues, according to the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick.“It’s not tax money,” Lutnick said in an interview with NBC News, adding that the administration could “earn the money that Donald Trump wants to pay out, not from the deficit and not from taxpayers”. Continue reading...
- Calls for Democrats to be shot go unchallenged at Republican convention
Crowd member repeatedly said some Democrats ‘should be shot’ during Ted Cruz’s speech, without senator respondingOn the night Republicans gathered to mourn the killing of Charlie Kirk and warn against the dangers of violent rhetoric, a crowd at the party’s irregular midterm convention in Dallas repeatedly called for a sitting Senate candidate to be shot, while the Republican senator at the podium never denounced or even noted the outbursts.The outbursts came repeatedly during Ted Cruz’s Thursday night address at the American Airlines center, when he named a Democrat he accused of holding radical views. After the senator mentioned the New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, video footage depicts at least one audience member shouting: […]
- ‘Don’t I deserve a little grace?’: Lonnie Bunch on pressure from Trump and leaving the Smithsonian on his own terms
The man who shepherded the creation of the National Museum for African American History and Culture discusses his tenure and interference from the White House“For the last two years, everything has implied getting rid of me,” Lonnie Bunch III, the Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, said on Thursday. Following an unremitting pressure campaign from Donald Trump and his administration, Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum for African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), announced his retirement on 9 September.Bunch insisted, however, that the pressure “was not part of my calculus”, and that his decision to step down was driven by having completed his personal checklist of goals: “First of all, I promised I’d […]
Aeon
- Penchants of the polymaths
The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints get in the way- by Mariam SabriRead on Aeon
The Conversation
- Your memories of how you heard about 9/11 may well be wrong – we’ve been asking the same people what they remember for 25 years
Memories are dynamic, not fixed. Even if what you’re remembering about your own experience isn’t quite how it all happened, those memories serve important roles.
- How anti-bribery laws apply to Trump’s promise of $5,000 payments if Republicans keep control of Congress
Bribery involves offering money to a particular person, but Trump did not make his $5,000 offer to any single voter or set of voters.
- Here’s how teachers and parents can collaborate and help Michigan’s 1.4M students succeed
Inflexible meeting times, transportation and childcare challenges can limit parents or caregivers from getting involved in their children’s education.
- CDC vs. Pennsylvania: Why conflicting public health messages jeopardize public safety
When state health departments, federal health agencies and medical societies diverge, how is an ordinary person supposed to know whom to trust?
- ‘The Uprising’ shows how medieval people weren’t so obedient after all
The English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 wasn’t an isolated outburst. Across medieval Europe, ordinary people challenged the authority of rulers who failed to live up to their end of the bargain.
Inter Press Service
- Central Asia Marks 20 Years of Its Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone With Renewed Call for Disarmament
Twenty years after five Central Asian states signed a landmark treaty banning nuclear weapons across their region, their foreign ministers have used the anniversary to warn that faltering arms-control agreements, nuclear modernization and deepening international mistrust are placing global security under growing strain. In a joint statement issued on September 8, the foreign ministers of
- At Hammarskjöld’s Grave, Sixty-Five Years After Ndola
Late in August I stood at Dag Hammarskjöld’s grave in Uppsala. It is a quiet place, a long way from New York and from the wars the United Nations exists to prevent. He died sixty-five years ago this month, on 18 September 1961, in an aircraft crash near Ndola, in what is now Zambia.
- PHILIPPINES: ‘Responding to Disinformation Can’t Mean Giving the Government a Mandate to Police Truth’
CIVICUS discusses the implications of the Philippines’ proposed anti-disinformation bill with Josalee Deinla, Secretary-General of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, a civil society organisation that defends civil liberties in the Philippines. The Philippines’ House of Representatives has approved the Digital Media Anti-False Information Act, which would criminalise the deliberate creation and spread of
Sludge
- AI Money Floods State Fights Over Data Centers
A dark money group backed by Marc Andreessen and OpenAI's president says it has $50 million for pro-data-center campaigns, starting in three battleground states.
Grist
- As extreme weather worsens, Black and Hispanic homeowners are paying more for insurance
Residents in predominantly Hispanic communities in Florida are paying on average $5,014 more annually for their policies, a new report says.
- A federal judge just told Trump there’s no ‘emergency’ to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open
It's one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s “energy emergency” agenda.
- America’s houseplants come at a steep price for greenhouse workers
The people who grow houseplants aren't often thought of as agricultural workers, but they face many of the same hardships — especially in extreme heat.
Truthout
- Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. Abortion Ban States Have It Worst.
A ProPublica analysis found that the spike in deaths has elicited almost no public health response.
- Federal Court Rules Trump Admin Can’t Keep Aging Michigan Coal Plant Open
The ruling is one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration's use of “energy emergency” powers.
- Hedge Fund-Owned Publisher Lays Off Local Journalists From Papers Across the US
Unions decried the firing of nearly 100 workers, which they said will leave major gaps in coverage in many regions.
Labor Notes
- Trabajadores de la salud luchan por la comunidad inmigrante en Vermont
Los trabajadores de la salud quienes están luchando por un contrato sindical en Vermont han acudido a la mesa de negociaciones no solo con sus propias demandas de plantillas suficientes y salarios justos, sino también con una petición algo inusual: una planteada en solidaridad con trabajadores lecheros en el estado. Quieren que su empleador, el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Vermont, se una al programa “Leche con Dignidad”.
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