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Eric Adams Withdraws From NYC Mayoral Race as Polls Show Cuomo Behind Mamdani

Trump aims to clear the lane for Cuomo because he knows Cuomo will clear the lane for Trump’s agenda, says Mamdani.

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Israel Issues New Evacuation Orders in Gaza City as Ground Forces Push Deeper

Israel Issues New Evacuation Orders in Gaza City as Ground Forces Push Deeper

“People feel now it’s a permanent state of displacement,” says Al Jazeera reporter Hani Mahmoud.

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Asylum Seekers US Deported to Ghana Sent to Home Countries Amid Risk of Torture

Asylum Seekers US Deported to Ghana Sent to Home Countries Amid Risk of Torture

“There is zero pathway for people in danger now to apply for asylum in the United States,” says ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt.

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Was Trump’s Anti-Migrant, Anti-Climate Science UN Speech Directed at Far Right?

Was Trump’s Anti-Migrant, Anti-Climate Science UN Speech Directed at Far Right?

Trump was speaking to an international far right more than he was to UN member states, says journalist Ishaan Tharoor.

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Political Prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah Is Free – But Still “Doesn’t Have Justice”

Political Prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah Is Free – But Still “Doesn’t Have Justice”

A leading voice in the Arab Spring protests, the political dissident spent more than half of his adult life behind bars.

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Trump Admin Is Exploiting Regulatory Authority to Silence Dissent and Criticism

Trump Admin Is Exploiting Regulatory Authority to Silence Dissent and Criticism

“It is all flagrantly illegal,” says Jameel Jaffer, director of the Knight First Amendment Institute.

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“I Have Not Surrendered”: Leonard Peltier Remains Committed to Indigenous Rights

“I Have Not Surrendered”: Leonard Peltier Remains Committed to Indigenous Rights

Peltier discusses his time in (and release from) prison, his ongoing struggle for Indigenous rights, and more.

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New Doc Reveals Story of Gaza Doctor Who Israel Has Imprisoned Since December

New Doc Reveals Story of Gaza Doctor Who Israel Has Imprisoned Since December

“The Disappearance of Dr. Abu Safiya” exposes how Israel attacks and decommissions hospitals, says Dr. Azra Zyada.

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TN State Rep.: Trump Uses “Black Criminality” Myth to Take Over Black-Led Cities

TN State Rep.: Trump Uses “Black Criminality” Myth to Take Over Black-Led Cities

Trump’s plan to send troops and agents into Memphis is “a power play for more authoritarianism,” says Justin J. Pearson.

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US Acts as “Judge, Jury, and Executioner” in Venezuelan Boat Strikes

US Acts as “Judge, Jury, and Executioner” in Venezuelan Boat Strikes

Venezuelan historian Miguel Tinker Salas discusses the growing US military presence in the Caribbean.

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Judith Butler Among 160 Named in UC Berkeley Files Given to Trump Administration

Judith Butler Among 160 Named in UC Berkeley Files Given to Trump Administration

“We don’t have any rights to know the allegation against us,” says Butler amid the crackdown on Palestinian solidarity.

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Protests Topple Nepal Government Amid Anger Over Corruption and Inequality

Protests Topple Nepal Government Amid Anger Over Corruption and Inequality

The country’s former Chief Justice Sushila Karki looks set to become interim prime minister.

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Global Sumud Flotilla Vows to Reach Gaza Despite Fear of More Attacks

Global Sumud Flotilla Vows to Reach Gaza Despite Fear of More Attacks

“Solidarity work is an accumulative process that we have to build,” says Saif Abukeshek of the Global Sumud Flotilla.

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The US Bankrolled Israel’s Attack on Qatar, Jeremy Scahill Reminds Us

The US Bankrolled Israel’s Attack on Qatar, Jeremy Scahill Reminds Us

“They tried to kill the very people that would have been sitting across the table in these negotiations,” says Scahill.

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Largest US Bank Enabled Epstein’s Operation and Profited From Its Ties to Him

Largest US Bank Enabled Epstein’s Operation and Profited From Its Ties to Him

JPMorgan processed more than 4,700 transactions for Epstein totaling more than $1.1 billion, a new exposé reveals.

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Labor Department, IRS, ATF, and Other Agencies Joined ICE in US’s Largest Raid

Labor Department, IRS, ATF, and Other Agencies Joined ICE in US’s Largest Raid

Over 500 officials participated, arresting 475 people. Witnesses say agents threatened and tear-gassed workers.

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Trump Administration’s Deadly Strike on Venezuelan Boat Raises Fear of Wider War

The US is escalating the “war on drugs” and folding it into the “war on terror,” says historian Greg Grandin.

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Don’t Despair: Trump Keeps Losing Bigly

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This Obscure UN Mechanism Could Spur Concrete Action for Gaza Despite US Veto

Former UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber explains how the UN could do more to stop the genocide.

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Army Vet Charged With “Conspiracy” for ICE Protest Amid Trump’s War on Dissent

Legal experts are calling this a test case for the Trump administration’s attempts to criminalize and punish dissent.

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Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs as Illegal and Unconstitutional

The tariffs will remain in effect until October, giving the Trump administration time to bring the case to SCOTUS.

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Talks for “Trump Riviera” in Gaza Persist as Israel Pushes Deeper Into Gaza City

Former State Department official Josh Paul, who resigned over increased arms to Israel, discusses the new developments.

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Hurricane Katrina Aftermath Is Both Reverberating and Amplifying 20 Years Later

Democracy and the social safety net are being attacked like they were after the storm, says journalist Jordan Flaherty.

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Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Sues Trump Over His Attempt to Fire Her

Trump has also threatened to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell as he pushes the central bank to cut interest rates rapidly.

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Organizers Plan Labor Day Mass Mobilization Against Trump’s Threats to Chicago

“We’re not going to normalize fascism,” says a Chicago alderperson as Trump threatens to send troops to the city.

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US Citizen Detained by ICE During Raid on CA Farm Is Suing Trump Administration

“They didn’t need an excuse for anything they did. They just did it,” George Retes says of ICE agents who arrested him.

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State Dept Official Fired After Pushing to Denounce Gaza Displacement Speaks Out

Shahed Ghoreishi shares details of the internal debates around language on Israel policy that led to his ouster.

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Israel Denies Foreign Doctors Entry to Gaza as It Prepares Gaza City Invasion

“I feel too weak to move,” says a medical student in Gaza City, describing her working conditions under famine.

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The Trump Family Has Made $3.4 Billion Due to His Presidencies, Report Finds

“The scale is really quite novel,” journalist David Kirkpatrick says of Trump’s frenzy to cash in while in office.

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LA Immigrant Rights Activist Recounts Violent Arrest by Masked Federal Agents

“The way that we’re going to win ... is through solidarity for all people,” said Amanda Trebach.

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Historian Rebukes Trump Imposing His Own Views of US History on the Smithsonian

“People support the idea of a capacious and a truthful, unvarnished picture of [US] history,” says Annette Gordon-Reed.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to Trump: “We’re Not Going to Cower or Bend”

It is time “to all come together to resist the tyrannical reign that is coming from the White House,” the mayor said.

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Ex-Colombian President Tied to US-Backed Paramilitaries Given House Arrest

Uribe, a staunch US ally who ruled Colombia from 2002 to 2010, had been found guilty of witness tampering and bribery.

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YouTube Star Ms. Rachel Says Protecting Palestinian Kids Is Core to Her Values

The massively popular childhood educator speaks on her efforts to advocate for children facing genocide in Gaza.

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Trump’s DC Takeover Is Part of “Slide Towards Fascism,” Princeton Professor Says

Khalil Gibran Muhammad says Trump uses racist ideas and policing to enact his domestic policy agenda.

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Activist Released Without Charges After Violent Arrest While Documenting ICE

Masked agents pinned Amanda Trebach on the pavement then forced her into an unmarked van.

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New Jersey Wins Historic $2 Billion Settlement From Chemical Companies Over PFAS

A broad coalition of activists around the country has long been lobbying to ban toxic forever chemicals.

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Trump Kicks Trade War into High Gear as New Tariffs Take Effect

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Robert Reich: Firing of BLS Chief Is Another Example of Trump’s Dislike of Facts

The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.

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Protesters Converge on New York Trump Hotel to Demand US Stop Arming Israel

Police arrested more than 40 people at the demonstration, which was led by Jewish activists.

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Columbia Prof. Rashid Khalidi Cancels Course, Slams School’s Trump Settlement

“I don’t see how people can, in good conscience, continue as before inside these universities,” Khalidi says.

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Activists From “Cancer Alley” Launch US Tour to Confront Fossil Fuel Financiers

The “Toxic Billionaire Tour” targets the financial backers of natural gas projects that have devastated the region.

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Both Patients and Staff in Gaza Hospitals Experiencing Starvation, Doctor Says

“It was completely evident that there is no safe place in Gaza,” a US doctor who just returned from the territory says.

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60 Years After Creation of Medicaid, GOP Cuts Threaten the Lifeline for Millions

The GOP budget bill slashes nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid, which is the largest payer of long-term care in the US.

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Former Gaza Humanitarian Fund Worker Says Aid Sites “Designed as Death Traps”

“The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation needs to be defunded, shut down,” former contractor Anthony Aguilar says.

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Israeli Interception of Aid Ship Bound for Gaza is “Piracy,” Activist Says

After cutting radio access, armed, masked soldiers boarded the boat, which was carrying formula, food, and medicine.

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Another Freedom Flotilla Sails to Gaza to Break Israel’s “Engineered Famine”

The ship launched from Italy five days ago carrying humanitarian aid desperately needed by Gaza’s starving population.

25.07.2025 3

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Vanuatu Minister After ICJ Climate Ruling: There’s a “Duty to Repair Harm Done”

The International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.

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University Withholds Palestinian American Student’s Diploma Over Her Activism

Virginia Commonwealth University student Sereen Haddad has lost over 200 members of her extended family in the genocide.

23.07.2025 4

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ICE Jailed a 6-Year-Old With Leukemia for More Than a Month

The boy, who was jailed along with his sister and mother, cried every night, a lawyer for the family said.

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