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At least 7,000 people in New Delhi were detained on Saturday.
South African human rights lawyer Navanethem “Navi” Pillay began her career defending anti-apartheid activists.
The “war on terror” is still ongoing in Afghanistan despite US withdrawal, journalist Emran Feroz says.
“Every single aspect of the life of the people of Gaza has changed once and forever,” says Akram al-Satarri.
Students protest teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, and dilapidated school buildings beset by rats and debris.
“The momentum has been with the right since 2018,” says Brazilian philosopher Rodrigo Nunes.
“I’ve never seen anything like what we saw Wednesday night,” said one reporter who witnessed the execution attempt.
Instead of being held liable through existing laws, AI companies are making “a ploy for regulatory capture.”
Writer and analyst Muhammad Shehada notes the release of Israeli hostages is the only plan item that’s been fulfilled.
“We want to change the whole model of housing in Spain,” says Sabina Carrau of the Madrid Tenants’ Union.
At least 104 people were arrested, including nine elected officials as well as congressional and other candidates.
Jacob Silverman, author of Gilded Rage, discusses the influence of billionaire tech elites.
“If you look on the CDC’s website right now, under measles, 2026 deaths, it lists zero,” notes Dr. Paul Offit.
Meanwhile, the CIA recently formed a new secret task force as part of a widening US effort to destabilize Cuba.
Individuals deported there under “third-country agreements” have been denied the ability to contact their families.
The meatpacking industry is more powerful now than when Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, says author Eric Schlosser.
The report says Israel is “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank.”
A new book examines how wealthy elites are preparing for “the end of the world” even as they drive growing crises.
“This ceasefire has been in place since 2022, but it has not ended the war in Yemen,” says professor Shireen Al-Adeimi.
Trump posed as a “war on terror" critic, but he just waged it more violently and expansively, says Spencer Ackerman.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has unsealed more than 170,000 pages of records as part of a settlement with 9/11 Health Watch.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is releasing records on the city’s response to 9/11-related air quality and health concerns.
Danbury has seen mass protest and growing mutual aid efforts in response to the federal immigration crackdown.
Roderick Miles Jr., a Democratic Tarrant County commissioner, called the closures a “modern-day poll tax.”
Two families from St. Lucia and Colombia believe their loved ones, both fishermen, were killed at sea by US airstrikes.
Economist Francisco Rodríguez says no Venezuelan government would enter such a deal unless they were “held at gunpoint.”
Eddie Melton, the mayor of the majority-Black city, says infrastructure must be hardened ahead of future severe storms.
Calls to shut down the facility grow following the detention and deportation of a 5-year-old and his father.
James Muldoon discusses the global supply chains of AI and how people are forming emotional attachments with chatbots.
Activists have staged tree-sits on both sides of the US-Mexico border to prevent the destruction of ancient cottonwoods.
Netanyahu is “including conditions that can never be met” in Israel’s deal with Hamas, analyst Mouin Rabbani says.
Rajiv Menon could face up to two years in prison for his closing speech during a trial of a Palestine Action defendant.
Poh Si Teng says the film rose out of “deep despair” over Gaza and Israeli attacks on her former Al Jazeera colleagues.
Senior officials, including Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent, were on the plane Trump left, along with reporters.
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn criticizes Prime Minister Andy's Burnham's apology: “It’s simply not enough.”
LaMar, who maintains his innocence, says he is facing “consistent torture” by guards spraying chemicals near his cell.
The acting attorney general has told anti-abortion activists he is working to restrict abortion nationwide.
David Krueger says AI's integration into warfare makes international agreements halting development ever more urgent.
Soto, whose husband was moved to Elizabeth Detention Center, speaks out after third death at Delaney Hall ICE jail.
The exhibit comes as the Trump administration escalates attacks on DEI and censors how history is publicly presented.
For Zinn, says author Dave Zirin, “being an academic was always secondary to being in the streets and making history."
Alexandra Bravo was killed while investigating boat strike survivors' claims that they were tortured by US gunmen.
The congressmember from Ohio is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection.
Scientists and AI firm employees urge the US to “deliberately pace” the development of the most advanced AI systems.
Francesca Albanese also comments on settler- and soldier-led pogroms in the occupied West Bank.
Beto Coral was arrested and returned to Colombia for exercising free speech in criticizing Abelardo de la Espriella.
A professor who fled Madrid says decades of neoliberal policies have diminished Spain’s ability to respond to disasters.
The bill would create “a subclass of people who can be discriminated against” in US territories, says a legal scholar.
A three-judge federal appeals panel overturned the lower court ruling that had freed Mahdawi from ICE custody.
The neighborhood was bombed a second time while families and rescuers were still on the ground.