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Legislators Denounce “Appalling and Horrific Treatment” of Mothers in Immigrant Detention

As Mother’s Day approaches, a group of senators are raising the alarm about the “appalling and horrific treatment” of pregnant and nursing...

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“It’s Life Alert or Rent”: Montana Trailer Park Tenants Are on Rent Strike

35-year-old Benjamin Moore has lived in Mountain Meadows Mobile Home Park, outside Bozeman, Montana, since he was 17. This month, for the first time,...

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“Counterterrorism” Now Officially Means Targeting Trans People

On Wednesday, the White House released a new “United States Counterterrorism Strategy,” the first such directive since a 2021 Biden-era memo...

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Mr. Wonderful’s Utah Data Center Will Be More Than Twice as Big as Manhattan

Kevin O’Leary is best known as “Mr. Wonderful” on Shark Tank, or maybe as the bad guy from Marty Supreme. On Shark Tank, he invests in—or...

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Republicans Claim Widespread Food Stamp Fraud. What’s Missing: Hard Evidence.

The US Department of Agriculture has spent the past week notifying people that the country is (allegedly) overrun by individuals who are fraudulently...

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The Iran War Remains Unpopular—Unless You’re a Weapons Contractor

As peace talks with Iran continue to stall, the Trump administration announced on Friday an additional $8.6 billion in fast-tracked weapons sales to...

02.05.2026 9

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Trump’s Plans to Rebuild DC in His Image Keep Getting Pricier

Donald Trump’s plans to remake parts of Washington, DC, are much bigger—and more expensive—than originally planned. A top Trump fundraiser is...

02.05.2026 7

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“Where Have All the Student Protests Gone?”

It’s become a familiar refrain: something awful happens in the world, and a member of the commentariat asks, “Where are the student protests? Or...

02.05.2026 9

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Amazon Powers ICE. Its Workers Aren’t Happy.

Matt Multari has been driving for Amazon—and organizing with the Teamsters—for about a year and a half. His days are mostly spent delivering...

01.05.2026 10

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Hegseth to Congress: We Have No Iran Plan But Give Us 1.5 Trillion Anyway.

For the first time since the US began bombing Iran two weeks ago, our military leadership testified before a congressional committee today. The main...

29.04.2026 9

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The Odd Bedfellows Protesting the Roundup Weedkiller Case

On Monday, the US Supreme Court heard arguments over Bayer AG’s efforts to shut down the thousands of lawsuits alleging its product Roundup, a...

27.04.2026 10

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Trump Endorses Rebranding ICE as NICE

At 11:00 PM Sunday night, Donald Trump endorsed a conservative influencer’s suggestion that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be...

27.04.2026 6

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The Truth About the Trump Plan to Bring Back Execution by Firing Squad

The US Department of Justice announced Friday that it plans to revive the firing squad as a method of killing in federal capital cases. In a 52-page...

25.04.2026 7

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Why Maine’s Governor Just Killed a Pioneering Data Center Moratorium

Until yesterday, it looked like Maine would enshrine the country’s first state-level hyperscale data center moratorium into law. But late on Friday,...

25.04.2026 6

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Trump’s DOJ Indicted the SPLC. His Supporters Are Already Looking for the Next Target.

The Justice Department this week announced criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging that the longtime civil rights watchdog...

24.04.2026 6

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Why Activists Went on Hunger Strike Over A Trash Incinerator

When Nazir Khan picked up the phone on Wednesday, he was a bit delirious. Hours earlier, he’d had his first bites of food after a twelve-day hunger...

24.04.2026 6

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The US Military Is 3D-Printing Warheads

The US Army announced this week that it has successfully 3D-printed a drone-based warhead prototype, and successfully used that weapon to make...

23.04.2026 6

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The Fight Against Warehouse Detention Has Come to Congress

Laura Spivak, an organizer with Washington County Indivisible, has spent the past few months trying everything to stop the construction of an ICE...

23.04.2026 6

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The Working Families Party Is Riding The Anti-AI Wave

Voters are anxious about losing their jobs to artificial intelligence, and key players across the political spectrum have started to notice. Now, the...

21.04.2026 6

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There Are Eric Swalwells Across State Governments

Two lawmakers—Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales—resigned from office last week amid unrelated House Ethics Committee investigations over alleged...

21.04.2026 5

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Corporations Are Getting Tariff Refunds. Americans? Not So Much.

The Trump administration has officially begun the process of repaying up to $175 billion in illegally collected tariffs, following a February Supreme...

20.04.2026 9

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Palantir Wants To Bring Back the Draft

On Sunday afternoon, Palantir, the defense-tech company that sells software to clients like ICE, the US military, and the Israeli military,decided to...

20.04.2026 6

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Homeland Security’s New Task Force Website Sanitizes Trump’s Deportation Agenda

The Department of Homeland Security just rolled out a new website for its city-occupying task forces that looks, more than anything, like a vibe-coded...

18.04.2026 7

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Podcasters, Presidents, and Psychedelics: How Joe Rogan Got Trump Into Ibogaine

President Trump signed an executive order on Saturday calling for the acceleration of research on certain psychedelic drugs as treatments for...

18.04.2026 6

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Maine Said No to New Data Centers. Other States Are Racing to Follow.

The AI infrastructure reckoning has until recently stayed local, its battles fought in the relatively puny arenas of town council and zoning...

17.04.2026 7

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Are Your Allergies Worse This Season? Climate Change and Pollution Might Be To Blame.

About a quarter of Americans suffer from seasonal allergies. And researchers at the nonprofit Climate Central say that if you’re feeling snifflier...

16.04.2026 5

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ICE Smashed Her Car Windows on the Way to the Doctor. Now She’s Fighting Back.

On January 13, Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor’s appointment when ICE agents smashed the glass out of her car windows at a Minneapolis...

16.04.2026 8

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U.S. Scientists in Greenland Want Trump to Back Off

Each summer, about 300 American scientists—mostly climate scientists, with a smattering of biologists and geologists—make the long trip up to...

26.03.2026 8

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New York City Hospitals Fold to Trump. Will Zohran Mamdani Defend Trans Care?

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People Hate Data Centers, so the Industry Is Spending Millions to Rebrand Them

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With community opposition growing,...

28.01.2026 10

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A Year Later, We’re All Paying for Trump’s Assault on the “Green New Scam”

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Village of Sauget in St. Clair...

26.01.2026 10

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The Pentagon is Hoarding Critical Minerals That Could Power the Clean Energy Transition

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Pete Hegseth, who has taken to...

26.12.2025 20

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Trump’s Attack on the Endangered Species Act Will Hurt More Than Just Wildlife

Proposed rollbacks would open the door to more oil and gas drilling, as well as logging and mining.

26.11.2025 10

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Election Day Was a Win for the Climate

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tuesday was a great day at the...

08.11.2025 10

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Devastated by Israel, Gaza Faces an Environmental Crisis “Above Imagination”

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Over two years of nearly incessant...

21.10.2025 20

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A Tornado Destroyed Their Home. Then the “Vultures” Showed Up.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a mile-wide tornado hit St....

06.09.2025 10

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I Went to the “Free Press” Party for Under-30s. All I Got Was Ennui. 

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The Unlikely Coalition Fighting to Keep Energy Star Labels on Your Appliances

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When the Environmental Protection...

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Red States, Defying Reality, Are Reclassifying Gas as a “Green” Fuel

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In Louisiana, natural gas—a...

14.07.2025 10

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Most People Support Taxing Carbon Even If It Costs Them, Global Survey Shows

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. People in affluent countries around...

25.06.2025 20

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Youth Who Fought the Climate Crisis in Court Are Now Targeting Trump

Many of the young plaintiffs have taken part in similar lawsuits before, and won key victories in Montana and Hawaii.

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This Jewish Woman’s Attack By a Pro-Israel Mob Went Viral. Now She’s Speaking Out.

On Thursday, April 24th, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was halfway through a tour of the East Coast, speaking to large audiences...

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Mohsen Mahdawi Has Been Released from Federal Custody

Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested on April 14 at his naturalization interview in Vermont, was released...

30.04.2025 20

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Noem to Ban Harvard International Students if Trump’s Demands Not Met

On April 11, the Trump administration sent Harvard University a sweeping set of demands—among them that the university report international students...

19.04.2025 10

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Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules

A Louisiana immigration judge ruled Friday that recent Columbia graduate and Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported—even though Khalil...

12.04.2025 20

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Trump’s Secret Police Are Stalking More and More Students

On Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge in New York’s Northern District heard opening arguments in the case of Momodou Taal v. Trump. Neither party...

29.03.2025 20

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Israel Is Bombing Gaza Again. Here’s What Doctors Are Seeing On The Ground.

The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, instituted in mid-January, was always shaky. It could even be argued it never fully existed. Sixteen...

19.03.2025 20

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A Florida Cinema Showed a Documentary About Palestine. Now, The Mayor Could Shut It Down.

Kareem Tabsch, co-founder of Miami Beach’s O Cinema, loves his hometown. He’s made an award-winning movie about Miami Beach’s historic Jewish...

18.03.2025 10

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The Horrific Details of Mahmoud Khalil’s Detainment

Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia graduate who is Palestinian, was detained by the Department of Homeland Security almost one week ago. Since then,...

15.03.2025 20

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The Many Misrepresentations of Mahmoud Khalil

Early this week, as Columbia students scrambled to respond to the United States government’s arrest of recent graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a series of...

13.03.2025 20

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