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SCOTUS Appears Poised to Uphold State Bans on Trans Student Athletes

It’s really about whether the court will uphold trans people’s equal opportunity in public life, says an LGBTQ advocate.

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Family Demands Justice for Keith Porter, Who Was Killed by an Off-Duty ICE Agent

Local government officials have reportedly told activists they have no intention of investigating Porter’s killing.

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Iran Escalates Crackdown on Protests as Trump Threatens to Launch Military Attack

Iranian activists have warned that foreign intervention would only increase internal repression, says Narges Bajoghli.

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Film Shortlisted for Oscar Depicts Story of 6-Year-Old Killed in Gaza in 2024

“When you hear her voice, you can’t unhear it,” says Kaouther Ben Hania, the director of The Voice of Hind Rajab.

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A Year After LA Fires, Don’t Forget How Trump and Musk’s Lies Hurt Recovery

Powerful figures were “pouring rhetorical fuel on the flames of the very real fire," says journalist Jacob Soboroff.

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Trump’s Greenland Plan Would Trample Indigenous Rights, “Militarize the Arctic”

Following the US attack on Venezuela, the Trump administration has renewed its campaign to take over Greenland.

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Trump Family Businesses Launched Since Inauguration Have Raked In at Least $4B

Trump ventures include cryptocurrencies, real estate, and a company trying to build a nuclear fusion plant to power AI.

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Venezuelans Are Protesting US Bombing and Maduro’s Kidnapping

“People fear that there’s going to be more bombings,” said Andreína Chávez, a Venezuelan reporter based in Caracas.

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US Attack and Seizure of Venezuela’s President Signal Illegal Regime Change, Experts Warn

“It sounded like an earthquake, like the sky was falling down,” a journalist in Caracas said of the US strikes.

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Mamdani’s Win Shows “Palestine Is No Longer a Liability,” Says Mahmoud Khalil

Zohran Mamdani’s supporters at his inauguration share their hopes for the new administration.

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Venezuelan Communal Movements Pledge to Defend Country Against US Imperialism

Popular organizations created sovereign food distribution systems in response to US sanctions, says Andreína Chávez.

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More Than 20 Million Americans Are Set to Lose Health Care Coverage on January 1

An expert discusses how premiums will work, how to seek help, what to watch for in alternative plans, and more.

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Netanyahu Pushes Renewed Attacks on Iran in Meeting With Trump

The pair also discussed phase two of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which Israel has violated with near-daily attacks.

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Jailed Pro-Palestine Hunger Strikers in UK Are “At Increasing Risk of Death”

UN experts, doctors, and activists have raised alarm over the repression of Palestine Action political prisoners.

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“January 6 Succeeded Here” — Arundhati Roy on Trump, Modi, and Her New Memoir

The new book focuses on her mother Mary Roy, and how the writer's life was shaped through her terror and inspiration.

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Calls Grow for Release of Palestinian Who Has Been Jailed by ICE Since March

Leqaa Kordia was arrested last year at a Gaza solidarity protest at Columbia University, but the charges were dismissed.

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Journalist Shares Firsthand Account of Surviving Brutal Israeli Settler Attack

Jasper Nathaniel was aiding Palestinians in an olive harvest in the West Bank when a settler gang ambushed them.

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Israel Approves 19 New West Bank Settlements, Escalating State-Backed Violence

The illegal move deepens Israeli occupation as deadly raids and settler attacks continue across Palestinian territory.

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Trump Targets Birthright Citizenship, Visa Lottery, and Naturalized Citizens

Scholar Mae Ngai says the moves reflect the administration’s bigger agenda: to make the US a white Christian nation.

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Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as War in Sudan Expands

The RSF is accused of attempting to cover up mass killings of civilians, and drone strikes plunge cities into darkness.

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Historian: US Escalation Against Venezuela Isn’t About Drugs — It’s About Maduro

Trump declared a blockade on all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela amid a vast US military buildup.

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Company Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Vies for Contract to Rebuild Gaza

“People are lining up and treating this the way they treated reconstruction in Iraq,” says journalist Aram Roston.

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Brown Student Who Survived Second School Shooting Speaks Out

“I am still healing from my physical injuries,” said Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in high school in 2019.

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Palestinians in Gaza Are Watched, Tracked, and Targeted by Israeli Surveillance

Reporter Mohammed Mhawish describes the surveillance, from cameras at checkpoints to drones flying into people’s homes.

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Anti-Maduro Leader Accepts Nobel Peace Prize as US Campaign Escalates

Alejandro Velasco, a historian of modern Latin America, discusses the latest Venezuela developments.

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Despite Judge’s Order, ICE Deports Shackled Student and Harasses Her Family

“This is the first arrest of its kind I’ve seen,” says her attorney, Todd C. Pomerleau.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Supporters Demand Medical Care for Him and Aging Prisoners

Supporters marched 103 miles to Frackville, Pennsylvania, where the well-known political prisoner is incarcerated.

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Journalist Reveals FBI Is Offering a “Bounty” for Reporting “Anti-Trump Thought”

A leaked DOJ memo directs the FBI to review records from the past five years, says Ken Klippenstein.

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ICE Descends on World’s “Incarceration Capital” to Carry Out Raids

According to planning documents, 250 federal agents will aim to make 5,000 arrests in Louisiana over two months.

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Trump Is Escalating His Crackdown on Lawful Immigration Pathways

Green card and US citizenship processing will be paused for migrants from 19 non-European countries.

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Israel Will Reopen Rafah Border Crossing — Only for Palestinians to Leave

A human rights lawyer says the move validates fears that Israel’s goal is to “continue the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.”

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Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders Join NYC Starbucks Workers on the Picket Line

The picket came soon after Starbucks reached a $38 million settlement with New York City over labor violations.

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US Enlisted DC Shooting Suspect in CIA-Backed Death Squad When He Was a Child

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who allegedly shot two National Guardsmen, had previously worked in a “Zero Unit” in Afghanistan.

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Bishop William Barber: ICE Raids and Shredding of Social Safety Net Are Linked

“​​What you have is a conglomerate of policy violence, and it’s deadly,” says Barber, who is organizing protests.

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Trump’s Venezuela Campaign Is Part of a Broader Regional Plan, Experts Say

“It’s not just about Venezuela,” says scholar Alexander Aviña as US military activity across the Caribbean grows.

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COP30 Ended With a Watered-Down Agreement That Doesn’t Even Mention Fossil Fuels

Two attendees of the UN climate summit break down the final deal and discuss the few positive outcomes.

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At COP30, Nations Are Still Sharply Divided Over the Future of Fossil Fuels

Over 80 countries said they will meet in Colombia next year to develop a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels.

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Climate Disasters Displace More Than 67,000 People Per Day

Calls grow at COP30 for stronger protections for refugees and migrants forcibly displaced by climate disasters.

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Climate Change Is Biggest Security Threat That Every Country Is Facing Right Now

Climate diplomacy researcher Lina Yassin discusses updates from COP30 as well as the ongoing crisis in Sudan.

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As US Skips COP30 in Brazil, the Global South Fights for Climate Financing

Environmentalist and human rights leader Kumi Naidoo speaks about climate justice and violence in Gaza and Sudan.

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Tens of Thousands Join Indigenous-Led Protest at COP30 Demanding Urgent Action

Demonstrators denounced false solutions at the UN climate summit and called for respect of Indigenous sovereignty.

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Venezuelans That US Sent to El Salvador Mega-Prison Faced Torture, Sexual Abuse

CECOT is “where people are sent for permanent punishment and separation,” says a human rights advocate.

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Former USAID Official: Tens of Thousands Have Died Since Trump Shuttered Agency

“We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away," said Dr. Atul Gawande.

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New Investigation Looks Into Jeffrey Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence

Epstein was a “dealmaker and a fixer at a very, very elite level,” says Murtaza Hussain of Drop Site News.

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Democrats Have Shown Their Hand in Caving to GOP Bill. What Happens Next?

David Dayen of The American Prospect discusses what could be the end of the longest government shutdown in US history.

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Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Outnumbered Negotiators, Delegates at UN Climate Talks

“This is climate obstruction at work,” says Nina Lakhani, senior climate justice reporter for The Guardian US.

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SCOTUS Is Behaving Like “Arm of the MAGA Trump Presidency,” Says Legal Expert

Lisa Graves discusses the case before the court on tariffs, as well as voting rights and John Roberts’s legacy.

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Illinois Mayor Launches Investigations of Federal Agents Amid Violent Raids

“My community is under invasion from our own federal government. It has got to stop,” says Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss.

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In Voter Rebuke to Trump, Democrats Win Races Across the US

Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts, gives an overview of Tuesday’s elections.

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How Biden’s Justice Department Failed to Investigate Trump’s First Term Crimes

Two journalists trace how excess caution led the DOJ to refuse to prosecute Trump allies' 2020 election interference.

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