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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If Mamdani wins, progressive groups could find themselves collaborating with the administration to govern the city.

The new jails are expected to look like the tent camps built at Fort Bliss, an immigration policy expert says.

The US embargo and other economic sanctions make it much harder for Cuba to respond to disasters.

Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history.

Health insurance premiums are expected to more than double for some 20 million people unless Congress acts.

The Trump administration has now killed at least 43 people in 10 boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific.

At least 15 people have died in pretrial detention just this year at Texas’s notorious Harris County Jail.

For the ceasefire to succeed, aid groups must have unrestricted access to Gaza, says UNRWA spokesperson Tamara Alrifai.

Ambassador Daniel García-Peña discusses the escalating tensions between the US and Colombia.

Rep. Delia Ramirez discusses Trump’s crackdown in Chicago, the government shutdown, the Gaza ceasefire, and more.

“The vast majority of people being held are being held without trial,” said human rights lawyer Sari Bashi.

Haaretz correspondent Amira Hass discusses settler violence, Israeli prisons, and the Gaza ceasefire.

The only outlet to agree to the restrictive new rules is the far right One America News Network.

If we don’t organize and take action in the streets, says Mark Bray, “we’re going to end up somewhere really bad.”

Global demonstrations -- not Trump or Netanyahu -- are the real reason why we have a ceasefire now, says Ofer Cassif.
