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Texas Tribune58d
Federal court allows Texas immigration law to take effect, continuing legal seesaw
Texas Department of Public Safety special agents monitor four undocumented immigrants from Honduras who were caught on private property in Kinney County on Nov. 9, 2021.
Truthout58d
Israel Plans to Sue NYT Over Article Detailing Sexual Abuse of Palestinians
Israel has announced that it will sue The New York Times and reporter Nicholas Kristof over a recent article called “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” which documents systemic sexual a
KFF Health News58d
Trump Demands Medicaid Data for Deportation. Some States Go a Step Further.
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health age
KFF Health News58d
License To Deliver: Some Midwives Break the Law To Assist With Home Births
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — In a midwife’s suburban Atlanta home with a playground and chicken coop outside, Madie Collins lay on an examination table while the midwife measured her pregnant belly. U
Waging Nonviolence58d
From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism
This article From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism was originally published by Waging Nonviolence.
Democracy Now!58d
"Here Where We Live Is Our Country”: Molly Crabapple on Resurfacing the Jewish History of Anti-Zionism
We speak with the acclaimed artist and author Molly Crabapple about her new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. Although largely forgotten today, the Jewish Labor Bu
Democracy Now!58d
Xi Warns Trump of Potential "Conflict" over Taiwan in Beijing Summit on Iran, Trade, Tech & More
U.S. President Donald Trump is in Beijing for a highly anticipated summit with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping. It is the first U.S. state visit to China since 2017, during Trump’s
Democracy Now!58d
Headlines for May 14, 2026
Xi Jinping Warns U.S. of Potential "Conflict" over Taiwan After Beijing Summit with TrumpSenate Narrowly Rejects Iran War Powers Resolution for Seventh TimeChildren Among the Dead as Israel
Texas Tribune58d
Texas can execute death row inmate Edward Busby, U.S. Supreme Court says
The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 1, 2021.
ProPublica58d
Counterterrorism Czar’s Blueprint Targets Leftists, Ignores Far-Right Violence and Heaps Praise on Trump
For a year, White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka promoted the national strategy he was drafting, saying he was pouring his “life’s work” into a “massive” blueprint that would overhaul the
ProPublica58d
Inmigrantes detenidos en una redada de estilo militar en Chicago reclaman millones en daños y perjuicios
La noche de la redada de estilo militar en un complejo de apartamentos de Chicago, un intenso estruendo despertó al hombre nigeriano que vivía en la unidad 215. Tolulope Akinsulie se levantó de la cam
The Marshall Project58d
‘We Need to Hammer Them’: How One City Took Parking Enforcement to the Extreme
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation found two Lorain judges improperly suspended licenses for single parking tickets.
CDC Newsroom58d
UPDATE - Ongoing Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard poultry sickens 150 more people with over a quarter of cases in children under 5 years old
Investigation of Salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry has been updated
The Conversation58d
Who shops at farmers markets in the US?
People who shop at the more than 8,700 farmers markets operating in the U.S. either year-round or seasonally generally fall into six distinct groups. Three of them are more interested in farmers marke
TorrentFreak58d
Real-Debrid’s Renewed Piracy Crackdown Follows Corporate Restructuring (Updated)
Real-Debrid is a French-operated premium link generator that can download files from cyberlockers and cache torrents for instant streaming.
NSF News58d
NSF announces $1.5B NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science efforts
Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation announced $1.5 billion over the next decade toward the NSF X-Labs initiative to tackle pressing scientific challenges through novel and innovative...
Grist58d
Alex Honnold: ‘You just see how much it matters’
Climber Alex Honnold is best-known for his daring feats, recently scaling Taiwan’s Taipei 101 tower live on Netflix, but he’s more typically climbing some of the world’s most challenging natural
Dialogue Earth58d
Ecuador on cusp of Chinese-driven mining boom
The Ecuadorian province of Imbabura is poised to become the epicentre of a major copper mining transformation, which will require the removal of dozens of families. The project in question is named Ca
Yale Climate Connections58d
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Ayúdennos a darle la bienvenida a Irene Sans al equipo de Eye on the Storm
Mongabay58d
Karajarri celebrate Australia’s first ‘Sea Country’ Indigenous Protected Area
In northwestern Australia lies a remote and wildly diverse region called the Kimberley. There, the iron-red soils of the Pindan Country connect forests and the Great Sandy Desert, all bracketed by a v
Federal Reserve58d
Stephen I. Miran submits his resignation as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, effective when or shortly before his successor on the Board is sworn in
Stephen I. Miran submits his resignation as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, effective when or shortly before his successor on the Board is sworn in
Federal Reserve58d
Federal Reserve Board releases results from two surveys of senior financial officers at banks about their views on discount window operating days and their strategies and practices for managing reserve balances
Federal Reserve Board releases results from two surveys of senior financial officers at banks about their views on discount window operating days and their strategies and practices for managing reserv
Global Voices58d
How one Kenyan community is building a new future on reclaimed ground
Postcolonial land rights remain deeply contested across Kenya, particularly where formal title conflicts with long-standing occupation.
Chalkbeat58d
Linda McMahon suggests states could set their own rules for federal tax-credit scholarships
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The 19th News58d
Supreme Court rules abortion pills can continue to be mailed
After briefly letting a national ban take effect, the Supreme Court blocked a lower court’s ruling that would have prevented mailing a key abortion drug.
Chalkbeat58d
Detroit made buses free for students, but getting to and from school is still hard
This story was originally published by Outlier Media.
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Colorado 2026 legislative roundup: The preschool, K-12, and higher education bills that passed and failed
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The Hechinger Report58d
OPINION: Putting students on school boards treats young people as participants in their own democracy, but only if adults listen to them
Public school is the first place most Americans meet democracy. It is also, for almost all of them, the last place they experience it without a vote. School boards are elected by adults, staffed by ad
Global Voices58d
How climate stress is reshaping the fishing sector in Barbados
Raising public awareness will go a long way in fostering a sustainable fishery for future generations