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Trump Plan Would Give Political Appointees More Control Over Federal Grant Money
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Truthout27d
New Cafés in Gaza Can’t Conceal Tent Cities and Mountains of Rubble
After the so-called ceasefire was implemented in Gaza in 2025, I did not at first have the courage to return to Gaza City, which I had not seen since before October 2023. All the other Palestinians wh

Truthout27d
New York’s Iconic Queer Beach Faces Looming Privatization Scheme
Imagine a beach where the rules of the outside world simply do not apply. A place where people of every background, every identity, every body, and every expression of queerness arrive and exhale. Whe

NPR27d
Police investigate theft of England equipment at World Cup, 2 people in custody
Two people have been detained in connection with the theft of equipment from the England national team's vehicles during their move from a pre-training base in Florida to Kansas City, where they have

NPR27d
As Bay Area hosts World Cup, empty red seats are everywhere at Levi's Stadium
On Friday, FIFA blamed the empty seats during the World Cup match between South Korea and the Czech Republic in Guadalajara on fans who watched from the concourses. Levi's Stadium staged the Super Bow

UN News27d
Instability, war and closed borders: How aid workers get emergency food to hungry Afghan children
The odyssey begins in Indonesia and ends, 15,000 kilometres later, in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Along the way, critical food aid destined for young Afghan students crosses nine countries, ove
The Marshall Project27d
Why the Way We Understand the South Matters — Especially in Criminal Justice
A person holds a U.S. flag during a voting rights rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in October 2025.

CalMatters27d
Survivors of sexual assault in California prisons should be freed
Elizabeth Lozano survived sexual abuse while incarcerated in California. Now free, she advocates for women in prison.

Reason Magazine27d
Today in Supreme Court History: June 13, 1977
6/13/1977: Justice Tom C. Clark dies.
Inside Climate News27d
A Commercial Space Race Prompts a Thorny Question: Who Owns the Sky?
The starry night sky has always anchored humanity’s sense of place in a vast universe. It’s a map guiding travelers, a calendar for migrations and harvests, a wellspring of stories. But a surge of com

TorrentFreak27d
Married Couple Behind ‘Billion-Visit’ Webtoon Piracy Network Caught in Vietnam
Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism rarely names the pirate sites it helps shut down, and its June 12 announcement was no exception.

Grist27d
‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees
Millions of people around the world are having their lives upended by floods, storms and heatwaves worsened by the climate crisis. Those forced to flee their home countries, however, are finding that
Inside Climate News27d
A Massive Volunteer Network in Florida Works to Save Endangered Sea Turtles
“Pull! Pull!” shouts Scott Dexter, chanting the cadence for eight men gripping a rope. “Pull!”
Inside Climate News27d
‘Their Breath Was Captured in the Tree’
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Mongabay28d
Robert Ricklefs, ecologist who helped generations understand nature, has died at 83
At the mouth of the Carmel River, a teacher set up a spotting scope and let a boy look through it. The birds were the first thing he saw. The habit of looking came next. He saw that the world could be

Reason Magazine27d
Your Uber Driver May Soon Be Unionized. At What Cost?
Gig worker unionization could be coming to an Uber ride near you. On June 1, the Illinois legislature passed a bill allowing rideshare drivers in the Land of Lincoln to unionize. The legislation, whic
Reason Magazine27d
Religion in the Military
The Pentagon recently caused a controversy by revising its list of religious affiliation codes for service members and failing to designate the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as Christian

Global Voices27d
What explains the global stardom of Dimash Qudaibergen, Kazakhstan’s cultural phenomenon?
His fame knows no limits and attracts people from all walks of life