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Black organizers prepare for a new era of voting rights battles
Newsom’s populist act: Oppose state billionaire tax, embrace federal one
How an AI research tool helped challenge support for police violence in Brazil
Jailing Netanyahu
Today in Supreme Court History: July 22, 1937
Federal cuts threaten a Houston soccer club for at-risk youth. One state leader hopes to save it.
Most Utahns want to protect their national monuments. Trump had other plans.
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Trump’s new immigration strategy revealed in purchase of 2 ICE detention centers in California
Smotrich Says US Fighting Iran as Israel Sits Back Is “Best for Us”
Trump Threatens to Bomb Iranian Civilian Sites, Potential War Crimes
A New Report Reveals Key Details About the US’s Bombing of Minab School
Trump's Threats To Yank Broadcast Licenses Are Part of a Speech-Chilling Intimidation Campaign
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Typo in House bill stifles $15 million meant to protect Mississippians from storms
UMMC to take over Greenwood Leflore Hospital Aug. 1
Beaches closed as Tropical Storm Bertha crawls along the Gulf Coast
Nolan Xavier Wells’ independent autopsy can’t rule out foul play
Hegseth: “Greatest Threat” to US Would Be Failing to Give Pentagon $1.5T Budget
At Least 1.5 Million Kids Have Lost Food Assistance Under Republican Budget Law
Trump Administration Prosecutes US Scientists Amid Severe Ebola Epidemic
Nolan Wells Family’s Independent Autopsy Finds ‘Undetermined’ Cause of Death
Republicans Push Voter ID by Comparing It to Olive Garden’s “Pasta Pass”
Exhibit at Canada’s Human Rights Museum Shatters Myths About Israel’s Founding
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Californians have a right to know about 911 calls from ICE detention centers
Trump is reshaping immigration courts with help from a brutal comic book character
How the Government’s Obligation to Keep Foreign Workers Safe Collided With Its Efforts to Keep Farms Afloat
Passengers in Houston ICE shooting say agents rammed their van before firing
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The Center Square1h
Beehive expanding in Ohio
(The Center Square) – Beehive Industries has announced a new $70 million jet-engine factory expansion in Ohio expected to create 200 new jobs.
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Okla. schools face civil rights complaint over American Indian-only scholarship
(The Center Square) – Medical watchdog Do No Harm filed a complaint with the Department of Education against two Oklahoma schools that offer nursing scholarship programs that the watchdog says discrim
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Poll: Hong favorite to become Wisconsin Democrats' nominee for governor
(The Center Square) - State Rep. Francesca Hong remains the Democratic favorite to be the candidate for Wisconsin governor with a new poll showing she leads former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes 27%-18%.
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Evers wants new farm bill, with caveats
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s governor is asking the state’s members of Congress to approve a new Farm Bill and is asking for changes.
The Real News Network1h
Loving sports in an age of authoritarians: A conversation with Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
For many around the US and around the world, the World Cup was a welcome distraction from the dismal state of the world and the daily overwhelm of relentless war, corruption, fascism, and disaster. Bu
The Real News Network2h
How Israel has used sexualized violence as a weapon of settler colonialism from 1948 to today
This story originally appeared in Mondoweiss on July 21, 2026. It is shared here with permission.
The Real News Network5h
Trump wants to deny healthcare to impoverished cancer patients. Welcome to the great American cruelty regime.
A few weeks ago, we argued the Trump administration was seeking to invent new ways to punish Americans. The idea was that the authoritarian impulses of the MAGA-run government will need to dial up the
Democracy Now!7h
Trump Says Images of Bombed Iran School Could Be "AI" But Study Confirms U.S. Killed 140+ in Strike
On February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, missiles landed on Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in the Iranian city of Minab, in a civilian area near the Strait of Hormuz. At least
Reason Magazine1h
The End of Independent Agencies
Members of the Federal Trade Commission are no longer protected from presidential removal without cause. Humphrey's Executor--or whatever was left of it--is dead. Congress may not limit the President'
Reason Magazine3h
U Tennessee Track & Field Head Coach Seeks Preliminary Injunction Against "Untruthful, Derogatory and Offensive Statements" Plus More Commentary
From a Report and Recommendations today by Magistrate Judge Jill McCook (E.D. Tenn.) in Ross v. Lambert:
Reason Magazine5h
Capitol Police Anticipated Drone Plot Against UFC a Month Before It Was Uncovered
The U.S. Capitol Police anticipated a drone attack on the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Freedom 250 event at the White House before the FBI broke up a plot to do exactly that, documents obtaine
Reason Magazine8h
Deliberately Arming Oneself to Answer Door to Police May Be "Privileged" Against "Obstructing Official Business" Prosecution
From State v. Conrad, decided Monday by the Ohio Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Judge Eugene Lucci, joined by Judges Matt Lynch and Scott Ylnch:
Reason Magazine2h
Where Can the Data Centers Go?
During a discussion of data centers' environmental and public health impacts at yesterday's meeting of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) asked what one
Reason Magazine3h
Trump's New DOJ Nominee Wants To Ban Online Porn and Prosecute Big Tech
Just when I thought that Biden-era antitrust antagonism against tech companies was starting to fade, President Donald Trump has nominated Adam Candeub to lead antitrust enforcement at the Department o
Reason Magazine5h
We've Been Wrong About Nuclear Power
Zion Lights is a former spokesperson for the radical environmental group Extinction Rebellion, whose members are known for causing mass transportation stoppages and gluing themselves to planes to call
NSF News6h
Statement from NSF Chief of Staff Brian Stone, performing the duties of the NSF director, on advancing the Administration's AI priorities through the Genesis Mission
The U.S. National Science Foundation is proud to join the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the U.S. Department of Energy and other federal partners in advancing the administration'
Yale Climate Connections1h
Tropical Storm Bertha makes its first landfall in southeastern Louisiana
The wind shear-battered storm has kept the highest rainfall away from land, but also triggered dangerous heat across the South.
Mongabay2h
As Australia expands seismic testing, experts warn of profound effects on sealife
It was spring, 20 years ago now, but he remembers it clearly. On the deck of the Geco Resolution, wind tearing spray from the waves, Robert McCauley stood gazing out onto an ocean blackened by night.
Mongabay2h
Why a New England town is building tunnels to protect an imperiled salamander
NEW HAMPSHIRE, U.S. — It’s a mild March night in Keene, New Hampshire, and the salamander brigade is out in full force. A constellation of flashlight beams wink and flash along a dark street, as rain
Mongabay4h
Smithsonian ornithologist John Rappole reconsidered why birds migrate
For much of the year, migratory songbirds were treated as temporary visitors to the tropics. They arrived from the north, spent the winter, and departed again. Ornithologists paid more attention to th
CalMatters8h
Four myths about insurance in California
There’s a lot of misinformation floating around out there about insurance. Here’s what you should know.
Outlier Media11h
Be in community, celebrate life, take action: Get involved in Detroit
We can breathe again. Let’s fly a kite. Meet Detroit Documenters at Clemente Park on Thursday.
The 19th News3h
Tennis is the first major women’s sports league to require genetic testing
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has taken a step beyond most other women’s sports leagues by requiring genetic sex testing for female athletes.
Chalkbeat4h
Free school supplies, backpacks, and haircuts: 2026 back-to-school events in the Denver metro area
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The U.S. has already surpassed last year’s number of measles cases. Here’s what’s driving the surge.
The number of measles cases reported in the United States so far this year has surpassed the total recorded in all of 2025, a mid-year milestone that shows the difficulty of containing the highly cont
Chalkbeat6h
A new Memphis group is pushing for school reform via state takeover. Who are they?
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
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Will Courts Uphold the EPA's Rescission of the "Endangerment Finding"?
In February, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a regulation rescinding the so-called "endangerment finding"--the finding that the emission of greenhouse gases from mobile sources cause or
Reason Magazine1h
FCC Wants To Ban Drones It Already Approved for Sale
This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed expanding a ban on drones from other countries—including products it had previously approved and that are currently being sold in stores
Reason Magazine4h
American Public Schools Lost 1.4 Million Students Since COVID. Their Budgets Grew by 34 Percent Anyway.
Since 2019, public school enrollment has fallen by 2.84 percent nationwide, an exodus of roughly 1.4 million. K-12 students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Yet the a
Reason Magazine8h
How Did Support for International Humanitarian Law and Norms Morph into Support for Hamas and its Goals?
At his Substack, Shany Mor reflects on the revealed preferences since 10/7 of the Western NGOS, individuals, and governmental institutions "united by loosely overlapping commitments to global and tran
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