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Error in a Recent BLM Lease Sale Has Wyoming Residents Concerned Over New Oil and Gas Rules
MAGA Inc. cavalry arrives for Paxton in Texas Senate as Trump’s PAC places $10 million ad buy
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Republicans Panic as Gas Prices Hit Another Record High Ahead of Midterms
Trump’s “Beautification” Plan Has Turned Community Parks Into Policing Traps
The Iraq War Cheerleaders Were Wrong. They're Wrong About Iran Too.
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NPR6h
Jazz legend John Coltrane's Philadelphia house to become a cultural heritage site
On the centennial of father's birth, Ravi Coltrane talks about turning the home where the jazz legend spent a crucial period in the 1950s into a cultural heritage and community space.
Truthout9h
Trump Admin Blocked Prosecution of ICE Agent for Minneapolis Shooting
Over the “strongest possible” objections from the federal prosecutor handling the case, leaders at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an
Truthout9h
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Struggle to Survive as UNRWA Cuts Essential Aid
In the streets of Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, where alleyways are barely wide enough to walk through, and buildings crowd out the sky, 45-year-old Palestinian refugee Aziza Wahbeh measures
Truthout9h
ACT UP in Louisiana Was Pragmatic, Bold, Creative. Let’s Learn From It.
Nearly four decades have passed since ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) started in New York in 1987 as a direct action activist group “united in anger and committed to direct action to end
UN News15h
As wildfires spread north, UN agencies race to help Europe adapt
As the climate warms, the threat of wildfires is spreading in Europe. How can historically cooler and wetter countries prepare?
UN News15h
Central Park adapts to climate change while helping New York stay cool
In the heart of Manhattan in New York City, the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly visible.
Common Dreams21h
A Moral Monstrosity: Yet More Blood, Hate and Grief
The latest of thousands of innocent victims of inhuman ethnic cleansing carnage, Pierre Damas Bel was a 20-year-old Haitian honor student, soccer player, aspiring doctor and "beautiful soul" in Ohio w
Reason Magazine5h
Opera Star Anna Netrebko Loses Follow-Up Defamation Case Against the N.Y. Metropolitan Opera
From Netrebko v. Metropolitan Opera Ass'n Inc., decided Thursday by Judge Analisa Torres (S.D.N.Y.):
The Marshall Project11h
How 9/11 Supercharged Immigration Enforcement
ICE agents gathered outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, during protests against poor conditions in the immigrant jail, in May 2026.
Grist14h
How intense rains in the Grand Canyon turned into a deadly disaster
A deadly flash flood in the Grand Canyon over the weekend was probably driven by a confluence of climate factors, including drought, wildfire scarring and warming temperatures in the Pacific
Inside Climate News18h
As Extreme Weather Worsens, Black and Hispanic Homeowners Are Paying More for Insurance
Homeowners in Hispanic and Black communities nationwide are paying a disproportionate share of skyrocketing home insurance costs, according to a recent report. The disparities leave communities of col
Mongabay20h
Why are they killing this beautiful fish?
Lionfish are beautiful, venomous and devastating Caribbean reefs. In Honduras, divers are fighting back with homemade spears, hunting competitions and by putting lionfish on restaurant menus. Watch th
Mongabay20h
Urban water quality pose challenges to low-income communities in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital
COLOMBO — As part of his morning routine, Nalin Kaluwitharana from “Ranjan Wijerathnapura,” a low-income settlement in the heart of Colombo, waters his home garden before setting off to work. Like man
Truthout12h
Tyson Shutters Illinois Meatpacking Plant and Fires 2,500 Workers Without Notice
Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, for five years. But when she and hundreds of her co-workers arrived at work on August 14, they found the plant close
CalMatters15h
California could be first in the nation to create smoke-damage standards
When a home is left standing after a wildfire, survivors and insurers battle over testing and cleanup. California lawmakers passed two bills that aim to change that.
Reason Magazine4h
N.C. Court Has Jurisdiction over Alienation of Affection Claim Brought Against Ex-Arizona-Senator Kyrsten Sinema
From Ammel v. Sinema, decided Friday by Judge David Bragdon (M.D.N.C.):
Global Voices9h
The people who live in cities must have a say in how they are shaped: Notes from the Common City Conference
The right to adequate housing is recognized under international law
Reason Magazine15h
How Would You Have Applied Massachusetts Law in the Lindsay Clancy Trial?
[A.] I know lots of people have opinions about the Lindsay Clancy trial, and I wanted to pass along the Massachusetts standard criminal jury instructions for such matters. (I can't be certain that thi
Reason Magazine16h
NYC Law Could Force Uber and Lyft to Keep Dangerous Drivers on the Road
A federal judge last month blocked a New York City law eliminating the ability of rideshare companies to kick drivers off of their platforms unless they demonstrate "just cause." That injunction is te
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