NPR1d
Oregon governor Tina Kotek reacts to Silver Rail Elementary school shooting
NPR's Joel Rose talks with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek about the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon.
Truthout1d
Aging Coal Plants Turn Into a Midterm Fight Over Energy Costs
Craig Unit 1, a coal-fired power plant distinguished by tall exhaust smokestacks that rise above a rolling landscape in northwestern Colorado, was scheduled to close for good at the end of 2025 amid…
Truthout1d
Organizers Are Pushing to Reach “Forgotten” Black Voters Ahead of the Midterms
Kamora Greggs returned to her college campus with voting on her mind. She’d just visited her home in Jackson, Mississippi, about three hours away, when her mom encouraged her to exercise her right…
The Center Square1d
Lawmaker criticizes $500,000 comp package for interim transit chief
(The Center Square) – Illinois state Sen. Don DeWitte is questioning the Northern Illinois Transit Authority’s decision to pay interim Executive Director Jamie Rhee $350,000 annually while she…
Truthout1d
Washington State Invests My Pension in Genocide. I’m Demanding Divestment.
Last month, I joined more than 45 bus drivers, teachers, and government workers to testify before the Washington State Investment Board, demanding responsible investment of our pension funds. I…
Truthout1d
Immigrants From Ukraine and Sudan Could Soon Lose Their Protected Status
More than 100,000 Ukrainians and roughly 2,000 Sudanese immigrants are bracing for the possibility they’ll lose their humanitarian protections by Monday. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin…
NPR1d
Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold
Zelenskyy described the move as unfortunate, adding it would encourage Russia to continue its assault. Trump told Congress that the pause was in the national interest but gave no further details.
UN News1d
Flour sacks turned flood barriers: Gaza faces another winter without safe shelter
Like many people in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, Ahmed Al-Omari is preparing for another winter of bitter cold and rain that threatens to cause flooding as families struggle to survive in tattered…
Reason Magazine1d
$6M Verdict in #TheyLied Defamation Lawsuit Brought Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
So reports the N.Y. Times (Mark Arsenault) yesterday, discussing former MIT cellular biology professor David Sabatini's victory on the defamation claim (and defendant's loss on her harassment and…
The Marshall Project1d
‘Willie Horton’ Is Back. Criminal Justice Reform Never Left.
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport in Gastonia, N.C., in September 2026.
The Center Square1d
Four Abbott-appointed Supreme Court justices running for reelection
(The Center Square) – On Nov. 3, four incumbent Texas Supreme Court justices are running for reelection.
Truthout1d
Texas Woman Sues Anti-Abortion Group Under Law It Helped to Pass
A Texas woman is using a state law banning the transport of abortion pills to sue members of the anti-abortion organization Students for Life of America. In the suit filed Tuesday in a Harris County…
NPR1d
Pope Leo XIV leaves hospital days after lung cancer surgery
The Pope left Rome's Gemelli Hospital Saturday, days after surgery for lung cancer removed the lower lobe of his right lung. He is currently scheduled to travel to Latin America in November.
NPR1d
Sidewalk sleepers: They have nowhere else to stay while a loved one is in the hospital
Patients travel miles to be treated at public hospitals in Delhi. Those in need get financial aid for their care. But for overnight accommodations, families are often on their own — and on the street.
Inside Climate News1d
How the Climate Crisis Fueled the Youth Protests Roiling France
PARIS—By the time Cléo made it to Greek class, she had gone completely pale. It was a Wednesday in June during France’s second consecutive heat wave this year, and the 16-year-old was struggling to…
Mongabay1d
Nearly 90% of countries adopt biodiversity targets, but most remain off track
Thousands of delegates are now gathering in Yerevan to discuss the future of life on Earth as we know it at the U.N.’s COP17 biodiversity summit. Countries have made considerable progress in…
Mongabay1d
Nigeria drove thousands of gold miners from a national park. But can it keep them out?
A military-backed operation shut down a major illegal gold mining site in Gashaka-Gumti National Park, driving more than 4,000 miners from Nigeria’s largest national park, according to the Africa…
Truthout1d
Rule Lets Fossil Fuel Companies “Unintentionally” Kill Polar Bears and Walruses
Oil and gas companies will now be permitted to kill polar bears and Pacific walruses off the northern coast of Alaska so long as such killings are “unintentional,” according to a new Trump…
Grist1d
The fire retardant in the seafood chain
In January 1966, a South African ship caught fire at sea. In port in Bristol, England, after firefighters pried open the smoking container, the conflagration spread and burned for five days. A little…
The Center Square1d
Poll: Inflation tops voter concerns, national debt near the bottom
(The Center Square) – Inflation ranks among the top three issues for 46% of registered voters, a nine-point climb since March, while the national debt and government spending sit near the bottom at…
Reason Magazine1d
Some Progressives Tried To Abolish the Tipped Minimum Wage. Now They're Backtracking.
In recent years, one of the predominant policy initiatives of the progressive left has been raising the minimum wage in locales around the country. At the same time, left-leaning politicians have…
Texas Tribune1d
Bo French, Jon Rosenthal battle over culture, job duties in bid to regulate the oil and gas industry
From left: Bo French and Jon Rosenthal, the Republican and Democratic nominees for Texas Railroad Commissioner.
Truthout1d
My Study of Dystopian Fiction Never Prepared Me for Reality Here in Gaza
As a 27-year-old English literature graduate and English teacher from Gaza, I have always been passionate about teaching. I enjoy helping my students learn to speak English by reciting stories aloud…
Truthout1d
California Is Home to 200 Billionaires. Organizers Say It’s Time to Tax Them.
Thousands of volunteer canvassers are hitting the streets across California, fighting for a first-of-its-kind wealth tax on the state’s ballot on November 3. Those mobilizing for Proposition 40…
NPR1d
Scuffles and fires break out as protesters rally across France, joining students
Demonstrators across France converged with students Saturday to protest rising living costs, as the country's fiscal crisis deepens.
Mongabay1d
Indonesian women cash in on mangrove restoration: Interview with community leader Wisye Sahambangung
JAKARTA — Wisye Sahambangung is a fisher, community leader, and mangrove conservationist from Sarawet, a coastal Indonesian village in North Sulawesi province. Since 2022, the 45-year-old has led…
Reason Magazine1d
Libertarianism and Democracy Revisited - A Rejoinder to Matt Zwolinski
On October 4, I published a post on "Libertarianism and Democracy," critiquing political philosopher Matt Zwolinski's earlier Liberalism.Org article on the same topic. Earlier today, I posted Matt's…
Reason Magazine1d
Who Should Defend Democracy?
On October 4, I published a post on "Libertarianism and Democracy," critiquing political philosopher Matt Zwolinski's earlier Liberalism.Org article on the same topic. Matt has written a response to…
Reason Magazine1d
$65K Settlements with EEOC Over Failure to Accommodate Muslim and Christian Employees' Religious Days Off
From a press release last month, just posted on Westlaw: