Pennsylvania Reports US’s First Confirmed Measles-Related Deaths This Year
The Trump administration has come under scrutiny for spreading misinformation and fear around vaccines. TruthOut — August 26, 2026 5:12 PM ET
Backlash Against Anti-Racism Is a Constant Force Shaping US Politics
Philosopher George Yancy analyzes the contemporary expression of what W.E.B. Du Bois called the “entrails of whiteness.”… TruthOut — August 26, 2026 4:33 PM ET
Elements of Venezuelan Government Loyal to Chavismo Warn of Possible U.S. Assault
Leaders of the 23 de Enero parish, a stronghold of Chavismo resistance in Caracas, fear the U.S. will try to dismantle their grassroots democracy. Drop Site News — August 26, 2026 4:21 PM ET
US Declares Palestine Action “Terrorist” Group in Latest McCarthyist Crackdown
The “clear goal” of the move is “targeting a few to silence the many,” said UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese. TruthOut — August 26, 2026 3:16 PM ET
Selling flour to bury my cousin
Thair Muhammad Abu Mughaysib could always find a way to lighten grim situations. Electronic Intifada — August 26, 2026 2:46 PM ET
In First, Starbucks Workers United and Its 12,000 Members Call for Boycott
“[I]t is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers,” the union said. TruthOut — August 26, 2026 2:04 PM ET
Holy Texas
Lawrence Davidson on the problems with the Texas Board of Education’s effort to institutionalize a fundamentalist form of Christianity through publi… Consortium News — August 26, 2026 2:00 PM ET
Democrats Panned for Outspoken Pro-Israel Pick for Key House Middle East Post
Observers note that Jared Moskowitz’s appointment follows Hakeem Jeffries’s recent secret meeting with Jared Kushner. TruthOut — August 26, 2026 1:10 PM ET
UK Funded Therapy for Israeli Soldiers
British taxpayers subsidised “therapeutic healing” for IDF soldiers after Israeli charity claimed Gift Aid, Martin Williams reports. By Martin Wil… Consortium News — August 26, 2026 12:00 PM ET
Pakistani “Double-Tap” Strike in June Wrought Havoc on Afghan Villagers
A Pakistani airstrike on a residential area in Samkani killed at least 22 civilians. At Paktia Central Hospital, doctors worked through the night to s… Drop Site News — August 26, 2026 11:50 AM ET
Meta settles social media addiction suit; Canada strikes back in U.S. trade war; at least 95 killed in Nepal flash flood
Drop Site Daily: August 26, 2026… Drop Site News — August 26, 2026 11:44 AM ET
“Access to Oxygen Is Not a Medical Luxury”: With No Spare Parts Allowed In, Gaza’s Hospital Equipment Is Collapsing
Israel’s restrictions on medical supplies and equipment are still making health care in Gaza all but impossible. Drop Site News — August 26, 2026 10:33 AM ET
Statement on 29 States Settling Lawsuit with Meta
Fairplay Executive Director Josh Golin released the following statement today:“This is a watershed moment for the growing movement to protect childr… Common Dreams — August 26, 2026 10:31 AM ET
Climate Change Worsening Drought Conditions in Western States
Climate change has reduced snowpack by 36 percent and streamflow by 13 percent across the western United States, and more than half of those impacts h… Common Dreams — August 26, 2026 10:29 AM ET
Supreme Court Dodges the Real Issues In Case About Mail-In Ballots
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Writing about the Supreme Court in 1961, the famous law professor Alexander Bickel praised what hecalled “the passive virtu… ScheerPost — August 26, 2026 8:32 AM ET
The Next Dark Pattern
Lily Minh Wass Project Censored Generative AI is quietly turning everyday user experiences into hyper-personalized surveillance advertising There’s… ScheerPost — August 26, 2026 8:23 AM ET
Gaza-Bound Aid Boat Departs Britain to Challenge Israeli Blockade
ScheerPost Staff The vessel Kate left Bristol carrying 12 activists, including several who say they were detained and abused during earlier attempts t… ScheerPost — August 26, 2026 8:23 AM ET
Big Oil Is Seeing Windfall Profits as Trump’s War on Iran Drives Up Prices
By Derek Seidman This article was originally published by Truthout Amid the destabilization and devastation caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, oil… ScheerPost — August 26, 2026 8:12 AM ET
We’re Half a Year Into Trump’s War on Iran. Congress Has Tools to End It.
By Hanieh Jodat This article was originally published by Truthout The clash over whether the US has a functioning constitutional process for starting… ScheerPost — August 26, 2026 8:07 AM ET
The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco
The post The Costly Blunders in the Army’s $533 Million Fiasco appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — August 26, 2026 6:00 AM ET
Idaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way.
The post Idaho Law Protects Faith Healers. It Wasn’t Always That Way. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — August 26, 2026 5:00 AM ET
The Worst of The Worst
Well damn, we sure feel safer knowing ICE pulled 5-year-old Liam Tadeo and his construction worker dad Victor off Austin's streets on their way to a s… Common Dreams — August 26, 2026 3:21 AM ET
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Canada & Creeping US Isolation
Canada is not alone in believing that to resist the Trump regime’s aggressions, lawful or otherwise, on the field of battle or at the mahogany table… Consortium News — August 26, 2026 2:00 AM ET
All It Takes Is One Crack In The Lie We've Been Sold
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — August 25, 2026 11:22 PM ET
Imran Khan’s Health, Iran Under Sanctions
Drop Site reporters Murtaza Hussain and Waqas Ahmed discuss the fate of Imran Khan; Murtaza is later joined by analyst Esfandyar Batmanghelidj to disc… Drop Site News — August 25, 2026 8:37 PM ET
The Teacher Pay Penalty Remained High in 2025
Teachers earned 25.2 percent less than comparable college graduates in other professions in 2025, according to a new report from the Economic Policy I… Common Dreams — August 25, 2026 5:47 PM ET
Independence Day Drag - Read by Eunice Wong
I spent the Fourth of July with some of the few sane people left in the United States: Drag queens. The Chris Hedges Report — August 25, 2026 3:51 PM ET
Israel Tangled In Spiderweb As Army Braces For West Bank Explosion – Iran War Blunts Expansion
Israeli Commanders warn their political leadership of a pending explosion in the occupied West Bank, while the United States unleashes a new economic… MintPress News — August 25, 2026 3:35 PM ET
Livestream: Iran guts US drone fleet as Ireland shuts out Gaza students
Abubaker Abed on the Irish government rejecting Gaza student visas. Ali Abunimah on upcoming Israeli elections. Jon Elmer on the US war against Iran. Electronic Intifada — August 25, 2026 3:22 PM ET
Recreation, Conservation Groups Unite Against Forest Service Travel Rule Rollback
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently launched a process to significantly revise its Travel Management Rule, which guides where motorized vehicl… Common Dreams — August 25, 2026 1:39 PM ET
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘A Life of Intelligence’
Ex-C.I.A. analyst Ray McGovern turned 87 Tuesday. From his Bronx days, to Fordham, the U.S. Army and C.I.A., McGovern grew close to power, then became… Consortium News — August 25, 2026 1:38 PM ET
Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.
The post Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — August 25, 2026 11:05 AM ET
A Nuclear-Sanity Appeal to Pope Leo XIV
In an open letter, signatories from around the world call on the pope to organize an emergency international summit to address questions of peace and… Consortium News — August 25, 2026 10:34 AM ET
I.C.E. Has Patriotic New Gloves To Help Electrocute You
New column / video by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — August 25, 2026 8:38 AM ET
Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.
The post Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — August 25, 2026 5:00 AM ET
Don't Let The Values Of This Dystopian Society Shape How You Live Your Life
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — August 24, 2026 9:23 PM ET
How the Media Sells Genocide
Western media, by employing double standards, censorship, deceptive language, amplifying Israeli lies and dehumanizing Palestinians, facilitates the g… The Chris Hedges Report — August 24, 2026 9:06 AM ET
His Research on Pregnant Opioid Users Was Widely Celebrated. Auditors and Experts Found Major Flaws.
The post His Research on Pregnant Opioid Users Was Widely Celebrated. Auditors and Experts Found Major Flaws. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — August 24, 2026 6:00 AM ET
It's Obnoxious For Westerners To Criticize The Targets Of The Western Empire
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — August 23, 2026 11:02 PM ET
Top Democrat denounces Trump’s fake anti-Semitism probes but erases Palestine
Justice Department whistleblower reveals officials predetermined findings, targeted Muslim professors and used federal funding to blackmail universiti… Electronic Intifada — August 23, 2026 11:44 AM ET
The Corporate Comedy That Mocks Trump Actually Solidifies US Imperial Aims
New column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — August 22, 2026 12:56 PM ET
Our Entire Civilization Is Run By Oligarchs And Empire Managers — And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — August 22, 2026 5:25 AM ET
From Lionel Messi, Kanye West to Taylor Swift: Celebrities are “Protected” By Israeli Security Teams
From Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian to Jennifer Aniston and Lionel Messi, celebrities across the world are hiring teams of Israeli bodyguards made up… MintPress News — August 21, 2026 12:45 PM ET
Israel murders children, police in Gaza
Israeli soldiers detain and then mark Palestinians in occupied West Bank with numbers on their faces and arms. Electronic Intifada — August 21, 2026 10:51 AM ET
"What Radicalized You?"
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — August 20, 2026 9:24 PM ET
Trump’s food assistance cliff
Polygraph | Newsletter n°349 | 20 Aug 2026… Polygraph — August 20, 2026 8:00 PM ET
Irish government under fire over Palestinian student visa rejections
More student hopefuls are rejected as critics question different outcomes from last year for “almost identical” applications. Electronic Intifada — August 20, 2026 12:48 PM ET
Why This Former U.S. Army Physician is Running for Congress (w/ Dr. Adam Hamawy) | TCHR
Dr. Adam Hamawy says that to move forward, the Democrats must embrace an anti-war, economically progressive agenda, and abandon the categories of left… The Chris Hedges Report — August 19, 2026 10:19 PM ET
Trump Announces Hormuz Is US Territory / Ukraine Landlocked & Out of Steam
Lee Camp's livestream for Wed, Aug 19… Lee Camp Substack — August 19, 2026 5:38 PM ET
Hezbollah Take Out 3 Israeli Elite Soldiers As Iran Issues Final Ultimatum
Hezbollah have repelled another Israeli attempt to seize the strategic Ali al-Taher Hills in southern Lebanon as Iran issues a threat that it will not… MintPress News — August 19, 2026 12:10 PM ET
The Dead - Read by Eunice Wong
The last act of death is not mortality but the erasure of memory. The Chris Hedges Report — August 18, 2026 5:40 PM ET
US Meddling In Brazilian Elections, Preparing For Possible Military Intervention
The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Fla… MintPress News — August 18, 2026 12:29 PM ET
Iran’s Covert Offensive Averts The Collapse Of Lebanon – US Aircraft Carriers Inbound
Tehran has imposed a series of equations on the US-Israeli alliance, using covert and asymmetric warfare tactics, that may have just set in motion a s… MintPress News — August 18, 2026 11:30 AM ET
Livestream: Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty / Huckabee Said WHAT? / Local Police Using Autonomous Drones
Lee Camp's livestream video… Lee Camp Substack — August 17, 2026 4:55 PM ET
The Dead
The last act of death is not mortality but the erasure of memory. The Chris Hedges Report — August 17, 2026 7:15 AM ET
Israel Manipulates AI Answers — And Most People Don't Know It
New column + video by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — August 16, 2026 11:18 AM ET
ICE is sitting on $100 billion
Polygraph | Newsletter n°348 | 10 Aug 2026… Polygraph — August 10, 2026 7:04 AM ET
Why 98 Democrats ignored voters and opposed an Israel aid cut
Polygraph | Newsletter n°347 | 25 Jul 2026… Polygraph — July 25, 2026 8:31 AM ET
What will end up in the GOP’s $95 billion reconciliation bill?
Polygraph | Newsletter n°346 | 18 Jul 2026… Polygraph — July 18, 2026 8:03 AM ET
US spent $103 billion on the Iran War in four months
Polygraph | Newsletter n°345 | 13 Jul 2026… Polygraph — July 13, 2026 7:02 AM ET