Radio Free
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date: 2026-04-29T09:00:00Z
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items: Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders
items: One night a year, humans command this march of frogs and salamanders
items: Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change — and get almost none of the money to fight it
items: Illinois is feuding with itself over endangered species protections
items: ‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media
items: Indian police invoke anti-terror law to unmask anonymous news handle TeluguScribe
items: The Culting of America: From Children of God to the MAGA Playbook
items: ‘ICE Fishing’ in Minneapolis
items: The Response We Need to the Cesar Chavez Revelations
items: The Scarcity of Smartphones in Gaza
items: The Project Censored Newsletter—April 2026
items: Satellite imagery reveals increased activity at North Korean nuclear complex
items: Russia’s Oil Hub Burns Again — Third Strike in Two Weeks
items: Countries that want climate action go around the U.N. process
items: The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 28, 2026
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Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders
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creator: Naisha Roy
date: 2026-04-29T09:00:00Z
subject: ProPublica
subject: Sources
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subject: desperate
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subject: Immigration
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subject: opportunity?
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description: The post Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: Jasmir Urbina was scammed and then deported. Across the U.S., immigration scams have spiked amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort. Photo courtesy of Jasmir Urbina As an asylum-seeker living in the U.S., Jasmir Urbina worried as she watched violence break out amid the military-style immigration sweeps across the country. Then she read about legal residents being arrested at immigration court and wondered when federal agents would set their sights on her city. Urbina had fled Nicaragua in 2022 and legally resided with her husband, a fellow asylum-seeker, in New Orleans while reporting to immigration agents for check-ins as she awaited her day in court. Finally, the date was approaching, in late November 2025. Days later, the Trump administration would flood the region with federal officers in “Operation Swamp Sweep.” Urbina, 35, began searching for a Spanish speaker who could help her, and said she stumbled on a Facebook post advertising the services of Catholic Charities, a prominent aid organization whose services include assisting immigrants. After a few clicks, she connected via WhatsApp with “Susan Millan,” who claimed to have a law degree. The woman’s photo looked professional, showing a small library in the blurry background, according to a screenshot Urbina shared with ProPublica. The asylum-seeker said she discussed her predicament with the woman she thought was an attorney. Millan told Urbina the ordeal could be settled over a virtual hearing with U.S. immigration authorities. Millan sprinkled in details about her own life — a sick husband, two kids, a supportive church — so Urbina felt comfortable. In an interview, Urbina said she completed paperwork to be sent to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, for a fee. Millan’s organization asked her for documentation, including five character references; for another fee, it would submit these up the line. Through the payment app Zelle, Urbina and her husband paid nearly $10,000, according to …

One night a year, humans command this march of frogs and salamanders
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creator: Grace Benninghoff
date: 2026-04-29T08:45:00Z
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description: The first warm, wet spring night sends frogs and salamanders from the forest, bearing fresh evidence of threats from warming winters, drying pools, and traffic.
encoded: On a Tuesday night in April, beneath a sky mottled with clouds, a slick stretch of road in Cumberland, Maine, erupted in sound. It started with a few high-pitched chirps, like the coos of chicks. Within minutes, dozens, then hundreds more joined a chorus punctuated by low clucks. By the time the sun dipped below the horizon and rain began to splatter the pavement, the sound had risen to a din. Cars stopped on the shoulder and people spilled onto the road wearing neon vests and waving bright flashlights. They fanned out, and raised their voices as they spoke, like guests at a bustling cocktail party. “I got a big one!” called a youngster in a yellow raincoat. She held out her hand for other volunteers who crowded around her. A yellow-spotted salamander about 9 inches long stretched across her gloved palm, its slick tail draped between her fingers. Each year in New England, on the first warm, wet night of spring, when the ground has thawed, and the temperature is just right, armies of frogs and maelstroms of salamanders emerge from the woods. They hop and undulate through the night, following the same routes their ancestors traveled to the vernal pools of their birth, where they lay their eggs, chirping and clucking all the while. “They’re calling to the ones that are still in the woods, telling them to come,” said Penny Asherman, who leads the Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust. For the past decade, “Big Night” has drawn dozens of people who drop everything at a moment’s notice to help the amphibians migrate safely. But climate change is scrambling that ancient trek. The journey begins less predictably, has grown deadlier, and become more tenuous as the seasonal wetlands they depend on are transformed by climate change. That has prompted the volunteers to become citizen scientists, tracking when the animals emerge and how many survive. Coordinated by Maine Big Night, the effort, which came on April 14 this year, is generating data that is reshaping how communities t…

Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change — and get almost none of the money to fight it
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creator: Anita Hofschneider
date: 2026-04-29T08:30:00Z
subject: Global Indigenous Affairs Desk
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subject: Indigenous Affairs
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description: Billion-dollar climate funds have structural barriers that keep Indigenous peoples from accessing them. Advocates say that's not a bug, it's a feature.
encoded: Billions of dollars have been pledged to fight the climate crisis, but almost none is reaching Indigenous peoples, even as world leaders credit them as essential to solving it. “From the Amazon to Australia, and Africa to the Arctic, you are the great guardians of nature, a living library of biodiversity conservation, and champions of climate action,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City last week. But global funding hasn’t followed those words. Multi-billion-dollar financial institutions set up to address the climate crisis have largely failed to deliver money to Indigenous communities, or even track whether they’re benefiting. At the Permanent Forum, Indigenous advocates described how their communities have been devastated by flooding and wildfires and called on governments and global funds to provide direct access to climate finance. “The demand for direct access to finance by Indigenous peoples is a matter of right. It’s actually explicitly mentioned in the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that because of the historical injustices and the need for us to develop, we need direct access to finances,” said Joan Carling, who is Indigenous Kankanaey Igorot from the Philippines, a former expert member of the Permanent Forum and executive director of the organization Indigenous Peoples Rights International. An analysis by the Rainforest Foundation Norway estimates that between 2011 and 2020, Indigenous peoples and local communities involved in land tenure and forest management received less than 1 percent of global funding for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Indigenous peoples are often combined with “local communities” in conservation spaces, despite calls from Indigenous U.N. experts to distinguish them. “We are not asking for charity. We are not asking for privilege,” Carling continued. “This is a matter of right for us because it’s a matter of social justic…

Illinois is feuding with itself over endangered species protections
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creator: Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
date: 2026-04-29T08:15:00Z
subject: Grist
subject: Sources
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description: The state Department of Transportation has sidestepped endangered species protections in 11 cases, according to public records.
encoded: In the creeks and rivers of southern Illinois, a school of bigeye shiners darting along the edge of a stream is a sign of healthy water. The freshwater fish, which is on the state’s endangered species list, has managed to survive despite habitat loss driven by decades of construction and industrial farm runoff. But an ongoing dispute between two state agencies over state species protections is testing how the tiny fish will endure. Last summer, the state’s top wildlife regulators faced resistance from the Illinois Department of Transportation, or IDOT, when trying to protect the shiner. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, or IDNR, recommended that the transportation agency crews mapping out construction at a site in Union County should first survey the area and find out if the shiner was present. If so, IDNR would ask them to apply for a permit to minimize impacts to the paper clip-sized fish before proceeding. IDOT declined. The department’s reason, among others, was simple: “Fish swim away.” The standoff between the two agencies, outlined in internal documents obtained by WBEZ and Grist, is at the center of an ongoing clash that broke out last year after the transportation department repeatedly ignored recommendations from state experts to pursue permits designed to protect imperiled species during road, bridge, and other transportation work. The transportation department, which is the state’s largest public landowner, may have overridden Illinois’ Endangered Species Protection Act in 11 cases in the past year, according to public records. Endangered species laws are meant to shield imperiled animals and plants from publicly funded projects. The federal Endangered Species Act, which was passed in 1973, currently safeguards nearly 1,700 species in the United States and has saved close to 300 species from extinction. Almost every state has its own version of the law for protecting critters within its borders. The Illinois Endangered Species Act, which pred…

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media
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creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-29T05:03:05Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
subject: Gaza genocide
subject: Israeli atrocities
subject: Legitimate resistance
subject: Mohammed El-Kurd
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subject: War on Iran
subject: War on Lebanon
subject: Western exceptionalism
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description: COMMENTARY: By Jason Brooke 1news tonight featured a report on the War in Ukraine. The reporter, a foreign war correspondent, explained to viewers how Ukrainian soldiers were increasingly using long-range high-tech drones to target Russian infrastructure. Now while not explicitly stated, the narrative being delivered through our particularly “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Jason Brooke 1news tonight featured a report on the War in Ukraine. The reporter, a foreign war correspondent, explained to viewers how Ukrainian soldiers were increasingly using long-range high-tech drones to target Russian infrastructure. Now while not explicitly stated, the narrative being delivered through our particularly “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader. While for some this narrative may be contentious, what’s interesting is when you apply this same narrative to the people of Palestine, Lebanon and Iran. Because when we apply these same values of “legitimate resistance” and self-defence of homeland in the context of Palestine or Lebanon or Iran, we see the contradiction of Western exceptionalism. READ MORE: Trump says Iran requesting end to US blockade; Israel kills three medics Other war on Iran, Gaza and Lebanon reports For Palestinians, Lebanese and Iranian people, the rules around what constitutes legitimate resistance — whether militarily or otherwise — do not apply. At least they do not apply within the framework of the Western narrative, the narrative that’s seemingly ever-present in our mainstream media institutions like 1news. There is another narrative of course, one whose legitimacy is not tied to the notion of Western exceptionalism. This narrative points out the hypocrisy of a Western exceptionalism which assumes itself as the sole determinant in defining what is or isn’t “legitimate” resistance. Many journalists from the Middle East such as the Palestinian author Mohammed El-Kurd in his recent book Perfect Victims: And The Politics Of Appeal describe this “contradiction” in great detail. Yet his and the many other voices which could help our comprehension of what is happening in places like Palestine, Gaza, Tehran and Southern Lebanon are consistently — and some might argue deliberately — overlooked. Jason Brooke is a New Zealand hospital wo…

Indian police invoke anti-terror law to unmask anonymous news handle TeluguScribe
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-29T03:53:45Z
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description: New Delhi, April 29, 2026—Indian authorities in the southern state of Telangana must drop their investigation into social media news outlet TeluguScribe and stop the misuse of anti-terror legislation to silence criticism in the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On April 18, the Intelligence Department of the Telangana Police issued a formal...
encoded: New Delhi, April 29, 2026—Indian authorities in the southern state of Telangana must drop their investigation into social media news outlet TeluguScribe and stop the misuse of anti-terror legislation to silence criticism in the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On April 18, the Intelligence Department of the Telangana Police issued a formal notice to social media company X requesting the registration details, usage logs, and activity data of the account @TeluguScribe, which provides anonymous coverage of the state’s politics and is known to post content critical of its Indian National Congress government. The notice, a copy of which has been reviewed by CPJ, cites Section 43F of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), India’s main counterterrorism law, which compels individuals and organizations to release information requested by an investigating officer, and carries a penalty of up to three years in prison for non-compliance. Police have alleged the account contains “derogatory content” and “objectionable language” that could incite hatred, violence, and public unrest. “Invoking anti-terror legislation to unmask an anonymous news account on social media is a gross overreach of official power and risks having a chilling effect on press freedom,” said Kunal Majumder, CPJ’s Asia-Pacific program coordinator. “The Indian National Congress government in Telangana must stop weaponizing draconian laws to silence critical reporting and ensure that digital news platforms can operate without fear of surveillance or criminal prosecution.” TeluguScribe in a statement denied the allegations made by police and said that use of the UAPA was a “blatant abuse of power.” The outlet said nearly 70 police cases had been registered against it in the past two-and-a-half years to “muzzle” coverage. R. Bhaaskaran, deputy inspector general of police with the intelligence department, and X did not immediately respond to CPJ’s emailed requests for comment. …

The Culting of America: From Children of God to the MAGA Playbook
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creator: Andrea Chalupa
date: 2026-04-29T03:11:00Z
subject: Gaslit Nation
subject: Sources
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subject: children
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description: Is America a cult? How can we help those trapped in cult-like thinking? Discussing her new book The Culting of America, Daniella Mestyanik Young, a US Army veteran, intelligence officer, and survivor of the notorious Children of God cult, joins Gaslit Nation to help us identify coercive control in our own lives, and in our White House. Daniella breaks down the "sex cult math" of her upbringing, identifying the same tactics of coercive control now fueling the MAGA movement. Trump has pulled disparate groups into a singular cult of personality, where he is viewed as a "flawed vessel" of a "perfect God" delivering a Christian theocracy coming after our rights. As a counter-terrorism expert, Daniella warns that the "arrogance" of Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner's war of choice in Iran is a classic cult leader trap. Tyrants lose when they start "sampling their own Kool-Aid," she points out. She also advises on how to help those in your life who have fallen down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole of cult-like thinking, to help them find their way to reality. This is an episode not to miss. Save the date! At the Gaslit Nation Salon on Monday May 11 4pm ET, we'll start with a special reading of an excerpt of one of Andrea's screenplays. To join the festivities, become a member at Patreon.com/Gaslit - thank you to everyone who supports the show. Want to hear Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, exclusive Q&A sessions, our group chats, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit! Show Notes: Yes, Some Government Conspiracies Are Real, like MKUltra: Welcome to The Church Committee Report https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes-transcripts-20/2026/1/28/the-playbook-for-defeating-maga-the-church-committee-report?rq=The%20Playbook%20for%20Defeating%20MAGA%3A%20The%20Church%20Committee%20Report EVENTS AT GASLIT NATION: Gaslit Nation Salons take place Mondays 4pm ET ov…
encoded: Is America a cult? How can we help those trapped in cult-like thinking? Discussing her new book The Culting of America, Daniella Mestyanik Young, a US Army veteran, intelligence officer, and survivor of the notorious Children of God cult, joins Gaslit Nation to help us identify coercive control in our own lives, and in our White House. Daniella breaks down the "sex cult math" of her upbringing, identifying the same tactics of coercive control now fueling the MAGA movement. Trump has pulled disparate groups into a singular cult of personality, where he is viewed as a "flawed vessel" of a "perfect God" delivering a Christian theocracy coming after our rights. As a counter-terrorism expert, Daniella warns that the "arrogance" of Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner's war of choice in Iran is a classic cult leader trap. Tyrants lose when they start "sampling their own Kool-Aid," she points out. She also advises on how to help those in your life who have fallen down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole of cult-like thinking, to help them find their way to reality. This is an episode not to miss. Save the date! At the Gaslit Nation Salon on Monday May 11 4pm ET, we'll start with a special reading of an excerpt of one of Andrea's screenplays. To join the festivities, become a member at Patreon.com/Gaslit - thank you to everyone who supports the show. Want to hear Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, exclusive Q&A sessions, our group chats, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit! Show Notes: Yes, Some Government Conspiracies Are Real, like MKUltra: Welcome to The Church Committee Report https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes-transcripts-20/2026/1/28/the-playbook-for-defeating-maga-the-church-committee-report?rq=The%20Playbook%20for%20Defeating%20MAGA%3A%20The%20Church%20Committee%20Report EVENTS AT GASLIT NATION: Gaslit Nation Salons take place Mondays 4pm ET ov…

‘ICE Fishing’ in Minneapolis
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creator: Wali Khan
date: 2026-04-28T23:55:12Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Progressive
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description: In January, photojournalist Wali Khan documented ICE’s assault on the Twin Cities.
encoded: In January, photojournalist Wali Khan documented ICE’s assault on the Twin Cities. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Wali Khan.

The Response We Need to the Cesar Chavez Revelations
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creator: Ellen Bravo
date: 2026-04-28T23:30:07Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Progressive
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subject: response
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description: Every organization can take steps to prevent misconduct and hold themselves accountable when leaders abuse their power.
encoded: Every organization can take steps to prevent misconduct and hold themselves accountable when leaders abuse their power. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Ellen Bravo.

The Scarcity of Smartphones in Gaza
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creator: Mariam Mushtaha
date: 2026-04-28T23:20:58Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Progressive
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subject: scarcity
subject: smartphones
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description: Israeli restrictions on the entrance of electronic devices into Gaza has made life even harder for students and freelancers.
encoded: Israeli restrictions on the entrance of electronic devices into Gaza has made life even harder for students and freelancers. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Mariam Mushtaha.

The Project Censored Newsletter—April 2026
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creator: Kate Horgan
date: 2026-04-28T21:51:10Z
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description: Censored Press News Truthout ran an excerpt from Terms of Servitude by Omar Zahzah (The Censored Press/Seven Stories Press, 2025). The article, Palestinians Battle the Algorithms of Israeli Censorship and Surveillance, looks at how Palestinian digital ...
encoded: Censored Press News Truthout ran an excerpt from Terms of Servitude by Omar Zahzah (The Censored Press/Seven Stories Press, 2025). The article, Palestinians Battle the Algorithms of Israeli Censorship and Surveillance, looks at how Palestinian digital autonomy has been constrained by settler colonialism and neoliberal privatization. “Even as the contours… The post The Project Censored Newsletter—April 2026 appeared first on Project Censored. This content originally appeared on Project Censored and was authored by Kate Horgan.

Satellite imagery reveals increased activity at North Korean nuclear complex
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creator: Noh Jung Min for RFA
date: 2026-04-28T21:38:28Z
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description: Steam plumes and construction at Yongbyon suggest Kim Jong Un is making good on his five-year nuclear buildup plan.
encoded: At North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Complex, heightened activity observed on satellite imagery indicates that Pyongyang is increasing its capacity to produce nuclear weapons, experts told Radio Free Asia. The imagery shows new buildings and plumes of steam in previously inactive areas of the complex, which lies roughly 90 kilometers (56 miles) north of the capital. North Korea has long claimed that Yongbyon serves peaceful, civilian energy purposes, but the international community and monitoring organizations say that the complex produces fissile materials to produce nuclear weapons. The increased activity observed in April follows Kim Jong Un’s announcement at the Ninth Congress of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party in February that the country would build up and diversify its nuclear arsenal over the next five years. Where there’s smoke… Images captured by Planet Labs on April 18 and 20 show steam emitting from the thermal generating plant at the radiochemical laboratory. On March 12 and April 25, images showed the reactor discharging water into the nearby Kuryong River. These discharges are consistent with many other images captured since January. Steam escapes from the thermal plant at the Radiochemical Laboratory at the Yongbyon Nuclear Complex in North Korea on April 18 and 20, suggesting at least limited operations at the laboratory. (Analyzed by Jacob Bogle/RFA) The evidence suggests that North Korea is producing weapons grade plutonium, Olli Heinonen, a former deputy director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency and a distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, told RFA. “It looks that North Korea still continues to produce plutonium in the 5 megawatt reactor and it’s on a campaign basis,” he said, using a technical term to indicate a start-to-finish production cycle. “So it operates for about a year or so and then they discharge the fuel which is a very quick operation.” <img src="https://www.rfa.org/resizer/v2/IVXDABTD25FBRPGWUHT4INWGZM.png?auth=…

Russia’s Oil Hub Burns Again — Third Strike in Two Weeks
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creator: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
date: 2026-04-28T18:46:00Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and was authored by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
encoded: This content originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and was authored by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Countries that want climate action go around the U.N. process
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-28T18:09:46Z
subject: Democracy Now!
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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 28, 2026
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description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 28, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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Transiting the Strait of Hormuz with The Grayzone
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UN News Today 28 April 2026
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description: Sudan’s war leaves children at mercy of increasing drone strikes, warns UNICEFSyria: UN Human Rights reports discovery recent mass graves Gulf land routes already expanding amid Strait of Hormuz shipping freeze
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‘We’ve all been changed by this’: Sharif Abdel Kouddous on documenting Israel’s (ongoing) war crimes in Gaza and Lebanon
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Belarus frees journalist Andrzej Poczobut
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description: New York, April 28, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release by Belarus on Tuesday of journalist Andrzej Poczobut, as part of a Polish-Belarusian prisoner exchange involving the United States, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. The swap, which included ten prisoners from various countries, took place at the Polish-Belarusian border and was confirmed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who posted a picture of...
encoded: New York, April 28, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release by Belarus on Tuesday of journalist Andrzej Poczobut, as part of a Polish-Belarusian prisoner exchange involving the United States, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. The swap, which included ten prisoners from various countries, took place at the Polish-Belarusian border and was confirmed by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who posted a picture of Poczobut on X. “Andrzej Poczobut is free! Welcome to ​your Polish home, my friend,” Tusk ⁠wrote, adding that the exchange was “the finale of a two-year-long intricate diplomatic game, full of dramatic twists.” Poczobut had been a political commentator, a correspondent at Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, and producer of Nad Niemnem, a television program focused on Belarus’ Polish community, for independent Poland-based broadcaster Belsat TV and Polish public broadcaster TVP Polonia. “CPJ welcomes today’s release of Andrzej Poczobut after 1,860 days of unjust imprisonment,” said Fiona O’Brien, CPJ’s regional director for Europe and Central Asia. “He should never have spent a single day behind bars. We call on the Belarusian authorities to immediately release the 22 journalists still detained today for their work.” In December, the European Parliament awarded him its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. “Today, in my role as President Trump’s Special Envoy for Belarus, my team and I helped secure the release of three Poles and two Moldovans,” U.S. Special Envoy John Coale wrote on X. According to Belarusian state news agency BelTA, Poczobut was released following a personal appeal to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko by the journalist’s mother and by Andżelika Borys, head of the Union of Poles in Belarus, which represents the country’s Polish minority and of which Poczobut is a member. Poczobut, who has been detained since March 2021, was sentenced in February 2023 to eight years in jail on charges of “inciting hatred”…

Can the new leader of Canada’s NDP revive the left-wing party?
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Israel destroys solar panels in southern Lebanon
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CPJ joins call for Turkey to repeal disinformation law for its use against journalists
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description: The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 22 press freedom and human rights organizations in an April 28 joint statement condemning Turkey’s frequent use of its disinformation law for prosecuting and imprisoning journalists. The signatories urged the Turkish authorities to release all journalists imprisoned under this law and ultimately repeal it. “Turkey’s disinformation law is structurally...
encoded: The Committee to Protect Journalists joined 22 press freedom and human rights organizations in an April 28 joint statement condemning Turkey’s frequent use of its disinformation law for prosecuting and imprisoning journalists. The signatories urged the Turkish authorities to release all journalists imprisoned under this law and ultimately repeal it. “Turkey’s disinformation law is structurally incompatible with international press freedom standards. Its language fails to define clearly what constitutes ‘untrue information’ or to specify what content poses a threat to national security or public order,” the statement said. Read the joint statement here. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Committee to Protect Journalists.

Reporter pushed, threatened with arrest while trying to question Florida mayor
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description: WPLG investigative reporter Jeff Weinsier was shoved and threatened with jail by a plainclothes Miami-Dade County sheriff’s deputy while approaching the county’s mayor for an interview in Miami Beach, Florida, on April 11, 2026.The TV station reported ...
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Colombia Hosts Global Summit on Transitioning from Fossil Fuels in Attempt to Break U.N. Deadlock
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Democratic Socialist Avi Lewis Elected Leader of NDP, Canada’s Main Progressive Party
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Trump vs. Dreamers: Justice Dept. Moves to Make It Easier to Deport 500K+ DACA Recipients
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Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 28, 2026
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Colombia Hosts First Global Summit on Transitioning from Fossil Fuels in Attempt to Break U.N. Deadlock
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description: More than 50 countries are gathered this week in Santa Marta, Colombia, in a groundbreaking effort to establish another forum of international cooperation on phasing out fossil fuels and halting the climate crisis. This comes after years of fr...
encoded: More than 50 countries are gathered this week in Santa Marta, Colombia, in a groundbreaking effort to establish another forum of international cooperation on phasing out fossil fuels and halting the climate crisis. This comes after years of frustration over the United Nations-led COP process, which requires consensus. The initiative was launched in the final hours of the COP30 conference held in Belém, Brazil, last year, as fossil-fuel producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia blocked the formal commitments sought by more ambitious nations. “This gathering in Santa Marta is about breaking the deadlock, creating a space where mission is not held hostage, and where real pathways to phase out fossil fuels can be discussed openly and honestly,” says South African activist Kumi Naidoo, president of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

New Report Exposes Trump Cryptocurrency Corruption
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description: President Donald Trump and his sons have approximately $1 billion tied to crypto venture World Liberty Financial, which was founded by the Trumps, alongside Steve Witkoff, now Trump's special envoy for peace. A new report by Public Citizen details how...
encoded: President Donald Trump and his sons have approximately $1 billion tied to crypto venture World Liberty Financial, which was founded by the Trumps, alongside Steve Witkoff, now Trump's special envoy for peace. A new report by Public Citizen details how the venture hinges on Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, which pleaded guilty in 2023 to sanctions and money laundering violations tied largely to Iran—the country Trump has taken the United States to war with. The Trump administration has simultaneously dismantled the enforcement tools that would hold crypto outfits like Binance accountable—pardoning its founder, dismissing an SEC lawsuit against the company, and issuing a directive to stop prosecuting crypto platforms. The report, “<a href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.gqh-2BaxUzlo7XKIuSly0rCxXwZR0L9lem-2B5XpAYqIXzMpY8Y-2FYDYBU137qb4eugzR-2BiQOxuY-2BKDaQooBwm3lfX2ueb1MKYjQ7JEeF0PqtRNDh7boGV8q5MkT2Td5wmAuTwpyAGQKWj8lGGxApt867ew-3D-3DBaEF_ciJuXYfraQrmEXzxHGEcWNeiZKy7tdzQawxB4GG8-2FLPyhKWA4iiF6MSH6OJ2-2BUNtBAHsM9WPS35FVKJVmFTjW3m2IwgUo3u6HhitOgrMHtKgCE9epr3PLoQ3Dbn013y3IHguNLFpJOYXUMZCoT6kt5PfDZxUDgyDW0BlTUhN5NjcSpIUf4a0eParWb8UkXls6A8vDH0ZXiyvTOazx1xqYIWg3pxatQyRVFt4I4mzhA9EmC8zb-2FZPwXEvASHIiwuHI3CpnfA6eXFP2CZKu-2B4NZqRtcYfd4xjJunzS2SfFpt2OcJdOwJLY7w0CIGNTrj-2FTMlBkpcpLNsI4W6YWAjan0g-3D-3D" rel="noopener noreferrer" >Conflict Coin: How the Trumps’ Billion-Dollar Crypto Stake Depends on a Company That Helped Iran Evade Sanctions”, reveals how Trump has leveraged investments in cryptocurrency to enrich himself and officials in his administration, specifically through working with Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, to conduct deals. Binance has hosted accounts used by at least eight entities and individuals that the Treasury Department has sanctioned for supporting terrorism or terrorist-designated groups linked to Iran, some of whom were sanctioned or prosecuted by Trump's own administration, according to court filings. In 202…

Avi Lewis, New Socialist Leader of Canada’s NDP: “Life Just Doesn’t Have to Be So Grindingly Unfair”
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description: As Democracy Now! broadcasts from Toronto, we speak with Avi Lewis, the new head of Canada’s progressive New Democratic Party. Lewis was elected leader in a landslide last month, winning over party members on a democratic socialist platf...
encoded: As Democracy Now! broadcasts from Toronto, we speak with Avi Lewis, the new head of Canada’s progressive New Democratic Party. Lewis was elected leader in a landslide last month, winning over party members on a democratic socialist platform that vowed to prioritize affordability, address the climate crisis, fight the Trump administration’s attacks on Canada and more. Lewis takes over as the NDP has only five seats in Parliament and just as Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a majority for his Liberal government following three special elections in April. Lewis acknowledges that “the NDP has a lot of rebuilding to do,” but says there is “wide-open political space” in Canada for a populist left-wing agenda. “I think young people in particular are really responding to a vision where life just doesn’t have to be so grindingly unfair,” Lewis says. “We need nonmarket solutions to a time of market failure.” Lewis is a longtime activist and filmmaker whose late father Stephen Lewis led the Ontario NDP in the 1970s. He is married to the acclaimed author Naomi Klein. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Trump vs. Dreamers: Justice Dept. Moves to Make It Easier to Deport 500K+ DACA Recipients
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description: The Trump administration is continuing its attacks on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, that has given deportation relief and work permits to immigrants who came to the United States as children. The Board of Immigratio...
encoded: The Trump administration is continuing its attacks on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, that has given deportation relief and work permits to immigrants who came to the United States as children. The Board of Immigration Appeals — an administrative court within the Justice Department — recently ruled that DACA status is not enough to spare someone from deportation, a decision that sets a precedent potentially putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk. Democratic Congressmember Delia Ramirez from Illinois, whose husband is a former DACA recipient, calls the BIA decision “very concerning” and part of a larger effort “weaponizing the court system” against immigrants. She says Congress must act and pass legislation to end the legal limbo of DACA recipients and millions of other immigrants. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Headlines for April 28, 2026
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description: Trump Appears Unlikely to Accept Iran’s Proposed Deal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz, U.N. Warns of Global Food Emergency as Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed, German Chancellor Says Iran Has “Humiliated” U.S. in Its War with Iran, Israel Orders More Residents of Southern Lebanon to Flee Homes or Face Death, Palestinians Cast Ballots in First Elections in Two Decades, Ex-Biden Official Says Netanyahu Created a “Genocide” in Gaza with U.S. Participation, Human Rights Groups Warn of “Dire” Conditions in Sudan’s Darfur Region, Florida Gov. DeSantis Unveils New Congressional Map to Create Four New GOP-Leaning House Seats, Supreme Court Appears Split over Roundup Weed Killer Case, Google Workers Urge CEO to Reject Classified Artificial Intelligence Work with the Pentagon, California Billionaire Tax Proposal Has Enough Signatures to Land on Ballot, Trump Welcomes King Charles and Queen Camilla to White House , Suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Charged with Attempted Assassination of Trump, Melania Trump Calls on ABC to Fire Jimmy Kimmel
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-28 Tuesday
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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel
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description: By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A woman whose great-grandparents — all eight of them — were Girmitiya labourers has put their stories into her debut novel. The result is Banjara, a novel partly based on what she found, which is told through the eyes of two women more than 100 years apart. Author,
encoded: By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A woman whose great-grandparents — all eight of them — were Girmitiya labourers has put their stories into her debut novel. The result is Banjara, a novel partly based on what she found, which is told through the eyes of two women more than 100 years apart. Author, Shana Chandra told RNZ Nine to Noon she knew her grandparents were Girmitiya, but nothing of their origin stories. READ MORE: Other Fiji literature reports “I knew that they were part of this larger geopolitical movement under colonialism, but I didn’t have their personal stories,” she said. “I didn’t know where they came from in India. I didn’t know what made them vulnerable to coercion. I didn’t even know their names. So really, writing the story was a way for me to write their origin story not only for me, but for them.” Chandra said the former head of New Zealand’s Girmitiya Foundation told her that Indo-Fijians were prohibited from writing about indenture. “It felt very important for me to write this origin story, because there was so much silence – I think, because there was so much shame over what happened. ‘Angry about the silence’ “And it was my way of saying to my ancestors, they no longer need to be silenced, and… thank you, in a way, because I used to be quite angry about the silence, but then I realized it was their gift to me, and their gift to all of us — they didn’t want us to be burdened with what they endured.” Chandra said a lot of research went into the book, but historical records only tell so much. “When I saw my great-grandmother’s immigration pass, she boarded the Hereford, which is actually the same boat that Avani, my character, boards in the book. “She was only eight when she boarded, and she boarded the boat with her younger brother, her older sister and her father, and there was actually no record of her mother being on board. So because of the way indentureships were partitioned with men on one side and women and children on t…

The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
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creator: Eli Hager
date: 2026-04-28T10:00:00Z
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description: The post The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: A planned Trump administration regulation will penalize disabled young adults like Shy’tyra Burton, pictured with her father, Rondell, if they live with their parents. Caroline Gutman for ProPublica Even a glance at Shy’tyra Burton’s life reveals her need for the sort of federal government assistance that helps disabled Americans stay in their homes. Born two months prematurely into a poor family in Philadelphia, unable to breathe or swallow without tubes and largely confined to medical facilities until age 4, Burton was diagnosed with a litany of developmental and intellectual disabilities that left her with an IQ below 70. She persevered and graduated from a high school special education program, then attempted community college. But she struggled to grasp basic tasks and information. She couldn’t get hired, including at McDonald’s. After multiple medical and psychological evaluations and a hearing before a judge, the federal government approved her for the Supplemental Security Income program, which provides a basic income to those with severe disabilities and to indigent older people. For Burton, now 22, the $994 monthly benefit is lifesaving but not enough to completely support herself on her own. So, like many SSI recipients, she has continued to live with her father, who makes around $2,000 a month as a Philadelphia sanitation worker. Now, President Donald Trump’s administration is poised to penalize people like Burton simply for living in the same home as their families, according to four federal officials, internal emails and a federal regulatory listing. The administration is working on a rule change that would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their SSI allotment, even if the family members they live with are poor enough to qualify for food stamps. This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third — about $330 a month in Burton’s case — or ending their support altogether. The effort to c…

DN! Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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Maldives police raid Adhadhu newsroom, impose travel bans on editor and CEO
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date: 2026-04-28T09:43:43Z
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description: New Delhi, April 28, 2026—Maldivian authorities must immediately return seized equipment to the independent news outlet Adhadhu, lift travel bans on its staff, and cease using criminal allegations to silence reporting on the president, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On April 27, police raided Adhadhu’s headquarters in the capital city, Malé, and seized electronic devices,...
encoded: New Delhi, April 28, 2026—Maldivian authorities must immediately return seized equipment to the independent news outlet Adhadhu, lift travel bans on its staff, and cease using criminal allegations to silence reporting on the president, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On April 27, police raided Adhadhu’s headquarters in the capital city, Malé, and seized electronic devices, the news outlet said. It added that officers entered the property under a court order issued following the March 28 release of “Aisha,” a documentary in which a former employee in the President’s Office alleged sexual misconduct and abuse of power against President Mohamed Muizzu. The search warrant cited Section 612(a) of the Penal Code, which refers to the offense of “Qazf,” or the false accusation of adultery under Islamic law, as grounds to search the office. “The raid on Adhadhu and subsequent travel bans are an attempt to criminalize investigative journalism under the guise of religious and national interests,” said CPJ’s Asia-Pacific Program Coordinator Kunal Majumder. “Using religious laws to bypass civil media regulations sets a chilling precedent. Authorities must allow the press to hold government offices accountable.” The raid occurred hours after an Adhadhu journalist questioned Muizzu about the allegations during a televised press conference, said Mohamed Junayd, executive director of the Maldives Journalists Association, in a text message to CPJ. Following the raid, authorities imposed travel bans on Adhadhu CEO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa and Managing Editor Hassan Mohamed. Minister of Homeland Security Ali Ihusaan defended the police action, saying: “Spreading fabricated serious accusations is not journalism. Police are upholding the rule of law and the President’s constitutional rights. Responsible freedom comes with accountability. No one is above the law.” The Maldives Police Service and the President’s Office did not respond to CPJ’s emailed requests for comment. Th…

Tunisia rearrests journalist Zied el-Heni, who launches hunger strike
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description: New York, April 28, 2026—Tunisian authorities must immediately release journalist Zied el-Heni, who has been placed in pretrial detention over a social media post last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. El-Heni, editor-in-chief of independent news site Tunisian Press, was arrested on April 24, 2026, after complying with a summons to appear before...
encoded: New York, April 28, 2026—Tunisian authorities must immediately release journalist Zied el-Heni, who has been placed in pretrial detention over a social media post last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. El-Heni, editor-in-chief of independent news site Tunisian Press, was arrested on April 24, 2026, after complying with a summons to appear before the Fifth Central Unit for Combating Information and Communication Technology Crime in the capital, Tunis. He started a hunger strike on April 26 in protest of his detention, his daughter Ela el-Heni told CPJ via email. He is being investigated under Article 86 of the telecommunications code over a post in which he criticized a judicial decision related to journalist Ghassen Ben Khelifa, who was sentenced in March 2026 to two years in prison. El Heni’s trial is scheduled to begin on April 30, according to a local journalist who spoke to CPJ on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisal. “Detaining Zied El-Heni over a social media post critical of a judicial decision is a clear example of how Tunisian authorities are weaponizing the law to silence journalists,” said Carlos Martínez de la Serna, CPJ’s program director. “Authorities must immediately release El-Heni and stop using vague legal provisions to target the press.” El-Heni is being investigated under Article 86 of the telecommunications code, which carries penalties of up to two years in prison. Press freedom advocates have repeatedly warned that the provision is overly broad and prone to abuse in cases involving online expression. By applying ordinary criminal laws to journalistic work, authorities are directly violating Decree-Law 115, which guarantees that journalists are tried only under the press code. El-Heni has faced repeated judicial harassment in recent years tied to his public commentary. In 2023, he was arrested twice over remarks made on independent radio station IFM’s program “Émission Impossible.” He was later handed a six…

Inside Ukraine’s Drone Hunters Targeting Russian UAVs | Ukraine Front Line Update
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description: This content originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and was authored by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say.
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creator: Nichole Manna
date: 2026-04-28T09:00:00Z
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description: The post He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say. appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: <img src="https://www.propublica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260131-KAHN-FloridaPrisonDeaths-0021_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?w=1149" alt="Six printed photographs laid across a table show a man at various points in his life. One shows him posing with a birthday cake, another shows him with a dog by a swimming pool, and others show him with friends and family members."> Family photos of Brian Tracey kept by his sister, Lillian Scharf, who has tried for three years to get answers about how her brother died at a jail in St. Johns County, Florida, in 2023. The company that was contracted to care for inmates, Armor Health of St. Johns County LLC, has declined to release Tracey’s medical records, citing privacy laws. Greg Kahn for ProPublica For 30 minutes, Brian Tracey lay naked and unable to breathe on the floor of the medical ward at the St. Johns County Detention Center, a low-roofed building south of Jacksonville, Florida. It was Dec. 15, 2023, the day Tracey was supposed to be released from jail. By the time deputies noticed him, it was too late. His girlfriend, who’d posted bond for Tracey after nine days, waited outside for him but was instead greeted by a deputy and chaplain, who told her Tracey was dead. Medical staff working for the jail’s health provider, Armor Health of St. Johns County LLC, an affiliate of Miami-based Armor Health, said Tracey, 62, was showing flu-like symptoms and suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung condition that makes it difficult to breathe. In the days and hours before his death, Tracey had passed out and appeared confused, according to a police report from the county sheriff’s office, which investigated the death. Much of what is known about how he died comes from this report, which includes Tracey’s autopsy, interviews with deputies and medical staff, and a description of a video of Tracey in the medical ward. Four experts reviewed available detention a…

He’s the only lead tester in this contaminated neighborhood. He graduates next month.
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creator: Anna Mattson
date: 2026-04-28T08:45:00Z
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description: The lack of inexpensive and comprehensive toxics testing has created a fragile public safety net in polluted towns across the country.
encoded: Kim Booker never thought much about lead during her roughly 27 years living in Trenton, New Jersey. Born and raised in the once-industrial powerhouse, she first heard about the heavy metal at community meetings organized by the East Trenton Collaborative, a local nonprofit that works on environmental health and safety issues. There, she learned that the prevalence of lead-laden pipes and paint, a legacy of the city’s industrial past, could have contaminated the drinking water in her home and the soil around her property. She knew that her three-bedroom home was old, making it likely it had lead pipes. Booker noticed the paint on the walls chipping off. And she realized, too, that her late grandmother and sister were both diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, which researchers have tied to lead exposure. She wanted to know if she was being poisoned by the lead in her environment. With few free, comprehensive testing resources available to her, Booker turned to Shereyl Snider, one of the leaders of the collaborative, who in turn connected her with Sean Stratton, a doctoral student in public health at Rutgers University in late 2023. At the time, he was taking samples of lead to get a clear picture of how lead had contaminated Trenton homes for his dissertation work. Once Booker agreed, Stratton was soon at her home, testing for lead in her paint, yard, and water. <img decoding="async" src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-visit-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=all" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-visit-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-visit-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=330 330w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-visit-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=768 768w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-visit-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/home-visit-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=al…

This Supreme Court ‘victory’ for oil giants is not what it seems
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creator: Rebecca Egan McCarthy
date: 2026-04-28T08:30:00Z
subject: Grist
subject: Sources
subject: Accountability
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description: A recent ruling puts $745 million to restore Louisiana's coastline in doubt. But the effort to get Chevron and other oil majors to pay is far from over.
encoded: For millions of years, the Mississippi River flowed unchecked, carrying roughly 400 million metric tons of sediment down to Louisiana, where it spilled into the Gulf of Mexico to create new land. But in the early 20th century, a series of dams and river-training structures were built to prevent flooding — leaving the river tamed and unable to produce new terrain at anywhere near its previous pace. Oil and gas development, which ripped broad canals through vulnerable marshland, made matters worse. As sea levels rose, existing land subsided, and more brutal storms battered the coast. Louisiana lost more than 2,000 square miles of wetlands over the last century, a slow dismantling exacerbated by climate change. About a football field or more land disappears every 100 minutes, and the state’s southern parishes are expected to lose another 3,000 square miles by 2050 unless drastic action is taken. After years of devastating hurricanes, many of Louisiana’s southernmost towns have been emptying out. Complex restoration efforts remain the state’s best hope, but the Supreme Court hampered these initiatives earlier this month when it unanimously ruled that a lawsuit filed by Plaquemines Parish against Chevron — accusing the company of damaging coastal wetlands and accelerating land loss — should be moved to federal court, rather than the state court in which it was filed. The ruling effectively cancels a $745 million judgment against Chevron, decided before its appeal landed in front of the Supreme Court, and sets up a rematch of a decade-long legal fight. “Frankly, it’s a ridiculous situation,” said Patrick Parenteau, emeritus professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School. “All this time and effort has gone into litigating these issues before a jury in Louisiana. Now you have to do it all over again, but you’re doing it sort of up the street in the federal courthouse.” Federal courts are generally seen as more industry friendly, and the Supreme Court’s ruling was applaude…

Filmmaker, interviewer, and Track Star host Jack Coyne on shaping culture in a positive way
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creator: Jeffrey Silverstein
date: 2026-04-28T07:00:00Z
subject: Sources
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subject: creative
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description: When did your love for stories/storytelling begin?
encoded: When did your love for stories/storytelling begin? I’ve always been a fan of entertainment. As a kid, I loved watching TV and movies. At some point, probably in high school, it clicked for me watching Goodfellas. I was like, “Yo, somebody’s job is to make this.” I realized not only is it their job, but there are artistic choices that are going into it. The end result is this thing that makes me happy. I thought that that was very noble. The idea of having any sort of job where you’re adding some value, some good in the world. My dad was a doctor, one of the most altruistic jobs you can have. When we had his funeral, there were thousands of people there that had been his patients. It’s incredible that he was able to have this impact on so many people’s lives by taking care of them. He was like, “Don’t ever be a doctor. It’s not a good industry.” But I think there was an element of, “What can I do that adds a little bit of value and positivity into people’s lives?” And I was like, “Oh, I’m getting so much out of watching this movie. It makes me happy. It cheers me up.” When I was in college, I was an Economics and Film major. I did this paper on the economics of movie theater going, and it was during the Great Depression that movie theater attendance was at its all time high, which is kind of surprising. But people, with whatever money they did have, they used it to get that sort of escape that gave them hope. That’s sort of how I justified it to myself, this is the thing that I’m interested in and want to do. I had to figure out how to do this as a career. When I was introduced to the Neistat brothers, Casey and Van, and their old TV show, I was like, “These guys are just picking up a little camera and making something.” It became accessible. Working with Casey, he was like, “You’re in New York City. There’s a thousand stories that just punch you in the face every day.” It was that kind of mentality. Were there other ‘guy on the street’ shows or accounts you took cue…

Again To the Grisly Well, With Ballrooms
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creator: Abby Zimet
date: 2026-04-28T04:00:50Z
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description: Leave it to this still-repugnant regime to instantly twist a Keystone Cops security breach - not a so-distant-it-was-on-another-floor "assassination attempt" - to their own skeevy purposes: blaming Democrats for "this dark moment," demanding a $400 mi...
encoded: Leave it to this still-repugnant regime to instantly twist a Keystone Cops security breach - not a so-distant-it-was-on-another-floor "assassination attempt" - to their own skeevy purposes: blaming Democrats for "this dark moment," demanding a $400 million gold ballroom for "national security," burnishing the Brave Dear Leader myth of an addled old man who barely registered it, and what gun control issue? Meet the Epstein class: When shots (again) ring out, they get a friggin' ballroom, kids get thoughts and prayers. The latest "clown show on steroids" - and grim proof of Trump's relentless corrosion of political discourse - unfolded Saturday night at an evidently sloppily unsecured Washington Hilton, where in 1981 John Hinckley shot Reagan, who survived. The already contentious White House Correspondents' Dinner drew the black-tied, preening, profit-driven remnants of a craven legacy media - and a growing right-wing slopaganda brigade - both willing to pretend it was normal to party with an abusive enemy of free speech who's spent years attacking, belittling, suing, bullying and name-calling them as an "enemy of the people" for seeking to do their jobs and tell the truth, thus turning the evening into a queasy "case study in institutional self-abasement." Even before the vitriolic, incendiary Trump - who led a Jan. 6 riot, urged fans to “knock the crap out” of protesters, bade Proud Boys "stand by," mused "the 2nd Amendment people" could do something" about his opponents, warned of "a bloodbath" if he was defeated, killed schoolgirls and threatened genocide in an illegal war he doesn't know how to end - let loose with what he dubbed "the most inappropriate speech ever made" (which Press Barbie called "shots fired") - before all that came a few muffled thuds of a dud of an assassination attempt, on the floor above, by a suspect who ran past a security checkpoint before being tackled. One shot was fired - it's unclear by whom - and one cop was wounded through a bulle…

Sister Helen Prejean on Trump’s expansion of the federal death penalty
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-28T00:30:35Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Solomon Islands’ political crisis will ‘not fundamentally change’ ties with Beijing
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creator: Eugene Whong for RFA
date: 2026-04-28T00:27:54Z
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subject: change
subject: crisis
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subject: Pacific
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subject: sources
subject: ties
subject: will
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description: Whether Prime Minister Manele is ousted or not, China's presence will remain extensive, experts say.
encoded: Regardless of how the current political crisis in the Solomon Islands unfolds, experts told Radio Free Asia that they anticipate no change in the country’s close-knit relationship with China. The crisis was kicked into full gear in March, when 19 members of parliament defected from Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele’s ruling coalition, called the Government for National Unity and Transformation, or GNUT, to join the opposition. This created an opposition coalition of 28 parliament members, a majority of the 50-seat legislative body. They immediately filed a motion for no confidence, and called on Manele to convene parliament so a vote could be held. But Manele has been refusing to convene, so he remains Prime Minister. Shift to Beijing Manele has been described by observers as pro-Chinese, just like his predecessor Manasseh Sogavare, under whom Manele served as foreign minister. <img src="https://www.rfa.org/resizer/v2/Y34EYK634F4IW3I4W63QG5NMWM.jpg?auth=baee6be5b44c55af25a7af609c4d2e62b77c266cca98b1615611abba30cc2b9c&smart=true&width=1500" alt="(L-R) Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 9, 2019." height="1000" width="1500"/> (L-R) Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 9, 2019. (Reuters) Then-Foreign Minister Manele signed the 2019 agreement to recognize China instead of Taiwan, and was a central figure in negotiating the 2022 security pact with Beijing that opposition leader Matthew Wale has criticized as being too secretive and undermining the security of the Solomon Islands, based on leaked drafts of the agreemen…

‘I Still Hold My Head Up, and I Still Know Who I Am’
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creator: Amelia Rayno
date: 2026-04-28T00:03:19Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Progressive
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subject: and
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subject: know’
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description: Ten stories of people with histories living in Skid Row, in their own words.
encoded: Ten stories of people with histories living in Skid Row, in their own words. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Amelia Rayno.

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own terms for ending the war
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creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-28T00:00:06Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
subject: Iran ceasefire
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subject: Iranian nuclear programme
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subject: War on Iran
subject: Analysis
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subject: blockade
subject: ceasefire
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subject: for
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subject: iranian
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subject: military
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subject: negotiations
subject: Nuclear
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subject: Pacific
subject: Politics
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subject: Security
subject: setting
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subject: trump’s
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description: ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Scahill Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold in the coming days — a return to diplomacy or a resumption of the war with the US and Israel. While President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian government
encoded: ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Scahill Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold in the coming days — a return to diplomacy or a resumption of the war with the US and Israel. While President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian government is in a state of internal chaos and his administration is waiting for Iran to capitulate, a senior Iranian official told Drop Site News that Tehran is establishing the conditions under which a new round of direct talks could take place. “We’re currently moving forward with our own design, and we feel continuing negotiations doesn’t make sense until the US government lifts the maritime blockade,” said the official who has direct knowledge of internal diplomatic deliberations in Iran. READ MORE: Top US officials review Iran’s proposal to end war and open Hormuz Strait Other US-Israel war on Iran reports He requested anonymity because he is not authorised to publicly discuss the negotiations. “The scope of the conflict has expanded, and naturally the issue is no longer purely nuclear.” Tehran, the Iranian official said, remained firm in its demand that the US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz be lifted as a condition to move forward. If that happens, a formal second round of top level direct talks can happen. “Araghchi is Iran’s top diplomat. So even if there’s a 1 percent chance for a breakthrough, he would embark on it,” said Hassan Ahmadian, a prominent Iranian analyst and associate professor at the University of Tehran. A multi-phase outline He told Drop Site that Iran has crafted a multi-phase outline for ending the war: A real ceasefire must be imposed on Israel in the region, specifically Lebanon, and a settlement must be reached in the Strait of Hormuz “without harming Iran’s national security and also regional security.” Once these conditions are met, comprehensive negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme and a long-term non-aggression…

Hegseth Calling Journalists ‘Pharisees’? Let’s Fact-Check That.
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The Shepherds of the West Bank
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description: In villages throughout the West Bank, Palestinian shepherds face violence from Israeli settlers and soldiers.
encoded: In villages throughout the West Bank, Palestinian shepherds face violence from Israeli settlers and soldiers. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Davide Bonaldo.

Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project
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description: RNZ Pacific The Fiji Prime Minister has thrown his government’s support behind a controversial waste-to-energy project at Vuda Point in the country’s Western Division despite “a delay”. The multi-million-dollar “Fiji Energy from Waste Project”, backed by Australian billionaire Ian Malouf and Fiji-born businessman Robert Cromb’s company The Next Generation (TNG) Fiji, has been making headlines
encoded: RNZ Pacific The Fiji Prime Minister has thrown his government’s support behind a controversial waste-to-energy project at Vuda Point in the country’s Western Division despite “a delay”. The multi-million-dollar “Fiji Energy from Waste Project”, backed by Australian billionaire Ian Malouf and Fiji-born businessman Robert Cromb’s company The Next Generation (TNG) Fiji, has been making headlines across local and Australian media. The proposed development in the Vuda-Saweni area between Nadi International Airport and Lautoka city has sparked a major backlash from concerned Fijians about its potential to damage the environment at the mainstream tourist hotspot. READ MORE: Other Pacific waste reports The project is reported to plan to burn up to 900,000 tonnes of waste a year, far exceeding Fiji’s local waste production, requiring the import of waste from across the South Pacific. On Friday, Fiji’s Environment Ministry announced that the waste incinerator project has moved into the technical review stage. The ministry also confirmed that it had received 875 written submissions during the public viewing period of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) review process, as well as, almost 9000 signatures — on and offline — opposing the project. Environment Ministry Permanent Secretary Dr Sivendra Michael said no decision had been made to date. “The decision can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review.” ‘Remains committed’ However, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said his government “remains committed to progressing the project”, according to a report by the state broadcaster. “There has been a delay in discussions,” Rabuka told a vernacular radio programme,” adding that “as a government, we support the project”. “If you look at it, a waste-to-energy plant can help supply electricity to more communities, while allowing the government to redirect resources to areas that still need power,” he was quoted as saying by FBC News. In a repo…

ACTION ALERT: NYT Falsely Reports That Attempts on Presidents’ Lives Are Rare
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description: Please tell the New York Times to correct its false report about the uncommonness of presidential assassination attempts.
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ZOE HESELTON (Strasbourg, France)
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Independent journalist held overnight for documenting city curfew in Virginia
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date: 2026-04-27T20:42:58Z
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description: Mickey Barker, an independent journalist, was arrested by police in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as he documented the city’s curfew on April 18, 2026.Barker was recording on his iPhone in the oceanfront area, where an all-ages curfew had been imposed afte...
encoded: Mickey Barker, an independent journalist, was arrested by police in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as he documented the city’s curfew on April 18, 2026. Barker was recording on his iPhone in the oceanfront area, where an all-ages curfew had been imposed after two earlier shootings in March and April. He told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker he was looking for local business owners and residents to interview about the effects of the curfew when officers stopped him. Though the City Council exempted members of the media from the curfew, Barker said he was treated differently because he is an independent journalist. In a video Barker posted of the interaction, an officer asks, “Sir, do you have credentials?” “The First Amendment, yes, of the Constitution,” Barker replies. “That’s not how that works,” says the officer, who was joined by other police asking Barker to leave the oceanfront area. Although credentials are not a requirement under the city ordinance, the officers demanded them after Barker asserted that he was an independent journalist gathering content for a story. “You’re not press,” an officer was heard telling the journalist, before Barker insisted that he hadn’t broken any law and refused to provide his identification. The officer then took Barker’s phone and detained him in an overheated police van for about 45 minutes before taking him to jail. “I’m an Iraq veteran, and I’ve never sweat so hard,” Barker told the Tracker, adding, “They handcuffed me so tight that I had numbness and tingling in my fingers for about three days afterward.” Barker was released from jail early the next morning, and his case was dismissed April 24, according to Barker and his attorney, Tim Anderson, who say they’re preparing a civil suit. “The First Amendment issue is as simple as this — CNN could have been there, but this guy couldn’t,” Anderson told The Virginian-Pilot. “That’s the shocking part of this. If the guy had a CNN jacket on, he would have been allowed to be down there, b…

Will Pam Bondi testify about Epstein?
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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 27, 2026
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description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 27, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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Trump uses Correspondents’ Dinner shooting to justify expanding spying powers as deadline nears
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description: This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on April 27, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. An exchange of gunfire between an armed suspect and law enforcement outside the White House Correspondents’ D...
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New Report Shows That Hardening of US Sanctions on Cuba Since 2017 Fueled a Sharp Increase in Cuba’s Infant Mortality Rate
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description: A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) finds that the expansion of US sanctions against Cuba beginning in 2017 were likely the primary cause of a major increase in infant mortality in Cuba. The report, by Alexander Main, ...
encoded: A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) finds that the expansion of US sanctions against Cuba beginning in 2017 were likely the primary cause of a major increase in infant mortality in Cuba. The report, by Alexander Main, Joe Sammut, Mark Weisbrot, and Guillaume Long examines the unprecedented increase in Cuba’s infant mortality rate (IMR), which soared by 148 percent from 2018 to 2025. During this time, US unilateral economic coercive measures against Cuba were greatly tightened by President Trump and then largely maintained under President Biden before being tightened even further during the second Trump administration. Had Cuba’s IMR remained stable over the last eight years, then approximately 1,800 deaths of infants would not have occurred. “The Trump policy of ‘maximum pressure’ on Cuba has killed a lot of babies — and, although we don’t yet have data for the last few months, it’s highly likely that more babies are dying now, and at an even higher rate than last year as a result of the current US fuel blockade targeting Cuba,” CEPR Director of International Policy and report coauthor Alexander Main said. “The question is how many more babies will have to die before the current economic siege against Cuba is lifted.” The report notes that “In Cuba, where for decades the state has invested substantially in health care services, the IMR was … among the lowest in the Western Hemisphere, and lower than in the US,” but that “Since 2018 … Cuba’s IMR has increased from an annual rate of 4.0 per 1000 live births to a rate of 9.9 as of 2025.” The paper also notes that Cuba, unlike its neighbors in the region, has not rebounded economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, averaging just 0.4 percent annual per capita GDP growth from 2020 to 2024, versus 3.2 percent for the Latin American and Caribbean region as a whole. The report looks at the economic and social effects of the hardening of US sanctions since 2017, focusing in particular on the im…

New Mexico becomes the latest state to end cooperation with ICE under new law
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Argentina’s Javier Milei sells out his country for Israel
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How huge AI data centers can harm local communities
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date: 2026-04-27T17:25:24Z
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‘These are murders’: Trump killing spree hits at least 185
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date: 2026-04-27T17:17:24Z
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Nearly two decades after landmark Indigenous rights declaration, countries still aren’t complying
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creator: Dionne Phillips
date: 2026-04-27T17:11:28Z
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subject: complying?
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description: At the UN, global leaders say governments must stop talking and start implementing protections they adopted.
encoded: Nearly two decades after the United Nations adopted a landmark declaration on Indigenous rights, advocates say countries still aren’t living up to their promises to uphold and respect those rights. Indigenous people are being killed for protecting their territories, criminalized for practicing their culture, and seeing their lands stripped of resources without consent. Last week at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples, leaders called for countries to fully implement the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or UNDRIP, and other international human rights standards. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted UNDRIP, a sweeping resolution that established international standards for Indigenous land, language, health, and more. The United States and Canada were among a handful of countries that initially opposed the declaration and later adopted it. But in the years since, Indigenous people in those countries, and around the world, say nations are not living up to the framework. At the UN, Kenneth Deer, a member of the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawà:ke, delivered a joint statement on behalf of the Canadian Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He called for states to establish independent monitoring systems to “ensure the full and effective implementation” of UNDRIP. “You need to have a group of independent, Indigenous individuals who will have access to how the government is implementing the declaration,” he said. “They should be able to study what they’re doing and make an evaluation whether they’re being effective or not, and then whether there’s failures. They need to highlight those failures to the government, and that’s how you get effective implementation.” Deer acknowledged how complicated that process could be, which he said highlights the need for a monitoring body. “To implement the declaration, they need a watchdog,” he said. “They need some…

The Violation and Capitulation of Higher Education
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creator: Kate Horgan
date: 2026-04-27T16:58:16Z
subject: Project Censored
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subject: capitulation
subject: censored
subject: Education
subject: higher
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subject: The Project Censored Show
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description: First up, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Zachary Levenson to talk about the war on sociology and what happens when the academic governing body deems all existing sociology textbooks illegal to teach in the state of Florida. Zach highlights the purpos...
encoded: First up, Eleanor Goldfield sits down with Zachary Levenson to talk about the war on sociology and what happens when the academic governing body deems all existing sociology textbooks illegal to teach in the state of Florida. Zach highlights the purposefully vague verbiage of new policies, the anti-intellectualism fueling them, and why educators must never self-censor or comply in advance. Next up, cohost Mickey Huff sits down with Nolan Higdon to talk about his latest book, MAGAcademy, on how corporatism paved the way for the hostile takeover of Higher Ed. Nolan discusses the neoliberalization of academia, the purposeful devaluing of professors, and the treatment of students as customers that all predate the current attacks on higher ed. Nolan also warns of the dangers of compliance in advance and the smooth rhetoric of corporate takeovers wrapped in social justice ideologies. The post The Violation and Capitulation of Higher Education appeared first on Project Censored. This content originally appeared on Project Censored and was authored by Kate Horgan.

What to the slave is the 250th anniversary of the US?
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creator: Mansa Musa
date: 2026-04-27T16:46:02Z
subject: Economy and Inequality
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description: <img width="1024" height="576" src="https://i0.wp.com/therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Sequence-13.00_01_59_22.Still003.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="The Life of George Washington: The Farmer (1853) by Junius Brutus Stearns. Credit: The Library of Congress, USA." data-attachment-id="343031" data-permalink="https://therealnews.com/what-to-the-slave-is-the-250th-anniversary-of-the-us/sequence-13-00_01_59_22-still003" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Sequence-13.00_01_59_22.Still003.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="Sequence 13.00_01_59_22.Still003" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" The Life of George Washington: The Farmer (1853) by Junius Brutus Stearns. Credit: The Library of Congress, USA. " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Sequence-13.00_01_59_22.Still003.jpg?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1"> “America at 250” celebrations rely on a national mythology about the American Revolution that only really includes Patriot and Loyalist elites. Through the eyes of enslaved people, the story of the birth of the US looks very different.
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UN News Today 27 April 2026
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creator: Daniel Johnson
date: 2026-04-27T16:12:38Z
subject: Podcasts/UN News Today
subject: Sources
subject: UN News
subject: 2026
subject: april
subject: News
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subject: sources
subject: today
description: Afghanistan: refugees from Iran ‘returning to nothing’: OCHAStrait of Hormuz crisis sparks rush to use Gulf’s land corridors – UNECEMali: UN aid chief highlights dangers, urges access to assistance
encoded: Afghanistan: refugees from Iran ‘returning to nothing’: OCHAStrait of Hormuz crisis sparks rush to use Gulf’s land corridors – UNECEMali: UN aid chief highlights dangers, urges access to assistance This content originally appeared on UN News - Global perspective Human stories and was authored by Daniel Johnson.

The American Revolution Through a Slave’s Eyes
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creator: The Real News Network
date: 2026-04-27T16:00:00Z
subject: Sources
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subject: eyes
subject: network
subject: News
subject: real
subject: Revolution
subject: slaves
subject: sources
subject: the
subject: through
description: This content originally appeared on The Real News Network and was authored by The Real News Network.
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Death by Firing Squad: Sister Helen Prejean on Trump’s Moves to Ramp Up Executions
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-27T14:43:43Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: death
subject: Democracy
subject: executions
subject: firing
subject: helen
subject: moves
subject: now
subject: prejean
subject: ramp
subject: sister
subject: sources
subject: Squad
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Kash Patel Got Arrested for Public Urination After a Night of Drinking #politics #trump
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creator: The Intercept
date: 2026-04-27T14:43:21Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Intercept
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subject: drinking
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subject: kash
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subject: patel
subject: Politics
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subject: trump
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description: This content originally appeared on The Intercept and was authored by The Intercept.
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"Slow Civil War" Author Jeff Sharlet on the Growing Normalization of Violence at Home & Abroad
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-27T14:40:40Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: abroad
subject: author
subject: civil
subject: Democracy
subject: growing
subject: home
subject: jeff
subject: normalization
subject: now
subject: sharlet
subject: slow
subject: sources
subject: the
subject: violence
subject: war
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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CPJ demands transparency as German reporter confirmed detained in Syria
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-27T14:36:57Z
subject: Committee to Protect Journalists
subject: Legal Action
subject: Sources
subject: action
subject: committee
subject: confirmed:
subject: cpj
subject: demands
subject: Detained
subject: german
subject: Journalists
subject: legal
subject: protect
subject: reporter
subject: sources
subject: Syria
subject: Transparency
description: Beirut, April 27, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on Syrian authorities to provide immediate and transparent information on the detention of German journalist Eva Maria Michelmann and the continued enforced disappearance of Kurdish-Turkish journalist Ahmed Polad, who sources say is being held in a Syrian detention facility. Despite confirmation from Michelmann’s...
encoded: Beirut, April 27, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on Syrian authorities to provide immediate and transparent information on the detention of German journalist Eva Maria Michelmann and the continued enforced disappearance of Kurdish-Turkish journalist Ahmed Polad, who sources say is being held in a Syrian detention facility. Despite confirmation from Michelmann’s family and the German government that she is in Syrian custody, officials continue to deny to CPJ any knowledge of the detention. The two journalists, who worked for Istanbul-based socialist Etkin News Agency (ETHA) and Özgür TV, which operates across several cities in Europe, were last seen on January 18, 2026, when witnessed reported they were forced into a Syrian government vehicle during the takeover of Raqqa amid military operations against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). For months, Michelmann’s family was unaware of their fate or whereabouts, with authorities providing no information. This month, Syrian authorities acknowledged that Michelmann is in their custody, according to her family and lawyer Roland Meister, who said a German government representative visited her at a detention facility in Damascus on April 23. When contacted by CPJ, a source from Germany’s Federal Foreign Office said: “following intensive and high-level efforts through various channels, we gained direct access to Ms. Michelmann last Thursday and will now continue to provide her with consular assistance.” Authorities have reportedly initiated criminal proceedings, though the legal basis, charges, and responsible authority remain unclear. Meister and Avin Ibrahim, the co-chair of the Free Media Union in northeast Syria, said they have received information that Polad is being held in a detention facility in the northern city of Aleppo. A released SDF fighter reported sharing a cell with him, and said the journalist had been injured and received medical treatment but was last seen in stable condition. “T…

Rep. Ro Khanna on WHCA Dinner Shooting, Political Violence, Epstein Files & More
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-27T14:29:46Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: Democracy
subject: dinner
subject: epstein
subject: files
subject: khanna
subject: more
subject: now
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subject: rep.
subject: Shooting
subject: sources
subject: violence
subject: whca
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Did Trump Fake Another Assassination Attempt?
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creator: Andrea Chalupa
date: 2026-04-27T14:11:00Z
subject: Gaslit Nation
subject: Sources
subject: another’:
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subject: attempt’
subject: did
subject: fake
subject: gaslit
subject: nation?
subject: sources
subject: trump
description: We've received questions and comments from Gaslit Nation listeners about the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend. Here's our response. We can discuss at today's Gaslit Nation Salon at 4pm ET, along with whatever is happening in your neck of the woods. Sign up on Patreon.com/Gaslit to join the discussion: https://www.patreon.com/posts/zoom-link-for-156366425?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Join our community of listeners, get bonus shows, ad free listening, group chats, ways to shape the show, invites to exclusive events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more. Discounted annual memberships are available. Become a Democracy Defender at Patreon.com/Gaslit Show Notes: Opening Clip: Obama Roasts Trump in 2011: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4H47RaRDadY Dr. Bandy Lee Interview on Gaslit Nation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/confederacy-of-114975456?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced The Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged https://www.wired.com/video/watch/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged
encoded: We've received questions and comments from Gaslit Nation listeners about the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend. Here's our response. We can discuss at today's Gaslit Nation Salon at 4pm ET, along with whatever is happening in your neck of the woods. Sign up on Patreon.com/Gaslit to join the discussion: https://www.patreon.com/posts/zoom-link-for-156366425?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Join our community of listeners, get bonus shows, ad free listening, group chats, ways to shape the show, invites to exclusive events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more. Discounted annual memberships are available. Become a Democracy Defender at Patreon.com/Gaslit Show Notes: Opening Clip: Obama Roasts Trump in 2011: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4H47RaRDadY Dr. Bandy Lee Interview on Gaslit Nation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/confederacy-of-114975456?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced The Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged https://www.wired.com/video/watch/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged This content originally appeared on Gaslit Nation and was authored by Andrea Chalupa.

Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 27, 2026
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-27T13:56:58Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: 2026
subject: 27,
subject: april
subject: Democracy
subject: headlines
subject: now
subject: Politics
subject: sources
subject: top
subject: u.s.
subject: World
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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[Full Uncut Conversation] General Russell L. Honoré: Decades after Katrina, Louisiana is weatheri…
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creator: Laura Flanders & Friends
date: 2026-04-27T13:02:03Z
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subject: katrina
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description: This content originally appeared on Laura Flanders & Friends and was authored by Laura Flanders & Friends.
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Death by Firing Squad: Sister Helen Prejean on Trump’s Moves to Ramp Up Executions
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-27T12:51:51Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: death
subject: Democracy
subject: executions
subject: firing
subject: helen
subject: moves
subject: now
subject: prejean
subject: ramp
subject: sister
subject: sources
subject: Squad
subject: trump’s
description: The Justice Department is bringing back the use of firing squads and lethal injection using pentobarbital as it seeks to expedite and expand federal death penalty convictions and executions. No federal executions have been carried out since 20...
encoded: The Justice Department is bringing back the use of firing squads and lethal injection using pentobarbital as it seeks to expedite and expand federal death penalty convictions and executions. No federal executions have been carried out since 2020, when the first Trump administration broke with over a decade of precedent and executed 13 people on death row. The second Trump administration is now pursuing the death penalty in dozens more cases across the country. Renowned anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean says Trump’s push to restart federal executions is entirely unsurprising. “His first instinct almost always seems to be demonize someone as an enemy and then kill them and destroy them.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

“Slow Civil War” Author Jeff Sharlet on the Growing Normalization of Violence at Home & Abroad
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-27T12:40:18Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: abroad
subject: author
subject: civil
subject: Democracy
subject: growing
subject: home
subject: jeff
subject: normalization
subject: now
subject: sharlet
subject: slow
subject: sources
subject: the
subject: violence
subject: war
description: Writer Jeff Sharlet responds to the shooting event at White House correspondents’ dinner this weekend. We discuss the motivations of Cole Allen, the man accused of breaching security in an attempt to assassinate members of the Trump admi...
encoded: Writer Jeff Sharlet responds to the shooting event at White House correspondents’ dinner this weekend. We discuss the motivations of Cole Allen, the man accused of breaching security in an attempt to assassinate members of the Trump administration, as well as gun access in the United States and the growing violence across the political spectrum of what Sharlet calls a “slow civil war.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win
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creator: Pacific Media Watch
date: 2026-04-27T12:33:23Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
subject: Iranian propaganda
subject: Israeli propaganda
subject: LEGO memes
subject: LEGO videos
subject: Sources
subject: US propaganda
subject: US-Israel attacks
subject: War on Iran
subject: Wartime images
subject: Wartime satire
subject: Analysis
subject: and
subject: asia
subject: Asia Report
subject: attacks
subject: bradbury:
subject: continue
subject: Democracy
subject: Editor's Picks
subject: Geopolitics
subject: Global
subject: Images
subject: Innovation
subject: iran
subject: iranian
subject: israeli
subject: Justice
subject: lego®
subject: martyn
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subject: new zealand
subject: Opinion
subject: Pacific
subject: Pacific Media Watch
subject: Pacific Report
subject: Palestine
subject: Politics
subject: Propaganda
subject: report
subject: Satire
subject: sources
subject: strait of hormuz
subject: Syndicate
subject: us/israel
subject: Videos
subject: war
subject: wartime
subject: why
subject: will
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description: COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury How insane is it that, a Theocracy is winning the propaganda war against a Democracy? How badly has Trump screwed up when religious zealots are beating you in the marketing game? It’s not just the social media meme burns where Iran is winning, they are actually winning the war strategically. READ
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury How insane is it that, a Theocracy is winning the propaganda war against a Democracy? How badly has Trump screwed up when religious zealots are beating you in the marketing game? It’s not just the social media meme burns where Iran is winning, they are actually winning the war strategically. READ MORE: ‘Vengeance for all’: How Iran’s Lego videos won narrative war against Trump Trump’s inane decision to get conned into an illegal war against Iran by Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has swiftly become the biggest geopolitical blunder since Vietnam. By shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, Iran finally has a weapon that is forcing Trump to back down. Here’s the future timeline: Late May – June 2026 → noticeable fuel price increases globally July – September 2026 → inflation spike, food costs rising Late 2026 → real economic slowdown / recession risk Causing global economic pain is the only way the Iranian regime can force Trump to stop the violence. If this is still blocked come the midterms, Trump and the Republicans are finished and he’ll be swamped with impeachments attempts. Iran’s information war at home and abroad Video: Al Jazeera’s The Listening Post There is NO WAY Iran are giving that leverage up now they have been forced to use it. For the Theocracy, Trump’s insanity has opened an unexpected door to not only have all the damage rebuilt but the economic sanctions off as well. Did you read that? Trump has given the Theocracy the chance to gain legitimacy in the eyes of the people they have repressed. If the Iranians can force America and Israel to agree not to attack them again, pay for all the damage they caused and lift economic sanctions, they will gain legitimacy with the Iranian population they could never have dreamt of. There’s no way they are handing over the Strait, so Trump either surrenders or nukes the entire Iranian coastline. Martyn Bradbury is the editor and publisher of New Zealand’s The Daily Blog. Republished with perm…

Rep. Ro Khanna on White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting, Political Violence, Epstein Files & More
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description: We speak to Congressmember Ro Khanna about the apparent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump and members of his administration at the White House correspondents’ dinner. “Political violence strikes at the very heart...
encoded: We speak to Congressmember Ro Khanna about the apparent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump and members of his administration at the White House correspondents’ dinner. “Political violence strikes at the very heart of democracy. We cannot have a democracy if people are saying we’re going to kill you if we disagree with your viewpoint. And that has to be condemned in the most strong, unequivocal terms,” says Khanna. He also gives an update on his work calling for the full public release of the Epstein files and comments on Trump’s attacks on press freedoms. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Headlines for April 27, 2026
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description: White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect Set to Be Formally Charged in Court Today, Trump Cancels Witkoff and Kushner’s Trip to Pakistan for Ceasefire Negotiations with Iran, Israeli Strikes Kill 14 People in Lebanon Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire, Israeli Forces Kill at Least 12 Palestinians in Gaza, Justice Department to Allow Firing Squads for Executions, Justice Department Makes It Easier to Deport People with DACA Status, ICE Detains Family Less Than Two Days After Court Orders Their Release, NYT: DHS Seeks to Deny Green Cards to Immigrants Who’ve Criticized Israel, Appeals Court Rules Trump Unlawfully Banned Asylum Cases at Southern Border, Pentagon Claims It Killed Three in Strike on Alleged Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific, Mexico Says CIA Agents Killed in Car Crash Were on Mexican Soil Without Authorization, Russian Drone and Missile Attacks Kill 16 Across Ukraine, Tuareg Separatists Join al-Qaeda Affiliate in Coordinated Attacks Across Mali, Maine Gov. Janet Mills Vetoes Statewide Moratorium on AI Data Centers
encoded: White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Set to Be Formally Charged in Court Today Trump Cancels Witkoff and Kushner's Trip to Pakistan for Ceasefire Negotiations with Iran Israeli Strikes Kill 14 People in Lebanon Despite U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire Israeli Forces Kill at Least 12 Palestinians in Gaza Justice Department to Allow Firing Squads for Executions Justice Department Makes It Easier to Deport People with DACA Status ICE Detains Family Less Than Two Days After Court Orders Their Release NYT: DHS Seeks to Deny Green Cards to Immigrants Who've Criticized Israel Appeals Court Rules Trump Unlawfully Banned Asylum Cases at Southern Border Pentagon Claims It Killed Three in Strike on Alleged Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Mexico Says CIA Agents Killed in Car Crash Were on Mexican Soil Without Authorization Russian Drone and Missile Attacks Kill 16 Across Ukraine Tuareg Separatists Join al-Qaeda Affiliate in Coordinated Attacks Across Mali Maine Gov. Janet Mills Vetoes Statewide Moratorium on AI Data Centers This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Sister Helen Prejean on Trump’s Move to Bring Back Firing Squads & Expand Executions (Part 2)
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description: Renowned anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean reacts to the Justice Department announcement that it will use firing squads and single-drug lethal injections to kill condemned federal prisoners, as it seeks to ramp up and expedite capital punishment.
encoded: Renowned anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean reacts to the Justice Department announcement that it will use firing squads and single-drug lethal injections to kill condemned federal prisoners, as it seeks to ramp up and expedite capital punishment. Watch Part 1 of this interview here. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! Audio and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Democracy Now! 2026-04-27 Monday
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Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing path
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description: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A Papua New Guinea National Court ruling to overturn a ban on Starlink has been widely welcomed, fresh off the back of a natural disaster which highlighted the need for low-orbit satellite services in the country. Last December, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) announced that
encoded: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A Papua New Guinea National Court ruling to overturn a ban on Starlink has been widely welcomed, fresh off the back of a natural disaster which highlighted the need for low-orbit satellite services in the country. Last December, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) announced that the Starlink network’s parent company, SpaceX, had been instructed to cease all services in PNG due to a directive from the Ombudsman Commission. But a court ruling on Friday quashed this, paving the way for NICTA to liaise with Starlink to approve its licence to operate in PNG. READ MORE: Other Starlink reports This is good news for many Papua New Guineans in remote and rural parts of the country who struggle for reliable telecommunication services. Earlier this month, Tropical Cyclone Maila caused major damage to various provinces in PNG. During the Category 5 storm, when VHF radio services were down, broadband internet services provided a vital communication link for some affected communities. Disaster experience Prime Minister James Marape said the court decision provided clarity and allows the country to move ahead with practical solutions to improve telecommunications services. “Our recent disaster experience has shown us clearly that communication is no longer a luxury — it is a necessity,” Marape said in a statement. PNG Prime Minister James Marape . . . “Communication is no longer a luxury — it is a necessity.” Image: Nathan McKinnon/RNZ “When communities are cut off during cyclones, floods, earthquakes, or other emergencies, lives can depend on real-time communication. We must ensure our people are never isolated in times of crisis.” Jelta Wong, the MP for Gazelle Open in East New Britain, one of the parts of PNG badly affected by Cyclone Maila, said Starlink should be allowed to operate since not all of PNG can get service. “As we have seen in the past month with Cyclone Malia causing havoc on all c…

Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing path
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date: 2026-04-27T10:51:36Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
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subject: ban
subject: clearing
subject: Communications
subject: court
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subject: return
subject: RNZ Pacific
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subject: Security
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subject: Syndicate
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description: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A Papua New Guinea National Court ruling to overturn a ban on Starlink has been widely welcomed, fresh off the back of a natural disaster which highlighted the need for low-orbit satellite services in the country. Last December, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) announced that
encoded: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A Papua New Guinea National Court ruling to overturn a ban on Starlink has been widely welcomed, fresh off the back of a natural disaster which highlighted the need for low-orbit satellite services in the country. Last December, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) announced that the Starlink network’s parent company, SpaceX, had been instructed to cease all services in PNG due to a directive from the Ombudsman Commission. But a court ruling on Friday quashed this, paving the way for NICTA to liaise with Starlink to approve its licence to operate in PNG. READ MORE: Other Starlink reports This is good news for many Papua New Guineans in remote and rural parts of the country who struggle for reliable telecommunication services. Earlier this month, Tropical Cyclone Maila caused major damage to various provinces in PNG. During the Category 5 storm, when VHF radio services were down, broadband internet services provided a vital communication link for some affected communities. Disaster experience Prime Minister James Marape said the court decision provided clarity and allows the country to move ahead with practical solutions to improve telecommunications services. “Our recent disaster experience has shown us clearly that communication is no longer a luxury — it is a necessity,” Marape said in a statement. PNG Prime Minister James Marape . . . “Communication is no longer a luxury — it is a necessity.” Image: Nathan McKinnon/RNZ “When communities are cut off during cyclones, floods, earthquakes, or other emergencies, lives can depend on real-time communication. We must ensure our people are never isolated in times of crisis.” Jelta Wong, the MP for Gazelle Open in East New Britain, one of the parts of PNG badly affected by Cyclone Maila, said Starlink should be allowed to operate since not all of PNG can get service. “As we have seen in the past month with Cyclone Malia causing havoc on all c…

Meet the Mayor of a Tiny Texas Town Who Wants to Limit How Cities Can Govern
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creator: Tanya Eiserer
date: 2026-04-27T10:00:00Z
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subject: Sources
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description: The post Meet the Mayor of a Tiny Texas Town Who Wants to Limit How Cities Can Govern appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: <img src="https://www.propublica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ProPublica_Final_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?w=1149" alt="An illustration shows a bald man with a goatee, wearing glasses and a white shirt with blue dress pants. He’s holding a magnifying glass over the skyline of the city of Dallas and police officers while stepping through a maze of highways, oil fields and houses."> Margaret Flatley for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune In February, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit accusing Dallas officials of failing to adequately fund the city’s police department and violating a voter-approved measure requiring it to hire up to 900 new officers. “I filed this lawsuit to ensure that the City of Dallas fully funds law enforcement, upholds public safety, and is accountable to its constituents,” Paxton said in a news release demanding that the city adhere to a 2024 change in its charter. “When voters demand more funding for law enforcement, local officials must immediately comply.” The reason Paxton could pursue such action, the reason the Dallas city charter even requires hiring more officers, was due in large part to a man named Art Martinez de Vara. A private attorney with a law practice based in Houston and a tiny South Texas town called Von Ormy, Martinez de Vara was one of the driving forces behind the changes in the charter that opened Dallas up to such a lawsuit in the first place. Martinez de Vara’s personal website lists him as a state historian, an anthropologist and an attorney, in that order. He’s also the mayor of Von Ormy, a community of 1,100 people. But over the past two decades, Martinez de Vara has been much more than that. He has made a name for himself in Texas conservative circles as the architect behind the formation of a handful of small towns with austere — nearly nonexistent — local governments. His push for limited-government concepts is not out of the norm in Texas, a sta…

Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being attacked. Guess who’ll pay?
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date: 2026-04-27T09:53:32Z
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description: ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle If Iran succeeds in extracting reparations for the damage done to it in the US-Israeli war, it will be a world historic moment. Iran may be bloodied but it remains unbowed and is seeking compensation from the Arab states over “direct involvement” in the US-Israeli war of aggression. Iran sent a
encoded: ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle If Iran succeeds in extracting reparations for the damage done to it in the US-Israeli war, it will be a world historic moment. Iran may be bloodied but it remains unbowed and is seeking compensation from the Arab states over “direct involvement” in the US-Israeli war of aggression. Iran sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres this month outlining its claim against Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Jordan. They also intend to apply a transit toll on the Strait of Hormuz as an instrument of restorative justice. READ MORE: Iran’s FM arrives in Russia as Strait of Hormuz remains closed Other US-Israel war on Iran reports Under international law — if anyone still pays attention to such things — the Iranians have a strong case. What will determine if justice is done, however, is victory over the aggressors. More than 100 US-based international law experts, professors, and practitioners have released a letter stating that the United States and Israel violated the UN Charter by launching strikes on Iran on February 28. The signatories include leaders of prominent international law associations and former Judge Advocates General — the top legal advisors to the US armed forces. They cite the complete lack of evidence of an imminent Iranian threat that could support a self-defence claim. Under international law the aggressor is responsible for all the destruction that follows. The white-dominated Western countries like the US, Australia and New Zealand should stop banging on about the illegality of Iran taking control of the Strait and address the root causes of why it did so. The case against the Arab states In the early days of the war, radar systems operating from these countries were fully engaged in the war. Thousands of US troops were operating from 14 US bases in their territories. Attack planes, refuelling planes and aerial surveillance planes all operated from bases like Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd Air Base, as reported by Mi…

Is The US Naval Blockade On Iran Working?
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creator: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
date: 2026-04-27T09:47:29Z
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subject: Sources
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description: This content originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and was authored by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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DN! Monday, April 27, 2026
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Some Connecticut Towing Companies Are Ignoring New Law Aimed at Helping Low-Income Residents
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creator: Ginny Monk
date: 2026-04-27T09:00:00Z
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description: The post Some Connecticut Towing Companies Are Ignoring New Law Aimed at Helping Low-Income Residents appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: Tawana Galberth, a tenants union leader and resident at Sunset Ridge Apartments in New Haven, Connecticut. Residents say the frequency of towing has picked up in recent months after the formation of a tenants union. Shahrzad Rasekh/CT Mirror Connecticut legislators overhauled the state’s towing law last year to make it more fair for low-income residents who couldn’t afford the fees to get their cars back. Those residents sometimes saw their cars sold after being towed for breaking one of their landlord’s parking rules. The new law, which took effect in October, requires tow truck companies to give owners notice before hauling away a car for minor issues like failing to display an apartment complex’s parking permit or parking in the wrong space. They also now have to be available after hours to allow people to retrieve their vehicles. They have to accept credit cards and provide change when people pay in cash. But when Elias Natal went to work one evening in December, he discovered his Buick had been towed from his home at Sunset Ridge Apartments in New Haven. And the towing company seemed to ignore the new rules. The law requires apartment complexes to post signs warning of towing, but interviews with tenants and visits to Sunset Ridge show there were none at the complex, where many people receive state or federal rental aid. The towing company, Lombard Motors, told Natal he was towed for not having a parking permit, even though Natal has photos showing the sticker was displayed on the windshield, as he said the apartment manager instructed him. When Natal and his partner, Jasmin Flores, discovered where the car was and went to pick it up, Lombard was already closed, and no one was available to return their car, triggering additional storage fees. By the time they got the money together to pay the fees, it had only been four days, and the tow didn’t require excessive mileage charges since Lombard’s lot was a few blocks away. But Lombard’s fees stacked up to nearly $…

The world is getting too hot to feed itself
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creator: Ayurella Horn-Muller
date: 2026-04-27T08:45:00Z
subject: Food and Agriculture
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description: A new UN report maps how extreme heat is tearing through every layer of the global food system — and mostly overlooks the people at the heart of it.
encoded: Two years ago today, an intense heat wave engulfed much of Brazil. For five days at the end of April 2024, temperatures in the central and southern regions climbed to sweltering heights. Many affected were still reeling from another extreme heat wave that had walloped southern Brazil. Just the month before the heat index in Rio de Janeiro reached a staggering 144.1 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest in a decade. The two events were part of a cycle of prolonged and severe periods of heat that hit one of the world’s largest agricultural powerhouses over several years. Yields of soy and corn, two of Brazil’s biggest commodities, fell in southeastern states like São Paulo. Peanuts, potatoes, sugarcane, and arabica coffee also suffered widespread losses. Droves of livestock pigs in the central-western region were afflicted with severe heat stress for the better part of a year. And when an atmospheric cold front was blocked by the prevailing heat dome and triggered devastating rainfall and flooding throughout the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, the supply chain and markets for pink shrimp were disrupted throughout Brazil. Much of this data is documented in a new joint report released last Wednesday by the World Meteorological Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Merging weather datasets with agricultural ones, the report traces the compounding effects of extreme heat on the global agricultural system and outlines how to produce food in a world where extreme heat is becoming a baseline. In the report, Brazil is the sole country-level case study explored in detail; the country’s exports face outsize pressure from warming temperatures and the oscillating extremes of natural weather cycles El Niño and La Niña. But a few dozen other nations are mentioned in the 94-page document, too. The authors cite how, in Chile, warming seas in 2016 prompted massive algae blooms that killed off an estimated 100,000 metric tons of farmed salmon …

The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities
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creator: Matt Simon
date: 2026-04-27T08:30:00Z
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description: To adapt to a rapidly warming world, metropolises are looking to green roofs, which boost biodiversity and reduce temperatures and flooding.
encoded: The city has long been a beacon of opportunity, where folks flock to make it big. But metropolises the world over are wasting a major opportunity — many, many square feet of it: Flat rooftops are painted white, when really they should be green. Not, mind you, shades of mint green, forest green, or lime green, but with the lushness of actual plants. Adding vegetation to roofs — even if it’s just a coating of grass, moss, and succulents — bestows many overlapping, reinforcing benefits not only on a building’s occupants and owner, but on the surrounding community. Like parks on the ground, gardens in the sky reduce local temperatures and help prevent flooding, all while improving urban biodiversity and feeding pollinators like bees. According to a recent report prepared for the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, if cities accelerated the transformation of these unused spaces into oases — and converted empty walls into vertical yet verdant surfaces — they’d make themselves more comfortable for urbanites as temperatures climb. Burgs might even start growing crops under solar panels, a burgeoning field known as rooftop agrivoltaics, simultaneously generating food and electricity. The technique could be especially powerful as urban populations continue to balloon: According to the United Nations, another 2 billion people could be living in cities by 2050. At the same time, a phenomenon called the urban heat island effect, in which the built environment warms much more than surrounding rural areas, is driving temperatures to increasingly dangerous levels. “Our goal is to get our cities more dense, but keep them livable and climate-safe,” said Vera Enzi-Zechner, co-lead author of the report and a vice president at the European Federation of Green Roof and Living Wall Associations, based in Vienna, Austria. “Of course, also water comes in, energy comes in, multi-functionality, social cohesion, engagement, and biodiversity.” <img decoding="async" sr…

Michigan wins key legal battle over Line 5 pipeline
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creator: Vivian La
date: 2026-04-27T08:15:00Z
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description: A unanimous Supreme Court ruling clears the way for state court proceedings in the decades-long dispute over the pipeline crossing between Lakes Michigan and Huron.
encoded: Michigan’s decades-long fight to shut down the Line 5 pipeline will be heard in state court after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the dispute belongs there, clearing the way for judges to weigh whether the aging oil pipeline can continue crossing the Straits of Mackinac. The ruling is seen as a win for tribes, environmentalists, and state Attorney General Dana Nessel, who preferred to keep the fight in state court. She has since 2019 been trying to revoke the easement that allows the pipeline to cross the Straits, which connect lakes Michigan and Huron, citing the risk of an oil spill. “For far too long, following years of Enbridge’s delay tactics, the fear of a catastrophic spill from Line 5 has haunted our state, threatening to turn our most vital natural resource into a man-made disaster,” Nessel said in a statement. The pipeline, owned by the Canadian company Enbridge Energy, transports crude oil and natural gas liquids 645 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, to Sarnia, Ontario, a route that includes a critical 4.5-mile segment along the lakebed of the Straits. Writing for a unanimous court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Enbridge waited too long to move the case to federal court and that the company’s “counterarguments are not persuasive.” Legal experts said the procedural ruling was significant because it determines which court will decide the pipeline’s future. Enbridge’s lawyers argued that a federal court was the proper venue because federal safety laws and international agreements are involved. (The Canadian government opposes shutting down Line 5, which provides half of the oil supply for Ontario and Quebec). Michigan’s lawyers countered that the pipeline violates the state’s ability to manage its natural resources, making this a matter for state court. With the question of jurisdiction answered, legal experts said state courts can now decide whether the portion of the pipeline spanning the Straits should be shut down. A unanimous decision by the …

Myanmar junta denies journalist Sai Zaw Thaike medical care, adding to pattern of prison abuse
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-27T07:27:06Z
subject: Committee to Protect Journalists
subject: Imprisoned
subject: Myanmar Now
subject: Sai Zaw Thaike
subject: Sources
subject: Swe Win
subject: Abuse
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description: Bangkok, April 27, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Myanmar’s military junta to immediately provide journalist Sai Zaw Thaike with adequate medical care after sources at Insein Prison in the country’s largest city Yangon said authorities have refused him treatment for grave health conditions. Sai Zaw Thaike, a photojournalist with the independent Myanmar Now...
encoded: Bangkok, April 27, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Myanmar’s military junta to immediately provide journalist Sai Zaw Thaike with adequate medical care after sources at Insein Prison in the country’s largest city Yangon said authorities have refused him treatment for grave health conditions. Sai Zaw Thaike, a photojournalist with the independent Myanmar Now who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for treason, is suffering from severe kidney disease and hemorrhoids and requires urgent major surgery, according to a Myanmar Now report and confirmed to CPJ by the exile-run publication’s editor-in-chief Swe Win. Prison authorities have refused to allow him access to either the prison hospital or an external medical facility, and are treating him only with oral medication, those sources said. It remains unclear whether the medicines required are even available inside the prison, they said. “Every day that passes without journalist Sai Zaw Thaike receiving the surgery he needs is a day his life is placed at greater risk,” said Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative. “Myanmar’s junta must immediately end its abuse of the reporter and grant him access to medical treatment without delay.” Sai Zaw Thaike was arrested by the military in Sittwe in May 2023 while covering the destruction caused by Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine state. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with hard labor later that year. In January 2025, Sai Zaw Thaike was subjected to “daily physical abuse” and “retaliatory torture.” The abuse was believed to be in response to Sai Zaw Thaike and two other prisoners informing visiting National Human Rights Commission representatives that prison staff were violating other inmates’ human rights, Myanmar Now said, citing a source connected to the prison. Myanmar Now reported that it attempted to contact prison authorities for comment about the Sai Zaw Thaike’s condition, but received no response. CPJ also sought comment from junta o…

Sculptor Maddy Inez on the power of legacy and community-based practice
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description: What drew you to ceramics?
encoded: What drew you to ceramics? My grandfather was a ceramicist. When he babysat me, he would give me a bag of clay and leave me in the corner. I have lots of young memories just playing with clay. But I didn’t really think of clay as a medium until college. I was looking at Beatrice Wood and the Dada Movement, and I started to break down that wall of craft versus fine art in my own brain, which is something I was exposed to when I was little. My mom and grandma [artists Alison Saar and Betye Saar] both ride that line and also reject that line. I grew up knowing that quilting from Gee’s Bend was as valuable as Van Gogh. There’s something innately human about the medium that is approachable to people who don’t look at art all the time. Humans have such a long history with clay that it evokes a lot of memories. So I think that’s in part why I love working in it. Also, it’s meditative. I mean, I’m rolling coils all day and squishing things together. There’s something therapeutic about that. Maddy Inez, Black-eyed Angel, 2026, glazed ceramics, 26 x 18 x 5 in, 66 x 45.7 x 12.7 cm, photo by Paul Salveson; courtesy of Maddy Inez and Megan Mulrooney. I loved your fountain (The Sower, 2023) that was at Felix Art Fair this year. How do you navigate those imagined divisions between art and design when you’re making something functional? All of my pieces are sculptural in my brain. But with the fountain I was looking at the idea of the body as a vessel. The fountain is a portrait of my mom. She’s got two babies on her side, and she’s feeding into them and then they feed into her, like a cycle. I think my work now is like a little bit more alien. That fountain piece is very uniform, monochrome, aesthetically pleasing in those kinds of ways. My recent work is more whimsical. Either way, making objects feels really impactful. They take up physical space. And ceramics last forever. I mean, I used to joke like, “Maybe I’ll get a retrospective when the aliens are uncovering things on Eart…

Rights & Wrongs: Whats Social Media Got To Do With It?
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CPJ urges new Bangladesh government to fulfill poll promise and release imprisoned journalists
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description: The Committee to Protect Journalists has written to Bangladesh’s Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, H.E. Md Asaduzzaman, urging the new government to fulfill its election promise to withdraw politically motivated cases against journalists, and to drop charges and release Farzana Rupa, Shakil Ahmed, Mozammel Haq Babu, and Shyamal Dutta. The journalists have...
encoded: The Committee to Protect Journalists has written to Bangladesh’s Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, H.E. Md Asaduzzaman, urging the new government to fulfill its election promise to withdraw politically motivated cases against journalists, and to drop charges and release Farzana Rupa, Shakil Ahmed, Mozammel Haq Babu, and Shyamal Dutta. The journalists have been detained for more than 18 months on murder charges, for which no credible evidence has been presented and no charge sheet served. In the letter, CPJ noted that the journalists’ arrests under the previous government appeared to be in retaliation for perceived political affiliations. In almost 600 days, and in violation of legal regulations, the police have failed to file charge sheets substantiating the charges on which the journalists were arrested. CPJ also raised serious humanitarian concerns: Dutta has documented cardiac and severe sleep apnea conditions that remain unassessed; Babu underwent major invasive surgery for prostate cancer in late 2023, but has not received follow-up care; and Rupa was held for two weeks in November 2024 in a “condemnation cell” reserved for death-row inmates. Read the full letter here. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Committee to Protect Journalists.

CPJ calls on Zambian president to champion the media as World Press Freedom Day host
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description: The Committee to Protect Journalists wrote to Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema expressing concern over recent attacks on journalists and legislation that negatively impacts the media, as the country prepares to host the United Nations’ World Press Freedom Day 2026 Global Conference on May 3. The letter also calls on Hichilema to create a safe and...
encoded: The Committee to Protect Journalists wrote to Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema expressing concern over recent attacks on journalists and legislation that negatively impacts the media, as the country prepares to host the United Nations’ World Press Freedom Day 2026 Global Conference on May 3. The letter also calls on Hichilema to create a safe and enabling environment for the media to operate freely and independently during Zambia’s August 13 election period. While acknowledging Hichilema’s public commitments to media freedom, CPJ said April’s harassment of journalists by suspected ruling party supporters and the enactment of unduly restrictive cyber laws undermine these convictions. CPJ highlighted the sedition and criminal libel cases against Zambian Whistleblower journalist Thomas Allan Zgambo as emblematic of how unduly restrictive laws can be misused to intimidate and silence the press. Read the full letter here. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by CPJ Staff.

Injured Fiji police officer in checkpoint incident ‘is my daughter’, says Tikoduadua
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description: By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs Pio Tikoduadua has confirmed that a police officer seriously injured during a checkpoint incident in Laqere is his daughter. In a statement, Tikoduadua said the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at a joint checkpoint involving the Fiji Police Force and
encoded: By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs Pio Tikoduadua has confirmed that a police officer seriously injured during a checkpoint incident in Laqere is his daughter. In a statement, Tikoduadua said the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at a joint checkpoint involving the Fiji Police Force and the Republic of Fiji Military Forces. “At approximately 3am, officers on duty encountered a vehicle that failed to stop. A pursuit followed through the Nakasi corridor and back toward Laqere,” he said. READ MORE: Other Fiji security reports “During the attempt to stop the vehicle, a police officer was struck and sustained serious injuries. She is currently receiving treatment at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital and remains in a serious but stable condition.” Tikoduadua revealed the injured officer was on duty at the time of the incident. “The officer is my daughter. She was on duty at the checkpoint at the time of the incident,” he said. He confirmed that suspects have been arrested and that items believed to be illicit drugs were recovered from the vehicle, with investigations continuing. Risk faced by officers “This incident reflects the level of risk that officers face in responding to drug-related activity. Drugs are not only a policing issue — they present a national security concern. They are linked to organised activity and increase the likelihood of violence,” he said. Tikoduadua stressed that joint operations between police and the military will continue to address such threats and maintain public safety. “I am concerned as a father. I am also clear in my responsibilities as minister. The work being carried out by our officers must continue, and those responsible for this incident will be dealt with through the law,” he said. He also called on the public to allow authorities to carry out their investigations without interference. “I ask the public to allow the police to complete their investigations and to avoid speculation. …

PRIMAVERA DE COROS • 25 de Abril, 2026 (Lisbon, Portugal)
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In defense of Yugoslavia: Max Blumenthal on Michael Parenti’s bravest work
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How New Mexico is ‘building a forest’ by solving a seedling shortage
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description: A Q&A with the New Mexico Reforestation Center director about what it takes to replant a burn scar post-wildfire.
encoded: Recovery from the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Fire has been daunting. Residents are still waiting for disaster relief payments even as floods sweep through the ashy burn scar, contaminating the drinking water downstream. And then there’s the forest itself: in desperate need of new trees but lacking the necessary seedlings. Wildfires have burned 7 million acres across New Mexico since 2000, and millions of seedlings are needed to replant the burned areas. The Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Fire alone, the largest in state history, needs 17.6 million seedlings. Trees play an integral role in restabilizing burned hillsides and protecting the drinking water sources below them. But current reforestation facilities lack the capacity to keep up with demand, creating a dire shortage. Experts estimate it would take 50 years to replant the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon burn scar at current rates. That’s where the New Mexico Reforestation Center comes in. Conceived in 2022 as a collaboration between the state Forestry Division, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, and New Mexico Highlands University, the center is now about to break ground on an “absolutely massive” greenhouse facility that expands existing infrastructure in the northwestern part of the state, Director Jennifer Auchter told High Country News. The greenhouses, which will eventually total 155,000 square feet in size, are an essential part of the seed-to-seedling-to-tree post-fire reforestation pipeline, which involves processing over 1,500 pounds of native seed for future planting while researching ways to help seedlings survive an even hotter and drier future. (The enterprise has a uniquely New Mexican flavor: Auchter said that a repurposed chili roaster is used to extract seeds from cones and pods at the existing seed-processing facility.) High Country News caught up with Auchter in mid-April as she prepared for the greenhouse groundbreaking to talk about how the center will more than triple the state’s…

Trump Praises “Very Brave Secret Service” After Shooting
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creator: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
date: 2026-04-26T12:21:59Z
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Gunfire Disrupts White House Correspondents’ Dinner As Trump Evacuated
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Chernobyl Survivor With Cancer Returns Home To Pripyat After 40 Years
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It’s On You
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description: Ralph welcomes Professor Nicholas Chater, co-author of “It's on You: How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Have Convinced Us That We’re to Blame for Society's Deepest Problems.” Then, as most of the media turns its attention to Iran, we return to ...
encoded: Ralph welcomes Professor Nicholas Chater, co-author of “It's on You: How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Have Convinced Us That We’re to Blame for Society's Deepest Problems.” Then, as most of the media turns its attention to Iran, we return to the ongoing genocide in Gaza and welcome back Dr. Feroze Sidhwa to break down his three-part series published in Zeteo called “The Truth About Gaza's Dead.” Nick Chater is Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School. He has written and co-written more than two hundred research papers and six books, including It’s on You: How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Have Convinced Us That We’re to Blame for Society’s Deepest Problems (co-written with George Loewenstein). I was on a UK government committee as the representative of behavioural science for six years, where my role was (at least I understood my role to be) coming up with smart-aleck ideas about what individual nudges or bits of useful information we could give to the public—how that would help people reduce their carbon emissions. And I came away from that experience extremely chastened. Because almost all the interesting issues were nothing to do whatsoever with individual behavior. They were all about big systemic changes… And the shock for me was realizing that the tools that I was hoping to wield were in fact completely ineffective. Nick Chater I think it’s absolutely true that many of the things that behavioral scientists are supposedly “discovering” [are] the things that campaigners and activists and indeed people in the political world generally and journalists intuitively have long known, and indeed probably have good evidence for. It’s simply— it’s sort of a sad process of trailing-along-behind which I think the academic world has been engaged in, where we’ve been slowly realizing that things that everybody else knew initially are actually true after all. Nick Chater One of the most powerful things that each of us has is the ability t…

The Grayzone visits ruins of US aircraft in Iran
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One of the best Reggae songs! #reggae #music #bunnywailer
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“Me Too” Comes Back to Congress
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Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin safe following detention in Kuwait
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description: New York, April 25, 2026—Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been reunited with his family and is in a place of safety, a legal team acting for his sisters said on Saturday. The award-winning U.S.-Kuwaiti journalist was detained on March 3 in Kuwait, where he was visiting family. “We are delighted that Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been released...
encoded: New York, April 25, 2026—Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been reunited with his family and is in a place of safety, a legal team acting for his sisters said on Saturday. The award-winning U.S.-Kuwaiti journalist was detained on March 3 in Kuwait, where he was visiting family. “We are delighted that Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been released from detention and is back with his family,” said CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg. “We hope he and his family are given the space to come to terms with his release and look forward to commenting further soon.” In a statement, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC and Kate Gibson, international counsel to Shihab-Eldin’s sisters, said: “We are delighted to confirm that Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has now been released, and has reached a safe location. The family is breathing a huge sigh of relief now that they have finally been reunited. Lara and Luma Eldin have requested that there be no further speculation or comment at this time. They are extremely grateful for everyone’s patience and respect for their privacy as they focus on their brother and his safe return.” This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by CPJ Staff.

TRACER – un portrait de ROGER BÉNÉVANT (Paris, 2022)
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Nearly half of US children are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, report warns
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description: The American Lung Association report comes amid the EPA’s expansive rollback of environmental protections.
encoded: Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as experts warned Donald Trump’s expansive rollback of protections will make the situation worse. The 27th annual air quality report from the American Lung Association, or ALA, released on Wednesday evaluates pollution across the country by grading levels of ground-level ozone — also known as smog —as well as year-round and short-term spikes in particle pollution, commonly referred to as soot. The report analyzed quality-assured data collected between 2022 and 2024. It found that 33.5 million children in the U.S. — 46 percent of those under 18 — live in areas that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution. The report also found that 7 million children, or 10 percent of all children in the U.S., live in communities that failed all three measures. Speaking to the Guardian, Will Barrett, assistant vice president of the ALA’s Nationwide Clean Air Policy, said: “Children’s lungs are still developing. For their body size, they’re breathing more air. And also, kids play outdoors, they’re more active, they’re breathing in more outdoor air … So, air pollution exposure in children can contribute to long-term developmental harm to their lungs, new cases of asthma, increased risks of respiratory illness and other health considerations later in life.” Read Next <img src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/smoggy-Capitol-building-reflection.jpg?quality=75&strip=all" alt="Photo of U.S. Capitol building is shrouded in haze from wildfire smoke" class="js-modal-gallery__hidden" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/smoggy-Capitol-building-reflection.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 1600w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/smoggy-Capitol-building-reflection.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&quality=75&strip=all 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/smoggy-Capitol-building-reflection.jpg?resize=330%2C186&quality=…

Black Rain Falls After Ukraine Strike On Russian Oil Hub
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Treat Violence As a Workplace Safety Issue
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description: This Workers Memorial Day, April 28, let's commit to curbing on-the-job harassment and abuse.
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Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists
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creator: Pacific Media Watch
date: 2026-04-25T11:13:44Z
subject: Amal Khalil
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description: As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine, New Zealand journalist David Robie reflects in a speech at Te Komititanga Square today. MEDIA FREEDOM: By David Robie In a week’s time next Sunday, it is World Press Freedom
encoded: As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine, New Zealand journalist David Robie reflects in a speech at Te Komititanga Square today. MEDIA FREEDOM: By David Robie In a week’s time next Sunday, it is World Press Freedom Day on May 3. And already our whānau of journalists who are facing horrendous danger at the hands of the Israeli killing machine have had a shocking few days. During our 133 weeks of protest we have become painfully accustomed to how one journalist after another has been brutally assassinated, some even alongside their family members. Far more than 260 journalists — the actual number varies with different media freedom monitoring agencies and different methodologies — have been slaughtered in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 2023. READ MORE: Journalist Amal Khalil killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon: RSF retraces events and denounces war crimes ‘We had Amal Khalil by her hand’s grip. Then Israel murdered her’ Other Gaza and Lebanon media freedom reports And some of you may have seen the chilling photograph circulating on some social media channels. It shows 8 Lebanese journalists – four men and four women – smiling and giving peace signs. Eight Lebanese journalists killed in a month by Israel https://t.co/Fqeji5D3M8 — Pen MacRae (@penmacrae) April 23, 2026 They have all been murdered in the last month, including the tragic killing of Amal Khalil, who died last Wednesday under building rubble in the town of al-Tayri, southern Lebanon, after a double tap attack and then the Israelis fired a stun grenade on the ambulance rescue workers preventing them trying to save her. But before I talk more about her tragedy and what it means– she was just buried yesterday with thousands at her funeral — I want to show you another photo. This is Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American journalist working for the Arabic channel Al Jazeera…

Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists
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description: As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine, New Zealand journalist David Robie reflects in a speech at Te Komititanga Square today. MEDIA FREEDOM: By David Robie In a week’s time next Sunday, it is World Press Freedom
encoded: As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine, New Zealand journalist David Robie reflects in a speech at Te Komititanga Square today. MEDIA FREEDOM: By David Robie In a week’s time next Sunday, it is World Press Freedom Day on May 3. And already our whānau of journalists who are facing horrendous danger at the hands of the Israeli killing machine have had a shocking few days. During our 133 weeks of protest we have become painfully accustomed to how one journalist after another has been brutally assassinated, some even alongside their family members. Far more than 260 journalists — the actual number varies with different media freedom monitoring agencies and different methodologies — have been slaughtered in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 2023. READ MORE: Journalist Amal Khalil killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon: RSF retraces events and denounces war crimes ‘We had Amal Khalil by her hand’s grip. Then Israel murdered her’ Other Gaza and Lebanon media freedom reports And some of you may have seen the chilling photograph circulating on some social media channels. It shows 8 Lebanese journalists – four men and four women – smiling and giving peace signs. Eight Lebanese journalists killed in a month by Israel https://t.co/Fqeji5D3M8 — Pen MacRae (@penmacrae) April 23, 2026 They have all been murdered in the last month, including the tragic killing of Amal Khalil, who died last Wednesday under building rubble in the town of al-Tayri, southern Lebanon, after a double tap attack and then the Israelis fired a stun grenade on the ambulance rescue workers preventing them trying to save her. But before I talk more about her tragedy and what it means– she was just buried yesterday with thousands at her funeral — I want to show you another photo. This is Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American journalist working for the Arabic channel Al Jazeera…

PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war graves in Gaza
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description: Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has appealed to ACT MP Nicole McKee to condemn Israel’s deliberate bulldozing of New Zealand war graves in the besieged Palestinian Gaza enclave. PSNA co-chair John Minto has asked for the MP to take this action after McKee had posted on Facebook yesterday a message of strong
encoded: Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has appealed to ACT MP Nicole McKee to condemn Israel’s deliberate bulldozing of New Zealand war graves in the besieged Palestinian Gaza enclave. PSNA co-chair John Minto has asked for the MP to take this action after McKee had posted on Facebook yesterday a message of strong support for looking after NZ soldiers’ graves wherever they are. Minto said in a statement on Anzac Day: “Israel’s destruction of New Zealand war graves was not an accident of war. It was the deliberate bulldozing of the graves by the Israeli military” READ MORE: Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves New Zealand World War I graves among those bulldozed at Gaza cemetery No rest for Taranaki soldiers in Gaza grave “They have bulldozed dozens of Palestinian cemeteries as standard practice to erase Palestine from Gaza,” he said. “They didn’t think twice about bulldozing our war graves, knowing there would be no reaction from our government and they were right.” In her Facebook post McKee wrote: “We talk a lot about honouring our fallen — but real respect is shown in what we do, not just what we say. “Across New Zealand, volunteers from the NZ Remembrance Army have quietly restored hundreds of thousands of service graves, preserving the stories and dignity of those who served. They do it efficiently, carefully, and with genuine respect. “What’s been holding them back is layers of inconsistent rules and bureaucracy. “ACT is committing to cut through that, back these volunteers with funding, and make sure this work can continue at scale. “Because if someone was prepared to give everything for this country, the least we can do is ensure they are remembered properly.” Call for ‘real respect’ Minto responded in the PSNA statement today by saying: “We agree with McKee when she says ‘real respect is shown in what we do, not just what we say’. “Let’s see some respect for our soldiers who died in Gaza…

Son Recognizes Father In Footage Of Kyiv Shooting
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Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on Israeli companies
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description: Asia Pacific Report An official of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) praised this month’s High Court judicial ruling over New Zealand Superfund “unreasonable and unlawful” investment policies towards Israeli companies — but warned that the fund management would need to shape up. Speaking at the PSNA rally at Te Komititanga Square today in week
encoded: Asia Pacific Report An official of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) praised this month’s High Court judicial ruling over New Zealand Superfund “unreasonable and unlawful” investment policies towards Israeli companies — but warned that the fund management would need to shape up. Speaking at the PSNA rally at Te Komititanga Square today in week 133 of protests over Israeli genocide in Gaza, national secretary Neil Scott also gave a verbal bouquet to all the activists and lawyers who had achieved the victory after a 20-year struggle. He named Phil McNeale as one of the activists who began pushing for the Superfund to divest from Israeli companies funding illegal settlements in the Occupied West Bank about two decades ago. READ MORE: PSNA says High Court Superfund decision a victory for Palestinian rights NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights, court rules in Palestine case The High Court ruling on the NZ Superfund policies Other PSNA reports on Palestine PSNA earlier issued a statement declaring that this was an “important and timely win for Palestine” and expressed confidence that the Superfund would “quickly divest from the four companies [where] it holds investments” which were on the UN Human Rights Council list involved in building and maintaining illegal Israeli settlements. Scott recalled that during 2020 and 2021, PSNA had called on the Superfund chief executive Matt Whineray to divest from Israeli banks. “We know Israel cannot build the illegal colonies in the West bank without bank funding,” he said. “Essentially, our NZ Superfund was investing in funding war crimes. On our behalf.” ‘Shameful policy’ On each communication about the “shameful” policy, Whineray had rejected the PSNA protest. “In 2021, PSNA got a King’s Counsel (KC) lawyer to review the investments in Israeli banks and then sent a letter to then Minister of Finance Grant Robertson setting out the legal opinion,” Scott said. “Robertson refused to respo…

Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize
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description: By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist For the first time in history, the Goldman Environmental Prize — often dubbed the “Green Nobel” — has been awarded entirely to women. Since 1990, the prize has recognised ordinary people taking on extraordinary environmental battles. The six winners this year are Theonila Roka Matbob (Bougainville), Yuvelis Morales
encoded: By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist For the first time in history, the Goldman Environmental Prize — often dubbed the “Green Nobel” — has been awarded entirely to women. Since 1990, the prize has recognised ordinary people taking on extraordinary environmental battles. The six winners this year are Theonila Roka Matbob (Bougainville), Yuvelis Morales Blanco (Colombia), Borim Kim (South Korea), Alannah Acaq Hurley (United States). Sarah Finch (England), and Iroro Tanshi (Nigeria). READ MORE: Other Bougainville environment reports This year’s theme for the awards was “Change Starts Where You Stand — we are all agents of change, every one of us”. Their work spans environmental justice, mining and drilling, climate and energy, and wildlife protection, focusing on the breadth of challenges — and leadership — at the frontlines of the climate crisis. At the awards ceremony, held on April 20 in San Francisco, the winners’ speeches addressed a multitude of issues plaguing the planet today. “This award honours all of us. Those who stood against all odds, those who never wavered in speaking up against greed and destruction, who have shown up year after year, writing letters, testifying at hearings, protests, and raising their kids to value people over profit,” said Alannah Acaq Hurley, whose work has confronted the threat of mining across indigenous lands. Borim Kim, another winner, noted: “Disasters are treated as individual tragedies to be endured, alone.” Also among the winners is Pacific representative, Theonila Matbob, an Indigenous Nasioi woman from Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea. Matbob said it was inspiring to be one of six women honoured, and that around the world, women were increasingly taking a leading role in land guardianship. “It is becoming more prevalent that in land guardianship, and finding sustainable economic avenues to make a living and find an identity, that women are paying a lot of attention to issues that are impactin…

Trump Destroys the Careers of Millions of Americans Helping People
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description: By Ralph Nader April 24, 2026 On my radio show/podcast—the Ralph Nader Radio Hour—interviews of knowledgeable people have detailed the ravages by the cruel, serial law violator, Tyrant Trump, inflicted on millions of Americans. Still, the report from t...
encoded: By Ralph Nader April 24, 2026 On my radio show/podcast—the Ralph Nader Radio Hour—interviews of knowledgeable people have detailed the ravages by the cruel, serial law violator, Tyrant Trump, inflicted on millions of Americans. Still, the report from the V-Dem Institute at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg produced a jolting Common Dreams headline: Trump is Dismantling… This content originally appeared on Ralph Nader and was authored by matthew.

Who’s Thinking of the Children, Since Trump Isn’t?
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description: The Trump Administration’s policies regarding civil rights in education have eroded protections for marginalized students.
encoded: The Trump Administration’s policies regarding civil rights in education have eroded protections for marginalized students. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Rann Miller.

For US Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic
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description: Hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in negotiations.
encoded: The Washington Post (4/8/26) asserts that “the Islamic Republic stands to lose more from the war resuming than Washington does”—though Trump’s plummeting approval ratings might suggest otherwise. In the wake of the temporary US/Iran ceasefire, hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in negotiations, with a faith in the power of Washington’s military might that was hard to justify by the previous course of the war. A Washington Post editorial (4/8/26) contended: Despite the massive damage inflicted upon the country by the US in recent weeks, the regime acts like it holds the cards. Its leaders are demanding the US pull all troops out of the Middle East and accept Iran’s right to pursue nuclear weapons. The question is why Trump would bend over backward to keep obviously unserious talks on track. Whether the Post likes it or not, Iran has a decent hand to play. For instance, Iranian drones cost just $20,000 to produce, and the US uses missiles that cost $4 million each to try and destroy them (Bloomberg, 3/2/26). Less than three weeks into the war, the US was already estimated to have spent more than $18 billion attacking Iran (Guardian, 3/19/26). The longer Iran can hold out, the more it financially bleeds the US. The majority of Americans already consistently oppose the war (NBC News, 4/1/26) and, as costs spiral, domestic opposition to the US’s assault is likely to grow. In this context, the paper may need to revise its definition of seriousness to include accepting that Iran has the power to resist US bullying and bluster. ‘More work to degrade’ An intelligence source tells CNN (4/2/26) that Iran is “still very much poised to wreak absolute havoc throughout the entire region.” The Washington Post editorial also said that there “is still more work to be done to degrade Iran’s offensive capabilities and its capacity to rebuild them.” “Offensive” here is a propaganda term, as Iran has not launched a…

What Happens After a Prison Shuts Down? [EXCERPT]
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Quinn Slobodian on Elon Musk’s business empire
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Photographer shoved by police, federal officers at LA immigration protest
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date: 2026-04-24T20:51:53Z
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description: Independent photographer Steven Berumen was pushed by both federal officers and local police while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026.The protest, which included a few dozen participants, gathe...
encoded: Independent photographer Steven Berumen was pushed by both federal officers and local police while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026. The protest, which included a few dozen participants, gathered at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center, where immigrants are being held and where numerous demonstrations have taken place since the start of intensified immigration enforcement in the city in June 2025. Berumen told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that an LA Police Department officer shoved him with his baton as police pushed members of the media away from documenting arrests. “They didn’t want me photographing,” Berumen said. “They always yell at me, ‘Just get your photo and go.’” Berumen, who was wearing a vest marking him as press, said when he documents protests, he tries to maintain a respectful distance between himself and officers, but finds that officers still try to push him or block his shot. “They were targeting press; they complain when you’re taking photos, and they push you.” Later that day, Berumen documented federal officers and LAPD making arrests outside the detention center when Department of Homeland Security agents also shoved him. “I was getting photos of them and, from my right side, they came in and pushed me,” he said. “I was pushed, and then I was pushed again, but it didn’t really register with me because I was just focused on taking the photos.” California law allows members of the press to cover protests and exempts them from dispersal orders. It also protects them from arrest or interference by police during demonstrations, and does not require journalists to wear credentials to be considered press. A federal preliminary injunction against the city and DHS is in place to uphold those protections. In an emailed statement, an LAPD public information officer told the Tracker that an unlawful assembly was declared in response to “vandalism and in the interest of public safety.” The…

Will ICE be used to intimidate voters? A new bill might make that possible.
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creator: Taya Graham and Stephen Janis
date: 2026-04-24T19:58:37Z
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Will ICE be used to intimidate voters? A new bill might make that possible.
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NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé calls for an end to “deed theft”
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US-Iran negotiations to begin Saturday in Pakistan; climate change, water exports threaten sensitive Mono Lake ecosystem – April 24, 2026
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description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Mono Lake (photo by RuggyBearLA under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license) US-Iran negotiations to begin Saturday, as US threatens expansion of blockade and civilians suffer; Commerce Secretary Lutnick grilled over tariffs, relationship with Jeffrey Epstein during budget hearing; UCLA researchers describe climate, water policy impacts on sensitive Mono Lake ecosystem; Global Report on Food Crises 2026 says acute hunger doubled in past decade, 2 famines declared last year for first time in report’s history; April 24 is International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace; Sunday April 26 is International Day of Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance, a reminder of the devastating human cost of nuclear disasters and the need for continued vigilance The post US-Iran negotiations to begin Saturday in Pakistan; climate change, water exports threaten sensitive Mono Lake ecosystem – April 24, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
encoded: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. US-Iran negotiations to begin Saturday, as US threatens expansion of blockade and civilians suffer; Commerce Secretary Lutnick grilled over tariffs, relationship with Jeffrey Epstein during budget hearing; UCLA researchers describe climate, water policy impacts on sensitive Mono Lake ecosystem; Global Report on Food Crises 2026 says acute hunger doubled in past decade, 2 famines declared last year for first time in report’s history; April 24 is International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace; Sunday April 26 is International Day of Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance, a reminder of the devastating human cost of nuclear disasters and the need for continued vigilance The post US-Iran negotiations to begin Saturday in Pakistan; climate change, water exports threaten sensitive Mono Lake ecosystem – April 24, 2026 appeared first on KPFA. This content originally appeared on KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays and was authored by KPFA.

From Brazil, to the world 🇧🇷
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creator: Playing For Change
date: 2026-04-24T18:00:00Z
subject: Playing For Change
subject: Sources
subject: ????????
subject: brazil
subject: change
subject: for
subject: from
subject: playing
subject: sources
subject: the
subject: World
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Exiled investigative journalist surveilled, doxxed by Belarusian state TV
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-24T17:36:43Z
subject: Alena Charniauskaja
subject: Aliaksandr Yarashevich
subject: Aliaksei Hulitski
subject: Aliaksei Karpeka
subject: Alina Janchur
subject: Belarusian Investigative Center
subject: Buro Media
subject: Committee to Protect Journalists
subject: Doxxed
subject: Hanna Shabeta
subject: Ihar Kulei
subject: Krystsina Charniauskaya
subject: Kseniya Viaznіkoutsava
subject: Lola Buryjeva
subject: Mikalai Davidchyk
subject: Raman Pratasevich
subject: Siarhei Chaly
subject: Sources
subject: Stanislau Ivashkevich
subject: Sviatlana Yatskova
subject: Usevalad Shlykаu
subject: Volha Ratmitrava
subject: Yana Mitskievich
subject: alena
subject: aliaksandr
subject: aliaksei
subject: alina
subject: belarusian
subject: buro
subject: buryjeva
subject: center
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subject: charniauskaja
subject: charniauskaya
subject: committee
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War isn’t working for American workers
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creator: Lorah Steichen
date: 2026-04-24T17:27:40Z
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Jewish New Yorkers Welcome Mamdani’s Veto of Anti-Palestinian Buffer Zone Bill, Call on City Council to Stop Attacking Protest
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date: 2026-04-24T17:07:18Z
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description: The right to protest is sacrosanct. That is why thousands of New Yorkers spoke out when Council Speaker Julie Menin and Councilmember Eric Dinowitz introduced two bills that infringe on our constitutional rights under the cynical and false pretense o...
encoded: The right to protest is sacrosanct. That is why thousands of New Yorkers spoke out when Council Speaker Julie Menin and Councilmember Eric Dinowitz introduced two bills that infringe on our constitutional rights under the cynical and false pretense of fighting antisemitism. And it is why today, as Jewish New Yorkers, we welcome Mayor Mamdani’s decision to veto Intro 175B, which would have limited our right to protest in front of educational institutions. We remain outraged with the City Council members who passed the other bill, Intro 1B, to undermine protest in front of houses of worship, with a veto-proof super majority. Eliza Klein, JVP New York City Organizer: “These bills are not about Jewish safety. Especially at a time when the federal government is attacking our cities — including specifically targeting those who speak out for Palestinian freedom — New Yorkers want elected leaders to protect our constitutional rights, not limit them.” Organizing matters. Thanks to meetings, calls, letters, and testimony from thousands across the city, these anti-democratic bills were watered down and no longer have an enforcement mechanism. However we are clear-eyed about the dangerous precedent these anti-Palestinian City Council bills send: that if you want to violate international law or US law, you need only to do it inside a house of worship and you will be insulated from protest. Despite what some have claimed, these bills are not about Jewish safety. They were introduced following protests outside houses of worship hosting non-religious political events, including auctioning off occupied Palestinian land from the West Bank – which is illegal under international law, federal fair housing law, and state and local anti-discrimination law. We call on New York City’s legislators to stop weaponizing our identities to justify repression of dissent – which is sacred to our Jewish tradition. Rather than limit our Constitutional right to protest, our legislators should end the …

The legacy of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-24T16:51:53Z
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subject: lebanese
subject: legacy
subject: now
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Israel kills journalist in Lebanon after “hunting” down her and a colleague
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date: 2026-04-24T16:35:00Z
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UN News Today 24 April 2026
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creator: Daniel Johnson
date: 2026-04-24T16:29:13Z
subject: Podcasts/UN News Today
subject: Sources
subject: UN News
subject: 2026
subject: april
subject: News
subject: podcasts/un
subject: sources
subject: today
description: Middle East war: Hormuz seizures on the riseGaza’s humanitarian emergency continues, warns WHO UNDP supports efforts to rid WWII’s toxic legacy in South Pacific
encoded: Middle East war: Hormuz seizures on the riseGaza’s humanitarian emergency continues, warns WHO UNDP supports efforts to rid WWII’s toxic legacy in South Pacific This content originally appeared on UN News - Global perspective Human stories and was authored by Daniel Johnson.

Aaron Rowe – Hey Ma | Live Session
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creator: Blogothèque
date: 2026-04-24T16:01:30Z
subject: La Blogothèque
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subject: Politics
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description: This content originally appeared on Blogothèque and was authored by Blogothèque.
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Jesse Rabinowitz on Harassing the Unhoused, Maritza Perez Medina on Rescheduling Marijuana
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creator: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
date: 2026-04-24T15:26:38Z
subject: FAIR
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subject: CounterSpin
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subject: fair
subject: Featured Posts
subject: harassing
subject: homelessness
subject: housing
subject: Instagram
subject: jesse
subject: marijuana
subject: maritza
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subject: rabinowitz
subject: rescheduling
subject: sources
subject: the
subject: unhoused
subject: zMail
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description: https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260424.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). NHLC (3/24/26) This week on CounterSpin: From the federal level on down, ...
encoded: https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260424.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). NHLC (3/24/26) This week on CounterSpin: From the federal level on down, many laws and policies that claim to be about “ending homelessness” seem to be clearly more about hurting homeless people than changing their circumstance. Even if you, or anyone you know, has never been unhoused: How hard is it to understand the difference between charging poor people monetary fines they obviously can’t pay, and then throwing them in jail when they don’t—and addressing homelessness with, oh I don’t know, housing? That would be a commonsense conversation, about what resources we have and how we deploy them; but instead we see power actors, with the support of the White House and the Supreme Court, telling us that “ending homelessness” means tearing up people’s tents, throwing away their belongings; a new law in Kentucky says officials can use “stand your ground” laws to shoot homeless people that don’t “cooperate” with their eviction from private or public land. So: Is this really about addressing homelessness? Because we know how to do that. And if it’s not: What is it about? And can we have an honest conversation about that? Jesse Rabinowitz is the campaign and communications director at the National Homelessness Law Center. We hear from him this week. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260424Rabinowitz.mp3 Marijuana Moment (12/18/25) Also on the show: You may think weed is “legal” because you see so many people smoking it on the street. Including your grandma and your next-door neighbor who just a few years back would’ve called the cops. But just as the criminalization of marijuana affected different communities very differently, the current supposed de-criminalization continues to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. Though that is not at all the understanding you …

"Muskism": How Apartheid South Africa Inspired Elon Musk’s Worldview
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-24T15:17:11Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: “muskism”:
subject: africa
subject: Apartheid
subject: Democracy
subject: elon
subject: how
subject: inspired
subject: musk’s
subject: now
subject: sources
subject: south
subject: worldview
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé Arrested at "Deed Theft" Protest
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-24T15:13:18Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: Arrested
subject: chi
subject: councilmember
subject: deed,”
subject: Democracy
subject: now
subject: NYC
subject: ossé
subject: Protest
subject: sources
subject: theft
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Killed in Israeli Strike
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-24T15:03:44Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: amal
subject: Democracy
subject: israeli
subject: journalist
subject: khalil
subject: killed
subject: lebanese
subject: now
subject: sources
subject: strike
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at upcoming summit
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creator: Taejun Kang for RFA
date: 2026-04-24T14:48:01Z
subject: Radio Free Asia
subject: Sources
subject: ASEAN
subject: asia
subject: China
subject: code
subject: conduct,
subject: finalize
subject: free
subject: radio
subject: sea’
subject: sources
subject: south
subject: South China Sea
subject: summit
subject: unlikely
subject: upcoming
description: Beijing routinely skirts international agreements, so a COC must have enforcement mechanisms, analysts said.
encoded: Southeast Asian leaders are unlikely to resolve long-standing disputes in the South China Sea at next month’s ASEAN Summit, but they could make “incremental progress” towards a Code of Conduct, or COC, aimed at managing tensions there, analysts told Radio Free Asia. The annual summit brings together leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, to discuss regional security and economic issues. China is participating as a dialogue partner this year, and the forum presents an opportunity to address the South China Sea, a persistent flashpoint where China’s sweeping claims overlap with the exclusive economic zones of several Southeast Asian states. The ASEAN flag is placed alongside the flags of its member countries ahead of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi, Malaysia Jan. 17, 2025. (Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters) Regional officials have said they are aiming to complete negotiations on the COC by 2026, but key issues, including its geographic scope, legal status and enforcement mechanisms, remain unresolved after more than two decades of talks. Resolution unlikely It is improbable that a code resolving all disputes in the South China Sea could be hammered out at the ASEAN leaders’ summit this year, Joseph Kristanto, a research analyst at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, told RFA. The key issue at the summit will be if meaningful progress on mitigating tensions can be achieved. “While the COC may help prevent misunderstandings in daily interactions, I’d say it’s unlikely to stop grey-zone activities or coercive behavior by claimant states, most notably China, altogether,” he said. “Therefore, the COC is best seen as a mechanism for managing friction, rather than transforming the underlying dynamics of the dispute.” Agreements to reduce friction have been tried before. ASEAN and China signed a non-binding Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in 2002 and began formal negotiations on a binding code in 2013. Progress si…

“Me Too” Comes Back To Congress ⎹ The Intercept Briefing
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creator: The Intercept
date: 2026-04-24T14:24:04Z
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subject: too
description: This content originally appeared on The Intercept and was authored by The Intercept.
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‘We Used To Buy More’: Russians React Online To Rising Prices
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creator: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
date: 2026-04-24T14:22:54Z
subject: Radio Free Europe/RL
subject: Sources
subject: ‘we
subject: buy
subject: europe/rl
subject: free
subject: more
subject: online
subject: prices
subject: radio
subject: react
subject: rising
subject: russians
subject: sources
subject: used
description: This content originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and was authored by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 24, 2026
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-24T14:18:34Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: 2026
subject: 24,
subject: april
subject: Democracy
subject: headlines
subject: now
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subject: sources
subject: top
subject: u.s.
subject: World
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Ugandan journalists face up to 20 years in jail under draconian foreign agents bill
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-24T14:00:00Z
subject: Committee to Protect Journalists
subject: Daily Monitor
subject: Foreign agent
subject: Legal Action
subject: Protection of Sovereignty Bill
subject: Red Pepper
subject: Sources
subject: action
subject: agent
subject: agents
subject: bill
subject: committee
subject: daily
subject: draconian
subject: face
subject: foreign
subject: jail
subject: Journalists
subject: legal
subject: monitor
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subject: red
subject: sources
subject: sovereignty
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subject: under
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description: New York, April 24, 2026—Uganda is set to pass a foreign agents bill, whose sweeping provisions could be used to imprison journalists critically reporting on economics, foreign policy, or elections for up to 20 years, limit foreign media funding to about $100,000, and subject newsrooms to intrusive state oversight. The Protection of Sovereignty Bill says...
encoded: New York, April 24, 2026—Uganda is set to pass a foreign agents bill, whose sweeping provisions could be used to imprison journalists critically reporting on economics, foreign policy, or elections for up to 20 years, limit foreign media funding to about $100,000, and subject newsrooms to intrusive state oversight. The Protection of Sovereignty Bill says it aims to register “agents of foreigners” and regulate their funding with tough penalties to end “undue external interference” in government policies by “foreign countries and agents of foreigners.” It says foreign aid to civil society has enabled donors to erode “sacred” national values, while online platforms have been used to “disseminate misinformation, which facilitates social discord.” The government brought the Russian-style foreign agents bill to parliament on April 15 for a first reading, with strong backing from ruling party lawmakers, who hold a commanding majority in the House. “Uganda’s Protection of Sovereignty Bill risks unleashing a dangerous legal weapon that authorities can easily turn against the press, under the guise of regulation and national security,” said CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Muthoki Mumo. “If this bill is not stopped, journalists reporting in a manner that does not please President Yoweri Museveni’s 40-year-old administration could find themselves smeared with accusations of ‘economic sabotage’ and jailed as ‘agents of foreigners.’” Foreign agents laws that stigmatize the work of civil society and undermine human rights are becoming increasingly popular globally and across Africa, with Zimbabwe passing the so-called “Patriot Act” in 2023, which stipulates heavy penalties for “willfully injuring the sovereignty and national interest.” In 2024, legislators in the Central African Republic discussed a foreign agents bill, while South Africa’s Africa Transformation Movement party said in 2025 that it would table such a bill. Funding limits and regulatory burdens for foreign agents <im…

“Muskism”: Author Quinn Slobodian on How Apartheid South Africa Inspired Elon Musk’s Worldview & More
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description: In the new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, authors Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff look at the worldview that shaped Elon Musk and the ideology that has coalesced around him. They call Muskism “an operating system for the 21st ...
encoded: In the new book, Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, authors Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff look at the worldview that shaped Elon Musk and the ideology that has coalesced around him. They call Muskism “an operating system for the 21st century.” Musk runs rocket company SpaceX, AI startup xAI, electric car maker Tesla and the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Musk’s political influence extends from his use of X to advance controversial ideas, to his political donations, to the role he played leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. “He’s not just building a rocket company or a satellite company — but what we see is a vertically integrated ideological stack where he can kind of build an echo chamber from low Earth orbit all the way back to Earth and create a kind of closed loop for the ideology that he wants to push out,” says Slobodian, professor of international history at Boston University. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé Calls for End to “Deed Theft” After Arrest at Eviction Protest in Brooklyn
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description: Four people were arrested on Wednesday in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn after gathering in support of Carmella Charrington, a homeowner fighting eviction from her longtime family home. Charrington and local housing advocates ...
encoded: Four people were arrested on Wednesday in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn after gathering in support of Carmella Charrington, a homeowner fighting eviction from her longtime family home. Charrington and local housing advocates say the sale of her property to investors in 2024 was a form of “deed theft,” a criminal practice where predatory speculators use forgery, deceit or fraud to illegally transfer ownership of properties, without the knowledge or full understanding of rightful owners. “In my soul, I could not let that take place. I could not see a family, a Black family within Bed-Stuy, removed from a home,” says New York City Councilmember Chi Ossé, one of those arrested during the protest. He says his district has seen rapid gentrification and elderly Black homeowners have been repeatedly targeted by deed theft. Ossé is calling for a moratorium on evictions in cases where deed theft is suspected. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Lebanese Journalist Amal Khalil Killed in Israeli Strike, Medics Blocked from Saving Her Under Rubble
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description: Israeli forces killed the prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil on Wednesday despite a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Khalil and her colleague, photographer Zeinab Faraj, were reporting from southern Lebanon when an Israeli drone st...
encoded: Israeli forces killed the prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil on Wednesday despite a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Khalil and her colleague, photographer Zeinab Faraj, were reporting from southern Lebanon when an Israeli drone struck a car near them, killing two civilians. Khalil and Faraj sought shelter in a nearby building, but then Israel struck that building, as well. Emergency and medical workers rescued Faraj but came under fire before they could rescue Khalil, and were prevented by the Israeli military from returning for over six hours. Khalil died by the time her body was recovered from under the rubble. The deliberate obstruction is “a war crime and requires an international investigation,” says Sara Qudah, Middle East and North Africa regional director at the Committee to Protect Journalists. Amal Khalil is the ninth journalist killed by Israel in Lebanon this year. She told local media in 2024 that she had received a death threat from Israel’s Mossad spy agency warning her to leave southern Lebanon or risk decapitation. “This is what Israel is trying to do. It’s trying to prevent the truth from being reached by a much, much wider audience to see the war crimes that are being carried out [in Lebanon] on a daily basis,” says Steve Sweeney, Lebanon bureau chief for the Russian news channel RT, who survived an Israeli strike last month. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Headlines for April 24, 2026
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description: Israel Continues Strikes on Southern Lebanon as Trump Announces 3-Week Ceasefire Extension, Trump Says He’s Under No Pressure to End War with Iran, Israel Kills Palestinian Civilians, Including Children, in Latest Gaza Ceasefire Violations, Senate GOP Advances $70 Billion Funding Plan for ICE, Border Patrol, Justice Department Seeks to Denaturalize Hundreds of U.S. Citizens, Trump Administration May Deport Afghan Refugees Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo, U.S. Seeks to Deport Iranian Doctoral Student Who Provided Media Commentary on Iran War, Iranian Asylum Seekers Jailed by ICE Are Not Related to Military Commander, as Trump Admin Claimed, Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike over Inhumane Conditions at Michigan For-Profit ICE Jail, Philadelphia City Council Passes ”ICE Out” Bills Limiting Cooperation with Federal Agents, Kuwaiti Court Acquits Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Who Shared News of Downed U.S. Fighter, DOJ Arrests U.S. Army Soldier Who Made Over $400,000 Betting on Capture of Nicolás Maduro, Eric Trump Touts $24 Million Pentagon Contract Awarded to His Robotics Company, Palantir Calls on U.S. to Reinstate Draft in 22-Point “Supervillain” Manifesto Slammed by Critics, Warner Bros. Shareholders Approve Mega-Merger With Paramount Skydance, ICC Rules Philippines’ Ex-President Rodrigo Duterte Must Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity, White House Formally Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Substance
encoded: Israel Continues Strikes on Southern Lebanon as Trump Announces 3-Week Ceasefire Extension Trump Says He's Under No Pressure to End War with Iran Israel Kills Palestinian Civilians, Including Children, in Latest Gaza Ceasefire Violations Senate GOP Advances $70 Billion Funding Plan for ICE, Border Patrol Justice Department Seeks to Denaturalize Hundreds of U.S. Citizens Trump Administration May Deport Afghan Refugees Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo U.S. Seeks to Deport Iranian Doctoral Student Who Provided Media Commentary on Iran War Iranian Asylum Seekers Jailed by ICE Are Not Related to Military Commander, as Trump Admin Claimed Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike over Inhumane Conditions at Michigan For-Profit ICE Jail Philadelphia City Council Passes "ICE Out" Bills Limiting Cooperation with Federal Agents Kuwaiti Court Acquits Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Who Shared News of Downed U.S. Fighter DOJ Arrests U.S. Army Soldier Who Made Over $400,000 Betting on Capture of Nicolás Maduro Eric Trump Touts $24 Million Pentagon Contract Awarded to His Robotics Company Palantir Calls on U.S. to Reinstate Draft in 22-Point "Supervillain" Manifesto Slammed by Critics Warner Bros. Shareholders Approve Mega-Merger With Paramount Skydance ICC Rules Philippines' Ex-President Rodrigo Duterte Must Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity White House Formally Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Substance This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Democracy Now! 2026-04-24 Friday
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DN! Friday, April 24, 2026
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Rana Plaza Garment Factory Collapse
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Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash
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creator: Anna Clark
date: 2026-04-24T09:00:00Z
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description: The post Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: A sign denouncing large-scale solar energy development lies a short distance from where a project has been proposed in St. Clair County, Michigan. The county’s medical director has claimed that large solar facilities are a potential health risk for residents. Nick Hagen for ProPublica Kevin Heath had hoped there would be solar panels by now on his family farm in southeastern Michigan, roughly 50 miles outside Detroit. About six years ago, he agreed to lease part of his land for a solar project. It would help him pay off debt and keep the farm in the family, he said. But the opportunity was thwarted when, in 2023, following pushback from some local residents, his township passed an ordinance that banned large solar projects from land zoned for agriculture. In the fight over solar development, Heath said he was bombarded by just about every argument from critics — including claims that solar fields are a health hazard. “I’ve heard them say that, but I’ve never heard anybody prove that,” Heath said. “The health and safety issue,” he added, “that is just a joke.” Michigan has big prospects in solar farming — measured by the expected growth in the capacity of its farms to add electricity directly to the grid. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, most of the nation’s new capacity from this type of solar farm is planned this year for four states, including Michigan. The others, with their hot deserts and big-sky plains, seem more obvious: Texas, Arizona and California. To some, in Michigan and beyond, this growth feels dangerous. They pressure public officials to stop, stall or otherwise complicate new solar projects with an array of arguments that now go beyond just land use to include public health. There is little reputable evidence to back their claims. But health concerns have helped power a solar backlash that undercuts efforts to broaden energy sources even as customer costs are rising. Restrictions on solar development are proliferating nationwi…

Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands
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description: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the Netherlands to stop selling arms to Indonesia. Representatives of the ULMWP were this week at the Dutch Parliament for a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the human rights situation in West Papua. In a video relayed
encoded: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the Netherlands to stop selling arms to Indonesia. Representatives of the ULMWP were this week at the Dutch Parliament for a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the human rights situation in West Papua. In a video relayed to the Dutch from ULMWP members in Papua, the pro-independence group called on the Netherlands to stop selling weapons to Indonesia. READ MORE: Indonesia’s human rights body to investigate deaths of 12 Papuans in military operation Other West Papua reports “We, the people of West Papua, urge the Dutch government to stop cooperation and the supply of weapons to Indonesia, because these transactions between Indonesia and the Netherlands, especially weapons, are being bought and used to carry out killings against us.” This comes amid a recent escalation of violent conflict between Indonesia’s military and Papuan pro-independence fighters. Indonesia’s Human Rights Commission this week said it was investigating the deaths of a dozen West Papuan civilians last week as the result of a military operation in Central Papua. Former colonial power The Netherlands was the former colonial power in West Papua and the rest of Indonesia. As such, the liberation movement said the Dutch had a responsibility to respond to ongoing human rights violations and conflict in Papua. Current and recent Dutch military exports are largely tied to the Indonesian Navy and concentrated on naval vessels, ship systems and supporting weapons. A spokesperson for the Dutch Embassy in Indonesia said all licence applications for the export of military goods from the Netherlands were examined carefully and on a case‑by‑case basis, within the framework of the Arms Trade Treaty and the EU Common Position on arms export controls. “Central to this assessment are the end user of the goods, the intended end use, and the situation in the country of destination. “In conducting these …

Chris Hedges: The political dysfunction of Trump as God
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description: Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders, writes Chris Hedges. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges During the two years I spent writing American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, I encountered numerous mini-Trumps. These self-proclaimed pastors — very few had any formal religious training —
encoded: Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders, writes Chris Hedges. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges During the two years I spent writing American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, I encountered numerous mini-Trumps. These self-proclaimed pastors — very few had any formal religious training — preyed on the despair of their congregants. They were surrounded by sycophants and could not be questioned. They merged fact with fiction, peddled magical thinking and enriched themselves at the expense of their followers. They claimed their wealth and ostentatious lifestyle, including mansions and private jets, was a sign of being blessed. They insisted they were divinely inspired and anointed by God. They were, within their hermetic circles of their megachurches, omnipotent. READ MORE: Lebanon truce extended; Trump says ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran to make deal These cult pastors promised to use their omnipotence to crush the demonic forces that had created misery in the lives of their followers — unemployment and underemployment, evictions, bankruptcies, poverty, addiction, sexual and domestic abuse, and crippling despair. The more power the cult leaders possess — according to their followers — the more certain is a promised paradise. Cult leaders stand above the law. Those who desperately place their faith in them want them to be above the law. Cult leaders are narcissists. They demand obsequious adulation and total obedience. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s claim that Donald Trump is able to draw a “perfect map” of the Middle East, or White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s statement that Trump is always the “most well-read person in the room,” are two of innumerable examples of the abject fawning required by those in a cult leader’s inner circle. Blind loyalty matters more than competence. Cult leaders are immune from rational and fact-based critiques amongst those who invest hope in t…

AI is a double-edged sword for Indigenous land protection, UN experts warn
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creator: Aimee Gabay
date: 2026-04-24T08:00:00Z
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description: While AI helps monitor deforestation and illegal mining, data centers powering the technology are claiming water, energy, and minerals from Indigenous lands.
encoded: Artificial intelligence, or AI, is helping Indigenous communities detect illegal logging, track wildfires, and monitoring of traditional lands. But the data centers powering AI are driving new threats, requiring water, energy, and critical minerals often extracted from Indigenous territories. Now, Indigenous leaders at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, are wrestling with a paradox: how to harness AI’s protective capabilities without fueling the extractive forces they’ve resisted for generations. A new study published by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, who is Mbororo and a former chair of the permanent forum, highlighted some of the possibilities and challenges AI presents for environmental protection, as well as the impacts of the technology on Indigenous territories. These include land-grabbing, water overexploitation and land degradation due to its high energy, water and critical mineral needs. “For generations, Indigenous Peoples have protected the world’s most intact ecosystems without satellites, without algorithms or technologies,” Ibrahim told Mongabay. “AI can become a powerful ally to that stewardship, if it is used on our terms in a culturally appropriate way.” Ibrahim explained that AI can help Indigenous communities monitor biodiversity, detect deforestation, illegal mining, wildfires or water contamination through the use of satellite imagery and sensors. “When combined with Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge, AI can help predict climate impacts, track wildlife movements, and strengthen land-use planning while helping to plan faster resilience strategies,” she added. <img decoding="async" src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/3C2A8150.jpg?quality=75&strip=all" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/3C2A8150.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/3C2A8150.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=330 330w, https://grist.org/wp-content/up…

Musician Searows on making art in an overwhelming world
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creator: Elena Saviano
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description: I would love to hear about the title of your newest record Death in the Business of Whaling.
encoded: I would love to hear about the title of your newest record Death in the Business of Whaling. The process of finding a title came after the whole album was already done. I wanted to wait until something just happened to work and sound right. I was looking through books in my house, and my partner read the line from Moby Dick that says, “There is death in this business of whaling.” It was such a striking sentence, and the whole chunk of text around it was so beautiful and resonated so much with what the album had turned into. There is something really disarming about your approach to songwriting. There’s a vulnerability that inspires vulnerability. And there’s also a beautiful agony to the whole experience. Death, as it stands in the title, also implies life. Does that feel resonant in what was coming up for you while producing this? Absolutely. I tend to write about vulnerability and things that feel distinctly human: the things that scare me about being a person and being alive. Death is absolutely one of those things. I think of it less like an abyss and more like a part of life and birth. In that same vein, the progression of the songs on this record seem to represent a cycle of recreation. Would you consider yourself a spiritual person? Yeah, I have learned a lot about what spirituality can mean. My dad is an atheist and a very scientific person. For a long time, I didn’t really have any belief, even if I wanted to, that there was something else other than us as physical human beings on earth. I was stuck believing that when we die, there’s just nothing. I’ve developed a lot more of my own ideas around it, and I definitely am someone that thinks that absolutely anything could be true. The amount of cycles that repeat in the world already, that we can physically see, are so abundant. The idea that we just continue onto a different cycle just really makes sense to me. Art is probably the best vessel for the exploration of all of this. How would you describe your re…

‘I can’t hold her little hands’: Israel flattens apartment building in Tabriz
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This Iranian synagogue was bombed by Israel
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creator: The Grayzone
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At This Minnesota Prison, A New Housing Experiment Transformed Life Inside
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creator: Sarah Lahm
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description: The outdated facility is slated for closure in 2029—but many still housed there now benefit from greater autonomy and rehabilitative programs.
encoded: The outdated facility is slated for closure in 2029—but many still housed there now benefit from greater autonomy and rehabilitative programs. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Sarah Lahm.

This Arbor Day, Let’s Move Past the Myths
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description: We need policies that enhance water supplies, reduce wildfire risk, and support rural economies.
encoded: We need policies that enhance water supplies, reduce wildfire risk, and support rural economies. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Laurie Wayburn.

Polymarket & Kalshi: Are people profiting off Iran war?
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date: 2026-04-23T21:02:47Z
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[Michael Parenti] The Sword and the Dollar
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description: U.S. foreign policy objectives often conflict with its professed values. On the one hand, Washington affirms its dedication to democracy and human rights, and on the other, it supports dictators and repressive regimes. Do the interests of large U.S.-ba...
encoded: U.S. foreign policy objectives often conflict with its professed values. On the one hand, Washington affirms its dedication to democracy and human rights, and on the other, it supports dictators and repressive regimes. Do the interests of large U.S.-based multinational corporations factor into the formulation of foreign policy? What role does the world’s most powerful military play? Is there an intersection between the sword and the dollar? Recorded at Washington State University. This content originally appeared on AlternativeRadio and was authored by info@alternativeradio.org.

Reporter assaulted by individuals at Minnesota immigration protest
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date: 2026-04-23T20:59:42Z
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description: Savanah Hernandez, a reporter for Frontlines TPUSA, suffered a concussion after she was attacked by a group of people attending an immigration protest in the Minneapolis suburb of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on April 11, 2026.The demonstration was one of...
encoded: Savanah Hernandez, a reporter for Frontlines TPUSA, suffered a concussion after she was attacked by a group of people attending an immigration protest in the Minneapolis suburb of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on April 11, 2026. The demonstration was one of many nationwide protests that day against increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, including in Minneapolis, where federal agents fatally shot Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and shot and wounded another man. Both the city of Minneapolis and the state have since sued the Trump administration, arguing the unprecedented deployment of federal agents violates constitutional rights. Hernandez told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that she was reporting for Frontlines TPUSA, the online news arm of the conservative activist organization Turning Point USA. While Hernandez filmed the demonstration outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, several people attending the protest surrounded her after learning she was affiliated with TPUSA. Hernandez told the group she was only there to observe and record, but the situation began to escalate. “The crowd became increasingly more volatile,” Hernandez told the Tracker. “They just heard the name, ‘Turning Point USA,’ and that’s what got them very aggressive with me.” Hernandez filmed as people blew whistles and blowhorns at her. One woman blew a whistle inches from her ear, and someone on a megaphone yelled, “Get the fuck out of here.” “Stop. Leave me alone,” Hernandez said in the video. “People are being extremely aggressive here.” Moments later, Hernandez was shoved to the ground, her camera jostling. This is now the second time I have been mobbed and assaulted for filming a protest on U.S. streets. Today these Minneapolis protesters were chanting that they were “ANTIFA” and proved it, by mobbing and beating me for reporting on a public protest: pic.twitter.com/EOhyg9AFME — Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) April 11, 2026 Hernandez pushed away ano…

Genocide Doesn’t Happen Without Language to Incite It
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date: 2026-04-23T19:58:29Z
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encoded: This is a lightly edited excerpt from Robin Anderson’s The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza, published by OR Books. Intercept (4/15/24) How is information made legitimate, and when is it appropriate for journalists to introduce skepticism? What happens when only one side of a conflict is given the legitimate voice, always repeated and rarely questioned, even when those sources have proven many times to have promulgated lies? Military studies scholars and analysts understand that there is always a long genesis of historical, political and economic factors that can eventually erupt into conflict. In many ways, US establishment media seemed unwilling or unable (but likely both) to narrate a more complex, historically accurate account of the war on Gaza. The Intercept (4/15/24) reported that editorial directives at the New York Times and CNN, two of the most important news sources in the US, advised reporters to avoid certain “taboo” words, such as “genocide” and “massacre.” Yet between October 7 and November 24, 2023, the Times used the word “massacre” 53 times—referring to Israelis killed by Palestinians, but only once to refer to a Palestinian killed by Israel (Intercept, 1/9/24). From November onward, as deaths in Gaza piled up, the Times habitually avoided using emotionally fraught terms for Palestinians. Another term, “ethnic cleansing,” was also barred from use, along with “refugee camps” and “occupied territories.” As the Times source who leaked the directives said, “You are basically taking the occupation out of the coverage, which is the actual core of the conflict.” US news outlets were crippled by these verbal restrictions, incapable of offering an accurate explanation of what was happening in Gaza by imposing such constraints on humanitarian language, and international principles and laws. Islamophobic tropes FAIR.org (5/9/24) Media frames are based on underlying assumptions, articulated through familiar tropes that appear unqu…

The coming food crisis
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date: 2026-04-23T19:02:09Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Photographer pushed, hit with baton at LA immigration protest
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date: 2026-04-23T18:43:16Z
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description: Independent photographer Jonny Morales was shoved by police and jabbed in the ribs with a police baton while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026.The protest, which included a few dozen participa...
encoded: Independent photographer Jonny Morales was shoved by police and jabbed in the ribs with a police baton while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026. The protest, which included a few dozen participants, gathered at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center, where immigrants are being held and where numerous demonstrations have taken place since the start of intensified immigration enforcement in the city in June 2025. Morales told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that he was photographing the protest outside the detention center when police forced protesters to leave and began making targeted arrests. Officers then gave conflicting directions to members of the press. One directed the reporters to the sidewalk, while another threatened the media with arrest for staying. While standing on the sidewalk with other reporters, Morales was pushed by an officer, who also struck him with his baton. “Because of that interaction, I didn’t feel safe,” Morales told the Tracker. “That was just really scary and intimidating.” Morales, who was carrying gear and wearing a vest that identified him as press, said one officer told him that he would be considered a protester because he did not have a press credential. “I’m an independent, I’m considered press, I’m protected under state law,” Morales told police, who he said ignored his assertions. California law allows members of the press to cover protests and exempts them from dispersal orders. It also protects them from arrest or interference by police during demonstrations, and does not require journalists to wear credentials to be considered press. A federal preliminary injunction against the city is in place to uphold those protections. After leaving the protest, Morales said his ribs were sore and red. Other journalists were also shoved and hit during the scrum, impeding their ability to report. “I was forced to stop documenting because I was concerned about my well-being and …

Getting called a dog by Iran’s military leader
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description: This content originally appeared on VICE News and was authored by VICE News.
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NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé arrested at anti-eviction protest
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date: 2026-04-23T18:01:46Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 23, 2026
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subject: the
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description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
encoded: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA. This content originally appeared on KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays and was authored by KPFA.

Watch the full video on our channel!
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After three-week strike, JBS concedes to meatpacking workers
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creator: Caitlyn Clark and Lisa Xu
date: 2026-04-23T17:46:38Z
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subject: strike
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subject: Unions
subject: Workers
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UN News Today 23 April 2026
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creator: Dianne Penn
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description: Middle East war: Concerns grow over vital raw minerals Lebanon: French peacekeeper dies following recent attack Largest vaccine catch-up campaign reaches 18 million children
encoded: Middle East war: Concerns grow over vital raw minerals Lebanon: French peacekeeper dies following recent attack Largest vaccine catch-up campaign reaches 18 million children This content originally appeared on UN News - Global perspective Human stories and was authored by Dianne Penn.

‘Territorial theft with better branding’: Israel keeps advancing its ‘Yellow Line’ in Gaza
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creator: Stephen Prager
date: 2026-04-23T17:26:06Z
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description: This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on April 22, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. Israel’s gradual advancement of its “yellow line” to occupy more territory in the Gaza Strip is fueling conce...
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Save the Date: May 11
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creator: Andrea Chalupa
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description: On Monday May 11 at 4pm ET at the Gaslit Nation Salon, get ready for a big peek behind the curtain. To celebrate Andrea's birthday, we're starting that day's salon with a production of the first 15 pages or so of one of her antifa screenplays. It's based on a story longtime Gaslit Nation listeners may recognize. And we'll leave it there. To get your ticket and support the show, join our community of listeners at Patreon.com/Gaslit, get all episodes ad free, bonus shows, exclusive invites, and more. Thank you to everyone who supports the show!
encoded: On Monday May 11 at 4pm ET at the Gaslit Nation Salon, get ready for a big peek behind the curtain. To celebrate Andrea's birthday, we're starting that day's salon with a production of the first 15 pages or so of one of her antifa screenplays. It's based on a story longtime Gaslit Nation listeners may recognize. And we'll leave it there. To get your ticket and support the show, join our community of listeners at Patreon.com/Gaslit, get all episodes ad free, bonus shows, exclusive invites, and more. Thank you to everyone who supports the show! This content originally appeared on Gaslit Nation and was authored by Andrea Chalupa.

How Democrats paved the way for Trump’s Iran war
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-23T16:12:06Z
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subject: war
subject: way
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
encoded: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

CPJ calls for urgent international investigation into Israel’s killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil
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description: New York, April 23, 2026—Israel’s failure to allow medical crews access to injured Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil in time to save her may constitute a war crime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. Khalil, a reporter for the privately owned local daily newspaper Al-Akhbar, was on assignment documenting the aftermath of attacks in...
encoded: New York, April 23, 2026—Israel’s failure to allow medical crews access to injured Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil in time to save her may constitute a war crime, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. Khalil, a reporter for the privately owned local daily newspaper Al-Akhbar, was on assignment documenting the aftermath of attacks in southern Lebanon when she and freelance photojournalist Zeinab Faraj sought shelter in a building after a <a href="https://aawsat.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/5265358-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86">strike killed two civilians in a vehicle nearby. The building the journalists took cover in was then directly hit, trapping them under rubble for hours. Multiple <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aljadeedtv/posts/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B0%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-/1548341960189172/">credible <a href="https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/breaking-news/927034/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%80lbci-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B1-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82/ar">reports indicate that ongoing shelling and di…

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest
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description: This content originally appeared on The Intercept and was authored by The Intercept.
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Shareholder Vote for Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Won’t Be the Final Word on This Dangerous Mega-Merger
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-23T15:19:25Z
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description: On Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders voted to accept Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion bid to acquire the news and entertainment company. The merger of these two companies would create a media colossus with CBS, CNN, HBO, Nickelodeon...
encoded: On Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders voted to accept Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion bid to acquire the news and entertainment company. The merger of these two companies would create a media colossus with CBS, CNN, HBO, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures — among other major media properties — all under one roof. The vote follows a week of protests against the deal led by a coalition of First Amendment advocates, unions, democracy defenders and even famous Hollywood actors and directors who say that the deal would give one company the power and incentives to raise prices, lay off thousands of workers and limit consumer options, while giving one family — the Ellisons — the power to shape public discourse to suit their political agenda and that of their allies in the Trump White House. Free Press Co-CEO Craig Aaron said: “Today, Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted for their short-term financial gains, not for the public good. While shareholders voted against fat pay packages for departing executives — a symbolic rebuke, since the board doesn’t have to listen to them — they’ve opened the door to wholesale layoffs across the news and entertainment industry, more propaganda in news coverage, higher prices for consumers and fewer choices for audiences across the United States and around the world. But shareholders don’t get the final word. “That’s why we have antitrust enforcers and courts of law. With Trump officials cheering on this deal, state attorneys general must investigate this massive industry consolidation and step in to stop Paramount’s takeover. This mega-merger will diminish creativity and diversity in entertainment, weaken journalists’ ability to expose wrongdoing and hold those in power accountable and further endanger our democracy. It also concentrates far too much media power in the hands of one company and one family, the Ellisons. “This corrupt merger is far from a done deal. Just because Paramount shareh…

Industry Insider Seeks to Eviscerate U.S. Forest Service
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-23T15:18:37Z
subject: Common Dreams
subject: Sources
subject: common
subject: dreams
subject: eviscerate
subject: forest
subject: Industry
subject: insider
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subject: u.s.
description: As the country hurtles toward a potentially record-setting fire season, a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to drastically resize and restructure the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) would effectively eviscerate key research and prot...
encoded: As the country hurtles toward a potentially record-setting fire season, a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to drastically resize and restructure the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) would effectively eviscerate key research and protections for the nation’s public lands, according to a new report released today by Public Citizen. “Restructuring the Forest Service in this way will dramatically reduce its ability to conduct scientific research,” said Lois Parshley, research director with Public Citizen’s Climate Program and author of the report. “These relocations will undermine key data collection needed to understand climate change.” Schultz’s restructuring of the USFS would close two-thirds of the agency’s research stations, disrupting data collection on long-running experiments. The shift will reduce the agency’s ability to collect environmental data, weaken its capacity to track conditions, and hamper research that informs land management decisions. The agency’s headquarters, which have been located in Washington for more than a century, would be relocated to Salt Lake City, and approximately 260 employees have been informed they must relocate or lose their jobs—a move that echoes the first Trump administration’s relocation of the Bureau of Land Management to Grand Junction, Colorado. The two leaders at the center of the evisceration have longstanding conflicts with the USFS. Before Schultz’s appointment to lead the USFS, he worked at the Idaho Forest Group, one of the country’s largest lumber producers. Within months of taking office, Schultz began implementing policies aligned with positions he advocated as a timber industry representative. Michael Boren, the USDA’s Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, which oversees the agency, once faced a restraining order for allegedly buzzing a U.S. Forest Service trail crew at low altitude in a helicopter. Boren also ran afoul of the government by building a private airstr…

American Press Freedom on the Brink
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creator: Kate Horgan
date: 2026-04-23T15:00:07Z
subject: Dispatches from Project Censored: On Media and Politics
subject: Project Censored
subject: Sources
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subject: and
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description: Clayton Weimers As World Press Freedom Day (May 3) nears, it’s a good time to step back and assess how journalists and news outlets are faring in our current media climate. President Donald Trump came back to the White House and picked up right where h...
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Suspicions of Insider Trading as Online Betting Markets Reap Windfalls in Iran War
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The Looming Food Crisis: Why the Strait of Hormuz Is Disrupting Global Agriculture
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How Hawkish Democrats Paved the Way for War with Iran
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Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 23, 2026
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Targeted Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil bombed and left to die by Israel
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description: By Jeremy Loffredo of Drop Site News Prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil has been killed in what appeared to be a targeted attack by the Israeli military in the town of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Her employer, Al-Akhbar, confirmed the death of their correspondent on Wednesday evening. Khalil and Zeinab Faraj, a freelance photojournalist, were
encoded: By Jeremy Loffredo of Drop Site News Prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil has been killed in what appeared to be a targeted attack by the Israeli military in the town of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Her employer, Al-Akhbar, confirmed the death of their correspondent on Wednesday evening. Khalil and Zeinab Faraj, a freelance photojournalist, were both on assignment in southern Lebanon, reporting on recent attacks on the southern village of Bint Jbeil. READ MORE: What we know about Israel killing Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil Israeli attacks on journalists According to Al-Akhbar, which published a timeline of the events, the car they were driving behind was targeted by an Israeli drone at 2:45 pm, killing two men inside. Khalil and Faraj took shelter in a nearby house. At 2:50 pm, Khalil contacted her editors and family, according to Lebanon-based journalist Courtney Bonneau. News of the incident quickly spread, prompting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to put out a statement calling on the Red Cross to rescue the two journalists in coordination with the Lebanese Army and the United Nations. Israel strike Lebanese journalist in double-tap attack Video: The Star Refuge house bombed At 4:27 pm, the house where the two journalists were taking refuge was bombed by the Israeli military and contact with the journalists was lost, according to Al-Akhbar. Israel did not respond to requests for access, obstructing any rescue operation, according to a Lebanese military official speaking to Al Jazeera. The Red Cross was eventually granted limited access to the site, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, which remained under active fire. <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="wp-image-126904 size-full" src="https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amal-Khalil-Zeinab-Faraj-BeirutToday-500wide.png" alt="Amal Khalil, killed, and Zeinab Faraj (right), saved" width="500" height="394" srcset="https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/…

Thousands Urge DNC to Release Autopsy on 2024 Defeat
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description: The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, publicly committed to releasing an autopsy on the 2024 defeat but has refused to do so. Supporters of the activist organization RootsAction, which released its own autopsy more than four mont...
encoded: The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, publicly committed to releasing an autopsy on the 2024 defeat but has refused to do so. Supporters of the activist organization RootsAction, which released its own autopsy more than four months ago, are now flooding top DNC officials' email accounts with requests to keep Martin's promise. Martin and four other DNC officers have received more than 9,000 emails from nearly 2,000 individuals in the last few days urging them to make public the entire autopsy. Those emailed include DNC Vice Chair Artie Blanco, DNC Vice Chair Shasti Conrad, DNC Vice Chair and Association of State Democratic Committees President Jane Kleeb, and DNC Secretary Jason Rae. They have not replied. RootsAction brought attention to this issue during the recent DNC meeting in New Orleans, with a mobile billboard out front, flyers handed out by allies, and RootsAction senior strategist and former Democratic nominee for mayor of Buffalo India Walton speaking up and being forcibly removed from the meeting. A recent NBC News story, “Democrats Want the Full 2024 Election Autopsy Released – No Matter the Findings,” quotes RootsAction national director Norman Solomon about Martin's decision to renege on his promise to release the autopsy report. “There’s a real elitism that is inherent in Martin’s backtrack on releasing the autopsy,” Solomon said. As the DNC continues to ignore popular demand, Walton comments: “It has been said that those who don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it. We who are prudent would like to know what mistakes were made that thrust us into this nightmare we are living. Now is not a time for saving face. Releasing the autopsy will help us understand what voters really want heading into midterms and the next presidential election. That’s the least we deserve.” Solomon summed up the DNC leadership’s approach this way: “We learned a lot, we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at least doing interviews in 50 states,…

US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin acquitted of all charges
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description: Washington, D.C., April 23, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes a Kuwaiti court’s acquittal of US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on all charges following nearly two months of detention. “We are relieved that Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been found innocent after 52 days in detention,” said CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg. “Ahmed’s freedom and safety remain...
encoded: Washington, D.C., April 23, 2026 — The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes a Kuwaiti court’s acquittal of US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on all charges following nearly two months of detention. “We are relieved that Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been found innocent after 52 days in detention,” said CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg. “Ahmed’s freedom and safety remain our topmost priority and we will continue to closely monitor his case.” Ahmed, is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to The New York Times, PBS, and Al Jazeera English, among others. He had not posted online since March 2, while visiting family in Kuwait, and was arrested on March 3. Lawyers for Shihab-Eldin’s sisters said on April 23 that Ahmed had been acquitted. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by CPJ Staff.

Betting on War: Mysterious Traders Make Millions on Well-Timed Bets Tied to Trump’s War on Iran
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-23T12:46:57Z
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subject: Democracy
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subject: mysterious
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subject: tied
subject: traders
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subject: well-timed
description: The rise of online prediction markets has allowed people to bet on virtually any news event. For a small group of traders, the war with Iran has been a windfall. A number of lucrative, well-timed bets related to the war totaling over $1 billio...
encoded: The rise of online prediction markets has allowed people to bet on virtually any news event. For a small group of traders, the war with Iran has been a windfall. A number of lucrative, well-timed bets related to the war totaling over $1 billion have raised alarm over people connected to the Trump administration possibly using inside information to profit. Amanda Fischer, policy director and chief operating officer for Better Markets, says it’s unclear how closely regulators are watching these online betting markets. The president’s son Donald Trump Jr. is also an adviser to the two leading prediction markets, Polymarket and Kalshi, raising further questions about conflicts of interest. “There is a strict prohibition on offering gambling related to war, assassination, terrorism, gaming, activities that are illegal under state law or anything that’s contrary to the public interest. But the [Commodity Futures Trading Commission] under President Trump has completely retrenched from any enforcement of what kind of contracts are made available on these platforms,” says Fischer. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

The Looming Food Crisis: Why the Strait of Hormuz Is Disrupting Global Agriculture
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-23T12:28:26Z
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subject: Sources
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subject: crisis
subject: Democracy
subject: disrupting
subject: Food
subject: Global
subject: hormuz
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description: The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have raised fuel costs and caused shortages of key fertilizers around the world, wreaking havoc on the agricultural industry. Adam Hanieh, director of the SOAS Middle East In...
encoded: The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have raised fuel costs and caused shortages of key fertilizers around the world, wreaking havoc on the agricultural industry. Adam Hanieh, director of the SOAS Middle East Institute at the University of London, says the effects could be felt for a long time, particularly in the Global South. “About a third of the world’s basic fertilizers now pass through the Strait of Hormuz,” says Hanieh, who adds that the “coming food crisis” is compounded by the climate and debt crises in much of the developing world. “It’s a perfect storm.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

How Hawkish Democrats, from Schumer to Harris, Paved the Way for War with Iran: Stephen Zunes
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description: The Senate on Wednesday rejected another bid to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to use further military force against Iran, marking the fifth failed attempt by Democrats to curb Trump’s war powers since the start of the co...
encoded: The Senate on Wednesday rejected another bid to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to use further military force against Iran, marking the fifth failed attempt by Democrats to curb Trump’s war powers since the start of the conflict in late February. The resolution was defeated in a vote of 46 to 51, with Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Rand Paul the sole dissenters in each caucus. The administration is facing a deadline of May 1 before it must seek explicit authorization from Congress for military force under the War Powers Act. While Democrats have opposed Trump’s military actions, they have done so largely on “procedural grounds” without making a forceful moral case against war, says Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and director of Middle Eastern studies at the University of San Francisco. “The climate that the Democrats have helped lay in these 20 years of hawkish statements and resolutions and the like really made Trump’s job easier and has enabled him to, thus far, get away with it,” says Zunes. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Headlines for April 23, 2026
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-23T12:00:00Z
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description: Iran Says It’s Collecting Tolls for Ships Transiting Strait of Hormuz, Senate Republicans Defeat Iran War Powers Resolution for Fifth Time, Pentagon Fires Navy Secretary John Phelan After Clashes with Hegseth, Despite Ceasefire, Israel Kills 5 in Lebanon, Including Journalist Amal Khalil, FBI Launched Probe of New York Times Reporter Following Unflattering Coverage of Kash Patel, Democratic Rep. David Scott of Georgia Dies at 80, Toxic Gas Release at West Virginia Metal Refining Plant Kills 2, Injures 30 Others, American Lung Association: Nearly Half of U.S. Children Are Breathing Dangerous Air Pollution, Houston City Council Votes to Gut an Ordinance Limiting Police Cooperation with ICE, U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Texas Law Requiring Classrooms to Display Ten Commandments, Pope Leo Wraps Up Four-Nation Visit to Africa, NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé Released After Violent Arrest at Anti-Eviction Protest
encoded: Iran Says It's Collecting Tolls for Ships Transiting Strait of Hormuz Senate Republicans Defeat Iran War Powers Resolution for Fifth Time Pentagon Fires Navy Secretary John Phelan After Clashes with Hegseth Despite Ceasefire, Israel Kills 5 in Lebanon, Including Journalist Amal Khalil FBI Launched Probe of New York Times Reporter Following Unflattering Coverage of Kash Patel Democratic Rep. David Scott of Georgia Dies at 80 Toxic Gas Release at West Virginia Metal Refining Plant Kills 2, Injures 30 Others American Lung Association: Nearly Half of U.S. Children Are Breathing Dangerous Air Pollution Houston City Council Votes to Gut an Ordinance Limiting Police Cooperation with ICE U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Texas Law Requiring Classrooms to Display Ten Commandments Pope Leo Wraps Up Four-Nation Visit to Africa NYC Councilmember Chi Ossé Released After Violent Arrest at Anti-Eviction Protest This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Democracy Now! 2026-04-23 Thursday
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DN! Thursday, April 23, 2026
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“A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement
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creator: Craig R. McCoy
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description: The post “A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: Pennsylvania resident Mary Jannotta, 77, left, and her daughter, Susan Ousterman, with a photograph of Susan’s son, Tyler Cordeiro. Jannotta had to overcome an addiction to opioid painkillers. Cordeiro died of a drug overdose in 2020. Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer Mary Jannotta sliced meat and cheese behind deli counters at Acme and Pathmark supermarkets in the Philadelphia suburbs for decades, developing aches that came with working on her feet. A botched back surgery in 2008 made the pain worse. Her doctor repeatedly prescribed OxyContin, Purdue Pharma’s marquee painkiller — the high-dose opioid the company later admitted it criminally marketed and distributed. Jannotta said she soon became dependent on opioids. Cut off by her doctors, she found her way to Kensington, home of Philadelphia’s dangerous open-air drug market, to score pills. She eventually lost her car, her home — and her grandson. Tyler Cordeiro first pilfered Jannotta’s prescription pills as a teenager. He was 24 when he died of an overdose. When Purdue filed for bankruptcy in 2019, Jannotta, along with nearly 140,000 other people, filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Though the money could not bring back what they lost, a financial settlement represented an opportunity to get justice from the company and its multibillionaire owners, the Sackler family. Then they waited. The Supreme Court in 2024 rejected the first bankruptcy settlement because it shielded the Sacklers from future lawsuits. Finally, last November, a federal judge approved a new plan that would allow the payouts to start. But this $7.4 billion bankruptcy plan — including $870 million that has been set aside for individual victims — will shut out tens of thousands of those who originally applied for a settlement, ProPublica and The Philadelphia Inquirer found. Fewer than half of those who filed claims against Purdue will get any kind of help under the new plan, despite the company touti…

Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch.
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description: The post Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch. appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: OxyContin Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images ProPublica and The Philadelphia Inquirer are looking into how individual opioid victims have been compensated for addiction and other harm as a result of the tens of billions of pills distributed throughout the United States during the prescription-opioid crisis. Please tell us about your experience seeking payment from the court-appointed trusts funded by the drugmakers Purdue, Mallinckrodt and Endo. About us: Craig R. McCoy was a veteran corruption reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Bob Fernandez was an enterprise and investigative business reporter, also at the Inquirer. We previously wrote for ProPublica and the Inquirer about the Endo bankruptcy. Our most recent story investigates the impact of Purdue’s new bankruptcy plan on victims seeking compensation for the harm they said its drugs caused. The post Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch. appeared first on ProPublica. This content originally appeared on ProPublica and was authored by Peter.DiCampo@propublica.org.

The ‘age of electricity’ is here. No one knows what comes next.
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description: As the war in Iran upends global fuel markets, two new reports confirm that 2025 was a banner year for renewable energy.
encoded: The war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran has caused an unprecedented disruption in global energy markets, bottlenecking 20 percent of the world’s supply of oil and liquefied natural gas. We don’t yet know exactly what this means for the fight against climate change. But, thanks to two new reports released this week, we now have the clearest picture yet of the path the world was on before the conflict sent the price of oil soaring — and it was a path where the fossil fuels threatened by the war were less central than ever to meeting growing global energy needs. The world is entering an “age of electricity,” according to the reports, which come from the International Energy Agency, or IEA, an intergovernmental organization that publishes the world’s most authoritative analyses on the global energy sector, and the think tank Ember. That’s because core economic activities that traditionally involve burning oil and gas — driving cars, heating buildings, and even running industrial processes like steelmaking — are increasingly powered by electricity instead. And, most importantly for the climate fight, an ever-larger share of that electricity is coming from renewable sources. The two new analyses confirmed that 2025 was a banner year for renewable energy. Solar power was the single biggest source used to meet humanity’s growing appetite for electricity. New power generation from the broader suite of carbon-free sources — including wind, nuclear, and hydropower — actually exceeded the overall rise in electricity demand, meaning renewables began to displace fossil fuel sources. If this trend sticks, it would mean that the so-called energy transition meant to shepherd humanity out of the climate crisis is no longer theoretical. “This was a year when the economy boomed, electricity demand grew very healthily — and still all that demand growth was met with renewables,” said Daan Walter, a lead researcher at Ember. In 2025, renewables edged out coal in global el…

Indigenous land defenders are being killed, AI is scraping their knowledge
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description: At the UN, leaders confronted compounding crises of territorial violence and digital extractivism.
encoded: Indigenous land defenders are being killed and criminalized at alarming rates, AI systems scrape traditional knowledge without consent, while Indigenous women face escalating rates of violence — crises that Indigenous leaders confronted this week at the United Nations, where they warned that the fight for health and sovereignty now extends from traditional territories into digital spaces. Those warnings came during the 25th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, where the overarching theme “Ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ Health in the context of conflict” resonated with participants from around the world. In 2023 alone, 31 percent of human rights defenders killed worldwide were Indigenous or working on Indigenous rights, despite making up only five percent of the global population. “There is a crisis Indigenous people are currently experiencing, and it’s because many Indigenous peoples are killed, many are under arrest, many live in hiding. This is because Indigenous peoples land and territory are often not protected enough,” said Albert K. Barume, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, in an introductory statement at Wednesday’s session. As the largest gathering of Indigenous voices in the world, the forum provides a critical platform for communities to tackle systemic inequities together. Claire Charters, who is from Ngāti Whakaue, and is an expert in Indigenous global affairs who regularly presents at the forum, said the power of UNPFII lies in this shared experience. “That is a very empowering thing,” Charters said. “Because it supports the movement as a whole.” <img decoding="async" src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DSCF1615.jpg?quality=75&strip=all" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DSCF1615.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DSCF1615.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=330 330w, http…

Painter, runner, and former triathlete Vanessa Raw on the cost of people-pleasing
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creator: Laura Zeng
date: 2026-04-23T07:00:00Z
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encoded: How long have you been running vs. painting? I’ve always been sporty and arty. I went to uni to do fine art, but picked up triathlon at lunch times to keep fit. Then it got very serious, very quick. Before I knew it, I was doing time trials to be on the GB team, and it took over for 12 years, and now I’m back painting. Sounds like triathlon accidentally took over your life. I did kind of feel like I had to do it. When you’re told you’re good at something, you feel obliged. Which Olympics did you go to? Well, I didn’t in the end, you see. My best chance was 2008 and 2012. But I was injured before both. I was probably in my best shape in 2006, after only a year of training, before my body started breaking down. Damn. Yeah, it was all a bit depressing. I was a very good cyclist, so they were trying to get me to be a domestique for this other girl. You still have a chance of winning your own medal, but you end up having to sacrifice a lot of your race sitting in the front of the peloton, basically, taking the wind. But because I was so injured at this point with my pelvis, I didn’t trust myself anymore. So I just pulled out of the running. Vanessa Raw, Dancing With My Demons, 2025, oil on linen, 300 cm x 361 cm. Do you look back on those 12 years you were committed to sport fondly? Or does it feel like ambition took over? Yes and no. Yes to the people that helped me and my teammates and the amazing places that we trained and raced in. But to be honest, it was a trying time. I hope it wasn’t for nothing. Did it teach me persistence?… maybe, but I think I had that anyway. It taught me how to withstand pain and uncertainty and find endurance, I guess. I guess it taught me all that–and endurance is certainly required in the art world. Do you feel like it fed your art? I think it’s helped me become embodied whilst making work. But yeah I also went to some dark places, and it’s what got me onto the subject of identity. A lot of sports people go into deep holes of depression w…

You Got This: Amidst the Carnage, A Beautiful Moment
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creator: Abby Zimet
date: 2026-04-23T05:03:05Z
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description: Needing a break, we honor the rare sweet sliver of comity during Monday's Boston Marathon when two runners, both on course to achieve their personal best, instead stopped to help Ajay Haridasse, collapsed on the ground and unable to stand back up, ove...
encoded: Needing a break, we honor the rare sweet sliver of comity during Monday's Boston Marathon when two runners, both on course to achieve their personal best, instead stopped to help Ajay Haridasse, collapsed on the ground and unable to stand back up, over the finish line just ahead - because, they explained, "This is what it's all about...Two is better than one." Hallelujah: For now, still human after all these years. The "beautiful moment" of compassion and sportsmanship came almost at the end of the grueling, 26.2-mile marathon known as "the runner's Holy Grail" for its tough qualifying standards and steep terrain, including Newton's iconic "Heartbreak Hill." The world's oldest marathon was inspired by the inaugural 1896 Olympics and begun the next year; widely considered one of the most difficult races anywhere, it attracts 500,000 spectators and over 20,000 dogged participants from 96 countries. "It’s a slog. It’s a grind. It’s brilliant," said one aspirant. Another: "Nothing is like it. Runners train and train and train for this race." So did Ajay Haridasse, a 21-year-old senior at Northeastern running his first Boston Marathon having grown up nearby and faithfully watched it for years. Haridasse had passed the 26-mile mark when, he later said, "the wheels kinda fell off." After running almost three hours and struggling against cramps, his legs abruptly gave out 1,000 feet from the finish line, when he wobbled and fell to the ground. As runners streamed by, he painfully tried to stand up again, fell, tried to stand up, fell. "You got this!" a woman yelled from the sidelines, as others joined in. "You were made for this! You can do it! You got it!" "After falling down the fourth time, I was getting ready to crawl," Haridasse later recalled. That's when Aaron Beggs, a 40-year-old runner from Northern Ireland, suddenly appeared at his left. Beggs stopped, pulled Haridasse to his feet and tried to hold him upright; Haridasse began collapsing again, only to be caught f…

Antisemitism or anti-Zionism? Sydney Uni pressure to silence Israel, apartheid critics
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creator: Wendy Bacon
date: 2026-04-23T00:27:11Z
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description: University of Sydney’s appointment of pro-Israel academic Michael Abrahams-Sprod as antisemitism adviser has exposed management to an embarrassing conflict in its approach to freedom of expression. Wendy Bacon reports for Michael West Media. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon While University of Sydney antisemitism adviser Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod works in vice-chancellor Mark Scott’s office as its
encoded: University of Sydney’s appointment of pro-Israel academic Michael Abrahams-Sprod as antisemitism adviser has exposed management to an embarrassing conflict in its approach to freedom of expression. Wendy Bacon reports for Michael West Media. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon While University of Sydney antisemitism adviser Dr Michael Abrahams-Sprod works in vice-chancellor Mark Scott’s office as its “resident expert” delivering training courses to stamp out what he sees as antisemitism, his close colleagues in the Australian Academic Alliance Against Antisemitism are embroiled in legal action against the university in the Federal Court. They have accused the university of being liable for alleged racial vilification by its employees, Professor John Keane and linguist and vice-president of the USyd National Tertiary Education Union, Dr Nick Riemer, both of whom are pro-Palestinian. The case will have significant implications for freedom of speech and whether the law equates rejection of Israel’s genocide and anti-Zionism to antisemitism. READ MORE: Sydney Uni appoints antisemitism ‘lecturer’, forgets to tell anybody Other academic freedom and Zionism reports Conflicts of interest and the 5A Although Abrahams-Sprod is not a party to the case, he was a driving force behind complaints that led to the case, and letters that he signed are being used as evidence against the university. Alongside its academics, the university is defending the action. So far its case depends on an interpretation of antisemitism that is in direct conflict with the views of 5A and Abrahams-Sprod, who is already teaching his courses for frontline administrative staff, some of whom deal with complaints against students and staff. Three of five applicants in the court case are members of 5A. One is emeritus professor Suzanne Rutland, a longtime close colleague of Abrahams-Sprod. Rutland is on the board of Australian Academic Alliance Against Antisemitism (5A) of which Abrahams-Sprod was campus coordi…

‘His life mattered’: Family of man who died in Fiji military custody says he begged for his life
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subject: Jone Vakarisi
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description: By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Jone Vakarisi was heard screaming and begging before he was “brutalised to death” in Fiji military custody last week, according to his sister. Melehola Tagaga told RNZ Pacific Waves that the well-known drug pusher was asked if he was planning a coup, before the military arrested him at
encoded: By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Jone Vakarisi was heard screaming and begging before he was “brutalised to death” in Fiji military custody last week, according to his sister. Melehola Tagaga told RNZ Pacific Waves that the well-known drug pusher was asked if he was planning a coup, before the military arrested him at home and took him to the Queen Elizabeth Barracks for questioning last Thursday. The Fiji Police Force classified the 37-year-old’s death as murder following a high-level meeting in Suva involving the Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and security and military chiefs on Monday. READ MORE: Fiji police confirm murder probe launched into death of man in military custody Other Fiji military reports “An investigation is underway with the support of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Commander, as earlier stated, so it will be thoroughly conducted,” police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said. Vakarasi had become somewhat notorious in the capital, linked to turf wars and engaging in violence with law enforcement in recent years. Local media outlets have described him as a local “drug lord” who was “involved in criminal networks”. Jone Vakarisi was linked to turf wars and engaging in violence with law enforcement in recent years. Image: RNZ Pacific Fiji’s top military and police brass were on Bau Island farewelling the late President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau when news broke of his death last Friday. His death certificate, dated April 18, lists asphyxia, aspiration of gastric contents, severe traumatic head injuries and blunt force trauma to both the head and chest as the causes of his death. The Republic of Fiji Military (RFMF) commander Ro Jone Kalouniwai initially attributed the victim’s death to a “sudden and severe medical emergency” and “the presence of a pre-existing condition”. However, he issued a second statement on Monday to correct the record, saying “the earlier description did not fully reflect the medical findings now available”. Victim be…

What’s driving the catastrophic wildfires in Georgia
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creator: Emily Jones
date: 2026-04-22T22:55:50Z
subject: Grist
subject: Sources
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subject: driving
subject: Drought
subject: extreme weather
subject: georgia
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subject: wildfires
description: Drought conditions have been worsening for months in the Southeast. Now tens of thousands of acres are burning, displacing people and destroying dozens of homes.
encoded: This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. Wildfires are burning across more than 27,000 acres in south Georgia, according to the Georgia Forestry Association. Governor Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency in 91 counties. One fire, the Brantley Highway 82 fire, began Monday night and has since prompted evacuation orders. On Tuesday morning, that fire covered a few hundred acres and was 75 percent contained. But it rapidly spread and intensified later in the day and overnight. By Wednesday morning, it had reached 5,000 acres and was just 10 percent contained, according to Western Fire Chiefs Association, which tracks fires around the country. Local officials say 54 homes have been destroyed. “I will be very honest with you and say it’s a miracle that there have not been any lives lost,” said Brantley County Manager Joey Cason in a press conference Wednesday afternoon. Brantley County and several area churches have set up shelter sites for displaced residents and begun collecting donations for firefighters and people who’ve lost their homes. The Pinelands Road fire in Clinch County, near the Florida border, began over the weekend and has since spread over 16,000 acres. It is just 10 percent contained. Both counties are heavily forested and sit on the edges of the vast Okefenokee swamp, Clinch to the west and Brantley to the northeast. Fires are burning in northern Florida, too, which is experiencing similar drought conditions. Officials in both states were monitoring more than 100 fires as of Wednesday, though many were small and quickly contained. While it’s common for fires to start in Georgia forests due to lightning strikes, stray cigarettes, sparks from backyard fires, and a number of other causes, thanks to forest management and plenty of rain, most don’t normally burn very far. Officials say this year is different. Rainfall and water levels are far below normal across Georgia, increasing fire risk…

Someone’s Been Impersonating Me
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creator: ProPublica
date: 2026-04-22T22:00:00Z
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description: This content originally appeared on ProPublica and was authored by ProPublica.
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Trump’s Vision for the Homeless Is Already Here
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creator: Rachel Litchman
date: 2026-04-22T21:46:06Z
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description: Forcing the most vulnerable among us into institutions only perpetuates their trauma. I know, because I’ve lived it.
encoded: Forcing the most vulnerable among us into institutions only perpetuates their trauma. I know, because I’ve lived it. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Rachel Litchman.

West Bank Children Forced from Classrooms As Israel Weaponizes Tax Revenue
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creator: Jared Hillel
date: 2026-04-22T21:37:43Z
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subject: The Progressive
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description: As Israel manufactures a financial crisis in the West Bank, public schools are only able to teach three days a week.
encoded: As Israel manufactures a financial crisis in the West Bank, public schools are only able to teach three days a week. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Jared Hillel.

From Classroom to Rubble
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creator: Ohood Nassar
date: 2026-04-22T21:31:54Z
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description: Over the course of two years, Kuwait School transformed from a school to a shelter to a detention center, and ultimately, to debris.
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California’s Education Problem
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creator: VICE News
date: 2026-04-22T20:29:45Z
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description: This content originally appeared on VICE News and was authored by VICE News.
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‘God chose Trump’: president reads Scripture at MAGA Bible marathon
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creator: The Grayzone
date: 2026-04-22T18:54:45Z
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description: This content originally appeared on The Grayzone and was authored by The Grayzone.
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Inside an Iranian pro-gov’t rally defying Trump’s war
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creator: The Grayzone
date: 2026-04-22T18:47:11Z
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description: This content originally appeared on The Grayzone and was authored by The Grayzone.
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‘The era of climate migration is already here’
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creator: Maximillian Alvarez
date: 2026-04-22T18:44:44Z
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subject: Climate
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EFF Sues DHS and ICE For Records on Subpoenas Seeking to Unmask Online Critics
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-22T18:44:35Z
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description: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today demanding public records about their use of administrative subpoenas to try to identify their online critics.Co...
encoded: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today demanding public records about their use of administrative subpoenas to try to identify their online critics. Court records and news reports show that in the past year, DHS has used administrative subpoenas to unmask or locate people who have documented ICE's activities in their community, criticized the government, or attended protests. The subpoenas are sent to technology companies to demand information about internet users who are often engaged in protected First Amendment activity. These subpoenas are dangerous because they don’t require judges’ approval. But they are also unlawful, and the government knows it. When a few users challenged them in court with the help of American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Northern California and Pennsylvania, DHS withdrew them rather than waiting for a decision. DHS and ICE have ignored EFF’s public-records requests for documents about the processes behind these subpoenas, so EFF sued Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. “DHS and ICE should not be able to first claim that they have the legal authority to unmask critics and then run from court when users challenge these administrative subpoenas,” said EFF Deputy Legal Director Aaron Mackey. “The public deserves to know what laws the agencies believe give them the power to issue these speech-chilling subpoenas.” An administrative subpoena cannot be used to obtain the content of communications, but they have been used to try and obtain some basic subscriber information like name, address, IP address, length of service, and session times. If a technology company refuses to comply, an agency’s only recourse is to drop it or go to court and try to convince a judge that the request is lawful. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California in February wrote to Amazon, Apple, Discord, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Reddit, SN…

Common Cause: DOJ’s Attack on SPLC Part of “Campaign of Intimidation”
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-22T18:42:51Z
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description: Statement of Common Cause President & CEO Virginia Kase Solomón: Common Cause, our National Governing Board, our executive team, our staff, and the more than one million members we represent across this country, stands firmly with the Southern Poverty...
encoded: Statement of Common Cause President & CEO Virginia Kase Solomón: Common Cause, our National Governing Board, our executive team, our staff, and the more than one million members we represent across this country, stands firmly with the Southern Poverty Law Center in the face of yesterday’s attack by the Department of Justice. We are clear that this is a sham case built on illegitimate claims, and it is meant to create a chilling effect on anyone standing on the side of justice and civil rights; particularly those fighting hate groups, white supremacist groups, and those standing up against this administration’s corruption and self-dealing. For more than 55 years, the SPLC has done some of the most difficult and most necessary work in American society: tracking the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nations, neo-Nazi networks, and other violent extremist organizations that threaten the safety of Black communities, Jewish communities, immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, and anyone else these groups target. The pattern here is unmistakable. This indictment follows a string of investigations into perceived opponents and critics of the Trump administration that have raised serious questions about whether the Justice Department has been turned into a political weapon. FBI Director Kash Patel publicly announced earlier this year that the FBI had severed its relationships with the SPLC, and the administration has made no secret of who it wants to protect and who it wants to destroy based on their loyalty to Donald Trump. Charging a civil rights organization with fraud for exposing the operations of violent hate groups turns the rule of law upside down. The message this indictment sends is simple. If you investigate white supremacists, the federal government will investigate you. If you name extremism, you will be accused of manufacturing it. If you stand up to this administration, you will be targeted. That is the chilling effect, and it is by design. The leadership, staff, and more than one mi…

Trump Administration Finally Discloses White House Ballroom Funding Contract in Response to Public Citizen’s FOIA Lawsuit
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-22T18:39:38Z
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description: The Trump Administration today disclosed the funding agreement for Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project. The administration disclosed the 14-page “Philanthropic Support Agreement” between the White House, the National Park Service and the...
encoded: The Trump Administration today disclosed the funding agreement for Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project. The administration disclosed the 14-page “Philanthropic Support Agreement” between the White House, the National Park Service and the non-profit Trust for the National Mall in response to Public Citizen’s FOIA request and a subsequent lawsuit. In October, Public Citizen submitted a FOIA request to the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior seeking the White House Ballroom contract. In December, when the agencies had failed to respond, Public Citizen filed a lawsuit asking the court to compel the agencies to comply with FOIA. “The Trump Administration’s failure to disclose this contract was flatly unlawful,” said Wendy Liu, Public Citizen attorney and lead counsel on the lawsuit. “The American people are entitled to transparency over this multi-million-dollar project, and this win gets us a bit closer to knowing the truth.” “This is the first time we don’t have to take the word of the White House; we can see details of this scheme in black and white,” said Public Citizen Democracy Advocate Jon Golinger. “This document reveals that anonymous donations are the heart of this agreement. The questions this raises are, of the hundreds of millions being funneled in secret, who are these anonymous donors, and what are they hiding? The American people deserve answers, and we’ll keep fighting until they get them.” While many questions remain unanswered surrounding the ballroom’s funding scheme, Public Citizen exposed a myriad of conflicts of interest concerns about pay-to-play government contracts and dropped enforcement actions benefiting ballroom donors in the report, <a href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.gqh-2BaxUzlo7XKIuSly0rCxXwZR0L9lem-2B5XpAYqIXzMIHoTJKqDUVvpUmnI8bA4iaVGwwVpxGWOujoDr4n23z56jH-2FEqSWqNN59NvB4ymYZmlK-2Bc0F5ELjGsdQr2iSBUKbINNpPY4FuAQ0qHVw3VK88h4F4vpBCTYapx7CA90Zw-3DgGnT_LgAl3zcMYuZ9hVgLGldK9z5BQpZYG4a…

Memphis residents fight Elon Musk’s data center pollution
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-22T18:22:37Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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CPJ calls for immediate rescue of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, trapped under rubble in southern Lebanon
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-22T18:22:25Z
subject: Amal Khalil
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subject: Sources
subject: Threatened
subject: Zeinab Faraj
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subject: Journalists
subject: khalil
subject: lebanese
subject: lebanon
subject: protect
subject: Rescue
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description: Beirut, April 22, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) apparently targeted Lebanese journalists Amal Khalil and Zeinab Faraj in Al Tayri, southern Lebanon, on Wednesday, and warns that the continued Israeli obstruction of rescue efforts may amount to a war crime. CPJ is further alarmed by reports that...
encoded: Beirut, April 22, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) apparently targeted Lebanese journalists Amal Khalil and Zeinab Faraj in Al Tayri, southern Lebanon, on Wednesday, and warns that the continued Israeli obstruction of rescue efforts may amount to a war crime. CPJ is further alarmed by reports that Khalil received a direct death threat attributed to the IDF in September 2024, raising serious concerns of deliberate targeting. Khalil, a reporter for the newspaper Al-Akhbar, and Faraj, a freelance photojournalist, were both on assignment, reporting on recent attacks on the southern village of Bint Jbeil. En route, they became trapped under rubble after a direct strike hit the building they were sheltering in, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aljadeedtv.news/videos/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9/802798895877476/?mibextid=wwXIfr&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fv%2F1DdnTALwtx%2F%3Fmibextid%3DwwXIfr&rdid=i4466hObunXlqtRK">according to Al-Jadeed TV, just after a strike on a nearby civilian vehicle on the main road in Al Tayri. The destruction and direct fire at ambulances have prevented rescue operations from reaching the site. Khalil was last heard from at approximately 4:10 p.m., according to news reports and colleagues CPJ spoke to, when she called her family and the Lebanese military. The Red Cross was granted limited access to the site, which remains under active fire, but was able to evacuate Faraj, who reportedly sustained critical head injuries, and two other civilian who were killed, before being forced to withdraw due to continued <a href="https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/breaking-news/927034/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%84%…

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 22, 2026
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description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 22, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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Everything is gonna be alright 💛 #stephenmarley #bobmarley #reggae
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description: This content originally appeared on Playing For Change and was authored by Playing For Change.
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How Democrats Can Win On an Anti-war Platform #politics #iran
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description: This content originally appeared on The Intercept and was authored by The Intercept.
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CPJ, partners file ECtHR amicus brief on spyware use against journalists in Azerbaijan
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description: The Committee to Protect Journalists, together with partners Access Now, Data Rights, and Human Constanta, filed an amicus brief on April 21 to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the use of spyware to silence journalists, activists, and human rights defenders. The brief was filed in support of a group of cases involving the secret surveillance...
encoded: The Committee to Protect Journalists, together with partners Access Now, Data Rights, and Human Constanta, filed an amicus brief on April 21 to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the use of spyware to silence journalists, activists, and human rights defenders. The brief was filed in support of a group of cases involving the secret surveillance of Azerbaijani journalists, activists, and human rights defenders through the use of Pegasus spyware. The spyware can secretly turn a mobile phone into a 24-hour surveillance device, enabling the operator to remotely access the phone’s full contents and functions, as well as record video and audio in real time. The submission demonstrates how this technology facilitates abusive surveillance by states and other actors, and the implications of such invasive surveillance technologies for journalists, activists, and human rights defenders around the world — particularly in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Spyware specifically poses risks to reporting and the protection of sources. The brief also highlights the insufficiency of current European legislative and policy frameworks to prevent, deter, and remedy spyware abuses against journalists, activists, and human rights defenders, and the need for strict safeguards, independent oversight, and accessible remedies in cases of secret surveillance. Read the full submission here. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by CPJ Staff.

Democrats say new ICE funding could be used to interfere with the 2026 midterms
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description: This content originally appeared on The Real News Network and was authored by The Real News Network.
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Greenpeace Sends Ship to Support Latest Gaza Flotilla as Activists Try to Break Israel’s Blockade
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date: 2026-04-22T15:57:57Z
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“Data Colonialism”: Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land
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date: 2026-04-22T15:55:10Z
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subject: communities
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"Colossus Failure": Elon Musk’s Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Areas in Memphis
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date: 2026-04-22T15:51:25Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Maine Passes Nation’s First Statewide AI Data Center Moratorium — Will Gov. Mills Sign It?
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date: 2026-04-22T15:47:43Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Virginia voters deal major blow to Trump-GOP ploy to ‘steal the 2026 midterms’
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Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 22, 2026
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-22T15:41:59Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: 2026
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subject: april
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subject: headlines
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UN News Today 22 April 2026
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creator: Daniel Johnson
date: 2026-04-22T15:39:11Z
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subject: Sources
subject: UN News
subject: 2026
subject: april
subject: News
subject: podcasts/un
subject: sources
subject: today
description: Humanitarian emergency looming unless fertilizers can pass through Strait of Hormuz: UNOPS100 million people in over 60 countries live under shadow of landmines threat: UNMAS Rights chief Türk alarmed at Singapore death penalty spike: OHCHR
encoded: Humanitarian emergency looming unless fertilizers can pass through Strait of Hormuz: UNOPS100 million people in over 60 countries live under shadow of landmines threat: UNMAS Rights chief Türk alarmed at Singapore death penalty spike: OHCHR This content originally appeared on UN News - Global perspective Human stories and was authored by Daniel Johnson.

‘The Wayback Machine Has Been the Best Archive for Preserving Our Digital Lives’: CounterSpin interview with Lia Holland on the Internet Archive
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creator: Janine Jackson
date: 2026-04-22T15:34:51Z
subject: FAIR
subject: Sources
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subject: best
subject: Censorship
subject: digital
subject: fair
subject: Featured Posts
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subject: has
subject: holland
subject: Instagram
subject: Internet
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description: "DOGE set a goal of eliminating 20% of government websites, whereas everything that's been deleted now is living in the Wayback Machine."
encoded: Janine Jackson interviewed Fight for the Future’s Lia Holland about the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine for the April 17, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260417Holland.mp3 Wired (4/13/26) Janine Jackson: A recent report by Wired‘s Kate Knibbs leads with the contradiction: USA Today published a story recently on how ICE is misinforming about its detainment policies, a case that the paper built on data from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, a nonprofit digital library that preserves webpages. At the same time, USA Today bars the Wayback Machine from archiving its work. Along with outlets like the New York Times, the paper is trying to block the Internet Archive project from doing their job of preserving reporting. So what’s going on here? Here to catch us up is Lia Holland, a social artist, writer and activist, and campaigns and communications director at the group Fight for the Future. They join us now by phone from Oregon. Welcome to CounterSpin, Lia Holland. Lia Holland: Thank you so much. It’s great to be here. JJ: Please fill out our understanding a little more of what the Wayback Machine is and does. It seems like, particularly in these times, a critical information resource. LH: Absolutely. And that’s why my organization is so engaged with this issue. The Wayback Machine, for 30 years this year, has been the best and most reliable archive for preserving our digital lives, culture, recording and history. They archive nearly 5 million links on Wikipedia to news articles, and are a trusted resource for journalists all around the globe to investigate everything from corruption, to report on culture, to really do their jobs. And, unfortunately, that is under threat now. JJ: Let’s talk about what’s happening now. What is the crisis, if you will, and why is it of particular concern? You’ve tipped it, but why is it of particular concern for what …

Heat maps show largest greenhouse farm in North Korea at less than half capacity
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creator: Noh Jung Min for RFA
date: 2026-04-22T15:33:03Z
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description: The farm was said to be the area’s rebound from severe flooding, but it's not fully operational, analysts say.
encoded: Months after North Korea unveiled the country’s largest-ever greenhouse farm, analysts told Radio Free Asia that satellite imagery shows less than half of the farm is operational, likely due to power shortages. According to state media, the country’s leader Kim Jong Un personally guided the construction of the Sinuiju Greenhouse Farm Complex. It has been touted as a way to rejuvenate Wihwa, Mado and Kumdong islands in the Yalu River, near the border with China, which were leveled by flooding in 2024. At the farm complex’ dedication in February, Kim acknowledged the floods as being the heaviest on record, but said the project overcame nature to create “from which our people will benefit for all ages.” <img src="https://www.rfa.org/resizer/v2/FNVQMSB3A5HAXHZGPZSKEWY6UY.png?auth=1292d921092c5d0e4cdfbc5aff06719493c49e542b81ccd0230a4768a500379d&smart=true&width=1500" alt="Satellite imagery from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel-2C shows long rectangular greenhouse structures arranged in neat, parallel rows, with grid-patterned internal roads, research buildings, and management facilities visible throughout the complex. Analyzed by Bruce Songhak Chung" height="1125" width="1500"/> Satellite imagery from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel-2C shows long rectangular greenhouse structures arranged in neat, parallel rows, with grid-patterned internal roads, research buildings, and management facilities visible throughout the complex. Analyzed by Bruce Songhak Chung (RFA) At a gargantuan 450 hectares (1.7 square miles), the Farm Complex is roughly the size of 625 soccer fields, and authorities claim it can produce vegetables eight months out of the year. But thermal infrared imagery from NASA’s Landsat-8 satellite suggests that only 44% of the total complex was registering temperatures above the surrounding average, Bruce Songhak Chung, a researcher at the Seoul-based Institute for National Security Strategy, told RFA. He told Radio Free Asia that after seeing …

Appeal for AU Action in Zambia Lead Poisoning Case
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creator: Human Rights Watch
date: 2026-04-22T15:09:00Z
subject: Human Rights Watch
subject: Sources
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description: This content originally appeared on Human Rights Watch and was authored by Human Rights Watch.
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CPJ shares statement from international legal counsel acting in case of US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
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creator: Committee to Protect Journalists
date: 2026-04-22T14:02:29Z
subject: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
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description: On April 22, the international legal counsel acting for the sisters of U.S.-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin issued an urgent statement, saying they were “extremely concerned for Ahmed’s safety and wellbeing” in Kuwaiti detention, and demanding his release. The international legal team has filed urgent appeals with United Nations experts, and they are engaging with U.S.,...
encoded: On April 22, the international legal counsel acting for the sisters of U.S.-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin issued an urgent statement, saying they were “extremely concerned for Ahmed’s safety and wellbeing” in Kuwaiti detention, and demanding his release. The international legal team has filed urgent appeals with United Nations experts, and they are engaging with U.S., European, and other authorities. “It has now been 51 days since our client, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an American Kuwaiti journalist, was taken,” said Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, international counsel. “Every day he’s gone is agonizing for his family. We are aware of multiple reports from the U.S. State Department and international bodies of mistreatment in Kuwaiti prisons.” Last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported on the detention of Shihab-Eldin, an award-winning journalist and producer, who has not posted online or been seen in public in Kuwait — where he was visiting family — since March 2. Read the full statement here. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Committee to Protect Journalists.

Greenpeace Sends Ship to Support Global Sumud Flotilla’s Attempt to Break Israel’s Blockade of Gaza
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-22T12:49:55Z
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description: More than 70 vessels and over 1,000 participants from all over the world have joined a second Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza in order to challenge Israel’s ongoing maritime blockade of aid. We speak to two participants aboard the...
encoded: More than 70 vessels and over 1,000 participants from all over the world have joined a second Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza in order to challenge Israel’s ongoing maritime blockade of aid. We speak to two participants aboard the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, which is providing technical support and accompanying the flotilla for part of the voyage in a show of solidarity. “When the system fails, civil society needs to step in,” says Palestinian activist Saif Abukeshek, citing a history of nonviolent direct action within the Palestinian national struggle. The Arctic Sunrise's project lead, Pujarini Sen, explains the participation of Greenpeace as an extension of their work for the environment and holding companies that profit from climate change and pollution accountable. “Fossil fuel companies also benefit from wars, from genocide,” says Sen. “We don't view these issues as separate.” They also speak about how over a dozen vessels from the flotilla encircled and disrupted the MSC Maya, one of the largest cargo ships in the world, for several hours. They say the cargo ship was delivering raw materials for weapons to Israel. They say the action was inspired by protests by dockworkers. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

“Data Colonialism”: Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-22T12:35:34Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: centers
subject: Colonialism
subject: communities
subject: Data
subject: Democracy
subject: fight
subject: Indigenous
subject: land
subject: native
subject: now
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description: The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal...
encoded: The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth, an Indigenous-led environmental justice organization that is tracking over 100 proposed data center projects on tribal and rural lands. We speak to Two Bulls about the myriad impacts of what she calls a “modern-day iteration” of “settler colonialism,” including noise pollution, cancers and respiratory illnesses, water depletion, energy grid overload and even “ecological collapse.” As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, Two Bulls says, “We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

“Colossus Failure”: Elon Musk’s Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-22T12:27:28Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
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subject: centers
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subject: Democracy
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description: As tech companies scramble to build massive new data centers to power artificial intelligence, marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of the environmental harms. In Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen meth...
encoded: As tech companies scramble to build massive new data centers to power artificial intelligence, marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of the environmental harms. In Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen methane gas-burning turbines without legal permits to power its data centers, Colossus I and Colossus II, polluting the nation’s largest majority-Black city with toxic emissions. The NAACP is suing xAI for violating the Clean Air Act. “We are, unfortunately, a cautionary tale about what will and possibly can happen if you don’t have the right rules and guardrails in place,” says KeShaun Pearson, the executive director of Memphis Community Against Pollution. Pearson says pollution from xAI’s energy generation is already “at a level even higher than our Memphis International Airport.” Meanwhile, the company has created far fewer jobs than it initially promised. “This has been terrible for our region, and it’s terrible for our future, because our community is going to continue to suffer. Our children have the highest rate of ER visits for respiratory illnesses and issues in the state of Tennessee, and it’s only going to continue to get worse.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

AI Data Center Resistance: Maine Passes Nation’s First Statewide Moratorium — Will Gov. Mills Sign It?
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description: Communities across the United States are pushing back against resource-draining data centers being built to fuel artificial intelligence and crypto ventures. In Maine, state legislators recently passed a first-in-the-country statewide moratori...
encoded: Communities across the United States are pushing back against resource-draining data centers being built to fuel artificial intelligence and crypto ventures. In Maine, state legislators recently passed a first-in-the-country statewide moratorium on large data centers. “Maine residents are concerned about the impacts of data centers on both their electric rates and other utility rates, as well as on our wonderful environment,” says Democratic state Representative Melanie Sachs, who sponsored the bill designed to give legislators time to develop regulations around new data center construction. Sachs says developers have been operating in “complete secrecy,” refusing to engage with community stakeholders, while their plans appear to provide “limited economic opportunity with very few local jobs.” The bill goes to Maine Governor Janet Mills’s desk next. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Zambian lawyers fight for media freedom as journalists harassed ahead of election
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description: Lusaka, April 22, 2026—For months, lawyer Josiah Kalala has been working late into the night on a case he believes could define the future of press freedom in Zambia: preparing arguments, reviewing legal provisions, and consulting colleagues. Kalala, who heads Chapter One Foundation, a local human rights group, hopes that the hundreds of hours he...
encoded: Lusaka, April 22, 2026—For months, lawyer Josiah Kalala has been working late into the night on a case he believes could define the future of press freedom in Zambia: preparing arguments, reviewing legal provisions, and consulting colleagues. Kalala, who heads Chapter One Foundation, a local human rights group, hopes that the hundreds of hours he has poured into this mission will persuade Zambia’s High Court to declare the country’s 2025 cyber laws unconstitutional. “These laws go to the heart of how people communicate, how journalists work, and how power is held to account,” Kalala told CPJ. “If left unchecked, they have the potential to undermine fundamental freedoms.” Chapter One Foundation has joined the Law Association of Zambia’s July 2025 petition to overturn key sections of these two sweeping laws, which President Hakainde Hichilema assented to in April 2025. The Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Justice Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law provided advice to local nonprofit Zambia Free Initiative, which is acting as amicus curae, or a friend of the court, in the case, alongside Amnesty International. “The laws grant wide powers of surveillance, interception, and data access without sufficiently robust judicial oversight,” Kalala said. “Collectively, these features create a framework that risks arbitrary enforcement and undermines constitutional protections relating to privacy, due process, and freedom of expression.” Journalists face prison, device seizures <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" height="683" width="1024" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amicus-team-High-Court.jpg?w=1024" alt="Lawyers challenging the constitutionality of the Zambia's cyber laws outside the High Court in 2026." class="wp-image-582931" srcset="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amicus-team-High-Court.jpg 5760w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amicus-team-High-Court.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https…

Headlines for April 22, 2026
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description: Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire But Maintains Blockade as Iran Seizes Ships in Strait of Hormuz, Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Frays as Hezbollah Fires on Israeli Forces, Israeli Army Reservist Kills Two Palestinians in West Bank Settler Attack, NYT: Two Senior Hamas Officials Say Group Could Give Up Some Weapons Belonging to Police Force, Justice Department Indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on Federal Fraud Charges, CIA Agents Among U.S. Officials Killed in Mexico Car Crash, Prompting Probe into Covert Operations, Indigenous Communities and Environmental Activists Vow to Fight Mexican President Sheinbaum’s Reversal on Fracking Ban, Department of Homeland Security ​​Warns of Payroll Crisis as Partial Government Shutdown Hits Record 67 Days, Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick Resigns from Congress Ahead of Ethics Sanctions Hearing, National Women’s Defense League Reveals Dozens of Lawmakers Accused of Sexual Misconduct as Congress Faces Expulsion Votes, Virginia Voters Approve New Congressional Map Giving Democrats Chance to Pick Up Four More Seats in Congress
encoded: Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire But Maintains Blockade as Iran Seizes Ships in Strait of Hormuz Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Frays as Hezbollah Fires on Israeli Forces Israeli Army Reservist Kills Two Palestinians in West Bank Settler Attack NYT: Two Senior Hamas Officials Say Group Could Give Up Some Weapons Belonging to Police Force Justice Department Indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on Federal Fraud Charges CIA Agents Among U.S. Officials Killed in Mexico Car Crash, Prompting Probe into Covert Operations Indigenous Communities and Environmental Activists Vow to Fight Mexican President Sheinbaum's Reversal on Fracking Ban Department of Homeland Security ​​Warns of Payroll Crisis as Partial Government Shutdown Hits Record 67 Days Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick Resigns from Congress Ahead of Ethics Sanctions Hearing National Women's Defense League Reveals Dozens of Lawmakers Accused of Sexual Misconduct as Congress Faces Expulsion Votes Virginia Voters Approve New Congressional Map Giving Democrats Chance to Pick Up Four More Seats in Congress This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Democracy Now! 2026-04-22 Wednesday
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description: Headlines for April 22, 2026; AI Data Center Resistance: Maine Passes Nation’s First Statewide Moratorium — Will Gov. Mills Sign It?; “Colossus Failure”: Elon Musk’s Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis; “Data Colonialism”: Native Communities Fight AI Data Centers on Indigenous Land; Greenpeace Sends Ship to Support Global Sumud Flotilla’s Attempt to Break Israel’s Blockade of Gaza
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Data center growth threatens air quality and progress toward cleaner energy grid
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description: Despite the rapid growth of renewable energy usage in recent years, the even-more-explosive growth of data centers is delaying the transition to a cleaner grid in ways that could harm the air we breathe. That’s according to new research released for E...
encoded: Despite the rapid growth of renewable energy usage in recent years, the even-more-explosive growth of data centers is delaying the transition to a cleaner grid in ways that could harm the air we breathe. That’s according to new research released for Earth Day on Wednesday by Frontier Group, Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund. “It’s great that renewable energy is growing rapidly, but we also need to be transitioning away from dirty energy sources. We can't afford to lose ground on that front,” said Johanna Neumann, senior director of the Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy at Environment America Research & Policy Center. “Pollution from fossil fuels harms our kids’ lungs and dangerously heats up our planet. We need to get our priorities straight. A healthy, safe environment is essential for a good quality of life.” The research, building on new government data, tracks a dramatic slowdown in the previously accelerating pace of coal plant retirements as utilities respond to rising electricity demand from data centers and other sources. Compared to 2022, when the country was retiring power plants at a pace that would lead to a coal-free grid by 2040, the current pace of plant retirements would keep some of our dirtiest ones online until 2065. Power generation from coal-fired power plants increased by 13% in 2025 as U.S. electricity generation hit an all-time record. One of the research papers, Energy Transition at Risk, uses data from the Energy Information Administration to document both the dramatic slowdown in retiring America’s dirtiest power plants and the resurgence of new proposals for gas-powered plants. The other research paper, Fossil fuel plants are staying online longer. That means dirtier air, uses U.S. Environmental Protection Agency data to quantify the amount of air pollution – sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury – produced by many of the fossil fuel power plants whose lifetimes are being extended. The author…

[Episode Cut – Earth Justice] The Truth About America’s "Wood Basket": Why the U.S. South is Losi…
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DN! Wednesday, April 22, 2026
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The Deadly ‘Road Of Life’: Ukraine’s Mobile Air Defense in Action | Ukraine Front Line Update
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They Said a 3D Printer Would Bring Housing to This Town. It Was Yet Another Broken Promise.
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description: The post They Said a 3D Printer Would Bring Housing to This Town. It Was Yet Another Broken Promise. appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: The one duplex built using the 3D printer remains unfinished. Julia Rendleman I wasn’t looking for a revelation on a country road in southeastern Illinois. But on the outskirts of Galatia — a tiny town where Appalachian hardship seems to have drifted west and settled in — that’s what I found. It was not a burning bush in some biblical wilderness, but an industrial 3D printer the size of a small garage — a machine, I would learn, that took a $1.1 million investment to get to Illinois, carrying with it the promise of an affordable housing renaissance across the region known as Little Egypt. And it called to me. I drove past it again and again. A year prior, in August 2024, this printer was at the center of a groundbreaking ceremony attended by more than 100 people, myself included. I covered the event for Capitol News Illinois and watched as the machine laid down the first layers of what was supposed to be a new beginning. Two local men had promised to help save Cairo, Illinois, by using the machine to print new homes in a town that desperately needed them. I watched as state and local politicians ceremoniously tossed dirt. Officials posed for photographs beside the machine, holding it up as proof that a new era had arrived. They promised fast, efficient, modern homes — and with them, the sense that someone, at last, was paying attention to this corner of the state. A year later, though, the printer had produced the framing for exactly one duplex — but the project was abandoned before the interior was finished. Before anyone could move in, the walls cracked. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" js-autosizes height="502" width="752" src="https://www.propublica.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Groundbreaking05_preview_maxWidth_3000_maxHeight_3000_ppi_72_embedColorProfile_true_quality_95.jpg?w=752" alt="Thirteen people with hard hats stand in a row and shovel a pile of dirt outdoors. Power lines and a structure that looks like a tower, part of a huge 3D printer, are in the…

A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?
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description: Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.
encoded: Bailey Magers and Sunil Kumar cut strange figures on Pensacola Beach. Bags of disinfectant solution surrounded them on the white sand; their gloved hands juggled test tubes while layers of rubber and plastic shielded their skin from the elements. As the two organized their seawater samples on the popular Florida shoreline last August, an older woman wearing a swimsuit walked over to ask what they were doing. “We’re just actively monitoring water quality,” they told her, but she pressed on. “Are you looking for that flesh-eating bacteria?” “We’re looking into it,” they replied, hoping not to frighten her. The woman turned back toward the ocean, her curiosity satisfied. As she walked away, Kumar noticed that she had scrapes and bruises on her body. A few minutes later, he watched her step into the waves. He shook off a chill and returned to the task at hand. Magers and Kumar study a bacteria called Vibrio, part of a lineage of ancient marine species that likely emerged sometime around the Paleozoic Era. Enormous, shallow seas flooded the massive, interconnected supercontinents that constituted the Earth’s landmass at the time, and complex marine ecosystems developed that thrived in these temperate, freshly-formed bodies of water. Researchers think there are more than 70 Vibrio species in the environment today, hundreds of millions of years later. The organisms float in warm, brackish water, attaching themselves to plankton and algae and accumulating in prolific water-filtering species like clams and oysters. Two family members harvest seafood from a beach in Florida. Zoya Teirstein / Grist A small number of Vibrio species can sicken and even kill. In worst-case scenarios, a person who has been exposed to the most dangerous of them — by swimming in brackish water with an open wound or ingesting a piece of raw shellfish that is contaminated with the tasteless and odorless toxin — may find themselves with only hours before the flesh on one or more extremities starts to b…

Know the facts about Vibrio, a bacteria found in coastal waters and raw shellfish
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encoded: What is Vibrio? Vibrio is a type of bacteria that has been around for hundreds of millions of years; researchers have identified more than 70 species. These species are mostly harmless, but some can cause infection. The bacteria thrive in warm, brackish (slightly salty) water such as estuaries and bays, attaching themselves to plankton and algae and accumulating in prolific water-filtering species like clams and oysters. Serious infections typically happen either through exposure to an open wound in saltwater or, more rarely, ingestion of raw shellfish that contain the bacteria. The concentration of Vibrio in coastal waterways is higher from May through October, when temperatures are warmer. Most U.S. cases are in the Gulf and Atlantic coastal regions. Vibrio is tasteless and odorless. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, estimates that about 80,000 cases of vibriosis (an infection caused by the Vibrio bacteria) occur in the U.S. every year, resulting in about 100 deaths. Florida has the highest number of cases, with about 20 percent reported from the Indian River Lagoon region, a popular recreation destination on the Atlantic Coast. Read Next <img src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VIBRIO-FINAL-v4.jpg?quality=75&strip=all" alt="illustration of a beach scene with people wading and swimming in the ocean, with a gloved hand holding a Petri dish with 6 oysters on the half shell" class="js-modal-gallery__hidden" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VIBRIO-FINAL-v4.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 2000w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VIBRIO-FINAL-v4.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&quality=75&strip=all 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VIBRIO-FINAL-v4.jpg?resize=330%2C186&quality=75&strip=all 330w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VIBRIO-FINAL-v4.jpg?resize=768%2C432&quality=75&strip=all 768w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/VIBRIO-FINAL-v4.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&quality=75&strip=all …

Why millions of adorable bees are emerging from this cemetery
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description: A growing body of evidence shows that cemeteries host much more life — including insects, birds, mammals, and rare plants — than death.
encoded: A miner haunts the East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York. It’s not the spirit of an interred workman, but Andrena regularis, also known as the regular miner bee. It’s black and tan and fuzzy, sometimes sporting patches of yellow as it collects pollen. The critter is at once peculiar to humans and highly regular in the natural world: We might expect it to form huge colonies like honey bees, but in fact it’s among the 90 percent of bee species that’s solitary. Instead of building bustling nests in trees, it digs tunnels into the ground, hence the moniker. Scientists at nearby Cornell University have discovered that this seemingly sterilized habitat — lots of tombstones and cropped lawn — doesn’t just support this wonderful insect. It hosts one of the biggest and oldest known communities of ground-nesting bees anywhere in the world. Great for the miner bee, to be sure. But the findings also add to a growing body of evidence that cemeteries, of all places, provide essential habitats for all kinds of wildlife, from insects to mammals. Bees are already under significant threat due to habitat loss and insecticide use, so thoughtfully managing these final resting places can protect the pollinators we need to fertilize crops amid rising temperatures and increasingly chaotic weather. “It’s exciting to see that things like this are being discovered, where you find biodiversity in unexpected places,” said Christopher Grinter, collection manager of entomology at the California Academy of Sciences, who wasn’t involved in the research. “It’s kind of this key, or this ‘aha’ moment, where it’s like: ‘Wait, not only is this happening without us noticing, we should now encourage and foster this biodiversity.’” <img decoding="async" src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/c_Andrena_regularis-DSC_4467-.jpeg?quality=75&strip=all" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/c_Andrena_regularis-DSC_4467-.jpeg?quality=75&strip=al…

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers have plagued the Pacific
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description: Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing in the Pacific islands and interventions of outside powers, amid growing threats from climate change, writes Dr Lee Duffield. REVIEW: By Lee Duffield The journalist, professor and peace activist Dr David Robie, was one of a media party on the ill-fated
encoded: Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing in the Pacific islands and interventions of outside powers, amid growing threats from climate change, writes Dr Lee Duffield. REVIEW: By Lee Duffield The journalist, professor and peace activist Dr David Robie, was one of a media party on the ill-fated voyage of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in 1985, before its sinking by French security operatives in Auckland Harbour. He wrote a definitive book about the lead-up in the region to the fatal sinking of the ship with limpet mines; unmasking of the plot made in Paris; attempts to obtain justice and a long aftermath with demands for empowerment by former “colonial” people to prevent such outrages in their island homelands. The book is Eyes of Fire, first published in 1986, then successively updated as the story unfolded, with new facts and consequences of the outrage coming to light. It ran to three revised editions, the latest out now to commemorate 40 years since the attack took place. It therefore marked 40 years since the death of the Greenpeace photographer Fernando Pereira, a Portuguese-born Dutch national, aged 35, father of two children, Marelle and Paul, drowned on board after the second of two blasts that hit the ship. Eyes of Fire is a highly professional work of journalism, built out of investigation and documentation of facts, then fashioned into an accessible read; illustrated also with easy-to-comprehend maps and diagrams, showing where the ship travelled and where the bombs were planted against its hull, plus photographs from a copious accumulation built up as the Greenpeace movement generated publicity for its actions worldwide. <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-121812" src="https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/David-Robie-EOF-680wide.png" alt="New Zealand author David Robie" width="680" height="421" srcset="https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/…

Indigenous health can’t be separated from environmental health, leaders tell UN
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description: At Permanent Forum, leaders connect climate change, mining, and deforestation to mounting health crisis and demand coordinated approach to land rights.
encoded: On the second day of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, experts called attention to the ways Indigenous health is deeply tied to nature and highlighted how health inequalities are compounded by environmental degradation, extractive activities and climate change. The forum’s focus on Indigenous health comes as a new study by former permanent forum member Geoffrey Roth, who is a Standing Rock Sioux descendent, argues that U.N. agencies’ fragmented approach — addressing health, environment, and land rights through separate mandates — has “consistently failed Indigenous Peoples.” The study, presented as the forum opened its 25th session, positions environmental degradation, climate change, and biodiversity loss not as external pressures but as “direct manifestations of injury” to Indigenous wellbeing. “For Indigenous Peoples, health is deeply tied to the health of the land,” said Roth. “It’s not just about access to clinics or medicine – it’s about clean water, healthy forests, traditional foods, and the ability to maintain cultural practices. When the environment is damaged – whether from mining, deforestation, pollution, or climate change – it directly affects people’s health.” At the forum, many Indigenous leaders spoke out about how the growing environmental crises increase the urgency to address their impacts on Indigenous health. “Climate change is also another threat to our health,” said Minnie Grey, former executive director of the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services in northern Canada. “We are people of the Arctic: we need the ice, we need the snow and we need the wildlife that depend on it. Our hunters and people rely on these animals that sustain our food systems and nutrition.” A second study, also presented at the forum by former permanent forum members Hanieh Moghani, Hannah McGlade and Geoffrey Roth, examines how armed conflicts disproportionately affect Indigenous peoples, as they are frequently driven by…

Musician Yaya Bey on being happy with what you have and who you are
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encoded: How did you get started making music? My dad was also a musician, so I was just always around music. I started writing songs, and I thought I was just going to write songs for other people. And then that kind of turned into writing songs for myself, and then I guess ultimately recording my own songs. When you make an album, do you have a typical process that you go through in terms of finding inspiration for songwriting? I guess it’s whatever emotions I’m processing. I’m a really emotions-first kind of artist. So I’m really making music based on my interior world. I’m just always starting there. When you’re thinking about your emotions, are you journaling about it or having conversations with friends? How do the emotions come to the surface? A little bit of everything: conversations, journaling, just reflecting on the experiences I’m having and how I’m responding to those experiences. And examining myself–why I’m doing the things I’m doing and how I’m reacting to things. That kind of leads me down a rabbit hole like, “Oh, how am I feeling? Why is this coming up?” When you were making this most recent record, what emotions were coming up and what experiences were you thinking through in the way you just described? I was coming off of the last album and I was beating myself up a lot. I was being really hard on myself and I kind of hit a wall where it’s like, “Okay, enough is enough. Why are you being so hard on yourself? It doesn’t have to be this hard. It doesn’t have to be this difficult.” I was trying to find my way to peace of mind, and I was trying to regulate myself and I was trying to get the clutter out of my head. I guess I was just trying to be okay. I started there: what does it take to feel worthy of being okay, just allowing myself to be okay? A bunch of other stuff came up after or as a result of that. Why were you beating yourself up after the last album? I think I was letting market pressure and things that don’t matter get in the way of just making th…

Musician Yaya Bey on separating what you want from what you’re pressured to want
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encoded: How did you get started making music? My dad was also a musician, so I was just always around music. I started writing songs, and I thought I was just going to write songs for other people. And then that kind of turned into writing songs for myself, and then I guess ultimately recording my own songs. When you make an album, do you have a typical process that you go through in terms of finding inspiration for songwriting? I guess it’s whatever emotions I’m processing. I’m a really emotions-first kind of artist. So I’m really making music based on my interior world. I’m just always starting there. When you’re thinking about your emotions, are you journaling about it or having conversations with friends? How do the emotions come to the surface? A little bit of everything: conversations, journaling, just reflecting on the experiences I’m having and how I’m responding to those experiences. And examining myself–why I’m doing the things I’m doing and how I’m reacting to things. That kind of leads me down a rabbit hole like, “Oh, how am I feeling? Why is this coming up?” When you were making this most recent record, what emotions were coming up and what experiences were you thinking through in the way you just described? I was coming off of the last album and I was beating myself up a lot. I was being really hard on myself and I kind of hit a wall where it’s like, “Okay, enough is enough. Why are you being so hard on yourself? It doesn’t have to be this hard. It doesn’t have to be this difficult.” I was trying to find my way to peace of mind, and I was trying to regulate myself and I was trying to get the clutter out of my head. I guess I was just trying to be okay. I started there: what does it take to feel worthy of being okay, just allowing myself to be okay? A bunch of other stuff came up after or as a result of that. Why were you beating yourself up after the last album? I think I was letting market pressure and things that don’t matter get in the way of just making th…

Sydney Uni appoints antisemitism ‘lecturer’, forgets to tell anybody
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description: University of Sydney’s vice-chancellor Mark Scott appointed a special advisor for the institution’s antisemitism training programme, but forgot to tell anyone until months later. The first of a two-part series on Zionist influence in Australian universities for Michael West Media. By Wendy Bacon and Cathy Peters in Sydney The person chosen for the role of
encoded: University of Sydney’s vice-chancellor Mark Scott appointed a special advisor for the institution’s antisemitism training programme, but forgot to tell anyone until months later. The first of a two-part series on Zionist influence in Australian universities for Michael West Media. By Wendy Bacon and Cathy Peters in Sydney The person chosen for the role of Sydney University’s antisemitism chief is Michael Abrahams-Sprod, chair of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies. His role is to help roll out a training programme for “front-line” staff on issues facing the Jewish community, including antisemitism in “contemporary settings”. University staff only learned about the appointment through a staff intranet notice earlier this month. A university spokesperson told Michael West Media that Abrahams-Sprod’s new position began on January 1, 2026 and continues until December 2027. Asked to specify the date the position was approved and from whom the vice-chancellor sought advice, the spokesperson said it was approved on the recommendation of the USyd Senate People, Culture and Safety Committee on March 6, 2026. READ MORE: Pro-Zionism influence at universities This was two months after Abrahams-Sprod started his special advisor job. He was previously campus coordinator of Sydney University’s branch of the pro-Israel Australian Academic Alliance Against Antisemitism and works alongside the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal. This MWM investigation can also reveal that even before his new appointment, Abrahams-Sprod was funded to work on anti-semitism issues by the University. In 2025, he worked on a collaboration with the Special Antisemitism Envoy, Jillian Segal, and the Sydney Jewish Museum, developing an antisemitism awareness training programme funded by the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne. Antisemitism training programme In his new role, Abrahams-Sprod will co-deliver 12 sessions with the Sydney Jewish Museum to 120 USyd staff in key areas including Hum…

CPJ, partners urge Malta to take action on media reforms
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description: CPJ joins four press freedom and journalist organizations to call on the Maltese authorities to make long-overdue media reforms an immediate priority, and to commit to meaningful and transparent collaboration with national and international civil society. The assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed in a car bomb attack in 2017, generated...
encoded: CPJ joins four press freedom and journalist organizations to call on the Maltese authorities to make long-overdue media reforms an immediate priority, and to commit to meaningful and transparent collaboration with national and international civil society. The assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed in a car bomb attack in 2017, generated significant pressure to improve working conditions for all journalists in Malta. The joint statement condemns a lack of action by the Maltese government to respond to the groups’ submission, sent in October 2025, as part of national consultations led by the Maltese authorities. Read the full statement here. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Committee to Protect Journalists.

Hungarian Uprising
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creator: Andrea Chalupa
date: 2026-04-22T03:11:00Z
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description: While Orban's gang of Kremlin-paid criminals burn proof of their crimes, the new leadership in Hungary goes after their propaganda machine and GOP allies who used Hungarian taxpayer money to fund CPAC. This is against U.S. law. If America had a real DOJ and functional Congress, all Republican officials would be investigated for being foreign agents of Hungary and therefore Russia. "Foreign governments are barred from spending money in American elections, and Americans are forbidden from soliciting or accepting it," wrote Rep. Mike Levin on Twitter (we will never call it X). "If these allegations are true, this is a direct attack on the integrity of American democracy…The American people deserve to know exactly what flowed from Orban's government into this country's political ecosystem, who was on the receiving end, and what it bought." As Gaslit Nation has long warned, Orban's regime was funneling money and instructions from Russia to MAGA world. The RussiaGate transnational crime network never stopped. The crime spree continues and has only grown stronger. We told you so!. In this week's Gaslit Nation, we're re-running our interview with Peter Hidas, who as a young student helped ignite the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Peter's story is a testament to what ordinary people can do when they refuse to bow to tyranny. The revolts that shook the Iron Curtain in 1956 laid the groundwork for the movements that would one day bring down the Soviet empire. This week's bonus show, available to subscribers at the Truther-teller ($5/month) and higher, will look at the latest in U.S. politics, including the Virginia election results, and where we need to keep the pressure on. To our Patreon supporters, see you at Monday's salon. Thank you to everyone who supports our independent journalism–we could not make this show without you! The song featured in this week's episode is "Election Day" by The Spiders. Check out their music at thespidersband.com If you have a song to share on Gaslit…
encoded: While Orban's gang of Kremlin-paid criminals burn proof of their crimes, the new leadership in Hungary goes after their propaganda machine and GOP allies who used Hungarian taxpayer money to fund CPAC. This is against U.S. law. If America had a real DOJ and functional Congress, all Republican officials would be investigated for being foreign agents of Hungary and therefore Russia. "Foreign governments are barred from spending money in American elections, and Americans are forbidden from soliciting or accepting it," wrote Rep. Mike Levin on Twitter (we will never call it X). "If these allegations are true, this is a direct attack on the integrity of American democracy…The American people deserve to know exactly what flowed from Orban's government into this country's political ecosystem, who was on the receiving end, and what it bought." As Gaslit Nation has long warned, Orban's regime was funneling money and instructions from Russia to MAGA world. The RussiaGate transnational crime network never stopped. The crime spree continues and has only grown stronger. We told you so!. In this week's Gaslit Nation, we're re-running our interview with Peter Hidas, who as a young student helped ignite the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Peter's story is a testament to what ordinary people can do when they refuse to bow to tyranny. The revolts that shook the Iron Curtain in 1956 laid the groundwork for the movements that would one day bring down the Soviet empire. This week's bonus show, available to subscribers at the Truther-teller ($5/month) and higher, will look at the latest in U.S. politics, including the Virginia election results, and where we need to keep the pressure on. To our Patreon supporters, see you at Monday's salon. Thank you to everyone who supports our independent journalism–we could not make this show without you! The song featured in this week's episode is "Election Day" by The Spiders. Check out their music at thespidersband.com If you have a song to share on Gaslit…

Solomon Islands opposition alleges ‘millions’ offered by govt lobbyists to buy back power
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description: By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A coalition of political parties opposing the Solomon Islands prime minister has accused government lobbyists of trying to woo its MPs with “huge money” bribes to “buy political allegiance”. It comes amid an ongoing court wrangle over parliamentary moves to oust Jeremiah Manele. The opposition grouping, which claims to
encoded: By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A coalition of political parties opposing the Solomon Islands prime minister has accused government lobbyists of trying to woo its MPs with “huge money” bribes to “buy political allegiance”. It comes amid an ongoing court wrangle over parliamentary moves to oust Jeremiah Manele. The opposition grouping, which claims to have 28 of the country’s 50 MPs, says it has recorded voice and text messages from lobbyists promising millions of dollars to any five MPs willing to cross the floor to the government. READ MORE: Other Solomon Islands political crisis reports “We have text messages and recorded voice messages from government lobbyists offering huge money. The price tag has increased from thousands to millions to any 5 MPs to move across. The latest attempt involved an offer in millions over the weekend,” the group said in a statement. RNZ Pacific has viewed screenshots of text messages purportedly sent by Manele’s staff to certain MPs in the opposition coalition, offering up to S$300,000 (about NZ$63,000) to jump ship. The Solomon Islands Prime Minister’s Office has told RNZ Pacific he will not respond to the allegations. Solomon Islands MPs in the opposition grouping. Image: Office of the Leader of the Opposition/RNZ Pacific Manele will find out today from the Court of Appeal if he would be forced to call Parliament to face a motion of no confidence. The opposition group says it is collecting evidence of the alleged cash inducements which it will provide to lawful authorities for investigation. Manele, who previously served as the country’s foreign minister, was elected prime minister on 2 May 2024. He survived a motion of no confidence in April 2025 after six ministers and five government backbenchers walked away. On March 15, mass resignations from People First Party MPs — one of the key parties in Manele’s Government of National Unity and Transformation (GNUT) — rocked the Melanesian nation. Since then, there has been a series …

No Place Like Home
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description: ‘There Is No Place for Us’ and ‘Placeless’ paired together provide a clear picture of homelessness in the modern age.
encoded: ‘There Is No Place for Us’ and ‘Placeless’ paired together provide a clear picture of homelessness in the modern age. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Norman Stockwell.

No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record
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description: COMMENTARY: By Tim O’Shea I don’t blame Iran for going cold on another sham negotiation session with the US. After all, why would they take the US or Israel seriously? Or even remotely trust either of them when: They both bombed Iran right in the middle of two sets of previous “negotiations”; and Trump lied
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Tim O’Shea I don’t blame Iran for going cold on another sham negotiation session with the US. After all, why would they take the US or Israel seriously? Or even remotely trust either of them when: They both bombed Iran right in the middle of two sets of previous “negotiations”; and Trump lied about Lebanon being included in the recent ceasefire agreement. That inclusion was acknowledged by the mediators, Pakistan. READ MORE: Trump extends Iran ceasefire, keeps blockade as Pakistan talks in disarray Amnesty slams Netanyahu, Putin, Trump as ‘voracious predators’ Other US-Israel war on Iran reports As a result, Israel continued to bomb Lebanon; in fact they stepped up their attacks and killed 300+ people in one day. In the very latest agreement, Iran opened up the Strait of Hormuz as agreed, but the US (incredulously) continued with its blockade. Yesterday the US escalated things by attacking and confiscating an Iranian merchant ship. 750+ Palestinians have been murdered by the IDF during Trump’s fake ceasefire in October 2025. They are slaughtering women and kids in Gaza and the West Bank every day. Thousands of Israeli violations Israel broke their ceasefire agreement signed in November 2014 with Lebanon thousands of times (according to UN peacekeepers in Lebanon). Both Trump and Netanyahu have made numerous threats to obliterate Iran, to commit genocide and even holocaust. They have bombed thousands of Iranian civilian targets in contravention of international law — residential buildings, government buildings, historic sites, bridges, police stations, schools, universities, pharmacy companies, factories, public transport, ambulances, medical centres and hospitals. So WHY the hell would Iran have any confidence that anything that these devious and untrustworthy US and Israeli war criminals agree will ever be adhered to? Both of these warmongering nations have displayed a total lack of integrity and credibility through their disingenuous words and actio…

Trump’s High Gas Prices Are No Accident
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creator: Basav Sen
date: 2026-04-21T23:58:35Z
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description: This administration is doing everything it can to keep Americans hooked on fossil fuels—no matter how dearly it costs working people.
encoded: This administration is doing everything it can to keep Americans hooked on fossil fuels—no matter how dearly it costs working people. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Basav Sen.

Community Solar Puts People in Charge
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creator: David Rosen
date: 2026-04-21T23:42:22Z
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description: While Team Trump is committed to making the problem of climate change worse, local groups are stepping up to reduce impacts.
encoded: While Team Trump is committed to making the problem of climate change worse, local groups are stepping up to reduce impacts. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by David Rosen.

Opposition to Trump’s immigration policies is growing
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-21T21:01:51Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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👉Want to see the full video? Head to our channel!
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description: This content originally appeared on Playing For Change and was authored by Playing For Change.
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VICE inside an Iranian nuclear reactor
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description: This content originally appeared on VICE News and was authored by VICE News.
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How the Pentagon is trying to control the narrative
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date: 2026-04-21T19:56:20Z
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description: The Defense Department oversees the country’s armed forces and commands a nearly $1 trillion budget in 2026. A departure from longstanding norms and Constitutionally guaranteed media access at the Pentagon carries significant implications for press freedom in the United States as well as for public understanding of the impact of U.S. military spending and actions. Here are five things you need to...
encoded: The Defense Department oversees the country’s armed forces and commands a nearly $1 trillion budget in 2026. A departure from longstanding norms and Constitutionally guaranteed media access at the Pentagon carries significant implications for press freedom in the United States as well as for public understanding of the impact of U.S. military spending and actions. Here are five things you need to know about how the Defense Department is restricting press freedom in the United States: Pentagon restricts access – In fall 2025, the Pentagon in a memo introduced new policies and procedures to restrict media access within the Pentagon building. The memo was later updated to say that reporters’ press credentials could be revoked if they violate the new policies, which included a ban on soliciting classified information and “controlled unclassified information” from personnel. Journalists credentialed with the Pentagon were also required to sign a written acknowledgement of policy changes or risk having their credentials revoked. This policy change would stymie the free flow of information and make it incredibly difficult for journalists to do their job without fear of retaliation for potentially breaking with the new policy. In response, the majority of Pentagon reporters walked out of the building in protest. Prolonged legal battles – In response to these new measures, the New York Times filed a lawsuit, listing one of its reporters as a plaintiff and arguing that the new accreditation policy violated journalists’ First Amendment rights. A federal judge sided with the New York Times, though the Pentagon then created a new accreditation policy and appealed the decision. The court battle is ongoing. Threat of regulatory pressures – In a April 7, 2026 Truth Social post, President Donald Trump warned that broadcasters airing what he described as “fake news” about U.S. military actions should “correct course” ahead of license renewals. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) …

2026 Balikatan exercises will highlight Manila’s more ‘active defense posture’
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creator: Jason Gutierrez for RFA
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description: Experts note that Philippines remains anchored in alliance with US, but will assert more agency over own defense.
encoded: MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is slowly shifting to a more “active defense posture,” analysts told Radio Free Asia, as Manila and Washington launch the largest-ever iteration of their annual war games this week. The increased scope of the “Balikatan” exercises reflect the Philippines taking on a more decisive role in its own defense, while still remaining strongly committed to its bilateral alliance with the United States, the analysts said. Though officials leading in “Balikatan” exercises do not mention China by name, the war games are occurring amid increased Chinese tensions in the sea. Japan, which, like the Philippines, also faces territorial challenges from China in the East China Sea, is playing a more direct and active role in this year’s drills, reflecting its growing defense ties with Manila. Why Japan is sending troops to the Philippines All told, there are 17,000 personnel participating, including 10,000 from the U.S. and 7,000 from the Philippines and partner nations Japan, France, Canada and Australia. Active defense posture The Philippines’ gradual shift to an “active defense posture” reflects the growing defense dynamics in the region, as China sees more opposition from weaker neighbors seeking strength by banding together, the analysts said. “For years, Manila operated within a relatively constrained framework, relying heavily on its alliance with the United States,” Arnaud Leveau, president of the Paris-based Asia Centre think tank and an assistant professor at Paris Dauphine University, told RFA. “What we are seeing now is a gradual effort to assert greater agency while remaining firmly anchored in that alliance.” <img src="https://www.rfa.org/resizer/v2/BONCPUBC3BDPXGGBWTOM2TSD5E.jpg?auth=ad03c6310ff44363287d8762c4a99f84e35b9a6c4e2ae02a5d22b37de5971363&smart=true&width=1500" alt="(From left to right) Major General Francisco Lorenzo, Philippine exercise director, and military Chief General Romeo Brawner of the Philippines, with U.S. Lieut…

VICE Inside Iran | Then and Now ft. Alex Chitty
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description: This content originally appeared on VICE News and was authored by VICE News.
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Journalist Mehmet Yetim arrested in Turkey for ‘spreading disinformation’
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-21T18:49:56Z
subject: Committee to Protect Journalists
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description: Istanbul, April 21, 2026—Turkish authorities must stop their improper and excessive use of the country’s disinformation law against journalists because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Police took Mehmet Yetim, editor-in-chief of the local broadcaster Kulis TV, in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, into custody in the early hours of April 18. On April...
encoded: Istanbul, April 21, 2026—Turkish authorities must stop their improper and excessive use of the country’s disinformation law against journalists because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Police took Mehmet Yetim, editor-in-chief of the local broadcaster Kulis TV, in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, into custody in the early hours of April 18. On April 19, he was arrested by a court, pending trial on suspicion of “publicly spreading disinformation.” İbrahim Halil Aydın, a lawyer for Yetim, told CPJ that his client and his outlet had reported on an incident at a school in which people were wounded, although it turned out that no one had been hurt. While the outlet corrected the report afterward, screenshots of Yetim’s original post circulated on social media, leading to the journalist’s arrest, Aydın said. “Turkey keeps arresting journalists over claims of spreading disinformation, which, even if they were true, wouldn’t be considered a crime unless they caused concern, fear, or panic among the public, according to the law,” said Özgür Öğret, CPJ’s Turkey representative. “Journalist Mehmet Yetim, who corrected his faulty reporting, didn’t cause any of those things. Turkish authorities must release Yetim and stop arresting journalists under this law.” Aydın, who filed an appeal to have his arrest rescinded, also told CPJ that even if his client is found guilty and given the maximum penalty of three years, he wouldn’t spend a day in prison because such a sentence for a defendant with no criminal record means automatic parole. A trial date will be set after prosecutors indict Yetim. Introduced in late 2022, the disinformation law dictates that anyone found guilty of publicly spreading false information in order to cause concern, fear, or panic will face a sentence of one to three years in prison. While supporters of the legislation at the time offered reassurances that the law would not be used against journalists, it has since becom…

An OB-GYN Was Accused of Sexual Misconduct. The State Let Him Keep Practicing.
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Animal rights activists target Wisconsin dog-breeding facility
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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 21, 2026
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description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 21, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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Legal cases against anti-ICE protesters are falling apart
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When Anti-War Candidates Become War-Monger Presidents ⎹ The Intercept Briefing
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How real humanitarians inspired The Pitt’s Sepideh Moafi
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UN News Today 21 April 2026
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description: Middle East crisis driving global energy shock, UN chief warns Sudan: millions still impacted by war and displacement: IOM First UN global debate on AI aims to bridge ‘huge divide’ in access
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State of the World’s Human Rights
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Zionist doxxing campaigns upended their lives. Now they’re suing for damages.
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New report: Households pay $12 trillion a year in hidden fossil fuel costs – a $23 million a minute ‘gift to Big Oil’
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date: 2026-04-21T15:42:37Z
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description: New research by 350.org shows that on top of soaring energy bills, fossil fuels cost households an additional $12 trillion a year in taxpayer handouts, health impacts and extreme weather damage – equivalent to a $23 million a minute “gift to Big Oil” ...
encoded: New research by 350.org shows that on top of soaring energy bills, fossil fuels cost households an additional $12 trillion a year in taxpayer handouts, health impacts and extreme weather damage – equivalent to a $23 million a minute “gift to Big Oil” that costs each person on Earth $1,400 per year. In the report “Out of Pocket: How Fossil Fuels are Draining Households and Economies,” 350.org recalculated IMF estimates on fossil fuel subsidies, uncovering what fossil fuels actually cost society and what governments spend to keep production flowing. These hidden costs – totalling $12 trillion annually [1] – are “silently siphoning trillions away from household budgets and draining state coffers” while a handful of big corporations make windfall profits from the war in South West Asia. The report highlights that: Fossil fuels cause $9.3 trillion per year in climate damages and air pollution, higher than IMF estimates.[2] These are social costs that the fossil fuel industry should be charged with but pay nothing for, and which the public shoulders through taxes and out of pocket payments. The $4.1 trillion annual climate undervaluation [3] could finance more than 5,900 gigawatts of new solar capacity — enough to power every home in Africa, South Asia and Latin America combined. The $12 trillion owed by the fossil fuel industry annually in avoided costs is more than 100 times total global climate finance — or the money the world has committed to help countries respond to the climate crisis. In the first 50 days of the war, over $150 billion has been siphoned from ordinary people to oil and gas companies due to soaring energy prices alone. [4] As decision-makers from over 50 countries gather for the first international conference on a fossil fuel phase-out in Santa Marta, Colombia this week, 350.org said that leaders have an unprecedented opportunity to put the world on the right path. “Decades of delay have turned every oil price spike into a household emergency and ever…

EWG sues EPA for 7-year inaction on glyphosate in oats, citing risks to children’s health
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description: The Environmental Working Group today filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the Environmental Protection Agency is unlawfully delaying a response to the group’s petition seeking stricter limits in oats on the notorious herbicide glyphosate. The pe...
encoded: The Environmental Working Group today filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the Environmental Protection Agency is unlawfully delaying a response to the group’s petition seeking stricter limits in oats on the notorious herbicide glyphosate. The petition also asks for a ban on use of glyphosate as a pre-harvest drying agent. In its suit, EWG urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to compel the EPA to respond to the petition, which has languished at the agency for seven years. EWG argues the agency’s inaction violates federal law, which requires a timely response to petitions. The delay leaves millions of Americans – especially infants and young children – potentially exposed to unsafe levels of the weedkiller in many foods marketed to kids. “The EPA has a clear legal duty to act on this petition, and it has simply refused to do so,” said Caroline Leary, EWG’s general counsel and COO. “This kind of delay has real consequences for families who rely on the agency to ensure children are not exposed to toxic farm chemical residues like glyphosate,” she added. The suit comes ahead of oral arguments in the Supreme Court on April 27 in a case centered on allegations that Monsanto – which sold the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup – failed to warn consumers about the health risks linked to exposure to the product. That case could have sweeping implications for whether farmers and consumers can keep pursuing lawsuits for harms linked to glyphosate, and whether states can require warning labels on glyphosate products. History of EWG’s request EWG first filed its petition in 2018, under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, later amending it in 2019. The petition presents scientific evidence that the EPA’s current “tolerances” – or allowable levels – of glyphosate on oats do not adequately protect children’s health. It also calls for an end to the practice of spraying glyphosate shortly before harvest, known as pre-harvest dessication, whic…

Animal Rights Activists Target Wisconsin Facility Accused of Breeding Dogs for Medical Experiments
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Caught in the Crackdown: Cases Against Arrested Anti-ICE Protesters Keep Falling Apart
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Deaths in ICE Custody Skyrocket: 2026 Toll Reaches 17, on Average One a Week
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April’s Beige Book Reveals Trump’s War in Iran Is Devastating Economy At Home
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description: The Federal Reserve released its April 2026 Beige Book, which provides economic commentary from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts. In this month’s report, the first since the start of Trump’s war in Iran, regional contacts reported painful pric...
encoded: The Federal Reserve released its April 2026 Beige Book, which provides economic commentary from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts. In this month’s report, the first since the start of Trump’s war in Iran, regional contacts reported painful price increases tied directly to the conflict, sustained consumer strain, and instability in the labor market. Groundwork’s Chief of Policy and Advocacy, Alex Jacquez, offered his reaction: “The Fed last week confirmed what working families already know to be true. Trump’s illegal war in Iran is driving up prices and squeezing wallets across the country, while businesses struggle to keep up with market instability. The Beige Book’s message couldn’t be clearer – as long as the president continues on this destructive path, workers and consumers will pay the price.” Background: The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book contains critical economic indicators, including the risk of recession. It is compiled with firsthand reports from contacts at businesses, banks, and community organizations across each of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts to report regional economic conditions. April’s Beige Book reveals the following. Trump’s war in Iran is directly responsible for driving up prices across the economy. Increased input costs for producers and tightened oil supply ballooned prices on everything from fertilizer to plastic products. Volunteers may have to cut back on delivering meals to homebound seniors due to exorbitant gas prices, according to a contact in Dallas. Business leaders in Atlanta admitted that should the war in Iran continue, they’ll be forced to reevaluate their pricing. Contacts at Richmond ports forecast that the longer Trump pursues the war in Iran, the greater impact the conflict will have across supply chains. Businesses are holding off on long-term hiring, instead turning to temporary and contract workers, according to a temporary employment agency in Chicago that has seen a surge in demand amidst the uncertainty, as w…

Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 21, 2026
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Photojournalist shoved by DHS agent while covering LA protest
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description: Photojournalist Jill Connelly was forcefully pushed and almost knocked over by a federal agent while taking a photo at a protest in Los Angeles, California, on March 28, 2026.The protest followed a “No Kings” demonstration held earlier in the day in LA...
encoded: Photojournalist Jill Connelly was forcefully pushed and almost knocked over by a federal agent while taking a photo at a protest in Los Angeles, California, on March 28, 2026. The protest followed a “No Kings” demonstration held earlier in the day in LA, one of thousands across the U.S. that organizers said drew more than 8 million people against Trump administration policies. After the main march, people gathered outside downtown LA’s Metropolitan Detention Center, where immigrants are held, and the Roybal Federal Building, locations where many demonstrations have centered since sweeping immigration enforcement began in the city in June 2025. Connelly, who was on assignment for The Associated Press, told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that she was photographing Department of Homeland Security agents on top of a protester when one agent shoved her and tried to knock her down. “A few of them were saying, ‘Back up, back up.’ But this one guy ran up to me, and with all his weight, tried to knock me down while I was taking pictures,” she said. She was wearing a helmet that said “press” on the front and back, and a clearly visible LA Police Department press credential around her neck. Connelly said that later that evening, she was pushed by an LAPD officer who was moving people away from the protest, and was among a group of press who were forced far back from a group of demonstrators and journalists that police had kettled in an area near the detention center. DHS did not respond to a request for comment. This content originally appeared on U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database and was authored by U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database.

Amnesty slams Netanyahu, Putin, Trump as ‘voracious predators’
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description: By Anealla Safdar in London The heads of Israel, Russia and the United States are leading the destruction of global human rights, says Amnesty International, describing them as “voracious predators” intent upon economic and political domination. “A global environment where primitive ferocity could flourish has been long in the making,” Agnes Callamard, the head of
encoded: By Anealla Safdar in London The heads of Israel, Russia and the United States are leading the destruction of global human rights, says Amnesty International, describing them as “voracious predators” intent upon economic and political domination. “A global environment where primitive ferocity could flourish has been long in the making,” Agnes Callamard, the head of the global rights group, wrote in an annual report on the state of the world’s human rights that was released yesterday. In 2025, “sharp U-turns were taken away from the international order that had been imagined out of the ashes of the Holocaust and the utter destruction of world wars, and constructed slowly and painfully, albeit insufficiently, over these past 80 years,” she said. READ MORE: The State of the World’s Human Rights: April 2026 Other US-Israel war on Iran reports In a news conference in London, Callamard said that most governments tended to appease the “predators” rather than confront them. “Some even thought to imitate the bullies and the looters,” she said. Spain, however, which is an outlier in Europe for its criticism of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and US-Israeli attacks on Iran, “is standing above the double standard that is destroying the international system”, Callamard said. She argued that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, who in 2022 sent his forces into neighbouring Ukraine, have had an “absolutely dramatic” impact on the world. Their conduct is “emboldening all of those that are tempted by similar behaviours,” said Callamard. “It is allowing for the multiplication of copycats around the world, and therefore what we are confronting now is much more aggressive and ferocious than what we had to confront three or four years ago.” Amnesty shocking report – Global rights collapse Video: Al Jazeera ‘Authoritarian practices have intensified worldwide’ Amnesty’s review of the state of t…

Animal Rights Activists Target Wisconsin Facility Accused of Breeding Dogs for Medical Experiments
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date: 2026-04-21T12:49:39Z
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description: Police fired tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets at hundreds of animal rights activists in Wisconsin on Saturday as they attempted to rescue about 2,000 dogs from a facility that breeds beagles for medical experimentation. The crackdown ...
encoded: Police fired tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets at hundreds of animal rights activists in Wisconsin on Saturday as they attempted to rescue about 2,000 dogs from a facility that breeds beagles for medical experimentation. The crackdown by Dane County sheriff’s deputies left scores of activists injured; 25 people were arrested. Protesters were attempting to enter a property owned by Ridglan Farms, which agreed last fall to surrender its state breeding license and stop selling dogs to other laboratories by July 1 as part of a deal to avoid prosecution on animal mistreatment charges. A state judge found Ridglan Farms likely broke Wisconsin animal cruelty laws by housing beagles in brutal conditions, performing surgeries without anesthesia, and leaving wounds untreated, along with other violations. The protesters who participated in Saturday’s action were “teachers, veterinarians, students, software engineers,” says Rebekah Robinson, a Wisconsin resident and longtime animal rights activist who was arrested during the action. “These were ordinary citizens who were trying to help these Ridglan dogs, to go in and take them to safety, get them the veterinary care that they needed. And what we were met with was overwhelming police brutality.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Caught in the Crackdown: Cases Against Arrested Anti-ICE Protesters Keep Falling Apart
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date: 2026-04-21T12:34:58Z
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description: In cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Chicago to Minneapolis, residents have taken to the streets to oppose the militarized immigration sweeps, enforcement tactics and violence of ICE and Border Patrol under President Trump’s...
encoded: In cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Chicago to Minneapolis, residents have taken to the streets to oppose the militarized immigration sweeps, enforcement tactics and violence of ICE and Border Patrol under President Trump’s second term. A new ProPublica and Frontline investigation looks at law enforcement’s heavy-handed response to these protests, resulting in legally dubious charges that later unravel. “The Department of Justice was labeling the people who were in the streets as domestic terrorists, as agitators, as extremists. They were rounding them up in large numbers,” says A.C. Thompson, investigative reporter with ProPublica and correspondent for PBS’s Frontline documentary series. “So, we looked at 300 arrests in these various cities and found that more than a third of them had collapsed.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Deaths in ICE Custody Skyrocket: 2026 Toll Reaches 17, on Average One a Week
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-21T12:16:43Z
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description: As the Trump administration continues to rapidly expand its immigration jail system across the United States, we look at the rising death toll of people in ICE custody, the highest in over two decades. The causes of the deaths have varied, but...
encoded: As the Trump administration continues to rapidly expand its immigration jail system across the United States, we look at the rising death toll of people in ICE custody, the highest in over two decades. The causes of the deaths have varied, but they include at least one homicide. At least 17 people have died in ICE custody since January. “I have never seen anything like this, where I’m seeing ICE reporting out at least one death per week,” says Setareh Ghandehari, advocacy director at Detention Watch Network. “People are reaching the point of emergency for issues that could easily be dealt with if proper medical care was given.” Ghandehari notes the rising opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s conversion of “former industrial warehouses” into ICE jails. “It’s been really inspiring to see people across the country standing up in solidarity with their immigrant neighbors and saying, 'We don't want these types of facilities in our communities,’” says Ghandehari. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Headlines for April 21, 2026
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description: Confusion Reigns Over U.S.-Iran Talks as Trump Says a Ceasefire Extension Is “Highly Unlikely”, Military Veterans and Family Members Arrested in Capitol Hill Protest Against Iran War, Lebanese and Israeli Diplomats Prepare for Second Round of Talks as Lebanon Buries Its Dead, Israel Continues Deadly Attacks in Gaza, Reestablishes Evacuated West Bank Settlement, Amnesty International Blasts “Predatory World Order” of Netanyahu, Putin and Trump, Japan Abandons Ban on Weapons Exports in Latest Shift from Postwar Pacifism, Cuba Confirms Meeting with Senior U.S. Officials for the First Time Since 2016, ICE Reports 17 Immigrants Have Died in Custody, Justice Department Demands Wayne County, Michigan, Turn Over 2024 Ballots, FBI Director Kash Patel Files $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Atlantic Magazine, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Steps Down Amid Misconduct Probe, Wired: Facial Recognition Technology Used to Monitor Sports Fans at Madison Square Garden, Delegates Arrive in NYC for United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Six Women Win Goldman Environmental Prize, Widely Known as the “Green Nobel”
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-21 Tuesday
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The state of the world’s human rights
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DN! Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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In Donetsk, Ukrainian Drone Pilots Target Russians On Horseback | Ukraine Front Line Update
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COSMO SHELDRAKE • Live at home (Gloucestershire, England)
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The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan
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encoded: Photo illustration by Geoff Kim for ProPublica. Source images: Bloomberg, Kevin Carter, Flavio Coelho, Frank Rossoto Stocktrek, FPG/Getty Images. March unfolded like a stress test for U.S. counterterrorism authorities. The month opened with a gunman in an Iranian-flag shirt killing three people at a bar in Texas. Then, an attack with homemade explosives outside the mayor’s mansion in New York City. Next came a deadly shooting March 12 on a Virginia college campus and, the same afternoon, a car-ramming at a Michigan synagogue. Days later, agents arrested a man charged with threatening a mass shooting at an Ohio mosque. To current and former national security officials, these were omens, signs of the dangers they predicted last year when President Donald Trump began redirecting counterterrorism resources toward his mass deportation campaign. They had warned of a diminished ability to respond should major global events inflame threats at home and abroad. Now, they say, the war in Iran has locked the Trump administration into a showdown with a sophisticated state sponsor of terrorism at a time when U.S. security agencies have hemorrhaged expertise and leadership is in flux. The urgency of the moment has trained a spotlight on Sebastian Gorka, the White House counterterrorism adviser tasked with drafting a blueprint for fighting homegrown and international threats. Nearly a year ago, Gorka declared a national counterterrorism strategy “imminent.” By July, he was “on the cusp” of unveiling the plan — a phrase he repeated three months later in October. And again in January. To date, no strategy has appeared, and no explanation for the delay. When it is finally released, current and former counterterrorism personnel say, they expect a document rooted in politics rather than intelligence, with little detail on how to combat threats after a year of deep cuts across national security agencies. “Strategies are only worth the amount of resources you put into them,” said a former…

How deep-red Utah helped launch a portable plug-in solar movement
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encoded: Utah state Representative Raymond Ward was reading a story in The New York Times about a growing trend in Europe, and it sparked an idea to make energy more affordable and portable at home. Plug-in solar panels — sometimes called “balcony solar” — allow people to generate electricity by plugging panels directly into a standard outlet and help cut down on utility bills, without the need for expensive rooftop installations. The relatively cheap technology has taken off in parts of Europe, and a recent Utah law sponsored by Ward has spurred interest across the U.S. Utah lawmakers passed HB 340 last year with bipartisan and unanimous support, becoming the first state to allow residents to plug solar systems directly into residential outlets. “It’s great for anyone who wants a little solar power but does not want to pay $30,000 for a roof install,” said Ward, a Republican. Ward learned about plug-in solar panels after reading about their popularity in Germany. Balcony panels there added 10 percent more solar capacity to the grid in just a few months, The New York Times reported, just as Russia’s war with Ukraine was draining energy supplies. Since Ward’s bill passed last year, 30 more states plus the District of Columbia have drafted similar bills, according to information tracked by the plug-in solar lobbying group Bright Saver. “Thank you, Utah,” said Cora Stryker, a co-founder of the California-based nonprofit. “It’s a common-sense, no-brainer thing that should keep sweeping the country.” Maine’s governor signed a similar bill earlier this month. Virginia’s plug-in solar bill currently sits on the governor’s desk awaiting a signature. Colorado and Maryland have legislation approved by both chambers of their statehouses. Bills in Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Vermont have passed in one chamber so far. Despite that momentum, U.S. residents still can’t buy plug-in panels from the same big box stores that sell other consumer electronic appliances, like …

The Green New Deal has evolved. Now it’s all about ‘affordability.’
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At the UN, Indigenous leaders tackle how to enforce global climate court rulings
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encoded: Indigenous communities in the Pacific are facing increasingly devastating storms worsened by warming oceans. Mining operations continue expanding on Indigenous lands in the Amazon. Oil wells in Ecuador keep pumping despite court orders. And at the United Nations this week, Indigenous leaders and advocates are asking: What will it take to force governments to comply with international court rulings that mandate climate action? Last year, the world’s highest court — the International Court of Justice — issued an advisory opinion saying state governments that contribute to climate change should be accountable for the harm they cause, particularly to small island states. The Inter-American Court on Human Rights issued a similarly sweeping decision last summer, calling on governments to reduce fossil fuel emissions and incorporate Indigenous knowledge into climate policies. But the rulings have collided with a harsh reality: Many U.N. member states would prefer to ignore their climate obligations, leaving open the question of whether these rulings can be implemented, enforced, and used to protect Indigenous land and rights. “This is a moment of opportunity. These advisory opinions are not symbolic, they are instruments of power,” Luisa Castañeda-Quintana, executive director of the advocacy group Land is Life, told hundreds of Indigenous advocates at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Monday. “They can and must be used to strengthen Indigenous Peoples’ advocacy at every level. But to do so, Indigenous Peoples must claim them, integrate them into the rights narratives, and take them into every space where their futures are being decided.” That gap between legal recognition and enforcement is particularly stark in Ecuador. Magaly Ruiz Cajas, a member of the country’s Judiciary Council who also spoke at the forum, noted that Ecuador’s constitution has recognized the rights of nature since 2008. “In Ecuador, green justice is not an option, it is an obl…

We asked climate leaders what’s keeping them inspired. Here’s what they said.
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Indonesia’s human rights body to investigate deaths of 12 Papuans in military operation
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description: RNZ Pacific Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights says it is investigating deaths of a dozen West Papuans in a military operation. The commission, known as Komnas HAM, says the incident took place last Tuesday in Kembru District in Puncak regency of Central Papua Komnas HAM said 12 civilians, including women and children, died as
encoded: RNZ Pacific Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights says it is investigating deaths of a dozen West Papuans in a military operation. The commission, known as Komnas HAM, says the incident took place last Tuesday in Kembru District in Puncak regency of Central Papua Komnas HAM said 12 civilians, including women and children, died as the result of gunshot wounds sustained in an Indonesian military operation. READ MORE: Other West Papua reports It said any operation that results in civilian casualties “cannot be justified on any grounds”. Komnas HAM said that dozens of other civilians suffered serious injuries. Indonesia’s military told local media its forces killed four Papuan pro-independence militants in an armed exchange in Kembru. However, the West Papua National Liberation Army has denied that there was any exchange with the Indonesian military in Kembru. Restraint urged Urging the head of Indonesia’s military to investigate the incident, Komnas HAM has urged restraint from all parties. It also urged both Indonesia’s national government and the Papua regional government to ensure measures are taken to protect civilians, treat those injured and recover bodies of those killed. The human rights body also noted the risk of mass displacement of villagers impacted by the military operation. This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ. This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by APR editor.

Indonesia’s human rights body to investigate deaths of 12 Papuans in military operation
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description: RNZ Pacific Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights says it is investigating deaths of a dozen West Papuans in a military operation. The commission, known as Komnas HAM, says the incident took place last Tuesday in Kembru District in Puncak regency of Central Papua Komnas HAM said 12 civilians, including women and children, died as
encoded: RNZ Pacific Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights says it is investigating deaths of a dozen West Papuans in a military operation. The commission, known as Komnas HAM, says the incident took place last Tuesday in Kembru District in Puncak regency of Central Papua Komnas HAM said 12 civilians, including women and children, died as the result of gunshot wounds sustained in an Indonesian military operation. READ MORE: Other West Papua reports It said any operation that results in civilian casualties “cannot be justified on any grounds”. Komnas HAM said that dozens of other civilians suffered serious injuries. Indonesia’s military told local media its forces killed four Papuan pro-independence militants in an armed exchange in Kembru. However, the West Papua National Liberation Army has denied that there was any exchange with the Indonesian military in Kembru. Restraint urged Urging the head of Indonesia’s military to investigate the incident, Komnas HAM has urged restraint from all parties. It also urged both Indonesia’s national government and the Papua regional government to ensure measures are taken to protect civilians, treat those injured and recover bodies of those killed. The human rights body also noted the risk of mass displacement of villagers impacted by the military operation. This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ. This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by APR editor.

Who is breaking international law in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s not Iran, says scholar
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description: Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Amy Goodman. As we continue to look at the US and Israeli war on Iran, we’re joined now by Dr Maryam Jamshidi. She is an Iranian American associate professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute.
encoded: Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Amy Goodman. As we continue to look at the US and Israeli war on Iran, we’re joined now by Dr Maryam Jamshidi. She is an Iranian American associate professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute. She has written a new piece for The Nation magazine headlined “Only One Side Has Clearly Broken the Law In the Strait of Hormuz: And it isn’t Iran.” Professor Jamshidi, explain. MARYAM JAMSHIDI: Hi, Amy. Thanks for having me. So, you know, what I was trying to get at in that piece is that, you know, there’s been a lot of international outcry about what Iran has done in the strait, specifically its efforts to regulate passage of ships through the strait and to charge certain ships a fee for going through the strait. The international rhetoric has been that what Iran is doing is completely and clearly illegal. And from my perspective, that’s not entirely true. This is not a black-and-white issue. Iran does have a reasonable legal argument to regulating the Strait of Hormuz, as well as to charging fees. READ MORE: ‘Predators’: Amnesty slams Netanyahu, Putin, Trump as human rights decline Tehran spurns talks under threats; Trump says blockade stays Other US-Israel war on Iran reports By contrast, the criticism of what the United States and Israel has done to Iran, which is an aggressive and illegal war, has been more muted, in particular from Western states, as well as from some of the regional Arab states. And I think this contrast between these two reactions is very telling — on the one hand, total condemnation of Iran on legal issues that are far from clear, and very more muted criticism, more limited criticism of the United States and Israel when it comes to actions they’ve taken that are very clearly unlawful under international law. I think this says a lot about the ways in which international law is being deployed in this moment as a way of restraining and …

Why Is Iran Parading Pink Weapons? | US Iran Update
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Athletic coach, curator, and founder India Bailey on integrity over clarity
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encoded: How have years spent in sport and the wellness industry shaped how you understand creativity, and the role of the body in creativity? I was in downhill ski racing from a young age. Competitive sport really taught me discipline and the power of community. But it also taught me something just as important, which is that talent alone isn’t enough if desire isn’t there. We might feel like we want to go down this route because that’s what we should do, but if your heart isn’t in it, it won’t reap the same rewards. I remember very clearly a teammate of mine: she woke up before all of us for our morning run, and she was doing hill runs with bricks in her backpacks before we even woke up. She was so dead set on the Olympics; that is the definition of grit. I endured an injury that re-pivoted me slightly. The universe has its very witty ways in doing this. I wish I didn’t have to experience a fracture for that to happen, but the universe has ways to redirect you. I knew that movement was my medicine, and I loved the camaraderie that came with team sport. When I moved from sport into the wellness and fitness industry, I learned about optimization outcomes and functional strength, which of course have their place and are very important. But what was missing for me was expression. It wasn’t until I really started teaching spin in particular that music, movement, and collective energy really came together. It’s this journey you’re in for 45 minutes and it can be incredibly impactful. It’s like therapy for many people. I realized the body isn’t just something to train or fix, but it’s actually a creative instrument. And creativity happens through the body for me, not despite it. What’s something that you’re unlearning about creativity through movement, and vice versa? Oftentimes—and I’m sure people can empathize with this—it’s like, “I’m out here writing poetry when I’m under duress—in stress or suffering.” It’s like you have to burn yourself to prove that you’re serious. But I d…

On Chicago’s Trains, Homeless Outreach Workers Meet People Where They Are
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description: For too many Chicagoans, public transit is one of the only accessible places to shelter during the brutal winter.
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Citizen Journalists Shine a Light on Gaza
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description: In the absence of on-the-ground reportage from Gaza, citizen journalists have stepped in to tell the stories that traditional news platforms could not.
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‘It’s All About Keeping Wages at Poverty Levels to Overpay Their CEOs’: CounterSpin interview with Sarah Anderson on poverty wages
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Why is the Trump admin gutting the U.S. Forest Service?
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FBI Director Kash Patel targets press
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description: As President Donald Trump’s second term continued in 2026, his FBI director, Kash Patel, took steps to punish and intimidate news outlets that have covered Trump and his administration critically. We’re documenting Patel’s efforts in 2026 in this regul...
encoded: As President Donald Trump’s second term continued in 2026, his FBI director, Kash Patel, took steps to punish and intimidate news outlets that have covered Trump and his administration critically. We’re documenting Patel’s efforts in 2026 in this regularly updated report. Also read about Patel’s efforts in 2025, and how Trump’s appointees and allies in Congress are striving to chill reporting, revoke funding, censor critical coverage and more. This article was first published on April 20, 2026. April 20, 2026 | Patel sues The Atlantic for defamation April 20, 2026 | Patel sues The Atlantic for defamation Attorneys for FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic and its reporter, Sarah Fitzpatrick, on April 20, 2026, accusing them of defaming him in an article about Patel’s alleged erratic behavior and poor job performance. Fitzpatrick’s article, published April 17, reported that Patel’s conduct on the job has included “conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences,” and that more than two dozen sources, including current and former FBI officials, “described Patel’s tenure as a management failure and his personal behavior as a national-security vulnerability.” Patel’s lack of availability has exacerbated bureaucratic delays at the FBI, Fitzpatrick reported, and his alleged excessive drinking may have led to his sharing inaccurate information about active law enforcement investigations. Fitzpatrick quoted a statement from the FBI, attributed to Patel, responding to her list of questions: “Print it, all false, I’ll see you in court—bring your checkbook.” The day the article was published, Patel’s attorney Jesse Binnall posted a letter on social platform X that he said he had sent to The Atlantic and Fitzpatrick, alleging that Fitzpatrick’s questions had contained false claims and threatening legal action if those claims were published. Three days later, Patel’s attorneys filed their complaint in federal court for defamation, claiming that the article’s allegations wer…

California’s Regressive Rooftop Solar Policy Hit With Second Appeal to State Supreme Court
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description: The Center for Biological Diversity, The Protect Our Communities Foundation and the Environmental Working Group have appealed to the California Supreme Court to overturn the state’s new rooftop solar policy after a lower court approved it a second tim...
encoded: The Center for Biological Diversity, The Protect Our Communities Foundation and the Environmental Working Group have appealed to the California Supreme Court to overturn the state’s new rooftop solar policy after a lower court approved it a second time. The policy significantly slashes the credit new solar users get for sharing extra solar energy with the grid and has reduced demand for new rooftop solar systems. “The appeals court ignored the Supreme Court’s order, so we’re asking the state’s highest court to force it to follow the law and stop capitulating to state regulators on this policy that’s devastating rooftop solar,” said Roger Lin, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It’s illegal to give undo deference to the utility commission. The Supreme Court agreed and ordered a do over. So why did the appeals court rubberstamp the commission’s decision again and basically endorse utility talking points? I’m hopeful another appeal gets this unfair policy thrown out so more Californians can afford rooftop solar, which an essential tool to fight the climate crisis.” In March the California Court of Appeals upheld the California Public Utility Commission’s December 2022 action for a second time, despite the Supreme Court ruling in August 2025 that the lower court gave the commission too much latitude and needed to revise its ruling. Friday’s appeal to the state Supreme Court says the lower appeals court again ignored state law, which requires the court to review the commission’s statutory interpretations as it would those of any state agency. Instead, the three-judge panel resurrected the same flawed review standard giving extreme deference to commission decisions. That leaves the agency virtually untouchable, which was what the legislature was trying to prevent when it passed the law in 1998. “We’re asking the California Supreme Court to provide additional clarity to the lower courts so that both its decision and the Legislature’s intent have rea…

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa” #politics #tech
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Can diplomacy end the U.S.-Iran war?
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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 20, 2026
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description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 20, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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Israel is racing to expand West Bank settlements before new political realities end its era of impunity
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Want to resist a data center? These organizers share how they did it.
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Freed Palestinian political prisoner Mahmoud al-Arda speaks
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date: 2026-04-20T16:58:47Z
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Who’s really breaking international law in the Strait of Hormuz?
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date: 2026-04-20T16:40:37Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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UN News Today 20 April 2026
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creator: Daniel Johnson
date: 2026-04-20T16:23:13Z
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description: Lebanon: Solemn tributes to fallen peacekeeperGaza: $71.4 billion needed for recovery and reconstruction over next decadeNearly 3 in 4 countries use AI to diagnose illness: WHO
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Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Approval of BP’s Ultra-Deepwater Drilling in Gulf of Mexico, 16 Years After Deepwater Horizon
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-20T16:14:34Z
subject: Common Dreams
subject: Sources
subject: Administration
subject: after
subject: approval
subject: bp’s
subject: common
subject: deepwater
subject: dreams
subject: drilling
subject: gulf
subject: horizon
subject: lawsuit
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subject: sources
subject: targets
subject: trump
subject: ultra-deepwater
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description: Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its approval of BP’s new ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico. The project endangers the health of Gulf residents, ecosystems and industries like fishing and...
encoded: Gulf and environmental groups sued the Trump administration today over its approval of BP’s new ultra-deepwater oil drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico. The project endangers the health of Gulf residents, ecosystems and industries like fishing and tourism. Kaskida is BP’s first completely new oilfield approved in the Gulf since the U.K.-based company’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, which occurred 16 years ago today. BP’s infamous accident killed 11 people, wiped out horrific numbers of marine animals, and caused billions of dollars in damages to the Gulf, including by eliminating thousands of local jobs, including in fishing and tourism. BP’s Deepwater Horizon remains the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Kaskida will be at greater depths than Deepwater Horizon, in riskier waters. BP will drill for oil as far down as six miles below the sea floor, deeper than the height of Mount Everest. The groups are challenging the approval of BP’s development proposal because legally required information is either missing or significantly flawed. For instance, BP failed to demonstrate it has the experience, expertise and certified equipment to conduct safe drilling under extreme conditions at Kaskida’s location, where a “loss of well control” incident (which caused BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster) is six to seven times more likely compared to typical deepwater oil wells. BP’s proposal also underestimated the volume of a worst-case oil spill by at least half-a-million barrels of oil, which the Interior Department unfortunately adopted in its environmental analysis. And BP did not show in its proposals that it will have the necessary containment capabilities in case the company needs to stop a blown-out well from spilling 4.5 million barrels of oil or more across the Gulf. The groups — Healthy Gulf, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Habitat Recovery Project, Sierra Club, and Center for Biological Diversity — are being represented by Earthjustice. “The Trump administration ha…

Tech elites invest in doomsday bunkers and remote islands as anti-AI anger grows
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30 Years in Israeli Prison: Mahmoud al-Arda Speaks
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Amy Goodman on the Media’s “Access of Evil” ⎹ The Intercept Briefing
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Muckrakers & Media Freedom: Celebrating the Izzy Award
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description: This week on the program, we celebrate Independent Media and press freedom with Izzy Fest 2026 and the 18th annual Izzy Award named after the legendary muckraker, I.F. Stone. First up, we have documentary filmmaker Abby Martin of Empire Files who is sh...
encoded: This week on the program, we celebrate Independent Media and press freedom with Izzy Fest 2026 and the 18th annual Izzy Award named after the legendary muckraker, I.F. Stone. First up, we have documentary filmmaker Abby Martin of Empire Files who is sharing the Izzy Award this year for her documentary Earths Greatest Enemy about how the Pentagon is the worlds greatest polluter and why we must all act to reverse the global damage caused by US military. Next up Izzy judge and professor Victor Pickard discusses the state of our free press, the challenges journalists face from the current administration, and how independent media can light the way to a more informed and just world. The post Muckrakers & Media Freedom: Celebrating the Izzy Award appeared first on Project Censored. This content originally appeared on Project Censored and was authored by Kate Horgan.

Army veteran charged under Espionage Act for sharing classified details
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description: Courtney Williams, a retired Army employee with the elite Delta Force, was indicted on April 8, 2026, by a federal grand jury in Raleigh, North Carolina, for allegedly sharing classified information with a journalist, in violation of the Espionage Act....
encoded: Courtney Williams, a retired Army employee with the elite Delta Force, was indicted on April 8, 2026, by a federal grand jury in Raleigh, North Carolina, for allegedly sharing classified information with a journalist, in violation of the Espionage Act. The journalist went on to write a book and article alleging sexual harassment and discrimination in the secretive unit, according to news reports and court documents reviewed by the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. Although the reporter’s name and the specific military unit are not named in the court filings, the dates and other details coincide with the work of investigative journalist Seth Harp about Delta Force. Williams was arrested April 7 and appeared in federal court in Raleigh on April 13 to face four counts of felony communicating and disclosing national defense information, under Section 793(d) of the Espionage Act. Each count carries a prison term of up to 10 years, along with monetary fines. U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Meyers ordered Williams to remain under house arrest with a monitoring device at her home in Wagram, North Carolina, awaiting trial. According to the criminal complaint, Williams was hired as a defense contractor in 2010 and became an employee of the Department of Defense months later. She then held top-secret security clearance while working for a special military unit at Fort Bragg until 2016. The complaint alleges that Williams shared tactics, member names and other classified information related to the Army unit with a journalist. Williams spent more than 10 hours on phone calls and exchanged more than 180 text messages with the journalist between 2022 and 2025, the complaint states. “The tradecraft, tactics, and techniques used by the U.S. military unit in this case are classified and should be shared only with those with proper clearances and a need to know in order to protect American lives and safeguard classified National Defense information,” Reid Davis, the FBI special agent in charge …

Trump Admin Aims to "Break the Forest Service," Nearly 200 Million Acres at Stake
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Shepard Fairey on Art, Activism & Resisting Fascism
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Who Is Breaking International Law in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s Not Iran, Says Scholar
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"Gulf of Trust" Between Iran & U.S. as End of Ceasefire Nears, Peace Talks Uncertain
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Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 20, 2026
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North Korean operatives use fake identities to apply for tech jobs
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description: Some land six-figure jobs to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars back to the regime.
encoded: North Korean operatives are infiltrating global tech companies using fake identities to land six-figure jobs and funnel hundreds of millions back to the regime. An independent researcher turned a routine job interview into an intelligence operation when he identified a North Korean IT worker applying under a false identity. RFA’s Jaewoo Park sat down with him to understand how these operatives evade detection. North Korean IT worker exposed while seeking job This content originally appeared on Radio Free Asia and was authored by Jaewoo Park.

Getting Ahead of the AI Revolution
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Forest Firings: Trump Admin Aims to “Break the Forest Service,” Nearly 200 Million Acres at Stake
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description: The Trump administration in late March announced an extensive reorganization of the Forest Service, the federal agency responsible for managing 193 million acres of public lands across 43 states, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. As part of ...
encoded: The Trump administration in late March announced an extensive reorganization of the Forest Service, the federal agency responsible for managing 193 million acres of public lands across 43 states, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. As part of the changes, 57 of 77 research stations across the country will be shuttered, with the headquarters relocating from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City. While the overhaul is billed as an effort to improve efficiency, conservationist Jim Pattiz says it will effectively destroy the agency. “This is a critically important agency,” says Pattiz, co-author of the newsletter More Than Just Parks that tracks threats to public lands across the country. “The intent here is obvious. It’s to hollow out this agency and hand it to the resource extraction industry and prepare it for, potentially, the eventual transfer of our public lands to states.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Shepard Fairey on Art, Activism & Resisting Fascism: “It Can Happen Here, and It Is”
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description: We speak with artist Shepard Fairey, best known for the Obama “Hope” poster, about the role of art in politics, the rise of fascism in the United States and more. Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke with Fairey in Los Angeles la...
encoded: We speak with artist Shepard Fairey, best known for the Obama “Hope” poster, about the role of art in politics, the rise of fascism in the United States and more. Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke with Fairey in Los Angeles last week and toured his studio. Some of his recent artworks depict ICE agents with labels like “Domestic Terrorist,” used by Trump administration officials to describe protesters who oppose the administration's immigration crackdown. Fairey says that while he doesn’t think of his art as propaganda, he also doesn’t shy away from the label. “If you want to call it propaganda, it’s meant to initiate a conversation, a counternarrative that isn’t happening in a robust enough way,” he says. Fairey created the film poster for Steal This Story, Please!, the new documentary about Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!, which had its theatrical opening earlier in April. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Who Is Breaking International Law in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s Not Iran, Says Scholar
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description: While many Western countries have condemned Iran’s restrictions on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as a breach of international law, reaction has been relatively muted about the “clearly unlawful” war that the United States ...
encoded: While many Western countries have condemned Iran’s restrictions on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as a breach of international law, reaction has been relatively muted about the “clearly unlawful” war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran, says law professor Maryam Jamshidi. “This says a lot about the ways in which international law is being deployed in this moment as a way of restraining and regulating Iranian behavior, while effectively allowing the United States and Israel a free hand to do what they want,” says Jamshidi, a professor at the University of Colorado Law School and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

“Gulf of Trust” Between Iran & U.S. as End of Ceasefire Nears, Peace Talks Uncertain
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description: The Strait of Hormuz is closed to shipping traffic after Iran once again shut off access to the key waterway over the weekend in retaliation for the ongoing U.S. blockade on Iranian ports. This comes as the U.S. Navy intercepted and seized an ...
encoded: The Strait of Hormuz is closed to shipping traffic after Iran once again shut off access to the key waterway over the weekend in retaliation for the ongoing U.S. blockade on Iranian ports. This comes as the U.S. Navy intercepted and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Sea of Oman on Sunday. Iran said the seizure violated the ceasefire reached earlier this month. Despite the escalation, President Trump announced a U.S. delegation is heading to Pakistan for a new round of peace talks. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Tehran has “no plans” to participate. There has been a “gradual escalation” in hostilities between the U.S. and Iran since the last round of talks in Islamabad, says Iranian American analyst Vali Nasr, professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Iran’s leadership is “suspicious that President Trump was really using the talks in Pakistan as a cover for renewing war on Iran and that he was not serious about diplomacy.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Headlines for April 20, 2026
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description: Iran Shuts Access to Strait of Hormuz as U.S. Navy Seizes Iranian-Flagged Cargo Ship, Israeli Soldier Filmed Destroying a Statue of Jesus in Southern Lebanon, British Authorities Probe Recent Arson Attacks on Jewish Sites in London, Oil and Gas Prices Surge After U.S. Navy Seizes Iranian-Flagged Cargo Ship, United Nations: More Than 38,000 Women and Girls Killed in Gaza from October 2023 to December 2025, Eight Children Shot and Killed by Louisiana Father, as Five People Injured in Shooting Near University of Iowa, At Least Six People Killed in Mass Shooting in Ukraine, U.S. Says It Killed 3 Aboard Alleged Drug Boat, Pushing Death Toll in Such Attacks to Nearly 200, Mexico Admits Gulf Oil Spill Was Caused by a Leaking Pemex Pipeline, Joe diGenova, Who Tried to Overturn 2020 Election Results, to Lead Probe of Trump’s Critics, Appeals Court Allows Trump to Resume Construction of $400 Million White House Ballroom, Federal Judge Blocks $6.2 Billion Merger of Nexstar Media Group and Rival Tegna, Activists Attempting to Save Dogs from Medical Experimentation Met with Tear Gas in Wisconsin, Brazil’s Lula and Spain’s Sánchez Lead Progressive Push to Counter Rise of Far-Right Parties
encoded: Iran Shuts Access to Strait of Hormuz as U.S. Navy Seizes Iranian-Flagged Cargo Ship Israeli Soldier Filmed Destroying a Statue of Jesus in Southern Lebanon British Authorities Probe Recent Arson Attacks on Jewish Sites in London Oil and Gas Prices Surge After U.S. Navy Seizes Iranian-Flagged Cargo Ship United Nations: More Than 38,000 Women and Girls Killed in Gaza from October 2023 to December 2025 Eight Children Shot and Killed by Louisiana Father, as Five People Injured in Shooting Near University of Iowa At Least Six People Killed in Mass Shooting in Ukraine U.S. Says It Killed 3 Aboard Alleged Drug Boat, Pushing Death Toll in Such Attacks to Nearly 200 Mexico Admits Gulf Oil Spill Was Caused by a Leaking Pemex Pipeline Joe diGenova, Who Tried to Overturn 2020 Election Results, to Lead Probe of Trump's Critics Appeals Court Allows Trump to Resume Construction of $400 Million White House Ballroom Federal Judge Blocks $6.2 Billion Merger of Nexstar Media Group and Rival Tegna Activists Attempting to Save Dogs from Medical Experimentation Met with Tear Gas in Wisconsin Brazil's Lula and Spain's Sánchez Lead Progressive Push to Counter Rise of Far-Right Parties This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Democracy Now! 2026-04-20 Monday
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description: Headlines for April 20, 2026; “Gulf of Trust” Between Iran & U.S. as End of Ceasefire Nears, Peace Talks Uncertain; Who Is Breaking International Law in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s Not Iran, Says Scholar; Shepard Fairey on Art, Activism & Resisting Fascism: “It Can Happen Here, and It Is”; Forest Firings: Trump Admin Aims to “Break the Forest Service,” Nearly 200 Million Acres at Stake
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Fiji police confirm murder probe launched into death of man in military custody
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description: By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The Fiji Police Force has launched a murder investigation following the death of wellknown drug pusher Jone Vakarisi, who died in military custody on Thursday. Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro told RNZ Pacific that “investigators are gathering intelligence to establish the facts and circumstances surrounding the victim’s death”. “The
encoded: By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The Fiji Police Force has launched a murder investigation following the death of wellknown drug pusher Jone Vakarisi, who died in military custody on Thursday. Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro told RNZ Pacific that “investigators are gathering intelligence to establish the facts and circumstances surrounding the victim’s death”. “The heads of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) and the police are reconfirming their commitment towards conducting a thorough investigation, appealing once again to members of the public to allow the investigative process to run its course,” Naisoro said. READ MORE: Commander says RFMF remains committed to accountability Fiji military faces questions after death of Jone Vakarisi in custody Other Fiji military reports Meanwhile, the Suva High Court has closed criminal proceedings against Vakarisi, after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) made an application to stop proceedings. Fijivillage.com reports that public prosecutors were appealing Vakarisi’s suspended sentence for having marijuana within the confines of a court in January 2023. He was reportedly found with 15.2 grams of marijuana and sentenced to three months in jail, suspended for two years by the Suva Magistrates Court. The appeal hearing was meant to be held on Monday. Application granted Chief Justice Salesi Temo granted the ODPP’s application after reviewing medical evidence. The court requested a copy of the death certificate, which was released by the police’s Director of Criminal Investigations. Conflicting reports emerged over the weekend regarding the death of Vakarisi, who was reportedly linked to major criminal networks. <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-126757" src="https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Jone-Vakarisi-RNZ-680wide.png" alt="Fiji drug peddler Jone Vakarisi at a court appearance in March 2026" width="680" height="583" srcset=…

Second Strike in 4 Days: Ukrainian Drones Torch Key Russian Oil Refinery
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DN! Monday, April 20, 2026
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Trump Pardoned a Nursing Home Owner Who Owed Almost $19 Million to a Grieving Family
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description: The post Trump Pardoned a Nursing Home Owner Who Owed Almost $19 Million to a Grieving Family appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders and a pardon in February 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images When Amanda Coulson was a child, she visited her mother at work at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. Doris Coulson was a nurse, and one memory never left her daughter. A code blue was called, and suddenly her mother was racing alongside a patient’s bed. “She jumped into the middle of the bed and was doing CPR in the bed as it flew down the hallway,” Amanda Coulson said years later in court. “I realized she didn’t play at work all day.” That was the kind of caregiver her mother was: someone who understood what quality care meant because she had spent her life giving it to others. After Doris Coulson retired, she became a patient at a nursing home owned by Joseph Schwartz, a New Jersey businessman who was buying up nursing homes across the country. The staff wasn’t supposed to serve her solid food, but they did, and she died. Doctors told the family they found scrambled eggs in her lungs. Nine years after Coulson’s death, President Donald Trump pardoned Schwartz in a federal case in which he had admitted to withholding $39 million in employee payroll taxes from his nursing home empire and diverting the money for other purposes. Schwartz’s lawyers argued that his actions were not an attempt at personal enrichment but to save his company. The White House said Schwartz was “an example of over prosecution” and argued that a third-party entity had managed the tax filings and that serving all three years of his prison sentence would have been detrimental for someone of his age and poor health. Behind the tax charge was a business that families and lawsuits said had left real people neglected, injured and dead. The Coulson family sued Schwartz and his company for wrongful death. Schwartz did not appear in court to challenge the case. Six years ago, a judge awarded Amanda Coulson and her sister and brother nearly $19 million. (He later claimed he never receiv…

The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the East’s last great forests
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description: The fight over the roadless rule has long focused on the West, but its repeal could fragment some of the last pristine forests in the eastern United States.
encoded: When most people think about national forests, they imagine vast Western landscapes: Alaska, the Rockies, the Pacific Northwest. But millions of acres of federal woodlands dot the eastern half of the country, too. These great swaths of vibrant ecosystems have long been free of roads, protected by a policy called, appropriately enough, the “roadless rule.” That may soon change. Adopted in 2001 during the final days of the Clinton administration, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, as it is formally known, grew out of a realization within the U.S. Forest Service that it had built more roads than it could afford to maintain. Many were crumbling into streams, fragmenting habitat, and degrading drinking water, alarming even agency scientists. The rule barred road construction and logging in nearly 60 million acres of undeveloped national forest in 39 states. In the eastern U.S., these areas provide rare pockets of ecological and natural relief in a densely developed region. As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the policy and open those lands to logging and mining, the future of these forests — and the communities that rely on them — is in question. Read Next <img src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tongass-1333.png?quality=75&strip=all" alt="Tongass 1925x1333" class="js-modal-gallery__hidden" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tongass-1333.png?quality=75&strip=all 1925w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tongass-1333.png?resize=1200%2C831&quality=75&strip=all 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tongass-1333.png?resize=330%2C229&quality=75&strip=all 330w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tongass-1333.png?resize=768%2C532&quality=75&strip=all 768w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tongass-1333.png?resize=1536%2C1064&quality=75&strip=all 1536w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Tongass-1333.png?resize=150%2C104&quality=75&strip=all 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) …

War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum
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creator: Anita Hofschneider
date: 2026-04-20T08:30:00Z
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description: Delegates are arriving in New York this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. Amid other challenges, the U.S. has made it increasingly difficult for delegates to secure visas to attend.
encoded: Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. But they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop, facing an artificial intelligence boom driving new extraction on ancestral lands, a U.S. administration that has made it increasingly difficult for Global South delegates to secure visas to attend, and the twin challenges of climate change and green energy projects that have frequently run afoul of Indigenous land rights. This year’s United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is focused on the grim topic of survival in the midst of war, with its official theme “Ensuring Indigenous peoples’ health, including in the context of conflict.” Experts emphasize that Indigenous peoples already face health inequities from colonialism and climate change, and these harms are compounded by armed conflicts and militarization that risk ecological degradation and further displacement of Indigenous peoples from their lands. Experts say that health for Indigenous peoples is directly tied to the environment, land, and sovereignty, and can’t be siloed into clinical discussions about medicine or public health. Warfare isn’t the only concern — advocates are seeing the extraction of critical minerals for the green transition drive Indigenous rights violations, and are echoing a long-standing call to make climate financing directly available to their communities, instead of through state or foreign intermediaries. But before diplomatic conversations can even begin, many delegates must confront the practical barrier of visa restrictions put in place by the Trump administration. Mariana Kiimi Ortiz Flores, who is Na Ñuu Savi from Mexico and works as an advocacy assistant at Cultural Survival, said last year, her organization prepared Indigenous representatives from Africa to attend the forum, but their visa applications were denied — and this year, one of their Indigenous staff members from South …

The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming
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creator: Rebecca Egan McCarthy
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description: Solar power is cheap, fast, and in demand as data centers consume more and more electricity.
encoded: The future looked dire for renewable energy in the United States last spring. Republicans in Congress started gutting the Inflation Reduction Act, forcing its generous tax credits for wind and solar into an early retirement. The Interior Department then rolled out a series of byzantine regulations aimed at restricting clean energy on federal land. Some feared those regulations would curb wind and solar development on private land, too. Although these restrictions do seem to have hindered the wind industry, there are some signs that its fortunes are changing. But a year later, solar continues to boom. MAGA influencers are promoting it, there’s hope for legislation that would speed up approvals for new projects, and the industry has continued to expand over the last year as energy requirements from data centers demand fast, cheap power. The Trump administration has even signed off on some big solar projects: In February, the administration announced that it would allow several solar projects that had been blocked by the new Interior regulations to move forward. “I feel like there has been so much written that’s like, ‘The Trump administration is delaying this stuff. It’s holding it all up in red tape. Nothing’s getting built,’” said Hannah Hess, director of the Rhodium Group’s Clean Investment Monitor team. “When we look at the data, that’s not true.” Combined, solar and battery storage (which banks excess energy for use when the sun’s not shining) accounted for 79 percent of power generation brought online in 2025 and are expected to continue to grow by 49 percent before the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits expire at the end of 2027. Support for solar among rank-and-file-conservatives has fallen in recent years, caught up in partisan culture wars, but it could gain more traction in the party if it’s paired with affordability concerns. Some 69 percent of Republicans say they are supportive of solar, provided it lowered electricity costs, according to a recent poll …

The world desperately needs to decarbonize shipping. Can nations find a consensus?
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creator: Naveena Sadasivam
date: 2026-04-20T08:00:00Z
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description: The shipping industry is responsible for 3 percent of global climate emissions. The Trump administration and the Iran war are complicating efforts to clean it up.
encoded: The shipping industry has been facing an acute crisis. For the first time in modern history, both of the Middle East’s critical waterways — the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea — were effectively closed for the past several weeks. Since early March, as Iran and Houthi rebels threatened ships attempting to cross these waterways and blocked the movement of oil in response to U.S.-Israel bombing, crude oil prices have soared. Maritime fuel costs in turn rose so sharply that some biofuels are now cheaper. And more than 150 ships were marooned, unable to safely pass through the Strait, which carries 20 percent of the world’s oil supply. Others have been making long detours around the southern tip of Africa, adding to the mounting cost of shipping and weeks of travel time. After briefly reopening the Strait, Iran seized the waterway once again over the weekend, restricting ships from passing. It’s under these conditions that the International Maritime Organization, or IMO, the United Nations agency overseeing global shipping, is meeting this week to discuss reducing the climate change impact of the shipping industry, which is responsible for 3 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. For the last three years, the 176 countries that are members of the IMO have been working toward adopting the so-called net-zero framework, an international policy requiring shippers to pay a fee for every ton of greenhouse gas emissions above a certain threshold. These proceeds would then be used to drive the development of alternative, cleaner fuels and support lower-income countries. But last summer, just as nations were nearing a vote to formally adopt the framework, the Trump administration threw a wrench in those plans. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with the heads of other agencies, released a statement warning countries that voting for the framework would result in a number of punitive actions by the United States, including visa restrictions, additional tariffs, and po…

Musician Kelsey Lu on turning inward
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description: After stepping away for seven years, how does it feel to return to music at this point in your life and what have you learned during your hiatus?
encoded: After stepping away for seven years, how does it feel to return to music at this point in your life and what have you learned during your hiatus? I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and I don’t know if it feels like returning because I’ve definitely done a lot musically that people may not have seen—across galleries, artist collaborations, installations, and a few scores. Within the seven years between Blood and So Help Me God, I’ve definitely changed my relationship to how I make things. I’m more interested in understanding why I was drawn to making music like this in the first place. There was a lot of fear and the questioning of why? Because it meant really letting go of certain structures or identities that felt stable. This process has been shaped by learning how to stay with that uncertainty and allowing things to take longer, letting them be unresolved. I think that’s where the growth comes from. My spirit animal is definitely a snail. I move at my own speed, and for me, music is home. Are you scared of expectations? I think I’m more scared of my own expectations than the expectations of others. I can be really hard on myself. My classical background taught me a level of perfectionism that isn’t always sustainable. Those are things that I needed to let go of, for sure. Your new album is called So Help Me God. What does this mean to you and how does spirituality play a role in your work? So Help Me God is a sort of a cry for help, but the help is one that comes from within. I think we all have the source within us. This process, for me, has been about taking time to reconnect with myself, to trust myself, my decisions, my intuition, and my gut. Many of us look outside ourselves for answers. While many things can serve as beautiful guides, I believe that, at our core, we are made from beauty and love. Being able to return to that source feels deeply important, especially now. So Help Me God comes from that moment when you feel like you cannot take it anymore, …

Fiji defends its isolated UN stance supporting Israel
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description: By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji’s Ambassador to Israel, Jesoni Vitusagavulu, has defended his country’s voting record at the United Nations, saying it is guided by principle, not pressure. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Vitusagavulu said Fiji carefully assessed each resolution on its merits rather than aligning with majority positions. “Fiji votes at
encoded: By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji’s Ambassador to Israel, Jesoni Vitusagavulu, has defended his country’s voting record at the United Nations, saying it is guided by principle, not pressure. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Vitusagavulu said Fiji carefully assessed each resolution on its merits rather than aligning with majority positions. “Fiji votes at the United Nations on principle. We’ve consistently been one of the few nations to stand up against one-sided, anti-Israel resolutions,” he said. READ MORE: Fiji votes on Israel “We don’t just follow the crowd; we evaluate every measure on its merits. For us, it’s about fairness and sovereign equality.” He said Fiji’s approach reflected a broader commitment to balanced diplomacy. “We believe that isolating Israel through lopsided resolutions is counterproductive to peace, and we choose instead to be a consistent voice for balanced dialogue,” Vitusagavulu said. The ambassador stressed that Fiji maintained an “inclusive” foreign policy stance. “We are ‘friends to all.’ Fiji is transparent about its values, so our partners know exactly where we stand.” He added that supporting Israel did not equate to opposing other nations. “Supporting Israel doesn’t mean we’re ‘against’ anyone else… It’s not a blanket endorsement of another country’s policies,” he said, referencing remarks by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Vitusagavulu said Fiji aimed to play a constructive role on the global stage. “We believe that by keeping our doors open to everyone, Fiji can act as a moderate, honest voice for engagement in a very polarised world.” Republished from The Fiji Times with permission. Asia Pacific Report: The UN General Assembly continues to pass resolutions critical of Israel, including a March 2026 resolution demanding an end to occupation and a December 2025 vote (123-7) directing withdrawal from the West Bank, Gaza, and Golan Heights. Recent resolutions consistently emphasise the illegality of settlements, demand humanitarian …

Fiji defends its isolated UN stance supporting Israel
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description: By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji’s Ambassador to Israel, Jesoni Vitusagavulu, has defended his country’s voting record at the United Nations, saying it is guided by principle, not pressure. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Vitusagavulu said Fiji carefully assessed each resolution on its merits rather than aligning with majority positions. “Fiji votes at
encoded: By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji’s Ambassador to Israel, Jesoni Vitusagavulu, has defended his country’s voting record at the United Nations, saying it is guided by principle, not pressure. In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Vitusagavulu said Fiji carefully assessed each resolution on its merits rather than aligning with majority positions. “Fiji votes at the United Nations on principle. We’ve consistently been one of the few nations to stand up against one-sided, anti-Israel resolutions,” he said. READ MORE: Fiji votes on Israel “We don’t just follow the crowd; we evaluate every measure on its merits. For us, it’s about fairness and sovereign equality.” He said Fiji’s approach reflected a broader commitment to balanced diplomacy. “We believe that isolating Israel through lopsided resolutions is counterproductive to peace, and we choose instead to be a consistent voice for balanced dialogue,” Vitusagavulu said. The ambassador stressed that Fiji maintained an “inclusive” foreign policy stance. “We are ‘friends to all.’ Fiji is transparent about its values, so our partners know exactly where we stand.” He added that supporting Israel did not equate to opposing other nations. “Supporting Israel doesn’t mean we’re ‘against’ anyone else… It’s not a blanket endorsement of another country’s policies,” he said, referencing remarks by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Vitusagavulu said Fiji aimed to play a constructive role on the global stage. “We believe that by keeping our doors open to everyone, Fiji can act as a moderate, honest voice for engagement in a very polarised world.” Republished from The Fiji Times with permission. Asia Pacific Report: The UN General Assembly continues to pass resolutions critical of Israel, including a March 2026 resolution demanding an end to occupation and a December 2025 vote (123-7) directing withdrawal from the West Bank, Gaza, and Golan Heights. Recent resolutions consistently emphasise the illegality of settlements, demand humanitarian …

Fiji military faces questions after death of Jone Vakarisi in custody
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description: RNZ Pacific The Fiji military has found itself at the centre of a national firestorm following the death of a wellknown drug peddler, Jone Vakarisi, in army custody last Thursday. Conflicting reports have emerged over the weekend regarding the death of Vakarisi, who was reportedly linked to major criminal networks. News of his death broke
encoded: RNZ Pacific The Fiji military has found itself at the centre of a national firestorm following the death of a wellknown drug peddler, Jone Vakarisi, in army custody last Thursday. Conflicting reports have emerged over the weekend regarding the death of Vakarisi, who was reportedly linked to major criminal networks. News of his death broke while top military and police brass were gathered on Bau Islands, paying their final respects to the late President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau. READ MORE: Man linked to gang activity dies after Fiji military detention, local media report Other Fiji military reports The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) said in a statement on Saturday that Vakarisi’s death was due to “a sudden and severe emergency” during questioning at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks in Nabua, approximately 10 minutes’ drive from Suva City. RFMF commander Ro Jone Kalouniwai said Vakarisi, in his late 30s, had “voluntarily presented” himself alongside three others to the RFMF headquarters “to assist with investigations”. Kalouniwai pinned Vakarisi’s death to “a pre-existing condition”. However, Vakarisi’s family has disputed the military’s account, telling local media that he was “not a sickly person at all”. Queenie Osbourne, the mother of Vakarisi’s children, told The Fiji Times, that Vakarisi and others were taken from their home to the army barracks on Thursday night without any formal explanations. Leaked death certificate A leaked death certificate, which first appeared on Fiji social media on Saturday, has now been verified by Fiji Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu to be an official police document. According to the document, the causes of Vakarisi’s death are listed as asphyxia, aspiration of gastric contents, severe traumatic head injuries, and blunt force trauma to both the head and chest. “No one informed us of his death from the night he died. We found out when he was in the morgue,” Osbourne was quoted as saying by The Fiji Times. Vakarisi’s family is c…

Fiji military faces questions after death of Jone Vakarisi in custody
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description: RNZ Pacific The Fiji military has found itself at the centre of a national firestorm following the death of a wellknown drug peddler, Jone Vakarisi, in army custody last Thursday. Conflicting reports have emerged over the weekend regarding the death of Vakarisi, who was reportedly linked to major criminal networks. News of his death broke
encoded: RNZ Pacific The Fiji military has found itself at the centre of a national firestorm following the death of a wellknown drug peddler, Jone Vakarisi, in army custody last Thursday. Conflicting reports have emerged over the weekend regarding the death of Vakarisi, who was reportedly linked to major criminal networks. News of his death broke while top military and police brass were gathered on Bau Islands, paying their final respects to the late President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau. READ MORE: Man linked to gang activity dies after Fiji military detention, local media report Other Fiji military reports The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) said in a statement on Saturday that Vakarisi’s death was due to “a sudden and severe emergency” during questioning at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks in Nabua, approximately 10 minutes’ drive from Suva City. RFMF commander Ro Jone Kalouniwai said Vakarisi, in his late 30s, had “voluntarily presented” himself alongside three others to the RFMF headquarters “to assist with investigations”. Kalouniwai pinned Vakarisi’s death to “a pre-existing condition”. However, Vakarisi’s family has disputed the military’s account, telling local media that he was “not a sickly person at all”. Queenie Osbourne, the mother of Vakarisi’s children, told The Fiji Times, that Vakarisi and others were taken from their home to the army barracks on Thursday night without any formal explanations. Leaked death certificate A leaked death certificate, which first appeared on Fiji social media on Saturday, has now been verified by Fiji Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu to be an official police document. According to the document, the causes of Vakarisi’s death are listed as asphyxia, aspiration of gastric contents, severe traumatic head injuries, and blunt force trauma to both the head and chest. “No one informed us of his death from the night he died. We found out when he was in the morgue,” Osbourne was quoted as saying by The Fiji Times. Vakarisi’s family is c…

North Korean IT Worker EXPOSED During Job Interview
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creator: Radio Free Asia
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Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead?
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creator: Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News
date: 2026-04-19T13:00:00Z
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description: The moratorium is the first of its type to pass a legislative chamber, but about a dozen other states have pending proposals.
encoded: Maine is now the first state to pass a moratorium on the development of large data centers, and others may follow. The Maine House and Senate this week passed LD 307, which prohibits state and local governments from approving data centers with at least 20 megawatts of electricity demand until at least October 2027. The bill awaits a signature from Governor Janet Mills, who has not commented on whether she will sign it. Maine is one of about a dozen states with legislative proposals this year to pause or ban data centers amid rising concerns about the projects’ size and energy and water consumption. Community opponents of data centers are grappling with what they view as intrusive development as the broader public worries that the rise of artificial intelligence — fueled by data centers — will lead to mass job losses. Analysts who follow state-level discussions of data centers say Minnesota is also a good candidate to pass a bill on this subject, along with Illinois, even though there is not yet a bill pending in Illinois. U.S. data centers had more than 50 gigawatts of electricity demand as of last year, which, for context, is about double the peak demand of the entire New England grid, which covers six states, including Maine. And this is before some supersized data centers that are still in early planning stages. It’s not clear how the electricity grid will build enough power plants to meet demand, or how residential ratepayers can be shielded from high electricity bills driven by data center demand. <img decoding="async" src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/datacenterbans.png?quality=75&strip=all" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/datacenterbans.png?quality=75&strip=all&w=330 330w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/datacenterbans.png?quality=75&strip=all&w=160&h=90&crop=1 160w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/datacenterbans.png?quality=75&strip=all&w=640&h=641&crop=1 6…

Shooter Kills Six In Daylight Attack In Kyiv, Ukraine
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On Witless Great Vengeance and Furious Anger
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creator: Abby Zimet
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description: Seeking to rally the troops for his unholy war, Christian nationalist, TV-carnie and war fanboy Pete Kegseth just passed off some vengeful Gospel According to Tarantino as scripture at his (unconstitutional) Pentagon prayer service, and yes we have th...
encoded: Seeking to rally the troops for his unholy war, Christian nationalist, TV-carnie and war fanboy Pete Kegseth just passed off some vengeful Gospel According to Tarantino as scripture at his (unconstitutional) Pentagon prayer service, and yes we have them now. Added to the "shameless blasphemy" of quoting - without credit - Samuel Jackson's homicidal hitman Jules as "prayer," Pete moronically misses the redemptive point: As he cites the "tyranny of evil men," he, unlike Jules, doesn't friggin' get that he is one. With their calamitous illegal war continuing to spiral out of control, flailing regime officials are striking out in ever more erratic ways. Nursing his deranged feud with Pope Leo XIV, a vindictive Private Bonespurs - Suffer the little children to own the Pope - abruptly cancelled an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities in Miami to fund a vital, decades-long foster program for migrant children, aka small deadly illegals, who enter the U.S. alone in what experts call "an incredibly psychologically harmful" move for already vulnerable kids. Meanwhile, slimy, Bible-and-chest thumping braggadocio Pete is working hard to match his boss' outrages with some fire-and-brimstone carnage. Blithely pressing on with a serial slaughter based on evidently "entirely make-believe" grounds, Hegseth killed three more "narco-terrorists," likely fishermen, in the Eastern Pacific last week, the third boat bombing in three days - complete with giddy video - in the name of a "narco-trafficking" criminal conspiracy of which, experts say, there is "zero evidence," with "no impact at all" on America's drug problems. Despite bogus legal theories scrounged up by the regime in an attempt to justify the deaths of at least 177 mostly innocent people, rights advocates note, “'Murder' is the general term for premeditated killings outside of armed conflict." In the wake of those transgressions and many more, Democrats just filed six articles of impeachment against Hegseth; their lead …

Ukrainian Drone Hunter Units Keep Busy In Donetsk Day And Night | Ukraine Front Line Update
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US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power shifts
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description: Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: To look more at the latest developments in Lebanon and the Middle East region, we’re joined by Dr Rami Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist and distinguished public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. He’s also a nonresident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC. Rami, we began talking
encoded: Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: To look more at the latest developments in Lebanon and the Middle East region, we’re joined by Dr Rami Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist and distinguished public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. He’s also a nonresident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC. Rami, we began talking about the Iran-US second round of negotiations, went to this news of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, though Hezbollah wasn’t a party to those talks. Your overall comments on what’s happening right now in the region, where you think it’s all going? RAMI KHOURI: Well, there are so many different dynamics going on at the same time within individual countries, among countries in the region and between the region and the global powers, especially the United States, but also China and others, and Israel, of course. My comments are that one of the striking things about this situation is that we’ve seen now, in the last six weeks, Iran and Hezbollah almost single-handedly checking — not defeating, but checking — the two biggest military powers in the region, which is the US and Israel. They forced them into two ceasefires: one in Iran and now one in Lebanon. Now, this is not a finished story. This is still going on. This might collapse, and the war may resume. US and Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ Video: Democracy Now! But the fact that the US and Israel have been forced to enter these ceasefires, I think, is a sign of the evolving balance of power across the region. And you’re going to see this reflected, for instance, in many Arab countries, who are — especially in the energy-producing Gulf region, who are going to recalibrate their relations. They’ll still be very close friends with the US, buy a lot of weapons and buy a lot of tech stuff, but they’re also going to recalibrate to have more meaningful ties with Iran, with Türkiye, with China, with Russia and other people like that. So we’re seeing a slow-motion evolution…

US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power shifts
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description: Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: To look more at the latest developments in Lebanon and the Middle East region, we’re joined by Dr Rami Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist and distinguished public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. He’s also a nonresident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC. Rami, we began talking
encoded: Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: To look more at the latest developments in Lebanon and the Middle East region, we’re joined by Dr Rami Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist and distinguished public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. He’s also a nonresident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC. Rami, we began talking about the Iran-US second round of negotiations, went to this news of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, though Hezbollah wasn’t a party to those talks. Your overall comments on what’s happening right now in the region, where you think it’s all going? RAMI KHOURI: Well, there are so many different dynamics going on at the same time within individual countries, among countries in the region and between the region and the global powers, especially the United States, but also China and others, and Israel, of course. My comments are that one of the striking things about this situation is that we’ve seen now, in the last six weeks, Iran and Hezbollah almost single-handedly checking — not defeating, but checking — the two biggest military powers in the region, which is the US and Israel. They forced them into two ceasefires: one in Iran and now one in Lebanon. Now, this is not a finished story. This is still going on. This might collapse, and the war may resume. US and Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ Video: Democracy Now! But the fact that the US and Israel have been forced to enter these ceasefires, I think, is a sign of the evolving balance of power across the region. And you’re going to see this reflected, for instance, in many Arab countries, who are — especially in the energy-producing Gulf region, who are going to recalibrate their relations. They’ll still be very close friends with the US, buy a lot of weapons and buy a lot of tech stuff, but they’re also going to recalibrate to have more meaningful ties with Iran, with Türkiye, with China, with Russia and other people like that. So we’re seeing a slow-motion evolution…

Bad Company
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description: Ralph welcomes journalist and author Megan Greenwell to discuss her book "Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream." Then, Ralph speaks to James Zogby (co-founder and president of the Arab American Institute) about the recent Isr...
encoded: Ralph welcomes journalist and author Megan Greenwell to discuss her book "Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream." Then, Ralph speaks to James Zogby (co-founder and president of the Arab American Institute) about the recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Megan Greenwell is a journalist who has written or edited for publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, New York Magazine, WIRED, and ESPN. She is also the deputy director of the Princeton Summer Journalism Program, a workshop and college-access initiative for students from low-income backgrounds. She is the author of Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream. The real trick with private equity (and this was the thing that made me want to write a book on it) is that when they take out those billions of dollars worth of loans (if you’re buying a bigger company), the private equity firm is not responsible for paying those loans back. Only the portfolio company in whose name the private equity firm has taken the money out is on the hook for that money. And so what you end up with is this split in incentive where what’s good for the private equity firm is not necessarily what’s good for its own portfolio company. Megan Greenwell [Congress hasn’t repealed the carried interest loophole] because Congress is in the pocket of the private equity industry. 88% of members of the House and Senate take donations from private equity. Interestingly, Donald Trump has called twice for the carried interest loophole to be closed. And still, even he, as much of a stranglehold as he has on the Republican Party, he can’t build support for it among Republicans. Because they’re all taking private equity money, as are the vast majority of the Democrats. So this is not a partisan issue. Megan Greenwell One of the reasons I was really interested to write this book as a series of narrative profiles of people trying to do something about [private equity] is: none of them are tryin…

How war in the Gulf could worsen war in Sudan
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Climate Education Makes Economic Sense
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description: This Earth Day, let's remember our need to train a new generation to take on environmental challenges.
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A more troubling picture of sea level rise is coming into view
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creator: Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360
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description: Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation.
encoded: Sea levels are much higher than we thought. Real-world oceans are making a mockery of flood-risk forecasts based on crude global modeling. And to make matters worse, coastal lands almost everywhere are subsiding faster than anyone realized — often many times faster than the seas are rising. These findings come from two major new studies that are reshaping our understanding of the threats posed by rising tides and sinking land and underlining the imminent risk of inundation facing tens of millions of people in some of the world’s largest megacities, say researchers not involved in the studies. “The impacts of sea level rise under climate change have been systematically underestimated,” concluded Matt Palmer, a specialist on sea level rise at the U.K. Met Office’s Hadley Centre for Climate Science. “We could see devastating impacts much earlier than predicted — particularly in the Global South.” “Taken jointly, these two papers paint a considerably more concerning picture than either would in isolation,” said Franck Ghomsi, an oceanographer at the University of Cape Town. “We are seeing an emerging body of research that rewrites the story of coastal vulnerability.” It has long been known that sea levels vary a lot globally, and have been rising more in some places than others. But now, a groundbreaking Dutch analysis of actual sea levels as measured by tidal gauges has found that almost the entire scientific literature has dramatically underestimated current sea levels. Read Next <img src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2267118780.jpg?quality=75&strip=all" alt="overhead view of sea ice floating in a bay near Greeland" class="js-modal-gallery__hidden" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2267118780.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 1600w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2267118780.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&quality=75&strip=all 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2267118780.jpg…

South African activist praises world court genocide case against Israel
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date: 2026-04-18T11:11:08Z
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description: Asia Pacific Report A South African-born New Zealand critic of Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing today delivered strong praise for his home country’s genocide case filed with the International Court of Justice. Israel is currently on trial on allegations of genocide with the ICJ in The Hague and South Africa has been joined by at
encoded: Asia Pacific Report A South African-born New Zealand critic of Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing today delivered strong praise for his home country’s genocide case filed with the International Court of Justice. Israel is currently on trial on allegations of genocide with the ICJ in The Hague and South Africa has been joined by at least 15 other countries as accusers — but New Zealand is not among them. Noting how global iconic leader Nelson Mandela spoke out in his lifetime in support of Palestinian rights, Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) campaigner Achmat Esau said South Africa was not speaking out of convenience, “but out of principle”. READ MORE: Global protests mark Palestinian Prisoners Day Israel passes mandatory death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism, drawing widespread condemnation Other Palestinian and Iran human rights reports Speaking at the combined Banners of Humanity and Banners of Palestine exhibition and concert at the Corbans Art Centre, Esau paraphrased the Irish poet and essayist W B Yeats’ famous 2019 poem “The Second Coming”: “In a time when the world feels like it is unravelling, we must choose to be that centre — to hold the line for justice, dignity and humanity.” <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-126732" src="https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Achmat-Esau-APR-680wide.png" alt="Anti-apartheid activist Achmat Esau " width="680" height="483" srcset="https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Achmat-Esau-APR-680wide.png 680w, https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Achmat-Esau-APR-680wide-300x213.png 300w, https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Achmat-Esau-APR-680wide-100x70.png 100w, https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Achmat-Esau-APR-680wide-591x420.png 591w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /> Anti-apartheid activist Achmat Esau . . . “Why does South Africa persist? The answer lies i…

Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran peace deal
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creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-18T08:54:55Z
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subject: Bab Al-Mandeb Strait
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subject: iranian
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description: COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Many American apologists cannot see the forest for the trees and think that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz represents a huge win for the United States and that Iran has caved in. Wrong. When the Iran ceasefire was first announced by US President Donald Trump on April 8, it
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Many American apologists cannot see the forest for the trees and think that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz represents a huge win for the United States and that Iran has caved in. Wrong. When the Iran ceasefire was first announced by US President Donald Trump on April 8, it was meant to cover Lebanon as well. Even the Pakistanis, who were the mediators said it covered Lebanon. But that war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to wreck the peace process and so bombed Lebanon viciously and committed genocide once again, killing hundreds if not thousands of innocent Lebanese. READ MORE: Iran warns US blockade of ports must end as Strait of Hormuz opens Trump tried to rein him in but Netanyahu refused to stop the genocide and the two got into a shouting match in the early hours of the morning. The Americans just could not control the Israelis. So Iran maintained their vice-like closure of the Strait of Hormuz. With each passing day, the world was moving towards an economic precipice and people all over the world were blaming Trump and the Americans for starting the stupid war. Trump eventually read the riot act to Netanyahu and unilaterally imposed the ceasefire in Lebanon. The Israelis were stunned. The ceasefire resulted not because of talks between the Lebanese and the Israelis, but because of the leverage Iran has over the Strait of Hormuz. That is why the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that because of the ceasefire in Lebanon, Iran is reopening the Strait — and Trump thanked the Iranians profusely for it. As for Trump still maintaining the blockade of the Iranian ports, this is pure posturing by him to show that he is strong. It means nothing. The Iranians have already warned him that if he continues with the blockade, they will not only close off the Strait of Hormuz again but also the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea and also the Gulf of Oman. That would plunge the entire world economy into a dep…

Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran peace deal
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creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-18T08:54:55Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
subject: Bab Al-Mandeb Strait
subject: Iran ceasefire
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subject: Peace negotiations
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subject: Sources
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subject: US-Israel attacks
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description: COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Many American apologists cannot see the forest for the trees and think that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz represents a huge win for the United States and that Iran has caved in. Wrong. When the Iran ceasefire was first announced by US President Donald Trump on April 8, it
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Many American apologists cannot see the forest for the trees and think that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz represents a huge win for the United States and that Iran has caved in. Wrong. When the Iran ceasefire was first announced by US President Donald Trump on April 8, it was meant to cover Lebanon as well. Even the Pakistanis, who were the mediators said it covered Lebanon. But that war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to wreck the peace process and so bombed Lebanon viciously and committed genocide once again, killing hundreds if not thousands of innocent Lebanese. READ MORE: Iran warns US blockade of ports must end as Strait of Hormuz opens Trump tried to rein him in but Netanyahu refused to stop the genocide and the two got into a shouting match in the early hours of the morning. The Americans just could not control the Israelis. So Iran maintained their vice-like closure of the Strait of Hormuz. With each passing day, the world was moving towards an economic precipice and people all over the world were blaming Trump and the Americans for starting the stupid war. Trump eventually read the riot act to Netanyahu and unilaterally imposed the ceasefire in Lebanon. The Israelis were stunned. The ceasefire resulted not because of talks between the Lebanese and the Israelis, but because of the leverage Iran has over the Strait of Hormuz. That is why the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that because of the ceasefire in Lebanon, Iran is reopening the Strait — and Trump thanked the Iranians profusely for it. As for Trump still maintaining the blockade of the Iranian ports, this is pure posturing by him to show that he is strong. It means nothing. The Iranians have already warned him that if he continues with the blockade, they will not only close off the Strait of Hormuz again but also the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea and also the Gulf of Oman. That would plunge the entire world economy into a dep…

Alternative Jewish Voices launches new access radio programme
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creator: Pacific Media Watch
date: 2026-04-18T07:18:05Z
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subject: Marilyn Garson
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description: Pacific Media Watch Alternative Jewish Voices | Sh’ma Koleinu — a collective of anti-Zionist Jews from the Far North to Dunedin — launched its new radio programme today. Rick Sahar and Marilyn Garson will host AJV Radio every other Saturday at 5.00 pm. Tune in for issues and ideas, solidarity movement news, Jewish culture and
encoded: Pacific Media Watch Alternative Jewish Voices | Sh’ma Koleinu — a collective of anti-Zionist Jews from the Far North to Dunedin — launched its new radio programme today. Rick Sahar and Marilyn Garson will host AJV Radio every other Saturday at 5.00 pm. Tune in for issues and ideas, solidarity movement news, Jewish culture and some hard questions — “all in a liberatory Aotearoa Jewish voice”. Highlights of today’s programme: Contribute to Dr Nick Riener’s crowdfunded defence Aida Tavassoli’s substack: https://aida4afreeworld.substack.com/ Ciara’s Notes From Elsewhere substack: https://substack.com/@ciaramoez?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=b3qt7 From hope to horror: voices from inside the war on Iran For more international movement news: https://globaljewsforpalestine.com/ https://members.greenolivecollective.com/ https://www.jewishfaculty.ca/static/pdfs/cija-report.pdf Look for Lynn Jenner’s new book, The Gum Trees of Keri Keri. Listen to Alternative Jewish Voices Radio This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by Pacific Media Watch.

Searching For Ukrainian Children Taken By Russia | Ukraine Russia War
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date: 2026-04-18T06:00:33Z
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The Reason China Sent a Medical Ship to Papua New Guinea
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date: 2026-04-18T01:15:02Z
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Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges
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date: 2026-04-18T01:01:04Z
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subject: Iran war impact on Pacific
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subject: troika
subject: Tuvalu
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description: RNZ Pacific The Pacific Islands Forum troika Leaders have agreed to activate the Biketawa Declaration, placing the region on a co-ordinated high alert framework to respond to the unfolding global energy security crisis. The declaration was made by the leaders of the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Palau following discussions in Nadi, Fiji, on Friday in
encoded: RNZ Pacific The Pacific Islands Forum troika Leaders have agreed to activate the Biketawa Declaration, placing the region on a co-ordinated high alert framework to respond to the unfolding global energy security crisis. The declaration was made by the leaders of the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Palau following discussions in Nadi, Fiji, on Friday in light of the looming energy crisis as a result of the illegal US-Israel war on Iran. The meeting brought together the incoming Chair, President Surangel Whipps of Palau, and outgoing Chair, the Prime Minister of Tonga, Lord Fakafanua. READ MORE: Other Biketawa Declaration security reports On a social media post, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele noted that Solomon Islands continued to experience the impact of global fuel price volatility and highlighted the importance of practical regional solutions to support vulnerable Pacific economies. Leaders noted that Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands had declared energy emergencies, while Solomon Islands, Fiji, Nauru, Vanuatu, the Cook Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia were implementing national mitigation measures. Other Forum members remain on a regional watch phase, with ongoing monitoring by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware the Forum Troika has invoked the Biketawa Declaration to respond to the current global fuel and energy challenges. A spokesperson for MFAT said they are supportive of regional efforts to respond to regional crises, including through the Biketawa Declaration. They said they are working closely with Pacific Islands Forum partners to understand the fuel supply situation, and potential needs, across the region and how they could assist. This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ. This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by APR editor.

Owen Jones: At The Telegraph, journalist support for Israel is now mandatory
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description: COMMENTARY: By Owen Jones Britain’s Daily Telegraph is being acquired by a German-based media giant — and now its journalists are formally expected to support Israel. The Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, has cleared the takeover by Axel Springer SE. Its CEO, Mathias Döpfner, has written to Telegraph staff “outlining his commitment” to the paper. An
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Owen Jones Britain’s Daily Telegraph is being acquired by a German-based media giant — and now its journalists are formally expected to support Israel. The Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, has cleared the takeover by Axel Springer SE. Its CEO, Mathias Döpfner, has written to Telegraph staff “outlining his commitment” to the paper. An employee at The Telegraph has sent me that letter. It is deeply revealing. READ MORE: Other Palestine and Iran media reports Owen Jones on Substack Döpfner insists that the values of The Telegraph and the publishing house founded by late tycoon Axel Springer — dubbed “Germany’s Rupert Murdoch” — are aligned. They are, he says, “Freedom, free markets, individual freedom and freedom of speech”. He goes further. Axel Springer, he explains, is “guided by a clear editorial compass.” Its employees are rooted in its “Essentials” — “core values to which we are firmly committed”. There is, he adds, “no such thing as neutral journalism”: only journalism that is “pluralistic and surprising, fair, and fact-based.” And yet, having invoked “freedom of speech” as a foundational principle, he insists these Essentials are not partisan — but rather “define a socio-political framework within which maximum journalistic freedom and intellectual independence can flourish.” ‘We support the right of Israel to exist’ Döpfner then sets out those ‘Essentials’: We stand for freedom, freedom of expression, the rule of law, and democracy. We support the right of Israel to exist and oppose all forms of antisemitism. We advocate the transatlantic alliance between the United States and Europe. We uphold the principles of a free-market economy. We reject political and religious extremism, as well as all forms of discrimination. Note where “we support the right of Israel to exist” sits: second. ‘Freedom’ — within limits Döpfner emphasises that editorial independence will be protected, including from pressure by politicians, celebrities, or advertisers. “I va…

ICE Agents Hide Behind Masks; Jesse Jackson Remembered As Determined Leader
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The Truth About America’s "Wood Basket": Why the U.S. South is Losing Its Forests | Brittons Neck…
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Demands for Firing or Impeachment of Trump Breaking Out Everywhere
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description: By Ralph Nader April 17, 2026 For over a year, firing Trump via Impeachment in Congress has been a taboo subject for the so-called Democratic leadership – Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. Recently, their grip on their flock is unravelling. (See: Root...
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Myanmar Journalist Shin Daewe Released From Insein Prison in Yangon
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Paramount’s Purchase of CNN Heralds a New Trump-Friendly Media Empire
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description: If the Paramount/WBD deal moves forward, Larry and David Ellison would gain control of a vast portfolio spanning legacy media and Big Tech.
encoded: The Hollywood Reporter (2/27/26) reported Paramount‘s disclosure that funding for its WBD takeover “may include other strategic and financial partners” who go unnamed. The Reporter noted that “previous bids included funding from Middle East sovereign wealth funds, Tencent and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners.” The ultra-wealthy have long leveraged their capital to build sprawling media empires that narrow our public range of debate (FAIR.org, 6/1/87). But Paramount Skydance‘s winning bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) marks a major milestone in media monopolization that, if successful, will further expand Trump-allied tech moguls Larry and David Ellison’s burgeoning power over US news and entertainment media. Even before a winner was announced, the bidding war among Paramount, Netflix and Comcast to take over WBD had attracted intense scrutiny, as the acquisition would not only confer lucrative franchises and a huge advantage in the streaming wars, but also control of major media outlets, including CNN, consolidating a greater swath of the media ecosystem under a single owner. The fallout of the deal was destined to enhance the power of an already-sizable media behemoth, no matter which corporate giant won. On February 27, 2026, after a series of hostile takeover bids by Paramount that disrupted what seemed to be a done deal between Netflix and WBD, Netflix abruptly pulled out of the struggle for ownership, stating that it would not be matching Paramount’s higher offer. The current Paramount offer is valued at $31 per share and, including WBD’s debt load, amounts to a grand total of roughly $111 billion. Father-and-son moguls Alex Shephard (New Republic, 10/27/25): “The administration will use its antitrust power to ensure that it gets the owner of Warner Bros. that it wants: the Ellison family.” Steering this deal, and Paramount’s rapid expansion, are Larry and David Ellison, father-and-son moguls who, in just a single year, have parlayed their tech fortu…

Aliya Rahman files legal claim against DHS over violent Minneapolis arrest
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How South Australia Got Off Fossil Fuels [EXCERPT]
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NYT’s Investigation of How Trump’s War on Iran Started Leaves Out the Paper’s Own Silence
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description: A full accounting of how the disastrous Iran War came about must grapple with the US military/industrial complex's megaphone: the compliant US corporate media.
encoded: According to the New York Times (4/7/26), US intelligence officials assured Trump that “crippling Iran’s capacity to project power and threaten its neighbors” was “achievable with American intelligence and military power.” A New York Times exposé (4/7/26) detailed a presentation by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to President Donald Trump in the White House Situation Room—meant to sell the president on a war with Iran roughly two weeks before the US’s initial attack—and Trump’s subsequent discussions with his inner circle. The Times report, headlined “How Trump Took the US to War in Iran,” is sparking renewed corporate media attention to how this conflict began. But that discussion has been clouded by the report’s fixation on Netanyahu’s sway over Trump and alleged divisions among his advisers. That Trump was narcissistic and gullible enough to believe lies Netanyahu told him, as the report lays out, was undoubtedly an important factor in the time and manner of a US/Israeli assault that has killed thousands and effectively widened the scope of the Gaza genocide. But buried within the report is an interesting detail indicating more structural forces were also at work: The Times‘ Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman reported that the US intelligence community determined that, while the prospect of regime change was “farcical,” “crippling Iran’s capacity to project power and threaten its neighbors” was “achievable with American intelligence and military power.” Iran’s continued capacity to close the Strait of Hormuz and exact a heavy toll on US bases in the region demonstrates this was a faulty assessment. Whether it was by groupthink, incompetence or the influence of neoconservatives and the Israel lobby, the fact that the national security state came to such an erroneous determination is going criminally underdiscussed. Military/industrial megaphone Despite Mossad openly bragging that its agents had directly participated in an armed uprising against the Irania…

ProPublica Event: How to Use Our News App of Disclosures From Political Appointees
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Is AI creating a new ‘Epstein class’?
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creator: Taya Graham and Stephen Janis
date: 2026-04-17T20:05:26Z
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Federal Bill Would Put Big Oil Above the Law
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date: 2026-04-17T19:16:07Z
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description: After months of fossil fuel industry lobbying, Republican lawmakers have introduced federal legislation that would give oil and gas companies immunity from any laws or lawsuits that aim to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis. El...
encoded: After months of fossil fuel industry lobbying, Republican lawmakers have introduced federal legislation that would give oil and gas companies immunity from any laws or lawsuits that aim to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis. Eleven U.S. states and dozens of city, county, and tribal governments collectively representing more than 1 in 4 Americans are currently taking major oil and gas companies to court to hold them accountable for deceiving the public about the dangers of fossil fuels and make them pay for the resulting damages. Many cases are heading toward discovery and trial after courts rejected Big Oil’s efforts to stop them. The oil and gas industry and its allies have been lobbying Congress and the Trump administration for more than a year to escape accountability. Last year, 16 Republican attorneys general proposed creating a “liability shield” for fossil fuel companies modeled on a 2005 law protecting gun manufacturers from lawsuits. In January, the American Petroleum Institute announced that killing state climate lawsuits is a top 2026 priority for the oil lobby. And a growing number of states have passed state-level laws that aim to shield fossil fuel companies from legal accountability. Recent reporting from ProPublica found those bills are "part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo." Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, said: “Big Oil companies have raked in massive profits at the pump while lying to the American people about the catastrophic harm of their products, and now they want to deny Americans their rightful day in court and stick taxpayers with the bill for the mess they made. If fossil fuel companies have done nothing wrong, why do they need immunity?” Jay Inslee, the former three-term Washington Governor who has been sounding the alarm about this growing threat, said: “Every elected official who cares about the interests of their constituents more than tho…

Could AI Create a New ‘Epstein Class’: Here’s Ro Khanna’s Answer!
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date: 2026-04-17T19:10:57Z
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U.S. & Israel were "forced into two ceasefires"
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date: 2026-04-17T19:01:35Z
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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What’s Behind the Push to Make Schools Adopt the Science of Reading?
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description: Restrictive laws about reading instruction repeat historical patterns of trying to privatize and centralize what happens in the classroom.
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The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 17, 2026
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description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 17, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
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Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison
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date: 2026-04-17T17:14:52Z
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description: Sentenced to life in prison for buying a video drone, Shin Daewe urged others to pray for those still in prison.
encoded: YANGON — Myanmar’s military junta Friday released award-winning documentary filmmaker and former RFA contributor Shin Daewe who had been in detention since October 2023 for buying a video drone. Outside of Yangon’s Insein Prison, Shin Daewe, who was handed a life sentence for “abetting terrorism” in 2024, told Radio Free Asia that there are still many on the inside that were in need of prayers. “I am the happiest,” she said. “Whether it’s me or one of the others, we all just wanted every day to see our families. I am lucky today, but I have many friends who are not as lucky as me. I ask everyone to pray for them too.” An undated photo of journalist Shin Daewe in Myanmar. (Courtesy of Shin Daewe's family) Known for her work highlighting the challenges facing Myanmar’s environment and the impact of conflict on civilians following the military’s 2021 coup, Shin Daewe was arrested in October 2023 in Yangon while picking up a video drone she had ordered online to use in filming a documentary. Then in January 2024, a military court sentenced her to life in prison, the maximum sentence under section 50(j) of the Counter-terrorism Law. Observers at that time said the ruling was a bid by the junta to stamp out criticism by using lengthy sentences to instill fear in opponents to its rule. The junta reduced her sentence to 15 years in January 2025 as part of a larger prisoner amnesty, before finally releasing her entirely on Friday. Shin Daewe told RFA Friday evening that she is back home now healthy and happy, and that she is grateful to those who helped her during her time of need. Shin Daewe had contributed to RFA’s Burmese Service since 2010 and up until her arrest. An undated photo of journalist Shin Daewe in Myanmar. (Courtesy of Shin Daewe's family) “The news of Shin Daewe’s release from detention comes as a welcome relief. Shin Daewe suffered enormously and unfairly for her work to bring uncensored journalism to people in Myanmar. This development is a testament to eff…

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz after Israel-Lebanon truce as Trump continues blockade
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creator: Brett Wilkins
date: 2026-04-17T17:11:20Z
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description: This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on April 17, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. Iran said Friday that the Strait of Hormuz is fully reopened to international shipping following an Israel-Le...
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CPJ urges US lawmakers to enact reforms to protect press freedom from warrantless surveillance
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-17T17:08:23Z
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subject: enact
subject: foreign
subject: Freedom
subject: from
subject: Intelligence
subject: Journalists
subject: Lawmakers
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description: Washington, D.C., April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on lawmakers to protect press freedom by rejecting an unamended extension of the warrantless surveillance of electronic communications permitted under Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which approves the use of this warrantless surveillance, has itself...
encoded: Washington, D.C., April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on lawmakers to protect press freedom by rejecting an unamended extension of the warrantless surveillance of electronic communications permitted under Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which approves the use of this warrantless surveillance, has itself noted the “persistent and widespread” abuses of Section 702, including backdoor searches of journalists, CPJ has previously noted. President Trump voiced his support in a Truth Social post for a “clean extension” of Section 702, ahead of a pending April 20 deadline for renewal. Lawmakers have debated bipartisan privacy concerns over the legislation’s sweeping powers—which under Section 702 allows national security agencies to collect and review the electronic communications of Americans to, and from, foreigners living inside and outside the country, without a warrant. The House early this morning approved a short-term extension of FISA until April 30, after failing to advance a five-year or 18-month extension. The Senate passed the 10 day extension on Friday by voice vote. “Without any sort of privacy reforms, the United States’ warrantless surveillance program directly undermines journalists’ ability to do their work and communicate with sources,” said CPJ Américas Director Jose Zamora. “Congress must create a framework to ensure proper oversight of Section 702 and protections to prevent the use of warrantless surveillance as a vehicle for undermining press freedom.” This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by CPJ Staff.

Why California’s Next Governor Matters
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Will the U.S. be able to halt Iran’s uranium enrichment?
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Middle East war: UNESCO grants ‘enhanced protection’ to 39 heritage sites in danger
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creator: Nancy Sarkis
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description: Since the outbreak of the Middle East war on 28 February, sites of major cultural importance across Israel, Iran and Lebanon have come under threat.At the request of the Lebanese Government, the UN education and cultural agency, UNESCO, has placed 39 W...
encoded: Since the outbreak of the Middle East war on 28 February, sites of major cultural importance across Israel, Iran and Lebanon have come under threat.At the request of the Lebanese Government, the UN education and cultural agency, UNESCO, has placed 39 World Heritage sites under so-called “enhanced protection”- a special status aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage during times of conflict.To explain what this means in practice, UN News’s Nancy Sarkis spoke to Krista Pikkat, who leads UNESCO’s Culture and Emergencies Unit. This content originally appeared on UN News - Global perspective Human stories and was authored by Nancy Sarkis.

Sarah Anderson on Poverty Wages, Lia Holland on Wayback Machine
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description: Why do news media label companies “successful” when that success stems from cheating and grifting and, crucially, shafting their workers?
encoded: https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260417.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Inequality.org (3/4/26) This week on CounterSpin: Tesla reported $5.7 billion in US profits in 2025 and paid $0.0 in taxes. As Rebecca Crosby and Judd Legum at Popular Information report, there’s little mystery to this miracle: Tesla used corporate tax breaks, proffered by Trump and co. in what reporters with straight faces call the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—including 100% bonus depreciation; and they exploited a long-standing deduction for executive stock options. At least 88 profitable corporations have reported paying $0 in federal income taxes last year, according to the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy. Citigroup, CVS, Walt Disney—they “made” billions but, weirdly it turns out, they somehow owe the federal government bupkis, whereas you and I are playing a chump’s game, evidently. Cheaters cheat, grifters grift, but why do news media label companies “successful” when that success stems from cheating and grifting and, crucially, shafting their workers? Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and co-edits the site Inequality.org. She’s written a new report that gets to the heart of America’s “Low-Wage Employers and the Affordability Crisis.” We hear from her this week. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260417Anderson.mp3 Fight for the Future (4/13/26) Also on the show: The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is a nonprofit digital library with the fundamental mission of preserving web pages. For example, a union organizer used it to look up old job listings and check how what the company says it offers has shifted over time. When police edited a press release after a journalist reported on it, and then said her report was false, she was able to prove that the department had changed their statement. It’s kind of In…

UN News Today 17 April 2026
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description: Lebanon: WHO highlights pressure on medical services as ceasefire beginsGaza war’s terrible toll on women and girls Record Rohingya death toll at sea highlights their desperation: UNHCR
encoded: Lebanon: WHO highlights pressure on medical services as ceasefire beginsGaza war’s terrible toll on women and girls Record Rohingya death toll at sea highlights their desperation: UNHCR This content originally appeared on UN News - Global perspective Human stories and was authored by Daniel Johnson.

CPJ submission to UN documents series of journalist jailings, secretive trials, torture claims in Tajikistan
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description: New York, April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists has submitted a report on the state of press freedom in Tajikistan to the United Nations Human Rights Council ahead of November’s 53rd Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session. The submission details a significant deterioration of media freedom — in what was already one of the world’s most restrictive environments...
encoded: New York, April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists has submitted a report on the state of press freedom in Tajikistan to the United Nations Human Rights Council ahead of November’s 53rd Universal Periodic Review (UPR) session. The submission details a significant deterioration of media freedom — in what was already one of the world’s most restrictive environments for the press — since Tajikistan’s last review in 2021, with a government crackdown intensifying already pervasive media self-censorship. Since 2022, nine journalists have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms of up to 20 years, making Tajikistan the world’s 10th-worst jailer of journalists in 2025. CPJ’s submission identifies the following troubling trends in these cases: Misuse of counter-extremism and counterterrorism laws: eight of the nine journalists were convicted on apparently baseless charges of extremism and terrorism, despite calls during the last UPR for Tajikistan to reform overly broad counterterrorism and counter-extremism legislation to prevent abuse. Torture and ill-treatment: allegations of torture and ill-treatment to obtain false confessions feature in the majority of these cases. One journalist said the mistreatment — beatings and electrocution — was so extreme he “thought [he] would die.” Severe violations of the right to a fair trial: all nine journalists were convicted in secretive, closed-doors trials held in detention centers, with little or no public information about the allegations against them; lawyers were made to sign non-disclosure agreements and lawyers and relatives were intimidated from speaking to rights groups or the press. The report further documents an uptick in transnational repression of exiled journalists, particularly in absentia criminal charges and harassment of family members in Tajikistan. Read the full report here. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Lauren Wolfe.

EU must suspend agreement with Israel over Gaza, West Bank violations
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description: Brussels, April 17, 2026—European Union officials and foreign ministers should call for a full or partial suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement during the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council on April 21, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. The agreement sets out the EU’s legal and institutional framework for political dialogue and economic cooperation with...
encoded: Brussels, April 17, 2026—European Union officials and foreign ministers should call for a full or partial suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement during the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council on April 21, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. The agreement sets out the EU’s legal and institutional framework for political dialogue and economic cooperation with Israel, including respect for human rights as an essential element. Israel has engaged in the deadliest and most deliberate effort to kill and silence journalists that CPJ has ever documented. Palestinian journalists are being threatened, directly targeted, and murdered by the Israel Defense Forces, and are arbitrarily detained and tortured in retaliation for their work. Media infrastructure in Gaza is systematically destroyed, and censorship has been tightened throughout the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Israel, which has also blocked international media independent access to Gaza. A formal proposal made by the European Commission in September 2025 to suspend certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement has not received sufficient support from EU member states. “The European Union has failed to hold Israel to account for its silencing of journalists and violations of international law,” said Tom Gibson, deputy advocacy director, EU. “Our calls to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement have been unheeded by some member states for too long. Now is the time to use the EU’s unique leverage to finally secure justice and accountability.” This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by CPJ Staff.

Aliya Rahman v. DHS: Disabled Woman Dragged from Car Files Claim over Violent Arrest in Minneapolis
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Rami Khouri: U.S. & Israel Were "Forced into Two Ceasefires" as Regional Balance of Power Shifts
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Report from Beirut: Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Met with "Cautious Optimism"
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As Iran Reopens Strait of Hormuz, Are U.S. & Iran Near Deal or Renewed Fighting?
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Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 17, 2026
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Angolan journalist harassed, illegally detained for 4 days for protest coverage
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description: New York, April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to investigate the harassment of Folha 8 reporter Hermenegildo Caculo, who was illegally detained for almost four days for attempting to cover a protest last week — the third time he was arrested while reporting on demonstrations in less than a year....
encoded: New York, April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to investigate the harassment of Folha 8 reporter Hermenegildo Caculo, who was illegally detained for almost four days for attempting to cover a protest last week — the third time he was arrested while reporting on demonstrations in less than a year. Caculo told CPJ that he was detained on April 6 at a protest in the capital, Luanda, by ex-employees of the national oil company, Sonangol, and taken to the covered yard of a local police station, where he slept on benches and chairs for three nights. His arrest was not officially recorded, he said. When Caculo appeared in court on April 9, his lawyer, Mauricio Quintas, discovered that his arrest had not been booked and asked the court to release him as the detention was illegal. The journalist was released without charges, Quintas and Caculo told CPJ. Caculo was also detained for nine hours on April 1 for seeking to cover the same ex-workers’ protest. On April 27, 2025, he was arrested and held for five hours for covering a student protest. “It is outrageous that a journalist was held for four days with no record of arrest. Unlawfully detaining a reporter covering protests is censorship and shows blatant disregard for press freedom and journalists’ safety,” said CPJ Africa Director Angela Quintal. “Hermenegildo Caculo’s third arrest in less than a year reflects a disturbing pattern of harassment. Angolan authorities must credibly investigate and hold those responsible to account.” Caculo told CPJ that shortly before his April 6 arrest, he received a call from Silário da Silva, deputy police commander of Luanda’s Ingombota municipality, who told him not to interview protesters in front of the Sonangol building as “it could be interpreted as incitement of rebellion.” Caculo followed the commander’s instruction and planned to interview two protesters about 300 meters away. While Caculo was preparing his equipment, police on two moto…

RFA welcomes release of Myanmar RFA contributor Shin Daewe
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description: The news of Shin Daewe’s release from detention comes as a welcome relief.
encoded: WASHINGTON - Radio Free Asia (RFA) President and CEO Bay Fang issued the following statement in response to the news that RFA contributor and award-winning journalist Shin Daewe, who has been jailed in Myanmar since October 2023 and recently sentenced to 15 years in prison, was released from prison under an amnesty: “The news of Shin Daewe’s release from detention comes as a welcome relief. Shin Daewe suffered enormously and unfairly for her work to bring uncensored journalism to people in Myanmar. This development is a testament to efforts by many, including RSF and PEN America, to secure her release. I am heartened to learn Shin is back at her home, reunited with her family and loved ones.” This content originally appeared on Radio Free Asia and was authored by RFA.

Aliya Rahman v. DHS: Disabled Woman Dragged from Car Files Claim over Violent Arrest in Minneapolis
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description: Aliya Rahman, a Minneapolis resident who was violently detained by ICE officers in January during “Operation Metro Surge,” filed a federal tort claim against the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, claiming the agency used...
encoded: Aliya Rahman, a Minneapolis resident who was violently detained by ICE officers in January during “Operation Metro Surge,” filed a federal tort claim against the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, claiming the agency used excessive force and violated her rights. Rahman was never charged with any crime. “They battered Aliya. They assaulted Aliya. They were negligent in their medical care for Aliya,” says Jessica Gingold, one of Rahman’s attorneys. “All of those things are illegal, and this is our tool for making sure that they have to pay for that.” Aliya Rahman was on her way to a doctor’s appointment when her route was blocked by ICE vehicles. Rahman’s window was smashed, and she was violently pulled out of her car. She told the officers she is disabled and autistic, but says they mocked her. Rahman was brought to an ICE jail, where she was denied medical care. She eventually fell unconscious and woke up at a hospital. “My hope is that Americans can see that we have an option that might someday make mass acts of racial violence seem too expensive for these folks, even if they don’t share our values,” says Rahman. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Rami Khouri: U.S. & Israel Were “Forced into Two Ceasefires” as Regional Balance of Power Shifts
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description: “We’ve seen now, in the last six weeks, Iran and Hezbollah almost single-handedly checking — not defeating, but checking — the two biggest military powers in the region, which is the U.S. and Israel,” says Rami Khouri. Khouri...
encoded: “We’ve seen now, in the last six weeks, Iran and Hezbollah almost single-handedly checking — not defeating, but checking — the two biggest military powers in the region, which is the U.S. and Israel,” says Rami Khouri. Khouri says the U.S. and Israel have been “forced into” ceasefires in Iran and Lebanon. This is all a sign “of the evolving balance of power across the region” and demonstrates that Iran’s Axis of Resistance “is still effective.” Khouri is a Palestinian American journalist and public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Report from Beirut: Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Met with “Cautious Optimism”
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description: A 10-day ceasefire has begun in Lebanon. The news is being celebrated across the country, but major questions remain over what happens next. President Trump announced the deal between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday. Hezbollah, which is not a p...
encoded: A 10-day ceasefire has begun in Lebanon. The news is being celebrated across the country, but major questions remain over what happens next. President Trump announced the deal between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday. Hezbollah, which is not a party to the agreement, says it will observe the ceasefire. The Israeli military is occupying a large swath of southern Lebanon, about 10% of the country. Early on in the current war, the Israeli military announced the intention to create a “security zone” from the Lebanese-Israeli border all the way to the Litani River, 20 miles north of the border. Many in the country are questioning whether Israel will abide by the ceasefire, says Beirut-based journalist Kareem Chehayeb. Israel continued airstrikes on Thursday right up until the ceasefire took effect, including blowing up the last bridge over the Litani River. “With this kind of military mobilization and this ground invasion of Lebanon, many in Lebanon do fear this could lead to some sort of long-term or even permanent occupation, similar to that from 1982 until the year 2000,” says Chehayeb. This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

As Iran Reopens Strait of Hormuz, Are U.S. & Iran Near Deal or Renewed Fighting?
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description: President Trump on Thursday repeated his claim that a deal to end the war on Iran is “very close” and that direct talks with Iran could resume in Pakistan as soon as this weekend. Despite the claims, the Pentagon is surging thousan...
encoded: President Trump on Thursday repeated his claim that a deal to end the war on Iran is “very close” and that direct talks with Iran could resume in Pakistan as soon as this weekend. Despite the claims, the Pentagon is surging thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, including an additional 6,000 sailors and aviators joining the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier battle group. Around 4,200 others with the Navy and Marines are expected to arrive near the end of the month. Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, says “we might be, at some point, returning to a hot war” because the Iranians, too, have “preserved a degree of retaliatory capacity.” The main question on the negotiating table is whether the Iranians, who “have been saying for years that they don’t want nuclear weapons,” will curb their nuclear activity, and if so, whether the U.S. would “be willing to provide them with economic incentives and sanctions relief.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women
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description: The post Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: Photographs show Hope and Porsha Ngumezi, left, and Nevaeh Crain. Photos by Danielle Villasana for ProPublica The Texas Medical Board has disciplined three doctors ProPublica previously investigated whose patients died after receiving delayed or inappropriate pregnancy care under the state’s strict abortion ban. Two of the doctors failed to properly intervene as a pregnant teenager repeatedly sought care for life-threatening complications, the board found. The third did not provide a dilation and curettage procedure to empty a miscarrying patient’s uterus, and she ultimately bled to death. As ProPublica investigated those preventable deaths and five others across three states in the past few years, reporters found that abortion bans have influenced how doctors and hospitals respond to pregnancy complications. Facing risks of prison time and professional ruin, doctors have delayed key interventions until they can document that a fetus’ heart is no longer beating or that a case meets a narrow legal exception. Some physicians say their colleagues are discharging or transferring pregnant patients instead of taking responsibility for their care. Doctors and lawyers have questioned why medical boards, which oversee physician licensing and investigate substandard care, have not played a more active role in guiding doctors on how to uphold medical standards within the constraints of the law. When asked by ProPublica in 2024 what recourse miscarrying patients had when a doctor denied them necessary treatment, the president of the Texas Medical Board said it had no say over criminal law but that patients could file a complaint and “vote with their feet” to seek care from another doctor. Since then, the Texas board has taken more steps than those in other states, publishing guidance this year that provides case studies on how doctors can legally provide abortions to patients with certain medical complications. The state Legislature ordered the board to create the training mate…

Headlines for April 17, 2026
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description: Israel Agrees to 10-Day Ceasefire in Lebanon After U.S.-Brokered Talks, Israelis in Tel Aviv Protest Settler Violence After High Court Lifts Wartime Ban on Gatherings, House Votes 213-214 to Reject War Powers Resolution as Trump Claims Deal with Iran Is “Very Close”, Ukraine Strikes Black Sea Oil Refinery as Russian Attacks Kill 17, Progressive Democrat Analilia Mejía Wins Special Election for New Jersey House Seat, House Temporarily Extends FISA’s Mass Surveillance Powers in Late-Night Vote , House Votes to Extend Deportation Protections for 330,000 Haitian Immigrants, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, Who Oversaw Mass Deportation Efforts, to Resign in May, Minnesota Prosecutor Brings Assault Charges Against ICE Agent Who Pointed Gun at Motorists, Texas Governor Threatens to Cut Millions of Dollars from Cities That Limit Collaboration with ICE, Man Shot by ICE in California Last Week Arrested on Assault Charges, Advocates Demand Release of Texas Interpreter Meenu Batra from ICE Jail, Virginia’s Former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Shoots Estranged Wife in Murder-Suicide, Hampshire College to Close at End of 2026 Amid Financial Woes and Falling Enrollment
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Democracy Now! 2026-04-17 Friday
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Gaza’s young, untrained journalists step up to document Israel’s war crimes
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date: 2026-04-17T11:32:02Z
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description: Pacific Media Watch At least 262 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war against the besieged enclave, marking one of the deadliest periods for media workers in recent global history, reports Al Jazeera. Despite newsrooms being destroyed and reporters losing their lives, coverage continues through a new generation of
encoded: Pacific Media Watch At least 262 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war against the besieged enclave, marking one of the deadliest periods for media workers in recent global history, reports Al Jazeera. Despite newsrooms being destroyed and reporters losing their lives, coverage continues through a new generation of young, often untrained correspondents determined to document the conflict. With international media access severely restricted, the responsibility of reporting increasingly falls on local journalists who work in makeshift shelters and tents amid rubble, facing constant danger. READ MORE: Foreign press access to Gaza: RSF and partner organisations call on Israeli Supreme Court judges to accelerate proceedings Other Gaza media reports For many, journalism has shifted from profession to urgent responsibility. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Gaza City on the new generation of journalists, many of them young women. Gaza’s young journalists document Israel’s war crimes Video: Al Jazeera This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by Pacific Media Watch.

Man linked to gang activity dies after Fiji military detention, local media report
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description: RNZ Pacific The Fiji Police Force has confirmed that a man who was taken in for questioning by the Republic of Fiji Military Forces in Suva has died in custody. Fijian media are reporting that the man was a wellknown “drug lord” known to local authorities. The man was among a group allegedly linked to
encoded: RNZ Pacific The Fiji Police Force has confirmed that a man who was taken in for questioning by the Republic of Fiji Military Forces in Suva has died in custody. Fijian media are reporting that the man was a wellknown “drug lord” known to local authorities. The man was among a group allegedly linked to gang activity who were taken in for questioning by the military on Thursday night, fijivillage.com reports. READ MORE: Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats ‘We will comment later,’ says military chief over army custody death Other Fiji military reports Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said an investigation into the incident was underway. The incident comes amid ongoing joint operations between the police and the military. This week, the Fijian military warned that individuals responsible for “any attempt to destabilise national security” and those who aid “individuals engaged in criminal activity” had been put on notice. The death also comes as Fijians mourn the passing of the former President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, who has been accorded a state funeral today. This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ. This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by APR editor.

DN! Friday, April 17, 2026
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A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.
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description: The post A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls. appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: A federal agent shoots pepper spray out of the window of a moving vehicle. The stream hit FRONTLINE’s video team. Tim Evans/Reuters Five days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot activist Renee Good, tensions were running high in the Minneapolis neighborhood where she was killed. As federal immigration agents surrounded and questioned a man whose car they had stopped, people emerged from their homes onto the snow-lined sidewalks and street. They shouted obscenities, told the agents to leave and filmed what was happening on their phones. A crew from FRONTLINE and ProPublica was filming, too. The man being questioned, a U.S. citizen named Christian Molina, told ProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson that federal agents had followed him and rammed his car: “They looked at me and they decided to pull me over for no reason,” Molina said. Co-published With <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="404" height="120" src="https://www.propublica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/unnamed_a64377.png" alt="" class="wp-image-54265" style="width:198px;height:auto" srcset="https://www.propublica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/unnamed_a64377.png 404w, https://www.propublica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/unnamed_a64377.png?resize=300,89 300w, https://www.propublica.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/unnamed_a64377.png?resize=400,119 400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px" /> What happened next can be seen in footage from FRONTLINE and ProPublica’s new documentary “Caught in the Crackdown.” Someone threw a snowball in the direction of the agents — and one of them responded by tossing a tear gas canister into the crowd. “You’re tear-gassing a fucking neighborhood,” a protester yelled. “People live here.” As the toxic haze rose, an agent pepper-sprayed protesters and a news photographer at close range. Another agent fired pepper balls into the crowd, hitting Thompson three times. One shot struck him above the right eye. Federal use of force guidelines gene…

Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice
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creator: Matt Simon
date: 2026-04-17T08:45:00Z
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description: A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a 'very violent release' of deep, pent-up heat.
encoded: Something strange has been swirling in the waters around Antarctica. From the 1970s until a decade ago, the floating sea ice that radiates from the continent had been expanding, even with climate change already in full swing. Then, in 2016, it suddenly and dramatically contracted — and has yet to recover — as rising global temperatures seemed to catch up with the Southern Ocean. Far from being just a local issue, the loss of sea ice has huge implications for Antarctica’s vast ice sheet, which would drive sea levels up 190 feet if it disappeared. Now scientists say they’ve identified what’s behind this rise and sudden fall, thanks to an assist from deep-diving robots. It all comes down to salinity, winds, and churn. “One of the key takeaways from the study is that the ocean plays a huge role in sort of modulating how sea ice can vary from year to year, decade to decade,” said Earle Wilson, a polar oceanographer at Stanford University and lead author of a new paper describing the research. Doing the grunt work here was a network of data-gathering machines known as Argo floats. Torpedo-shaped and about the size of a human, they sink thousands of feet, sampling things like temperature and salinity, before popping back up to the surface and transmitting all that data to a satellite. Because they float passively, the instruments could for years gather data about how conditions were changing. Now, forget about robots and think about swimming in a lake. When you dive, you’re hit by a sudden rush of cold water. That’s because the sun warms the surface, while the depths stay cool. This also happens in the world’s oceans, though obviously the cold water goes much deeper. The opposite happens in the waters around Antarctica. Because it’s so cold down there, the air cools the ocean surface, while warmer waters swirl below. (Argo robots could detect this in fine detail as they ascended and descended.) With warmer liquid kept away from the surface, more sea ice can form. As sea ic…

American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.
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date: 2026-04-17T08:30:00Z
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description: We tracked how the collapse of federal rural energy support is ending solar projects across farm country — and costing some developers millions they'll never get back.
encoded: Over the past few years, Kentucky sheep farmer Daniel Bell has been expanding his flock, and that meant he needed to build a new barn. His land is far from the power lines he’d need to heat it, so he figured rooftop solar would be ideal. To help pay for it, he wanted to apply for a renewable-energy grant through the US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP — only to find that the Trump administration had effectively halted grants through the program. Bell said that made it impossible to proceed with the idea on his land. “For me, it’s just been about freedom. Freedom to lower bills, freedom to control my own assets,” he said. <img decoding="async" src="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcset="https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=330 330w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=768 768w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200 1200w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1536 1536w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=160&h=90&crop=1 160w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=640&h=853&crop=1 640w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=96&h=96&crop=1 96w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=150 150w, https://grist.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Select-1JB08612_XMIT.jpg?quality=75&strip=all 1024w" alt="Daniel Bell, wearing a cap and green jacket, walks across a field alongside a row of solar pan…

Moment Russian Drone Hits Transport Depot In Dnipro
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date: 2026-04-17T08:27:27Z
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Ask a Climate Therapist: Why should I plan for my future when I feel we don’t have one?
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creator: Leslie Davenport
date: 2026-04-17T08:15:00Z
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description: Licensed therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice to a young reader staring down a world of uncertainty.
encoded: Dear Leslie, I’m a young adult trying to figure out what I’m doing with my life. It feels really hard to plan for my future given the uncertainty climate change produces, and sometimes I feel like my degree, which I’m passionate about, will be useless “when the apocalypse comes.” How can I plan well for my future when I don’t know what the world will look like in 10 years, let alone 50? — Scared Student Dear Scared Student, You’re asking one of the most significant questions of your generation, and it’s one that I’m hearing more and more from young people who are tuned into the rapid shifts occurring on our planet. Anyone who claims to know exactly what our changing world will look like in 50 years is deceiving themselves. It takes courage to sit with that uncertainty rather than push it away, so let’s start there: Give yourself credit for remaining aware of both the realities and the unknowns. That said, the word “apocalypse” doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for possibility. It’s hard to believe that anything matters if the end of times is a foregone conclusion. I think it’s worth breaking that down into two inquiries: what might actually happen, and how the uncertainty is affecting your ability to move forward. Ask a Climate Therapist tackles your questions about how to navigate the emotional side of climate change, with leading climate-aware therapist Leslie Davenport. Have a question? Ask it here! Serious disruptions are taking place already and are essentially a guarantee — including in whatever field you’re training for. I don’t want to minimize the real fear underlying your question. Planning for a future that feels unstable is a genuine challenge. Let yourself feel the weight of that before reaching for solutions. Whatever our future does hold, we can be certain it will look different from the world we know today — perhaps in some wonderful ways, and likely in some bad. Feeling the loss is part of staying whole — neither turning away from what worries you, …

Climate adaptation funding is scarce. Private investors could help.
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creator: Tik Root
date: 2026-04-17T08:00:00Z
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description: A new report highlights how resilience projects from the Netherlands to Malaysia offer a model for tapping private investment to protect cities from climate change.
encoded: The Afsluitdijk is a 32 kilometer causeway in the Netherlands that, since 1932, has been one of the country’s primary barriers against sea level rise. But after nearly a century of use it needed hundreds of millions of dollars in upgrades. So, about a decade ago, the government turned to a consortium of contractors to reinvigorate the bulwark. Instead of paying for the project up front, the agency leading it signed a 25-year contract that allowed it to make payments over time — a move that effectively amounted to private financing for a public project. As climate risks intensify, cities around the world face a stark financial reality: Protecting themselves from rising seas and extreme weather will cost hundreds of billions of dollars — far more than many governments can afford. A new report from C40, a climate group representing cities, argues that one way of closing that gap is bringing in outside investors. Work on the Afsluitdijk is complete, and the sea wall continues fending off the encroaching water. The initiative is one of 10 case studies that form the backbone of the report, which C40 is releasing on the sidelines of the World Bank spring meeting this week. It cites examples from Dakar, Senegal to Washington D.C. to show why — and how — cities should be collaborating with the private sector. “The idea of this report is really to improve the conversation and bring in proof of concept so we can work with cities to leverage more of these opportunities,” said Barbara Barros, global head of adaptation finance for C40 and one of the report’s authors. “We can change the narrative.” As climate risks grow, so too does the price of defending against them. The report highlights research showing this could cost low and middle-income countries alone between $256 and $821 billion by 2050. Yet no more than 1 percent of all climate funding is currently going to urban adaptation, leaving a gap between what cities need and what they can afford. That’s in part because adaptat…

Writer and translator Sophie Strohmeier on getting inspiration from unlikely places
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description: Your book is in the tradition of English Gothic literature, as there’s a story that’s told within the larger story. What made you want to structure your contemporary novel this way?
encoded: Your book is in the tradition of English Gothic literature, as there’s a story that’s told within the larger story. What made you want to structure your contemporary novel this way? When you have a character tell a story about another character, a potent doubling happens. It’s almost like a ghost story in itself. It’s a very compelling device to use for fantastical literature, because you immediately have reason to doubt something. Another element that was really important to me was queerness. When we construct our own queerness, a lot of it comes out of storytelling, gossiping, and this detective work that we do when we’re younger and we’re trying to figure out what this means for us. Dialogue and conversation are a huge formation of queerness, because we’re constantly looking for language to express who we are. What other works informed this novella? I’m one of those people who wants to read everything that’s gay. I also really crave horror fiction and romantic fiction. A huge influence on my book was this Austrian author, Gustav Meyrink, who wrote The Golem of Prague, and this witchy, demonic novel about Prague called Walpurgisnacht. He’s not well known in the English speaking world, but he’s kind of the Austrian-German H.P. Lovecraft. Of course, Russian literature influenced me, like Nikolai Levskov’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. I really love this writer, Sarah Waters, too. She is a contemporary British author, and her work is extremely post-modern. Every book she writes takes on the format of the type of book that would have been written in that era. Her most famous book is Fingersmith, which was later adapted into a movie by Park Chan-wook. Your book has so many wonderful sex scenes that also render the character’s gender philosophy. In your opinion, what are the elements of a good sex scene? My first novel, which hasn’t been translated to English, was actually very sex scene-heavy. It was basically erotica. So All Girls Be Mine Alone felt much more demure, actua…

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws
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creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-17T01:37:56Z
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description: By Stephanie Tran of Michael West Media The Supreme Court of New South Wales has struck down the state’s draconian anti-protest laws, ruling they impose an “impermissible burden” on political communication and are invalid. In a landmark decision yesterday, the court declared key provisions of the anti-protest laws introduced after the Bondi terrorist attack unconstitutional,
encoded: By Stephanie Tran of Michael West Media The Supreme Court of New South Wales has struck down the state’s draconian anti-protest laws, ruling they impose an “impermissible burden” on political communication and are invalid. In a landmark decision yesterday, the court declared key provisions of the anti-protest laws introduced after the Bondi terrorist attack unconstitutional, finding they gave police sweeping powers to shut down protests across large parts of Sydney without sufficient justification. “The impugned provisions infringe the implied freedom of political communication,” the court found. READ MORE: Other Australian anti-protest laws reports The court held that the laws were “not compatible with the maintenance of the constitutionally prescribed system of representative and responsible government.” Not constitutionally legitimate “It is not a constitutionally legitimate purpose to seek to discourage all forms of public assembly across a nominated geographical area to preserve social cohesion, on the grounds that the very act of holding public assemblies is apt to cause tension and division in the community,” the court found. The challenge centred on a suite of laws rushed through on Christmas Eve under the Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (NSW), in the aftermath of the Bondi attack that killed 15 people. The laws allowed the NSW police commissioner to issue sweeping “public assembly restriction” declarations across broad areas. Once in force, those declarations effectively shut down protests by preventing them from being authorised under the Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW), cancelling existing approvals and enabling police to disperse gatherings using expanded powers under the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW). In its reasoning, the court stated: “peaceful protest is indispensable to the exercise of political sovereignty by the people of the Commonwealth” and the laws imposed “substantial burden” to this right. It…

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws
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description: By Stephanie Tran of Michael West Media The Supreme Court of New South Wales has struck down the state’s draconian anti-protest laws, ruling they impose an “impermissible burden” on political communication and are invalid. In a landmark decision yesterday, the court declared key provisions of the anti-protest laws introduced after the Bondi terrorist attack unconstitutional,
encoded: By Stephanie Tran of Michael West Media The Supreme Court of New South Wales has struck down the state’s draconian anti-protest laws, ruling they impose an “impermissible burden” on political communication and are invalid. In a landmark decision yesterday, the court declared key provisions of the anti-protest laws introduced after the Bondi terrorist attack unconstitutional, finding they gave police sweeping powers to shut down protests across large parts of Sydney without sufficient justification. “The impugned provisions infringe the implied freedom of political communication,” the court found. READ MORE: Other Australian anti-protest laws reports The court held that the laws were “not compatible with the maintenance of the constitutionally prescribed system of representative and responsible government.” Not constitutionally legitimate “It is not a constitutionally legitimate purpose to seek to discourage all forms of public assembly across a nominated geographical area to preserve social cohesion, on the grounds that the very act of holding public assemblies is apt to cause tension and division in the community,” the court found. The challenge centred on a suite of laws rushed through on Christmas Eve under the Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (NSW), in the aftermath of the Bondi attack that killed 15 people. The laws allowed the NSW police commissioner to issue sweeping “public assembly restriction” declarations across broad areas. Once in force, those declarations effectively shut down protests by preventing them from being authorised under the Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW), cancelling existing approvals and enabling police to disperse gatherings using expanded powers under the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW). In its reasoning, the court stated: “peaceful protest is indispensable to the exercise of political sovereignty by the people of the Commonwealth” and the laws imposed “substantial burden” to this right. It…

How the Trump admin destroyed USAID
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date: 2026-04-17T01:30:01Z
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Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance is so vital
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date: 2026-04-17T01:07:58Z
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description: ANALYSIS: By Prabhat Patnaik It is the people of the Global South, not governments, who must resist this subversion of the concepts of the “nation’ and of non-alignment. The Indian government’s position on the US-Israeli war against Iran shows an unbelievable degree of pusillanimity. India attended the recent meeting of about 50 countries called by
encoded: ANALYSIS: By Prabhat Patnaik It is the people of the Global South, not governments, who must resist this subversion of the concepts of the “nation’ and of non-alignment. The Indian government’s position on the US-Israeli war against Iran shows an unbelievable degree of pusillanimity. India attended the recent meeting of about 50 countries called by the United Kingdom where Iran was strongly criticised for closing the Strait of Hormuz, but not a word was uttered against the US-Israeli aggression on Iran. READ MORE: Iran war’s big winners: Wall Street, weapons firms, AI and green energy ‘Vengeance for all’: How Iran’s Lego videos won narrative war against Trump Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by accident – it’s by strategy Other US-Israel war on Iran reports Likewise, India was one of the sponsors of a resolution at the UN General Assembly which criticised Iran for attacking other countries in the Gulf (though Iran was attacking only the American military bases located in those countries). Yet again, not a word was uttered in that resolution condemning the US-Israeli aggression on Iran. It is also noteworthy that India took several days before expressing any grief over the assassination Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several weeks before expressing any shock over the brutal killing of 175 innocent schoolgirls in Minab. Such pusillanimity, however, is not confined to India: as many as 135 countries were co-sponsors of the dishonest and duplicitous UNGA resolution mentioned above, afraid that they would otherwise offend the Americans. In fact, apart from a handful of countries in the entire world, none has had the gumption to condemn unambiguously the blatantly illegal and immoral war unleashed by the US-Israeli combine against Iran. Extreme concern This is a matter for extreme concern, for the attack on Iran abrogates the concept of sovereignty of nations that had been the core concept in the struggle fo…

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis
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description: By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent Most government offices in the Marshall Islands began enforcing a new policy this week of closing by 3pm daily as a way to conserve fuel given uncertainties of fuel supply globally. The move is to save energy and reduce the strain on the Marshalls Energy Company’s
encoded: By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent Most government offices in the Marshall Islands began enforcing a new policy this week of closing by 3pm daily as a way to conserve fuel given uncertainties of fuel supply globally. The move is to save energy and reduce the strain on the Marshalls Energy Company’s diesel fuel resources with both fuel shortages and skyrocketing prices seen on world markets due to the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran and its retaliation by closing the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping. The 3pm daily closure directive for all non-essential government services was issued by the government’s cabinet on April 10 as an Emergency Electricity Savings Policy. READ MORE: Other Pacific impact of War on Iran reports Aside from the government office closure to reduce energy use, the emergency directive is expected to help the private sector through the mandate of government contracts for air conditioning maintenance and repair. Government offices are expected to remain open during the lunch hour, allowing workers to operate seven hours daily instead of the usual eight. A key provision about the shutdown of government offices by 3pm daily is that they are required to shut off air conditioners, lights and any other equipment drawing power. The aim is to reduce energy use by 30 percent over the 90 days of the emergency decree. The 90-day emergency order mandates the Marshalls Energy Company, the government’s power utility company, to provide detailed monthly electricity bills to every government ministry, state-owned enterprise, and subsidised agency that detail each government offices power consumption compared to the 30-day period immediately prior to the emergency declaration. Compliance ‘mandatory’ “Compliance with the 90-Day Emergency Electricity Savings Policy is mandatory,” the declaration said. “The National Energy Authority will monitor the monthly MEC baseline reports to verify progress toward the 30 percent reduc…

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis
type: item
creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-17T01:04:09Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
subject: Emergency Electricity Savings Policy
subject: Iran war impact on Pacific
subject: Marshall Islands Journal
subject: Marshalls Energy Company
subject: Office shutdowns
subject: Pacific fuel costs
subject: Sources
subject: US-Israel attacks
subject: War on Iran
subject: 3pm
subject: amid
subject: asia
subject: Asia Report
subject: attacks
subject: company
subject: costs
subject: crisis
subject: daily
subject: down
subject: economics
subject: Editor's Picks
subject: electricity
subject: Emergency
subject: Energy
subject: Featured
subject: fuel
subject: Global
subject: government
subject: impact
subject: Innovation
subject: iran
subject: islands
subject: journal
subject: marshall
subject: Marshall Islands
subject: marshalls
subject: military
subject: office
subject: Pacific
subject: Pacific Report
subject: Policy
subject: Politics
subject: report
subject: RNZ Pacific
subject: savings
subject: Security
subject: shutdowns
subject: shuts
subject: sources
subject: strait of hormuz
subject: Syndicate
subject: us/israel
subject: war
description: By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent Most government offices in the Marshall Islands began enforcing a new policy this week of closing by 3pm daily as a way to conserve fuel given uncertainties of fuel supply globally. The move is to save energy and reduce the strain on the Marshalls Energy Company’s
encoded: By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent Most government offices in the Marshall Islands began enforcing a new policy this week of closing by 3pm daily as a way to conserve fuel given uncertainties of fuel supply globally. The move is to save energy and reduce the strain on the Marshalls Energy Company’s diesel fuel resources with both fuel shortages and skyrocketing prices seen on world markets due to the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran and its retaliation by closing the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping. The 3pm daily closure directive for all non-essential government services was issued by the government’s cabinet on April 10 as an Emergency Electricity Savings Policy. READ MORE: Other Pacific impact of War on Iran reports Aside from the government office closure to reduce energy use, the emergency directive is expected to help the private sector through the mandate of government contracts for air conditioning maintenance and repair. Government offices are expected to remain open during the lunch hour, allowing workers to operate seven hours daily instead of the usual eight. A key provision about the shutdown of government offices by 3pm daily is that they are required to shut off air conditioners, lights and any other equipment drawing power. The aim is to reduce energy use by 30 percent over the 90 days of the emergency decree. The 90-day emergency order mandates the Marshalls Energy Company, the government’s power utility company, to provide detailed monthly electricity bills to every government ministry, state-owned enterprise, and subsidised agency that detail each government offices power consumption compared to the 30-day period immediately prior to the emergency declaration. Compliance ‘mandatory’ “Compliance with the 90-Day Emergency Electricity Savings Policy is mandatory,” the declaration said. “The National Energy Authority will monitor the monthly MEC baseline reports to verify progress toward the 30 percent reduc…

Republicans deploy little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining
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creator: Rebecca Egan McCarthy
date: 2026-04-16T22:54:27Z
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description: Legal experts say the use of the Congressional Review Act to open mining near the Boundary Waters could drastically reshape U.S. public lands protections
encoded: Minnesota’s Boundary Waters are a vast stretch of wilderness bordering Canada, with over a million acres of untouched forest and thousands of lakes and streams. Accessible largely by canoe, it is an ecological gem and one of the most popular spots in the country for outdoor recreation. On Thursday, Senate Republicans voted 50-49 to open the area up to mining — passing a resolution that repeals a 20-year moratorium using a little-known law called the Congressional Review Act, or CRA. The act was designed in the 1990s by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who sought to cut back on government bureaucracy by eliminating regulations. It was engineered to allow Congress to quickly overturn regulatory rules with a simple majority, rather than the usual two-thirds vote. Critics say it’s dangerous because it enables public rules and regulations based on years of research to be quickly overturned with little debate. “It allows Congress to basically do a thumbs up or a thumbs down, where otherwise a filibuster would apply,” explained Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, executive director of the Western Environmental Law Center, a nonprofit, public interest law firm. During the CRA’s first 20 years of existence, it was used only once by the second Bush administration. But President Trump and Republicans have worked to dramatically expand and weaponize the CRA, with the Boundary Waters case being the latest example, Schlenker-Goodrich said. In 2017, the Trump administration invalidated 17 rules from the Obama era. In 2025 alone, Trump signed 22 CRA repeals. The CRA technically gives Congress 60 days to overturn a rule after it’s passed. The Boundary Waters protections were passed over three years ago during the Biden administration, and not as a rule, but rather as a Public Land Order. This puts the Senate and administration in territory that is “extraordinarily legally questionable,” said Blaine Miller-McFeeley, a senior legislative representative at Earthjustice. “We are not done fighting…

[Sheldon Whitehouse] The Trump, Putin & Epstein Triangle
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date: 2026-04-16T21:00:55Z
subject: Sources
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subject: putin
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description: The movie Nuremberg is about the trial of Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering. One of the characters asks rhetorically about the German atrocities: “You wanna know why it happened here?” He answers his own question: “Cause people let it happen. Cause the...
encoded: The movie Nuremberg is about the trial of Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering. One of the characters asks rhetorically about the German atrocities: “You wanna know why it happened here?” He answers his own question: “Cause people let it happen. Cause they didn’t stand up until it was too late.” No historical situation is identical, yet we can draw some parallels and inferences from the past to shine light on the present and predict the future. What is the relationship between Trump and the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein? And how does Putin of Russia factor in? Trump seemingly bends over backwards to accommodate the Kremlin leader. A close examination reveals connections. The New York Times reviewed the so far publicly available Epstein files and found that “Trump, his properties, his associates and related terms were referred to more than 38,000 times.” Crucial files remain unreleased or redacted. Key files are missing. Sheldon Whitehouse calls it “a cover up.” This content originally appeared on AlternativeRadio and was authored by info@alternativeradio.org.

Israel Destroys a Synagogue; US Media Yawn
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creator: Ari Paul
date: 2026-04-16T20:36:56Z
subject: FAIR
subject: Sources
subject: Antisemitism
subject: Blog
subject: destroys
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description: Underplaying the story obscures not only Israel’s aggression, but the actual nature of Iranian society, portrayed as obsessed with wiping Jews off the map.
encoded: Religion News Service (4/9/26): “The synagogue was leveled in a strike overnight Monday (April 6) before the ceasefire was declared, one of scores of religious and cultural heritage sites destroyed or significantly damaged by the war led by Israeli and US forces.” An Israeli missile attack destroyed a Tehran synagogue during the Jewish Passover holiday (Religion News Service, 4/9/26). The Israeli military “expressed regret over what it called ‘collateral damage’ to a synagogue in Tehran caused by an overnight strike,” which was “targeting a senior Iranian commander,” said the Middle East Eye (4/7/26). Photos of the wreckage at the Rafi-Nia Synagogue have accompanied many of these pieces. The Council on American-Islamic relations condemned the attack in a statement (4/7/26): We strongly condemn the Israeli regime’s bombing of a synagogue in Tehran, which was the predictable end result of the indiscriminate US/Israel bombing campaign against mosques, hospitals, schools, apartments and other civilian sites across Iran. The group challenged “various Israel advocacy groups and politicians that support this war in the name of protecting Israel to condemn Israel’s synagogue attack.” Buried at best The Wall Street Journal headline (4/7/26) refers to the “damage” Israel did to a Tehran synagogue—similar to the “damage” done to the World Trade Center by Al Qaeda. The story of the attack on the Tehran synagogue was, at best, buried in the US corporate media. CNN posted a brief video (4/7/26) about the bombing but had no online article about it. The New York Times (4/7/26, 4/7/26) mentioned the attack, but as background in broader stories about the US/Israel war on Iran. A search for “Rafi-Nia” on the Washington Post website yields no results. Ditto for the AP, although the news service did post a video to YouTube (4/7/26). Al Jazeera’s coverage (4/7/26) of the attack was a mélange of AP and AFP copy. CBS News (4/7/26) also used a few paragraphs of AFP copy to report on the att…

What’s Old Is New Again in Utah
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creator: Robert Davis
date: 2026-04-16T20:29:11Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Progressive
subject: again
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subject: utah
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description: State officials want to usher in an ‘accountability era’ for homeless services by reviving a particularly sordid chapter of U.S. history.
encoded: State officials want to usher in an ‘accountability era’ for homeless services by reviving a particularly sordid chapter of U.S. history. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Robert Davis.

RFE/RL Reporter Caught Up In Russian Strike On Kyiv
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creator: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
date: 2026-04-16T20:19:29Z
subject: Radio Free Europe/RL
subject: Sources
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subject: europe/rl
subject: free
subject: kyiv
subject: radio
subject: reporter
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subject: sources
subject: strike
description: This content originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and was authored by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
encoded: This content originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and was authored by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

‘You Can’t Bring that With You’
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creator: The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good
date: 2026-04-16T20:15:51Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Progressive
subject: bring
subject: can’t
subject: progressive
subject: sources
subject: that
subject: the
subject: with
subject: you
description: Attractions that disallow wheeled walkers are facing legal repercussions, as well they should.
encoded: Attractions that disallow wheeled walkers are facing legal repercussions, as well they should. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good.

Three arrested after arson attack on London-based Iran International
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-16T18:43:08Z
subject: Arson
subject: BBC Persian
subject: Committee to Protect Journalists
subject: Harassed
subject: Iran International
subject: Sources
subject: Threatened
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subject: arson
subject: attack
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subject: committee
subject: harassed
subject: International
subject: iran
subject: Journalists
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description: London, April 16, 2026—Three men have been arrested following an arson attack on the London premises of Iran International, a Persian-language broadcaster whose journalists regularly face threats and intimidation from the Iranian regime. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on U.K. authorities to fully investigate this latest attack and put additional protection in place for...
encoded: London, April 16, 2026—Three men have been arrested following an arson attack on the London premises of Iran International, a Persian-language broadcaster whose journalists regularly face threats and intimidation from the Iranian regime. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on U.K. authorities to fully investigate this latest attack and put additional protection in place for exiled Iranian journalists. Iran International said a suspicious vehicle was denied entry to its site at around 8:15 p.m. on April 15. Shortly afterward, incendiary devices were thrown into a parking lot just meters from the broadcaster’s studios. According to police, the suspects left the area in a black SUV and, after a police chase ended in a crash, three men — aged 16, 19, and 21 — were arrested on suspicion of arson and endangering life, and taken into police custody. No damage was reported. “It is very alarming to hear of this brazen attack on Iran International, whose journalists are already facing extreme levels of threats and harassment as a result of their work,” said Fiona O’Brien, CPJ’s director for Europe and Central Asia. “While it remains to be seen who was behind this latest attack, it is clear that exiled Iranian journalists are currently at heightened risk and require extra protection. Journalists must be able to continue reporting safely and freely — and those attempting to intimidate and silence them must be held accountable.” Iran International’s editorial board said its journalists had experienced a sharp rise in harassment in recent months, as conflict flares across the Middle East. In a statement, the broadcaster said it had been notified of cyberattacks aimed at some of its journalists in Europe and North America, and that 63 of its journalists were included on a list of citizens abroad whose assets have been seized and bank accounts frozen by the Tehran prosecutor’s office. Journalists’ relatives in Iran have also had their homes raided and been questioned, tactic…

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 16, 2026
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creator: KPFA
date: 2026-04-16T18:00:00Z
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subject: Politics
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subject: the
subject: weekdays
description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 16, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
encoded: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 16, 2026 appeared first on KPFA. This content originally appeared on KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays and was authored by KPFA.

Algeria re-arrests freelance journalist Hassan Bouras ahead of Pope’s visit
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creator: Committee to Protect Journalists
date: 2026-04-16T17:53:06Z
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subject: Hassan Bouras
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subject: Sources
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subject: ahead
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description: New York, April 16, 2026—Algerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release freelance journalist and human rights defender Hassan Bouras and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. On Monday, an investigating judge at the court of El-Bayadh, in northwestern Algeria, ordered Bouras’ detention pending investigation into four accusations — two...
encoded: New York, April 16, 2026—Algerian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release freelance journalist and human rights defender Hassan Bouras and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. On Monday, an investigating judge at the court of El-Bayadh, in northwestern Algeria, ordered Bouras’ detention pending investigation into four accusations — two felonies and two misdemeanors. The exact charges have not been disclosed, according to a local journalist who spoke to CPJ on condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisal, adding that he believes that Bouras is being targeted for his journalistic work. Provincial security forces<a href="https://www.laradiodessansvoix.org/ar/post/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82%D9%8A-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87"> arrested Bouras on Sunday in front of his home in El-Bayadh. Later that evening, officers raided his residence, conducted a comprehensive search, and confiscated a laptop. His arrest came on the eve of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Algeria, where he met religious leaders and the local Catholic community as part of a regional tour. “Algerian authorities’ repeated targeting of freelance journalist Hassan Bouras over his reporting the night before Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Algeria sends a clear message that independent journalism will not be tolerated,” said Carlos Martínez de la Serna, CPJ’s program director. “Authorities must immediately release Bouras and ensure that journalists can report on corruption and human rights issues without fear of arrest or prosecution.” Bouras, a prominent journalist and former member of the dissolved Algerian Leagu…

Three years of Sudan’s civil war
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-16T17:49:39Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: civil
subject: Democracy
subject: now
subject: sources
subject: sudan’s
subject: three
subject: war
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
encoded: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

CPJ urges press freedom support in El Salvador in statement to Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
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creator: CPJ Staff
date: 2026-04-16T17:34:18Z
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subject: Imprisoned
subject: Legal Action
subject: Nayib Bukele
subject: Sergio Arauz
subject: Sources
subject: action
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subject: bukele
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subject: commission
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description: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday submitted a statement to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan body of the U.S. House of Representatives, calling attention to the systematic erosion of press freedom in El Salvador under the ongoing state of exception. The statement, filed during the “The State of Exception in El Salvador: Year...
encoded: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday submitted a statement to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan body of the U.S. House of Representatives, calling attention to the systematic erosion of press freedom in El Salvador under the ongoing state of exception. The statement, filed during the “The State of Exception in El Salvador: Year Five” hearing in Washington, D.C., outlines how emergency measures in the country have been used to criminalize independent journalism, restrict access to public information, and enable surveillance, legal harassment, and intimidation of reporters. CPJ’s submission details how these conditions have forced at least 40 journalists into exile while those who remain face self-censorship and risk of arbitrary detention. Additionally, the ongoing state of exception situates El Salvador within a broader regional pattern of authoritarian practices used to silence the press and calls on U.S. policymakers to press for safeguards that protect journalists and restore democratic accountability. Read a copy of CPJ’s submission in English here and in Spanish here. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by CPJ Staff.

UN News Today 16 April 2026
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creator: Daniel Johnson
date: 2026-04-16T17:30:10Z
subject: Podcasts/UN News Today
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subject: UN News
subject: 2026
subject: april
subject: News
subject: podcasts/un
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subject: today
description: Ukraine endures another night of Russian strikes: OCHA Lebanon: Israeli strike kills four health workers - OHCHR Epstein files: Rights experts stress States’ responsibility to act
encoded: Ukraine endures another night of Russian strikes: OCHA Lebanon: Israeli strike kills four health workers - OHCHR Epstein files: Rights experts stress States’ responsibility to act This content originally appeared on UN News - Global perspective Human stories and was authored by Daniel Johnson.

A Different Democrat On Government
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creator: VICE News
date: 2026-04-16T17:12:25Z
subject: Sources
subject: Vice News
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subject: different
subject: government
subject: News
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description: This content originally appeared on VICE News and was authored by VICE News.
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Jared Golden Joins Republicans to Sink Iran War Powers Resolution
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-16T16:58:15Z
subject: Common Dreams
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description: On Thursday, the House failed to adopt a war powers resolution to end the war in Iran. Notably, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) sided with a majority of Republicans to oppose the measure. Demand Progress is leading a campaign in support of the war powers res...
encoded: On Thursday, the House failed to adopt a war powers resolution to end the war in Iran. Notably, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) sided with a majority of Republicans to oppose the measure. Demand Progress is leading a campaign in support of the war powers resolutions. The following is a statement from Demand Progress Senior Policy Advisor Cavan Kharrazian: “Congress has once again failed to uphold its constitutional responsibility by refusing to block this unauthorized and dangerous war. While we are encouraged to see growing support, including three of the four previous Democratic ‘no’ votes flipping, it is deeply disappointing that Rep. Golden joined Republicans in opposing efforts to stop further escalation, casting a decisive vote against the resolution. Democratic leadership’s handling of this moment is also concerning. They previously declined to force a war powers vote before a critical period of escalation before recess, citing a lack of votes. Now they have moved forward under less favorable conditions, including during sensitive ceasefire negotiations, but still without the votes they previously claimed were necessary before proceeding, and with a changed balance in the House. That inconsistency raises a serious question about what is driving leadership’s priorities: strategy or politics. We urge members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, to support sustained diplomatic efforts to resolve this conflict. The American people overwhelmingly reject this war and want a diplomatic end to it.” This content originally appeared on Common Dreams and was authored by Newswire Editor.

Photojournalist kicked in chest by police at LA immigration protest
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creator: U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database
date: 2026-04-16T16:27:29Z
subject: Sources
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subject: chest
subject: Immigration
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subject: photojournalist
subject: Police
subject: Protest
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description: Independent photojournalist Nick Stern was kicked in the chest by a police officer while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026.The protest, which included a few dozen participants, gathered at the...
encoded: Independent photojournalist Nick Stern was kicked in the chest by a police officer while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026. The protest, which included a few dozen participants, gathered at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center, where immigrants are being held and where numerous demonstrations have taken place since the start of intensified immigration enforcement in the city in June 2025. Stern told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that once the LA Police Department called a dispersal order, they directed journalists at first to leave the area. They then told the press to go onto the other side of the street on the sidewalk to photograph. “We were then charged by some of the same officers,” he said. “Contrary to what they told us.” Stern, who was identified as press on his T-shirt and was wearing a press badge around his neck, said a majority of the people remaining were media. At one point, a group of officers ran up to arrest a woman and as they did so, a number of journalists moved forward to document it. Police pushed them with batons. “We then as a group were shuffling back,” Stern said. Still trying to get a shot, Stern held his camera up high, over the officers’ heads. “As they were pushing us, one officer then kicked me in the chest with his right leg.” Stern said that officer was then pulled back by a senior officer, seemingly reprimanded for his action, which was captured on a video the journalist posted to one of his social media accounts. “Everytime we go and argue our rights as journalists, they’re nodding their heads, and we go back out on the streets, and it’s all forgotten,” Stern told the Tracker. California law allows members of the press to cover protests and exempts them from dispersal orders. It also protects them from arrest or interference by police, including use of force. A federal preliminary injunction against the city is in place to uphold those protections. In an emailed sta…

‘The World Is Only Going to Get Darker if People Get Away With This’: CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on holding Trump accountable
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‘Let me show you’: Survivors cling to life in Gaza’s tent cities
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Life Inside Gaza’s Tent Cities: ‘Let Me Show You…’
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A Different Kind of Democrat on Fixing Government ft. Matt Mahan | Shane Smith Has Questions
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J Street’s ‘cut off military aid’ PR gambit changes nothing
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description: <img width="1024" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-947806124-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street, speaking at the J Street National Conference. Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="342857" data-permalink="https://therealnews.com/j-streets-military-aid-pr/jeremy-ben-ami-president-of-j-street-speaking-at-the-j" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-947806124-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"4.5","credit":"LightRocket via Getty Images","camera":"NIKON D5","caption":"WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES - 2018/04/15: Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street, speaking at the J Street National Conference. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)","created_timestamp":"1523750400","copyright":"\u00a9 2018 SOPA Images","focal_length":"86","iso":"1600","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street, speaking at the J","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street, speaking at the J" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Jeremy Ben-Ami, President of J Street, speaking at the J Street National Conference. Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-947806124-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&ssl=1"> The move from paying for genocidal weapons to simply selling them is about buying time and misdirecting activist energy.
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"Into the Wood Chipper": Whistleblower’s Inside Story of DOGE Shredding USAID, 14 Million May Die
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"Depths of Hell": Sudan Enters Fourth Year of Devastating Civil War Amid Growing Energy Crisis
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Hormuz Crisis "Only Going to Get More Horrific Before It Gets Any Better": Prof. Laleh Khalili
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Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 16, 2026
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Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by accident – it’s by strategy
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description: COMMENTARY: By Prince Taofeek Ajibade US President Donald Trump probably thinks he can starve a country that feeds itself. Washington is selling the naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as a chokehold. However, it is worth asking whether the hand actually reaches the throat. Iran shares land borders with seven countries — Türkiye, Iraq,
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Prince Taofeek Ajibade US President Donald Trump probably thinks he can starve a country that feeds itself. Washington is selling the naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as a chokehold. However, it is worth asking whether the hand actually reaches the throat. Iran shares land borders with seven countries — Türkiye, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Nearly 5900 kilometres of border, criss-crossed by road and rail. READ MORE: US ready to restart combat if Iran does not agree to deal: Hegseth Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses Other US-Israel war on Iran reports No naval force on earth blockades a land route. Petrochemicals, minerals, manufactured goods are moved overland. Machinery, spare parts, consumer goods, all come back the same way. The Strait of Hormuz does not sit across any of that. Then there is the food issue, which is where blockades historically do their cruellest work. It will not work here. Iran is approximately 96 percent self-sufficient in essential foodstuffs. Iran doesn’t depend on imported food Fertile western plains, mountain valleys, Caspian lowlands, including wheat, rice, fruit, livestock. The Gulf states that cheered this blockade loudest — the UAE and Qatar — depend almost entirely on food imports. Iran doesn’t. You cannot starve a country that feeds itself. What about the blockade? Yes, that will hurt. Hard currency earnings from oil tanker traffic will fall. That is real and Washington knows it. But “hurt” and “collapse” are different destinations, and the distance between them is precisely what the architects of this policy appear not to have calculated. Central Asia and the Caucasus remain open. Regional markets will absorb what the sea lanes cannot carry. The economic pressure is genuine. The total isolation that the blockade promises is not. Iran has survived four decades of sanctions, assassinations, and sabotage. It did not survive them by accident. It su…

Ethiopian editor seized from Addis Standard newsroom by unidentified men
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description: Nairobi, April 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to do everything in their power to locate and free Addis Standard managing editor Million Beyene who was taken by unidentified men from his newsroom in the capital Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning. The outlet’s publisher Jakenn Publishing PLC said in a statement...
encoded: Nairobi, April 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to do everything in their power to locate and free Addis Standard managing editor Million Beyene who was taken by unidentified men from his newsroom in the capital Addis Ababa on Wednesday morning. The outlet’s publisher Jakenn Publishing PLC said in a statement that the men, who were dressed in plainclothes, some wearing caps and face masks, told Million he was “needed for questioning” and took him to an undisclosed location. “Million Beyene’s disappearance from the Addis Standard’s newsroom marks a disturbing new chapter in the troubles faced by this respected digital outlet after authorities revoked its registration certificate in February,” said CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Muthoki Mumo. “Ethiopian authorities must immediately establish who took Million Beyene away, ensure his release, and hold those responsible to account.” Addis Standard has repeatedly faced state pressure, including a newsroom raid in 2025 and a ban in 2021. Screenshots of April 15 security camera footage, published by Addis Standard, showed at least three men walking up and down a stairwell. The outlet described their movements as “deliberate and organized, with one leading ahead while other follow closely behind.” Jakenn’s leadership and legal team have been unable to locate Million and were told by four different police departments and stations that the journalist was not in their custody, the article said. Surveillance unit officers within the Addis Ababa Police and Federal Police Commission also said they did not recognize the individuals as members of their forces, it added. Million’s disappearance comes amid escalating pressure on media outlets in Ethiopia ahead of elections on June 1. In February, a journalist with Agence France-Presse was blocked from flying to the northern Tigray region. The regulatory Ethiopian Media Authority also revoked the accreditation of Reuters journalists, followin…

“Into the Wood Chipper”: Whistleblower’s Inside Story of DOGE Shredding USAID, 14 Million May Die
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description: A new book tells the inside story of the second Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID. Its author, Nicholas Enrich, worked at USAID for over a decade before he was pushed out of the ag...
encoded: A new book tells the inside story of the second Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID. Its author, Nicholas Enrich, worked at USAID for over a decade before he was pushed out of the agency in early 2025, when the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency summarily cut its staff and funding. An estimated 14 million people are projected to die “unnecessarily” over the next five years due to these cuts, and nearly a million, mostly children, already have, says Enrich. His new memoir, Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID, is named after one of Musk’s social media posts from that period, when the South African billionaire wrote, “We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper.” Since its establishment in 1961, USAID has saved the lives of tens of millions around the world by treating and preventing serious health issues such as HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, malaria and more. By slashing the agency, the U.S. “pulled the rug out from under people around the world,” says Enrich. “We broke promises to millions who were relying on USAID services, and left them hanging out to dry. We broke promises to governments and broke partnerships that will have lasting effects for years to come.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

“Depths of Hell”: Sudan Enters Fourth Year of Devastating Civil War Amid Growing Energy Crisis
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description: Sudan marked three years since a bloody civil war began between its national army and the powerful Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The RSF revolted against the Sudanese Armed Forces after a 2021 military coup left it with diminished p...
encoded: Sudan marked three years since a bloody civil war began between its national army and the powerful Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group. The RSF revolted against the Sudanese Armed Forces after a 2021 military coup left it with diminished political power. The coup itself upended the civilian-led democratic revolution that ousted Sudan’s longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019. Both the RSF and SAF have been accused of major war crimes since the conflict began, reportedly carrying out ethnic cleansing, systemic sexual violence and starvation tactics on the country’s civilian population. “This war is not just fought on the bodies of civilians by happenstance. It’s not incidental to the fighting. It is precisely the point. This war is a war of succession between the SAF and the RSF, who want to inherit the military security state,” says Sudanese political analyst Kholood Khair, “and they’re doing so in large part not just by fighting each other, but also by diminishing as much as possible the revolutionary fervor and the calls for civilian democratic rule in Sudan.” Khair adds that the burgeoning U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, separated from Sudan by the Arabian Peninsula and Red Sea, threatens to deepen the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, as supply chain disruptions make agricultural production even harder and opportunities for resource exploitation incentivize other countries to turn the conflict into even more of a “proxy war.” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Hormuz Crisis “Only Going to Get More Horrific Before It Gets Any Better”: Prof. Laleh Khalili
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date: 2026-04-16T12:11:51Z
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description: Amid the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, we speak with Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf studies who researches the shipping and logistics industry and its impact on the global economy. The U.S. implemented a naval blockade on Iran ea...
encoded: Amid the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, we speak with Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf studies who researches the shipping and logistics industry and its impact on the global economy. The U.S. implemented a naval blockade on Iran earlier this week, which Khalili says could lead to its military “firing on ships that it assumes are Iranian or carrying oil from Iran or other cargo to Iran.” Iran, in response, could “interpret this as a belligerent action,” ending the fragile ceasefire agreed to by both parties. “Iran is going to defend itself against this imperial imposition, and how it’s going to do that remains to be seen.” Meanwhile, explains Khalili, shipping disruptions in the Gulf have affected the supply chains of key resources including oil, aluminum, helium and fertilizer. “Transportation costs are going to be higher, so food prices are going to be higher; people’s MRIs are going to be scheduled out by six months … semiconductor manufacturing is going to be affected,” Khalili says. “The crisis is only going to get more horrific before it gets any better. ” This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Headlines for April 16, 2026
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description: Senate Narrowly Rejects Resolutions to Halt Iran War and Arms Sales to Israel, Iran Warns It Will Blockade the Sea of Oman and Red Sea Unless U.S. Ends Its Naval Blockade, Israel Continues Deadly Strikes on Lebanon Even as Diplomats Hold First Direct Talks in Decades, Palestinians Hold Funeral Procession for Five Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza City, Pentagon Announces Fifth Deadly Strike on Alleged Drug Boat in a Week, Democrats File Articles of Impeachment Against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, The Guardian: Top Oil and Gas Companies Made $30M Per Hour in Windfall Profits from Iran War, Nine Killed as Turkey Suffers Second School Shooting in Two Days, Oklahoma High School Principal Tackles School Shooter While Suffering Gunshot Wound, Jury Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Operated as a Monopoly, Overcharging Ticket Buyers, Tax Day Protesters Object to Funding Wars, Genocide and Mass Deportation
encoded: Senate Narrowly Rejects Resolutions to Halt Iran War and Arms Sales to Israel Iran Warns It Will Blockade the Sea of Oman and Red Sea Unless U.S. Ends Its Naval Blockade Israel Continues Deadly Strikes on Lebanon Even as Diplomats Hold First Direct Talks in Decades Palestinians Hold Funeral Procession for Five Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza City Pentagon Announces Fifth Deadly Strike on Alleged Drug Boat in a Week Democrats File Articles of Impeachment Against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth The Guardian: Top Oil and Gas Companies Made $30M Per Hour in Windfall Profits from Iran War Nine Killed as Turkey Suffers Second School Shooting in Two Days Oklahoma High School Principal Tackles School Shooter While Suffering Gunshot Wound Jury Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Operated as a Monopoly, Overcharging Ticket Buyers Tax Day Protesters Object to Funding Wars, Genocide and Mass Deportation This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Democracy Now! 2026-04-16 Thursday
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encoded: Democracy Now! Thursday, April 16, 2026 This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! Audio and was authored by Democracy Now!.

Russia Hits Ukraine Overnight With Deadly Drone And Missile Attack
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date: 2026-04-16T11:18:37Z
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DN! Thursday, April 16, 2026
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3D-Printed Homes, an Abandoned $590,000 Deposit, the FBI: What Really Happened in This Small Town?
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description: The post 3D-Printed Homes, an Abandoned $590,000 Deposit, the FBI: What Really Happened in This Small Town? appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: State and city officials break ground on the Cairo, Illinois, 3D-printed duplex project in August 2024. Outside a repair shop in rural southeastern Illinois, the parts of a massive 3D construction printer sat disassembled on a flatbed trailer, weeds climbing the wheels. The $1.1 million investment wasn’t meant to end up there, abandoned. Two local men had taken out a loan from a tiny bank to buy the printer, promising it would spark an affordable-housing revival across hard-pressed southern Illinois. Their first stop was Cairo, at the state’s southern tip — a historic river town beset by the loss of jobs and safe housing, now home to fewer than 2,000 mostly Black residents. In August 2024, after months of negotiations, the city finalized a deal with their company, Prestige Project Management Inc., to build 30 duplexes. Days later, the printer arrived and crews assembled it on a vacant corner lot at 17th Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. More than 100 people showed up for the groundbreaking. Children clutched cotton candy and popcorn. Pallets of Amazon giveaways spilled from a truck. Behind a chain-link fence, the towering printer hummed to life, two American flags clipped to its steel legs, laying down the base of what was billed as the first new home built in Cairo in at least 30 years. The crowd cheered. Kaneesha Mallory pressed against the fence. She had grown up in Cairo, moved away, then returned after her daughter was born. Living in a cramped one-bedroom public housing unit across town, she imagined a bedroom her 6-year-old could finally call her own. Mayor Thomas Simpson called the project “just the beginning.” State Sen. Dale Fowler, whose district incorporates some of Illinois’ most destitute counties, described it as an “extraordinary project” — the start of more development to come. His nonprofit organization, which serves low-income children and families, had secured a $40,000 donation to help pay for the event. <img loading="lazy" decoding=…

What You Should Know About Lead Contamination in Omaha, Nebraska
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description: The post What You Should Know About Lead Contamination in Omaha, Nebraska appeared first on ProPublica.
encoded: ProPublica reporter Cassandra Garibay collects soil samples to test for lead in Omaha, Nebraska, last fall. Chris Bowling/Flatwater Free Press For more than a century, a lead smelter and other factories in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, spewed toxic dust across the city, contaminating the soil and causing lead poisoning. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Omaha have spent decades trying to clean it up. But in 2019, the EPA acknowledged its plan may not do enough to protect kids, and the agency is reexamining the site to potentially expand the cleanup, which could result in more residential yards being remediated. Journalists at the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica teamed up to report on how well the cleanup effort is going. This included collecting soil samples from more than 600 yards in and around the affected area, called the Superfund site. Many people we met in the process told us they had never heard of the Superfund site and had no idea they could be at risk from lead exposure. They asked a lot of questions about how to stay safe. So we talked to experts and got answers below. Get Involved We're testing the soil around Omaha, Nebraska, for lead, and we’re turning our attention to homes just outside the federally designated cleanup zone. If you live in Council Bluffs, Iowa; Carter Lake, Iowa; or the northern part of Bellevue, Nebraska, and are interested in having your soil tested, you can fill out our sign-up form. If anyone in your family has had elevated blood lead levels, you can contact reporter Chris Bowling at cbowling@flatwaterfreepress.org to share your experience. Sign Up for a Free Soil Test 1. What is lead poisoning? Lead poisoning occurs when lead, a toxic metal that was used in paint, gasoline and plumbing for decades, is ingested and builds up in the body, causing issues like developmental delays and behavioral problems in kids. It’s more of a concern for children because their bodies are still developing and they absorb more…

Is Chernobyl At Risk Of A Radiation Leak?
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A ‘super typhoon’ just devastated the Mariana Islands — months before peak storm season
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creator: Anita Hofschneider
date: 2026-04-16T08:15:00Z
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description: The storm exposes the U.S. commonwealth's climate risks, economic fragility, and federal strain.
encoded: The strongest storm of 2026 slammed into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this week, where it flooded homes, ripped roofs off of houses, and lingered for more than two days, forcing families to shelter without electricity, cell service, or running water as they waited for the worst to pass. Super Typhoon Sinlaku formed southeast of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or CNMI, and Guam, two U.S. territories that make up the Mariana Islands archipelago in the western Pacific, and rapidly grew to a Category 5, 185-mph monstrosity. First, the storm hit Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia, where it left one person dead and one fisherman missing at sea. It then passed north of Guam, which suffered flooding from tropical storm winds, before hitting the islands of Saipan and Tinian in the CNMI, following a similar path as Super Typhoon Yutu eight years ago, which destroyed thousands of homes and forced children to go to school in tents. Destructive storms are familiar to the Northern Mariana Islands, which is home to about 50,000 people, including Indigenous Chamorros and Carolinians. But this typhoon felt different. “It’s still whistling and you can still hear it going on and things are banging outside,” said Ed Propst, a Chamorro resident and former commonwealth legislator, when reached in his home on Saipan Thursday morning. “I’ve never seen anything like this, where a typhoon just doesn’t seem to leave.” The storm also hit in April, at least two months before typhoon season usually starts. “When was the last time we had a super typhoon hitting us this early in the year?” Propst said. “This is the first that I can recall.” The super typhoon comes at a critical time for the U.S. territory: It has struggled to get federal help to address a yearslong economic downturn, and is still recovering and rebuilding from Super Typhoon Yutu. The storm also comes amidst a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees fede…

‘A bellwether for new forms of repression’: 2 Indigenous rights advocates remain behind bars in Russia
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description: The U.N.’s biggest Indigenous gathering is happening next week, but a key climate advocate will be missing.
encoded: Daria Egereva was supposed to be in New York next week. The Indigenous Selkup climate advocate was expected to return to the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, where two years ago she spoke about how Indigenous peoples are confronting environmental degradation and climate change. Instead, this year she is in a Russian jail, facing up to 20 years in prison on terrorism charges. Egereva was arrested on December 17 along with Natalya Leongardt, another Russian advocate for Indigenous peoples, whose name was not released publicly until last week. Both face accusations of participating in a terrorist group due to their former involvement in the Aborigen Forum, an informal network of Indigenous advocates that was shut down by the Russian government two years ago. Experts say their detention is indicative of a growing repression of Indigenous advocacy in the Russian Federation, part of Russia’s broader shift to authoritarianism that has worsened since the country invaded Ukraine. “Indigenous activists have been a bellwether for new forms of repression that the Russian government then tries out on all the other activists, environmentalists, feminists, other groups of people, human rights,” said Laura Henry, a professor of government at Bowdoin College who studies contemporary Russian politics. Egereva has been active in international climate advocacy for years and is a current co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change, which represents Indigenous perspectives at U.N. convenings. Despite working on entrenched challenges like climate change, those who know her describe her as upbeat and motivating to others. “She’s strongly advocating … the need to recognize the security of land rights of Indigenous peoples,” said Joan Carling, who is Indigenous Kankanaey from the Philippines and co-founder of Indigenous Peoples Rights International, adding that Egereva also is a strong advocate for acknowledging the value of Indigenous knowledge. “Not o…

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses
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creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-16T07:31:21Z
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description: COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I don’t mind admitting that I hope the US and Israel suffer a crushing, devastating defeat in Iran. I hope this war collapses the entire US empire. My only loyalty is to humanity, and being on Team Human in today’s world means being against the US empire and against Israel. I
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I don’t mind admitting that I hope the US and Israel suffer a crushing, devastating defeat in Iran. I hope this war collapses the entire US empire. My only loyalty is to humanity, and being on Team Human in today’s world means being against the US empire and against Israel. I hope the empire falls. I hope the apartheid state of Israel is dismantled. LISTEN: A reading by Tim Foley I hope humanity is able to pry the steering wheel from the fingers of the ghouls who currently rule our world, so that we can create a healthy planet and a harmonious future together. I hope the US loses and other notes Video: Caitlin Johnstone YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran. The Google-owned platform claims the Lego videos somehow constituted “violent content”, but we all know it was to facilitate the US propaganda effort by shutting down effective propaganda for the other side. Silicon Valley is a crucial arm of US imperial control. It chooses to advance the interests of the empire at every significant juncture. It’s a branch of imperial soft power in the same way the military is a branch of imperial hard power. Iran-linked accounts are circulating a new LEGO-style propaganda video portraying U.S. and Israeli leaders as corrupt elites tied to the “Epstein files,” part of a broader online campaign aimed at undermining support for the war. The animation depicts President Donald Trump… pic.twitter.com/PdjcJGrjuy — Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) April 9, 2026 ❖ The US and Israel have so normalised the assassination of national leaders that the mainstream press now discuss it as a standard military tactic. The other day The Washington Post ran an article by Marc Thiessen arguing that the US should “carry out a final barrage of leadership strikes, eliminating the Iranian officials who had been spared for the purpose of negotiations”. “Iran’s leaders must be made to understand that their li…

Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses
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description: COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I don’t mind admitting that I hope the US and Israel suffer a crushing, devastating defeat in Iran. I hope this war collapses the entire US empire. My only loyalty is to humanity, and being on Team Human in today’s world means being against the US empire and against Israel. I
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I don’t mind admitting that I hope the US and Israel suffer a crushing, devastating defeat in Iran. I hope this war collapses the entire US empire. My only loyalty is to humanity, and being on Team Human in today’s world means being against the US empire and against Israel. I hope the empire falls. I hope the apartheid state of Israel is dismantled. LISTEN: A reading by Tim Foley I hope humanity is able to pry the steering wheel from the fingers of the ghouls who currently rule our world, so that we can create a healthy planet and a harmonious future together. I hope the US loses and other notes Video: Caitlin Johnstone YouTube has banned the channel that’s been creating viral AI Lego music videos criticising the US war on Iran. The Google-owned platform claims the Lego videos somehow constituted “violent content”, but we all know it was to facilitate the US propaganda effort by shutting down effective propaganda for the other side. Silicon Valley is a crucial arm of US imperial control. It chooses to advance the interests of the empire at every significant juncture. It’s a branch of imperial soft power in the same way the military is a branch of imperial hard power. Iran-linked accounts are circulating a new LEGO-style propaganda video portraying U.S. and Israeli leaders as corrupt elites tied to the “Epstein files,” part of a broader online campaign aimed at undermining support for the war. The animation depicts President Donald Trump… pic.twitter.com/PdjcJGrjuy — Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) April 9, 2026 ❖ The US and Israel have so normalised the assassination of national leaders that the mainstream press now discuss it as a standard military tactic. The other day The Washington Post ran an article by Marc Thiessen arguing that the US should “carry out a final barrage of leadership strikes, eliminating the Iranian officials who had been spared for the purpose of negotiations”. “Iran’s leaders must be made to understand that their li…

Musicians MUNA on leaning into specificity
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description: When you write, are you ever worried about anchoring your lyrics in a specific place, like Los Angeles on “East Side Girls”?
encoded: When you write, are you ever worried about anchoring your lyrics in a specific place, like Los Angeles on “East Side Girls”? Katie Gavin: I mean, when I write, I’m worried about everything. There’s a certain point within the process where you’re just worried, especially when you already have a platform and you know that people are going to be listening to it. I think we were really inspired by LA with this whole record, but the thing that we landed on with the “East Side Girls,” especially in the bridge, is that there is a whole historical canon of artistic gay communities on the East Side of a bunch of different cities. I remember being in Berlin and talking about this. Historically, factories have been on the East Side of many cities, so the rent around there is cheaper. The different places we list in the bridge are all places where I know that there has either now or at one point been an East Side culture. At the same time, the more specific you get, the more people actually do attach to a song. I don’t think you can overestimate people’s ability to put themselves in your shoes. Listeners are so creative. They can fill in with their own experiences, even if you’re giving them a clear feeling in a song. Can you talk a bit about your decision to lean into political themes on Dancing on the Wall? Did you have any discussions in the band about that? Naomi McPherson: Our art is going to be politicized whether we like it or not. So, we might as well try our best to make educated, cogent, informed, and interesting statements if we are to make them overtly in the songs. “Big Stick” was a song that we’ve been working towards, a way to talk about these things in music. I often think songs that are super political run the risk of coming across as condescending, but I think there are plenty of examples of political songs that are super effective. We’ve just been waiting to figure out the way that we could be effective with our version of it without running the risk of peopl…

Singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett on the importance of looking back at your progress
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encoded: How did you get into making music? I became obsessed with music at some point as a child, maybe from watching my brother and his friends play music. My family listened to music and liked music, but they didn’t really play instruments. I started learning guitar pretty young and then I got lessons from a really great teacher and he essentially showed me how easy it was to put a few chords together. It kind of blew my mind. And so I feel like I started writing songs when I was kind of young; around 8, 9, 10. Do you remember the first song you wrote where you thought, “I’m proud of this?” Yeah, I think I was proud of it actually. It was just kind of a love song and I guess I was just kind of copying what I was hearing. When I turned 18, I started doing open mic nights and started performing my own songs. Around that time, I was like, “Oh, I’m proud of these songs enough to perform them.” And then I think in my early 20s, I wrote songs for the first EP that I released. And I think that that’s when I found my voice. I think before then I was kind of imitating or copying other songwriters or other music I was listening to. But I feel like in my early 20s, I just found something that felt really comfortable to me. I’ve never written a song before, but I imagine you have to think about the lyrics, you have to think about the musicality of it, and then there’s just the general idea and theme. Which one usually comes first for you? The way I’ve found works the best for me is to almost not think about it. When I think about it too much, it feels really forced or it feels fake or something. So a lot of the times I try to do this kind of free writing, or writing this from this subconscious place or a dream state almost–just to try to tap into the part of my brain that isn’t filtering itself. I’ve really tried to do that on this album. A lot of the time I would find themes afterwards. But it really wasn’t intentional. And I guess I find that interesting because I’m trying to tap i…

NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights, court rules in Palestine case
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creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-16T04:33:04Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
subject: Ethical investments
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description: By Keiller MacDuff, RNZ News senior reporter The managers of the New Zealand’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights issues when considering whether to exclude companies from its investments, the High Court has found Justice Simon Mount granted an application by the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) for judicial review of
encoded: By Keiller MacDuff, RNZ News senior reporter The managers of the New Zealand’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights issues when considering whether to exclude companies from its investments, the High Court has found Justice Simon Mount granted an application by the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) for judicial review of Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation’s policies relating to ethical investment. In a decision released today, Justice Mount declared parts of the fund’s policy documents, standards and procedures, and its sustainable investment framework were “unreasonable and unlawful”. READ MORE: Illegal Israeli settlers kill Palestinian during raid on occupied West Bank village How Israel’s record budget will finance expanding illegal settlements Other PSNA Super Fund reports The court also ordered the crown entity to pay PSNA’s legal costs. PSNA co-chair John Minto said the decision was a victory for Palestinian rights, while Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation said it was considering its next move. The sovereign wealth fund was created in 2001 to help provide for New Zealander’s superannuation costs. By law, Guardians are required to invest the funds on a prudent commercial basis, manage and administer the fund with best-practice portfolio management, and avoid prejudice to New Zealand’s reputation as “a responsible member of the world community”. Backbone of case That last duty formed the backbone of the case taken by PSNA, who have long lobbied the Guardians to divest from companies it claims to be complicit in human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Guardians excluded development, construction and technology companies involved in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 2012. In 2021, following years of lobbying by PSNA, the Guardians also excluded five Israeli banks from its portfolio on the grounds there was an unacceptable risk the banks were materially contributing to brea…

NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights, court rules in Palestine case
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creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-16T04:33:04Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
subject: Ethical investments
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subject: Illegal Israeli settlements
subject: NZ Superannuation Fund
subject: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
subject: Sources
subject: West Bank attacks
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subject: fund
subject: gaza
subject: Genocide
subject: Global
subject: high
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subject: Human Rights
subject: human rights violations
subject: illegal
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subject: Investments
subject: israeli
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subject: PSNA
subject: report
subject: rights
subject: RNZ Pacific
subject: rules
subject: ruling
subject: settlements
subject: Solidarity
subject: sources
subject: super
subject: superannuation
subject: Syndicate
subject: west
description: By Keiller MacDuff, RNZ News senior reporter The managers of the New Zealand’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights issues when considering whether to exclude companies from its investments, the High Court has found Justice Simon Mount granted an application by the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) for judicial review of
encoded: By Keiller MacDuff, RNZ News senior reporter The managers of the New Zealand’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights issues when considering whether to exclude companies from its investments, the High Court has found Justice Simon Mount granted an application by the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) for judicial review of Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation’s policies relating to ethical investment. In a decision released today, Justice Mount declared parts of the fund’s policy documents, standards and procedures, and its sustainable investment framework were “unreasonable and unlawful”. READ MORE: Illegal Israeli settlers kill Palestinian during raid on occupied West Bank village How Israel’s record budget will finance expanding illegal settlements Other PSNA Super Fund reports The court also ordered the crown entity to pay PSNA’s legal costs. PSNA co-chair John Minto said the decision was a victory for Palestinian rights, while Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation said it was considering its next move. The sovereign wealth fund was created in 2001 to help provide for New Zealander’s superannuation costs. By law, Guardians are required to invest the funds on a prudent commercial basis, manage and administer the fund with best-practice portfolio management, and avoid prejudice to New Zealand’s reputation as “a responsible member of the world community”. Backbone of case That last duty formed the backbone of the case taken by PSNA, who have long lobbied the Guardians to divest from companies it claims to be complicit in human rights abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Guardians excluded development, construction and technology companies involved in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 2012. In 2021, following years of lobbying by PSNA, the Guardians also excluded five Israeli banks from its portfolio on the grounds there was an unacceptable risk the banks were materially contributing to brea…

Surging violence haunts Indian journalists ahead of elections in politically polarized West Bengal
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creator: Somi Das
date: 2026-04-16T03:45:21Z
subject: All India Trinamool Congress
subject: Attacked
subject: Committee to Protect Journalists
subject: Harassed
subject: Murshidabad
subject: Ranjit Mahato
subject: Soma Maity
subject: Sources
subject: Threatened
subject: Trinamool Congress
subject: West Bengal
subject: Zee 24 Ghanta
subject: ahead
subject: all
subject: attacked,
subject: bengal
subject: committee
subject: congress
subject: Elections
subject: ghanta
subject: harassed
subject: haunts
subject: Impunity
subject: India
subject: indian
subject: Journalists
subject: mahato
subject: maity
subject: murshidabad
subject: polarized
subject: politically
subject: protect
subject: ranjit
subject: soma
subject: sources
subject: surging
subject: threatened
subject: trinamool
subject: violence
subject: west
subject: zee
description: Indian journalists Soma Maity and Ranjit Mahato had been at the protest for a matter of minutes before they were attacked by a mob on January 16. Maity said she was grabbed and lifted by two men, who pulled her hair, restrained her legs, and tore at her clothes while others touched her body. She...
encoded: Indian journalists Soma Maity and Ranjit Mahato had been at the protest for a matter of minutes before they were attacked by a mob on January 16. Maity said she was grabbed and lifted by two men, who pulled her hair, restrained her legs, and tore at her clothes while others touched her body. She suffered injuries to her arm and ankle from which she has not fully recovered. Mahato, a cameraman, was hospitalized with head injuries after the crowd beat him with blunt objects. The two journalists from Bengali-language broadcaster Zee 24 Ghanta were assaulted in Murshidabad district in the eastern state of West Bengal, one of India’s most politically violent regions and one of the most dangerous to be a journalist. At least four journalists were assaulted over 48 hours while covering the unrest, which was ignited by the death of a local Bengali-Muslim migrant worker in the neighboring state of Jharkhand. Far from isolated incidents, the attacks were part of a pattern of violence against journalists in West Bengal — home to more than 90 million people — where political polarization and sectarian tensions have been intensifying ahead of two-phase state elections scheduled for April 23 and 29. Election-related violence has become commonplace between supporters of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), a regional party anchored in welfare populism and minority inclusion, and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, which has dominated federal politics with a Hindu-nationalist agenda for more than a decade. The environment for journalists covering these events has become increasingly dangerous in recent years, particularly in border districts prone to communal violence. Attacks on journalists and the unwillingness of authorities to condemn them have created a culture of impunity, journalists say, compromising independent coverage of state politics. “Something may begin as a simple protest but will soon be taken over by mob — journalists then become immediate targets,” said P…

Deadly landslide claims 10 lives in PNG’s East New Britain, reports local media
type: item
creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-16T00:20:14Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
subject: Cyclone Malia
subject: East New Britain
subject: Gazelle Peninsula
subject: Sources
subject: Toriu River
subject: asia
subject: britain
subject: claims
subject: cyclone
subject: deadly
subject: Disasters
subject: east
subject: Featured
subject: gazelle
subject: Landslide
subject: Landslides
subject: lives’
subject: local
subject: malia
subject: Media
subject: new
subject: Pacific
subject: Pacific Report
subject: Papua New Guinea
subject: peninsula
subject: PNG Post-Courier
subject: png’s
subject: report
subject: Reports
subject: river
subject: RNZ Pacific
subject: sources
subject: Syndicate
subject: toriu
subject: weather
description: RNZ Pacific Ten people have died in a landslide in Gazelle district in Papua New Guinea’s East New Britain Province following continuous heavy rain, according to local news media reports. The disaster occurred after the Toriu River burst its banks after intense rainfall and severe weather conditions experienced across the region over the past few
encoded: RNZ Pacific Ten people have died in a landslide in Gazelle district in Papua New Guinea’s East New Britain Province following continuous heavy rain, according to local news media reports. The disaster occurred after the Toriu River burst its banks after intense rainfall and severe weather conditions experienced across the region over the past few days due to Cylcone Maila. Local media is reporting that the incident happened on Sunday in the Gazelle Baining Local Level Government area. READ MORE: Other PNG landslide reports The Post-Courier reports the victims included a five-month-pregnant woman and three toddlers. Provincial Administrator Levi Mano said the landslide was a result of adverse weather conditions brought by the cyclone. Gazelle MP Jelta Wong confirmed the deaths. Wong said recovery teams faced challenges reaching the disaster area because of its remoteness, but the recovery was eventually successful. According to the Post-Courier, East New Britain Governor Michael Marum visited the site by helicopter to inspect the damage and coordinate relief supplies. This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ. This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by APR editor.

Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China
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creator: APR editor
date: 2026-04-15T23:39:31Z
subject: Asia Pacific Report
subject: BRICS
subject: Chinese oil
subject: defence agreement
subject: Iranian oil
subject: Sources
subject: Strait of Malacca
subject: US naval blockade
subject: actually
subject: agreement
subject: Analysis
subject: asia
subject: Asia Report
subject: blockade
subject: brics
subject: China
subject: Chinese
subject: Defence
subject: economics
subject: Featured
subject: Global
subject: hormuz
subject: indonesia
subject: iran
subject: iranian
subject: malacca
subject: Malaysia
subject: Medan
subject: military
subject: naval
subject: oil
subject: Opinion
subject: Pacific
subject: philippines
subject: Politics
subject: report
subject: Russia
subject: singapore
subject: sources
subject: South China Sea
subject: strait of hormuz
subject: strait,
subject: Syndicate
subject: targets
subject: Transport
subject: trump’s
subject: usa
description: COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Most of Iranian oil — 96.7 percent — is destined for China. If you note this figure, you will realise that the Americans are really trying to choke off the supply of Iranian oil to China by blockading the Strait of Hormuz. This is a major part of the American containment
encoded: COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Most of Iranian oil — 96.7 percent — is destined for China. If you note this figure, you will realise that the Americans are really trying to choke off the supply of Iranian oil to China by blockading the Strait of Hormuz. This is a major part of the American containment strategy against China. Now that America will most likely lose control of the Strait of Hormuz to Iran, they are shifting their attention to the other most critical chokepoint in the world — the Strait of Malacca. READ MORE: Indonesia, US sign ‘major’ defence cooperation agreement Why Trump’s naval blockade to ‘strangle’ Iran is a joke Pakistani army chief in Tehran amid bid to restart US talks Other US-Israel war on Iran reports About 80 percent of China’s imported oil has to pass through the Strait of Malacca. Vessels come down the Strait, sail past Singapore which is at the southernmost tip of the Strait, before they swing upwards into the South China Sea to go to the Philippines and East Asia, including China. The two most important countries which border the Malacca Strait are Indonesia and Malaysia, one on either side of the Strait. A very interesting development took place on Monday in Washington when the Defence Minister of Indonesia Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin signed a cooperation agreement with US War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Speculation on details People are speculating about the details of the agreement: Will it allow the Americans to base troops in Indonesia and use Indonesian airspace for their air assets? Will American naval vessels be allowed to dock at the old Dutch port of Belawan, near Medan, in Northern Sumatra, which is near the opening to the Strait? Will the Malacca Strait now become the focal point in this great power struggle between America and China? What will Indonesia’s other BRICs partners, principally China and Russia think of Indonesia’s move in signing this agreement with the Americans? To spice things up, Indonesian President Probowo Subianto was in M…

Maoz Inon & Aziz Abu Sarah on Israelis and Palestinians working together
type: item
creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-15T23:02:11Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: abu
subject: and
subject: aziz
subject: Democracy
subject: inon
subject: israeli’s
subject: maoz
subject: now
subject: palestinians
subject: sarah
subject: sources
subject: together
subject: working?
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Soft power ‘win’ for Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 for free in PNG
type: item
creator: Harlyne Joku and Eugene Whong for RFA
date: 2026-04-15T22:24:04Z
subject: Radio Free Asia
subject: Sources
subject: 5,400
subject: asia
subject: beijing
subject: Chinese
subject: for
subject: free
subject: Medical
subject: Pacific
subject: png
subject: Power
subject: radio
subject: ship
subject: soft
subject: sources
subject: treats
subject: win,
description: Floating hospital Silk Road Ark’s 220-day goodwill humanitarian mission ends with Port Moresby port call
encoded: PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Thousands of sick, disabled and otherwise unwell queued at Wharf T over the past week, hoping to board a Chinese hospital ship to receive free medical care. Some who were lucky enough to be taken in told Radio Free Asia that it was “a miracle” to receive medical services that are not available in local hospitals on board the Silk Road Ark, a type 920 hospital ship run by China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy, in town for only seven days. After seeing its last patients Tuesday and holding a farewell ceremony on deck with PNG’s Prime Minister James Marape, the ship departed Wednesday, having completed a 220-day humanitarian mission, where it visited around a dozen countries in Latin America and the South Pacific. “My daughter Margaret is a sick child,” Kimberly Yanogen, a PNG resident, told RFA Tuesday. “I would have paid 1,000 kina (US$231.47) or more if I took her to the public hospital or private clinics here.” Chinese medical ship Silk Road Ark, after arriving at the port city of Valparaiso, Chile, March 1, 2026. (Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters) She said the doctor performed a physical checkup on her daughter and advised her how to deal with her condition. “I am so happy to be given this advice free of charge,” she said. “I would like to say thank you to the Chinese government for sending this ship here. They have made our access to service and our lives easier,” she said. For the Papua New Guinea leg, the final tally was 5,493 patients seen, 339 surgeries performed, China’s ambassador to PNG Yang Xiaoguang reported during a speech at the ceremony. “This is a visit that deepens friendship,” he said. “As a Chinese saying goes, ‘more exchanges will bring families and friends closer together.’” Soft power win Humanitarian visits by the Silk Road Ark and other Chinese hospital ships, that often include services like surgeries, are very effective soft power diplomacy for Beijing, Graeme Smith, Associate Professor at the Department of Pacific A…

The Victim Who Fought Back
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creator: ProPublica
date: 2026-04-15T21:54:00Z
subject: ProPublica
subject: Sources
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subject: fought
subject: propublica
subject: sources
subject: the
subject: victim
subject: who
description: This content originally appeared on ProPublica and was authored by ProPublica.
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On Tax Day, Patriotic Millionaires descend upon Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to raise their taxes
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-15T21:26:16Z
subject: Common Dreams
subject: Sources
subject: Capitol
subject: common
subject: day
subject: descend
subject: dreams
subject: hill
subject: Lawmakers
subject: millionaires
subject: patriotic
subject: raise
subject: sources
subject: Tax
subject: Taxes
subject: their
subject: upon
subject: urging
description: Today, standing steps away from the U.S. Capitol, the Patriotic Millionaires, along with Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD), Senator Edward Markey (MA), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08), Rep. Chris Deluzio (PA-17), and countless other o...
encoded: Today, standing steps away from the U.S. Capitol, the Patriotic Millionaires, along with Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD), Senator Edward Markey (MA), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08), Rep. Chris Deluzio (PA-17), and countless other organizations, demanded Congress tax the rich in order to defeat the oligarchs and billionaire class and advance a new kind of economy that works for everyone. The “Tax the Rich, Make Life Affordable” rally highlighted efforts to reform the tax code for working people and to unrig our economic system that currently rewards wealth over work. During the press conference, speakers noted previous failures over the past 60 years to stem the growth of inequality and the billionaire class and the current administration’s priorities and policies that actually accelerated it. Several organizations noted their support for current bills in front of Congress that would raise taxes on high earners and bring much-needed economic relief to low- and middle- income people. “While I’ve seen examples of the good that wealth can do, I have also seen all the ways it can lead to irreparable harm to our personal, political, moral, and societal well-being. There is a level of wealth beyond which it threatens the health and even the existence of our democracy and our economy. We cannot hand over the keys to our democracy to people who are unwilling to address the economic injustices that exist today,” said Patriotic Millionaire Scott Ellis, who spoke on behalf of the organization. “I joined Senator Van Hollen, Representatives Jayapal, Beyer, and DeLuzio, and others to urge our government leaders to deal with the money problem in our country head-on with solutions like those found in the Patriotic Millionaires’ MONEY Agenda platform. Every time inequality reaches extraordinary levels, we create a vulnerability to authoritarianism where money becomes power. If we want to unrig our economy, we need a bold, surprisingly simple economic vision. Milli…

Israel’s demands of Lebanon are "anything but reasonable"
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-15T21:01:55Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: anything
subject: are
subject: but
subject: demands
subject: Democracy
subject: israel’s
subject: lebanon
subject: now
subject: reasonable
subject: sources
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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‘It’s Been a Setback for the Trump Administration and the Bipartisan War Party’: CounterSpin interview with Sina Toossi on the war on Iran
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creator: Janine Jackson
date: 2026-04-15T20:57:03Z
subject: news
description: "Iran is a country that, on a bipartisan basis, has been a bogeyman for America for many decades now, and has been demonized across the mainstream media."
encoded: Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for International Policy’s Sina Toossi about the US/Israeli war on Iran for the April 10, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260410Toossi.mp3 The Nation (4/2/26) Janine Jackson: Crass and belligerent from day one, Donald Trump still manages to turn corners that surprise you. The reckless violence inflicted on Iran, the tweets threatening to end a civilization, to bomb power plants and bridges, seem like the senseless actions of a power-drunk tyrant. But as our guest has written, that Iran is the target is not just the result of Trump or Hegseth or Kushner throwing darts at a map. It grows from decades of distorted and misleading storytelling about Iran, reflected in US policy. Sina Toossi writes about Iran and US/Iran relations. He’s a senior nonresident fellow at the Center for International Policy. He joins us now by phone. Welcome back to CounterSpin, Sina Toossi. Sina Toossi: Thank you for having me. JJ: If you look at the pundits on television, for example, you will find a sort of consensus that there were miscalculations, and that the war on Iran might be unfortunate—but the Iranian “regime” has to go. So the war has to go on. Yet recent polls show at least 28% of Americans saying they don’t want war on Iran, but those people aren’t really reflected in media’s conversation. It’s very frustrating, but this disconnect on Iran, as on other issues, this disconnect between a substantial amount of the public and the experts we see isn’t new, is it? Sina Toossi: “Iran is a country that, on a bipartisan basis, has been a bogeyman for America for many decades now, and has been demonized across the mainstream media.” ST: It is not. And most of the polls I’ve seen show a much higher percentage of Americans actually who have been opposed to this war, between 50 to 60%, and some polls have seen even upwards of 70%. But regar…

A Majority of Voters Support Senate Resolutions To Block Bombs and Bulldozers To Israel
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-15T20:36:23Z
subject: Common Dreams
subject: Sources
subject: and
subject: block
subject: Bombs
subject: bulldozers
subject: common
subject: dreams
subject: israel
subject: majority
subject: Resolutions
subject: senate
subject: sources
subject: support
subject: voters’
description: Polls released Wednesday, April 15, by IMEU Policy Project, and conducted by Data for Progress, found that 58% of Arizona voters, 67% of California voters, 61% of Colorado voters, and 53% of Michigan voters support the resolution the Senate will vote ...
encoded: Polls released Wednesday, April 15, by IMEU Policy Project, and conducted by Data for Progress, found that 58% of Arizona voters, 67% of California voters, 61% of Colorado voters, and 53% of Michigan voters support the resolution the Senate will vote on today to block President Trump’s delivery of 12,000 1,000-pound bombs to Israel. 54% of Arizona voters, 65% of California voters, 57% of Colorado voters, and 52% of Michigan voters also support the resolution to block Trump’s delivery of $295 million worth of bulldozers to Israel. Israel has used these bombs and bulldozers to destroy homes and kill civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. View full Arizona results View full California results View full Colorado results View full Michigan results MORE KEY FINDINGS: Strong majorities of Democrats and independents in each state support these resolutions, including: 74% of Arizona Democrats and 62% of Arizona Independents support the resolution to block bombs, and 73% of Arizona Democrats and 55% of Arizona Independents support the resolution to block bulldozers 79% of California Democrats and 76% of Colorado Independents support the resolution to block bombs, and 77% of California Democrats and 72% of Colorado Independents support the resolution to block bulldozers 85% of Colorado Democrats and 60% of Colorado Independents support the resolution to block bombs, and 78% of Colorado Democrats and 58% of Colorado Independents support the resolution to block bulldozers 67% of Michigan Democrats and 60% of Michigan Independents support the resolution to block bombs, and 65% of Michigan Democrats and 59% of Michigan Independents support the resolution to block bulldozers Majorities in each state believe war with Iran benefits Israel more than the United States 54% of Arizona voters say war with Iran benefits Israel more, while just 33% say the US benefits more 66% of California voters say war with Iran benefits Israel more, while just 24% say the US benefits more 58% of…

How Zionism’s anti-Jewish logic led Israel to bomb an Iranian synagogue
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creator: Jared Sacks
date: 2026-04-15T20:21:51Z
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subject: Politics and Movements: International
subject: Reprint
subject: Sources
subject: “anti-jewish
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subject: bomb
subject: how
subject: International
subject: iran
subject: iranian
subject: israel
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subject: synagogue
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Reporter pushed by police while covering LA immigration protest
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creator: U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database
date: 2026-04-15T20:08:05Z
subject: Sources
subject: assault
subject: covering
subject: Immigration
subject: Police
subject: Protest
subject: pushed
subject: reporter
subject: sources
subject: while
description: Status Coup reporter Tina-Desiree Berg was pushed back by police and later shoved by an officer while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026.The protest, which included a few dozen participants, ga...
encoded: Status Coup reporter Tina-Desiree Berg was pushed back by police and later shoved by an officer while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026. The protest, which included a few dozen participants, gathered at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center, where immigrants are being held and where numerous demonstrations have taken place since the start of intensified immigration enforcement in the city in June 2025. Berg told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that an LA Police Department captain directed members of the media to document from the sidewalk, which they did. “I had my back to the police line, and the next thing I know, we were just being bombarded,” she said. “A group of cops just all ran forward into us.” Berg, who was clearly identified as press, said she confronted officers for assaulting the media after they had complied with orders to document from the sidewalk. As she was talking to one media relations lieutenant, he told her, “That’s it, I’m done,” before shoving her through the police line. “I’ve never had a media relations person behave like that,” Berg told the Tracker. “It’s just so offensive.” In a video posted by journalist Sean Beckner-Carmitchel on Bluesky, officers positioned themselves in front of the media and aggressively advanced on them, using their batons and yelling for them to back up and leave the area. One journalist was kicked. “You have been advised to leave, all the members of press. You are subject to arrest — all of you. Now,” an officer told them, adding, “You cannot get in the way of arrests.” “We’re not,” one journalist said. “You’re coming over here when we’re making arrests,” the officer replied. California law allows members of the press to cover protests and exempts them from dispersal orders. It also protects them from arrest or interference by police while doing so. A federal preliminary injunction against the city is in place to uphold those protections. While the s…

Reps. Swalwell & Gonzales resign over sexual misconduct allegations
type: item
creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-15T20:01:16Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: Allegations
subject: Democracy
subject: gonzales
subject: misconduct
subject: now
subject: over
subject: reps.
subject: resign
subject: sexual
subject: sources
subject: swalwell
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Bipartisan Privacy Champions Slow Johnson’s Roll to Renew FISA
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-15T19:52:04Z
subject: Common Dreams
subject: Sources
subject: bipartisan
subject: champions’
subject: common
subject: dreams
subject: fisa
subject: johnson’s
subject: privacy
subject: renew
subject: roll
subject: slow
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description: Today, the House Democratic Whip advised that a debate on a rule to allow a vote on renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was postponed. The House had previously planned to vote on the rule around noon. The White Hou...
encoded: Today, the House Democratic Whip advised that a debate on a rule to allow a vote on renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was postponed. The House had previously planned to vote on the rule around noon. The White House and intelligence agencies have been exerting maximum pressure to get Congress to pass a “clean” renewal of FISA without any privacy reforms. However, both Republicans and Democrats keep raising concerns about moving forward without enacting privacy protections. Demand Progress is part of a bipartisan coalition urging Congress to close loopholes in the law that allow the government to bypass the courts to surveil Americans. The following is a statement from Demand Progress Senior Policy Advisor Hajar Hammado: “This time, fearmongering was not enough to overcome a bipartisan movement fighting for the privacy rights of all Americans. We rarely ever see the full force of the White House and the intelligence agencies fail to browbeat Congress into giving them what they want. That this happened today is a testament to the tireless work of our movement, which has been successfully bringing Republicans, Democrats and independents together for a common cause. Of course, this fight is nowhere near over. Speaker Johnson can still force a vote any time with extremely short notice, but our coalition feels the wind at our backs and we won’t stop fighting for a self-evident truth: the government should not be able to bypass the courts to surveil Americans.” A robust set of resources on the need for privacy reforms for FISA is available here and here, and additional background, context, polling, reform demands, resources and other information is available here. Video of Drop Site News asking members about their support for a clean FISA renewal is here. This content originally appeared on Common Dreams and was authored by Newswire Editor.

Photographer pushed, jabbed by police baton at LA immigration protest
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creator: U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: Incident Database
date: 2026-04-15T19:26:02Z
subject: Sources
subject: assault
subject: baton
subject: Immigration
subject: jabbed
subject: photographer
subject: Police
subject: Protest
subject: pushed
subject: sources
description: Independent photographer Enrique Dominguez was shoved by officers and poked with a police baton while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026.The protest, which included a few dozen participants, ga...
encoded: Independent photographer Enrique Dominguez was shoved by officers and poked with a police baton while documenting a protest against immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, on April 11, 2026. The protest, which included a few dozen participants, gathered at the downtown Metropolitan Detention Center, where immigrants are being held and where numerous demonstrations have taken place since the start of intensified immigration enforcement in the city in June 2025. Dominguez, who was not wearing a press badge but has since received one from the National Press Photographers Association, told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that he was taking pictures of the protest and is working on a documentary film. While on the scene, the LA Police Department started forcing members of the press backward, away from the detention center. Dominguez said he tried to take a picture of a woman being arrested at a certain angle, but he was diverted after an officer pushed him, followed by several others. “They pushed us more aggressively when we started taking pictures of them arresting everybody,” Dominguez said. “The police started jabbing me with their batons and started pushing me.” At one point, an officer pointed at him and told him that he would be detained next. Dominguez said he just walked away. California law allows members of the press to cover protests and exempts them from dispersal orders. It also protects them from arrest or interference by police, including use of force. A federal preliminary injunction against the city is in place to uphold those protections. In an emailed statement, an LAPD public information officer told the Tracker that an unlawful assembly was declared in response to “vandalism and in the interest of public safety.” The officer added, “Following the lawful dispersal order, officers moved to regain control of the area and successfully dispersed those engaged in unlawful activity.” The officer said the department is “aware of the complaints that hav…

Middle East Tensions Threaten South Asia’s Migrant Workers
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creator: Sajad Hameed
date: 2026-04-15T18:48:17Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Progressive
subject: asia’s
subject: east
subject: middle
subject: migrant
subject: progressive
subject: sources
subject: south
subject: tensions
subject: the
subject: threaten,
subject: Workers
description: Millions of South Asian workers in the Gulf live on the frontlines of geopolitics. The effects of conflict, wage disruptions, and insecurity ripple across families and fragile economies back home.
encoded: Millions of South Asian workers in the Gulf live on the frontlines of geopolitics. The effects of conflict, wage disruptions, and insecurity ripple across families and fragile economies back home. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Sajad Hameed.

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 15, 2026
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creator: KPFA
date: 2026-04-15T18:00:00Z
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subject: 15,
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subject: evening
subject: News
subject: pacifica
subject: Politics
subject: sources
subject: the
subject: weekdays
description: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
encoded: Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. The post The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – April 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA. This content originally appeared on KPFA - The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays and was authored by KPFA.

Fewer Vaccine Mandates Result in Fewer Doctor Visits for Kids
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creator: Kate Horgan
date: 2026-04-15T17:55:35Z
subject: Project Censored
subject: Sources
subject: censored
subject: doctor
subject: fewer
subject: for
subject: kids
subject: mandates
subject: project’:
subject: result
subject: sources
subject: vaccine
subject: Validated Independent News
subject: visits
description: Every year, schools remind families to keep up with their children’s vaccines. But according to Sarah Carr for the Hechinger Report, the recent rise in vaccine exemptions means that more and more children are not going to their doctors at all. Va...
encoded: Every year, schools remind families to keep up with their children’s vaccines. But according to Sarah Carr for the Hechinger Report, the recent rise in vaccine exemptions means that more and more children are not going to their doctors at all. Vaccine refusers were once a small, fringe group, but… The post Fewer Vaccine Mandates Result in Fewer Doctor Visits for Kids appeared first on Project Censored. This content originally appeared on Project Censored and was authored by Kate Horgan.

New Report Warns of Growing Debt and Climate Crises in Developing Countries
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creator: Newswire Editor
date: 2026-04-15T17:43:19Z
subject: Common Dreams
subject: Sources
subject: and
subject: Climate
subject: common
subject: countries
subject: crises
subject: Debt
subject: developing
subject: dreams
subject: growing
subject: new
subject: report
subject: sources
subject: warns
description: A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) examines the sovereign debt trap cycle and the need for systemic reforms to the international financial architecture that perpetuates it. As of March 2026, 75 out of 119 low- and mid...
encoded: A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) examines the sovereign debt trap cycle and the need for systemic reforms to the international financial architecture that perpetuates it. As of March 2026, 75 out of 119 low- and middle-income countries evaluated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and credit rating agencies were either already facing a debt crisis or are at high risk of one. Developing countries are forced to choose between meeting debt obligations and investing in vital public services, climate resilience, infrastructure, and other Sustainable Development Goals. “Our report shows how the debt and climate crises are interconnected,” report coauthor and CEPR Senior Research Associate Ivana Vasic-Lalovic said. “Developing countries shouldn’t have to choose between paying off debt and funding schools, hospitals, or climate preparedness and response.” The economic impact of the Iran war is likely to worsen these dynamics, due “not only [to] the immediate impact of higher energy and food prices, but the broader dynamics that can follow: inflation persists, interest rates remain high, and external financing becomes more costly,” the report states. It goes on to note: “In the context of multiple unfolding crises, the current debt burden of developing countries is unsustainable and requires a comprehensive policy response, including systemic reforms, debt cancellation, as well as immediate relief measures.” The IMF warned this week in its World Economic Outlook that the Iran war could lead to the risk of a global recession in a “severe scenario” of highly elevated oil prices continuing through 2027. An adverse, but less severe, scenario could lead to only 2.5 percent global growth this year and a 1.5 percent increase in inflation, and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned that “now, even our most hopeful scenario involves a growth downgrade” due to damage to oil and shipping infrastructure, supply disruptions, “and other …

CPJ, partners file emergency motion to Israeli Supreme Court seeking independent media access to Gaza
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creator: Committee to Protect Journalists
date: 2026-04-15T17:35:57Z
subject: Censored
subject: Committee to Protect Journalists
subject: Foreign Press Association in Israel
subject: Israel-Gaza war
subject: Israeli Supreme Court
subject: Legal Action
subject: Sources
subject: The Union of Journalists in Israel
subject: access
subject: action
subject: association
subject: ban
subject: censored
subject: committee
subject: court
subject: cpj
subject: Emergency
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subject: foreign
subject: gaza
subject: independent
subject: israel
subject: israel gaza
subject: israeli
subject: Journalists
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subject: reporters without borders
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subject: union
subject: war
description: On Monday, April 13, 2026, the Committee to Protect Journalists, together with its amicus partners the Foreign Press Association in Israel, the Union of Journalists in Israel (UJI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), filed an emergency motion to the Israeli Supreme Court asking the justices to expedite a decision on allowing the international media to...
encoded: On Monday, April 13, 2026, the Committee to Protect Journalists, together with its amicus partners the Foreign Press Association in Israel, the Union of Journalists in Israel (UJI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), filed an emergency motion to the Israeli Supreme Court asking the justices to expedite a decision on allowing the international media to enter Gaza. Since October 7, 2023, Israel closed its border with Gaza and has barred the international media from entering independently. This closure is unprecedented and sets a dangerous precedent for reporting from other conflict areas. The court has delayed ruling on the case for numerous times in the last 18 months since the Foreign Press Association filed its petition challenging the ban. The reasons given for these delays by the Israeli government — and accepted by the court — are no longer relevant. There are no more hostages in Gaza. There is a longstanding ceasefire in place. There are no substantiated or specific threats against journalists, and journalists pose no threat to Israeli troops. The most recent rationale provided – the war in Iran – never was relevant. Palestinian journalists have reported under extremely harsh and dangerous conditions from inside Gaza throughout the war, and have had to endure hunger, displacement, arbitrary detentions, and attacks by the Israeli military. Read the full statement here. This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Committee to Protect Journalists.

Report from Lebanon: “We will return to these villages”
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-15T17:23:26Z
subject: Democracy Now!
subject: Sources
subject: ‘we
subject: Democracy
subject: from
subject: lebanon
subject: now
subject: report
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subject: sources
subject: these
subject: villages
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description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
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Report from Lebanon: “We will return to these villages”
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creator: Democracy Now!
date: 2026-04-15T17:23:26Z
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subject: Sources
subject: ‘we
subject: Democracy
subject: from
subject: lebanon
subject: now
subject: report
subject: return
subject: sources
subject: these
subject: villages
subject: will
description: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
encoded: This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.

The ABLE Act Reduces Some Harm But Does Not Address Underlying Causes
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creator: Mike Ervin
date: 2026-04-15T17:19:03Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Progressive
subject: able
subject: ACT
subject: address
subject: but
subject: causes
subject: does
subject: harm
subject: not
subject: progressive
subject: reduces
subject: some
subject: sources
subject: the
subject: underlying
description: Recipients of Supplemental Security Income must still play what amounts to an impoverishment game.
encoded: Recipients of Supplemental Security Income must still play what amounts to an impoverishment game. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Mike Ervin.

Educating Students On Climate Change Through A New Curriculum
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creator: Kate Horgan
date: 2026-04-15T17:15:46Z
subject: Project Censored
subject: Sources
subject: censored
subject: change
subject: Climate
subject: curriculum?
subject: educating
subject: new
subject: project’:
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subject: Students
subject: through
subject: Validated Independent News
description: As climate change continues to shape our planet’s future, it is more important than ever for younger generations to understand the implications of this environmental crisis. A news story from the Hechinger Report published by Olivia Sanchez on March 1,...
encoded: As climate change continues to shape our planet’s future, it is more important than ever for younger generations to understand the implications of this environmental crisis. A news story from the Hechinger Report published by Olivia Sanchez on March 1, 2026, reports on a recent initiative to integrate lessons on… The post Educating Students On Climate Change Through A New Curriculum appeared first on Project Censored. This content originally appeared on Project Censored and was authored by Kate Horgan.

Trump’s extreme use of military is stirring a crisis of conscience among troops
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creator: Sam Carliner
date: 2026-04-15T16:32:59Z
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subject: Politics and Movements: International
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subject: among
subject: and
subject: conscience
subject: crisis
subject: extreme
subject: International
subject: iran
subject: military
subject: movements
subject: Politics
subject: reprint
subject: sources
subject: stirring
subject: troops
subject: trump’s
subject: use
subject: war
description: This article was originally published by Truthout on April 13, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. As President Donald Trump increasingly uses the U.S. military to carry out his agenda through brute force,...
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UN News Today 15 April 2026
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creator: Daniel Johnson
date: 2026-04-15T15:52:17Z
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subject: UN News
subject: 2026
subject: april
subject: News
subject: podcasts/un
subject: sources
subject: today
description: Hundreds of Rohingya feared missing or drowned in new shipwreck Iran: 3.2 million now displaced inside country: UNHCR Caribbean on brink as war shock and drought fears collide, says WFP
encoded: Hundreds of Rohingya feared missing or drowned in new shipwreck Iran: 3.2 million now displaced inside country: UNHCR Caribbean on brink as war shock and drought fears collide, says WFP This content originally appeared on UN News - Global perspective Human stories and was authored by Daniel Johnson.

Toward Radical Futures
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creator: Ly Rosengard
date: 2026-04-15T15:47:36Z
subject: Sources
subject: The Progressive
subject: futures
subject: progressive
subject: radical
subject: sources
subject: the
subject: toward
description: An interview with author M. E. O’Brien.
encoded: An interview with author M. E. O’Brien. This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Ly Rosengard.