A Billion-Dollar Company Poisoned Their Town, Then Moved on. Now People are Dying.
Maximillian Alvarez for TRNN Three years ago, on Feb. 3, 2023, the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster—one of the worst industrial disasters in US history—took place in the…
Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg Would Crash the World Economy
Juan Cole for Informed Comment President Donald J. Trump threatened Friday to destroy Iran’s major oil terminal on Kharg Island if Tehran continued to obstruct shipping through the Strait of…
Cuba Announces the Start of Talks with the United States
Pablo Meriguet for Peoples Dispatch Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reported at a press conference that talks are currently underway between his government and officials from the US government. According to…
This Is What Fascist Politics Sounds Like in America
Joshua Scheer When Donald Trump told a radio audience that there is “something wrong” with the “genetics” of Muslim immigrants, it did not land as an accidental slip, nor as…
As His Iran War Drives Up Oil Prices, Trump Orders Restart of California Offshore Drilling
Olivia Rosane for Common Dreams State leaders and environmental advocates responded with outrage after the Trump administration on Friday ordered the restarting of a California pipeline that caused one of…
GOP Farm Bill Set to Unleash Pesticide Use and Strip Animal Welfare Protections
Michael Arria for Truthout The “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026” that is coming up for a House vote this spring is yet another GOP-led assault on the…
DAY 14: WAR ON IRAN
U.S. bombs Kharg Island military targets and announces deployment of 2,500 Marines to the region as the war completes two weeks of destruction. Joe Lauria for Consortium News Attack on…
Freedom for Immigrants Launches Interactive Map to Track U.S. Detention Centers and Connect Families to Resources
Alexandra Martinez for Prism A national immigrant advocacy group is launching an interactive map designed to help families locate detained loved ones, find legal and community resources, and better understand…
‘They Were All I Had’: Lebanese Father Buries Parents, 4 Daughters Killed by Israeli Bombing
Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams A grieving Lebanese father said he buried his parents, four young daughters, and other relatives on Friday after they were killed by an Israeli airstrike—one…
Leading US Papers Defend the Indefensible in Iran Aggression
Gregory Shupak for FAIR The United States and Israel are, for the second time in less than a year, committing “the supreme international crime” against Iran (FAIR.org, 7/3/25). Editorials in…
Georgia Youth Incarceration Systems Prioritize Punishment, Families say, Putting Kids at Risk in Jails
Jadelynn Zhang for Prism Reports This article was co-published with Inquest (a fellow founding member of the Movement Media Alliance) and Mainline. Jay was placed in Georgia’s Metro Regional Youth…
Iranian Dies in ICE Custody as Trump Administration Bombs Iran
Mike Ludwig for Truthout As President Donald Trump launches a deadly bombing campaign in Iran that has killed more than 1,800 people, his administration is continuing to antagonize Iranians living…
A History of Iran Propaganda
CounterSpin from FAIR This week on CounterSpin: House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Brian Mast declared of Iran: “This murderous regime has posed an imminent threat against every American both at…
Kristi Noem Is Leaving a Trail of Death Behind Her in ICE Jails
Mike Ludwig for Truthout eports emerged this week of the death of two more immigrants in the custody of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Emmanuel Damas, 56, a Haitian asylum…
Spies, Signals, and the Shadow War Between Iran and Israel
ScheerPost Staff For years, Washington and Tel Aviv sold the world a simple story: Iran is the master of covert destabilization, the shadowy hand behind infiltration, sabotage, and political manipulation…