Saturday, October 24, 2026
The US Senate chamber. Photo: United States Senate, public domain

This 80-year-old senator isn’t backing off his support for trans rights

Some Democrats have retreated from their party’s once-broad support for transgender rights. Not Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey. “The demonization of the trans community requires political leaders to stand up and to protect them against the unconscionable attacks,” Markey told The 19th ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary, where he faces a challenge from U.S.
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., site of the August 28 rally. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Thousands rally at Lincoln Memorial to defend voting rights

Civil rights leaders say this is the first march since the Supreme Court gutted a core Voting Rights Act protection.
The Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants in New Jersey, among the US reactors subject to NRC radiation exposure rules. Photo: Peretz Partensky / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nuclear regulator moves to drop 50-year-old radiation safety standard

The rule NRC officials are preparing to eliminate has required the nuclear industry to keep exposure below legal limits, not just under them.
The U.S. Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Rep. LaMonica McIver isn’t just fighting for reelection — she’s fighting for freedom

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a trial that could send the New Jersey congresswoman to prison over a 2025 clash with officers at an immigration detention center.
The Strait of Hormuz, between Iran and Oman. Photo: CIA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pakistan’s “Fresh” Proposals to End Iran-U.S. Conflict

Opening the Strait of Hormuz has become the number one U.S. goal.
Syracuse University's campus. Photo: John Marino / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Syracuse University Seeks to Prevent Campus Rape Victim From Obtaining Police Records

The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.
The Texas Capitol in Austin. Photo: Larry D. Moore / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Texas frees ICE agent charged in Minneapolis shooting after judge rejects extradition order

Minnesota's attorney general says the governor's inaction protects a man accused of a shooting, not just an immigration crackdown
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Low-wage S&P 500 companies spent $718 billion on stock buybacks since 2019, report finds

The same 100 corporations pay their median workers 614 times less than their CEOs and lobbied for cuts to the food and health aid those workers rely on
The U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Latest sanctions on Iran risk strengthening Tehran and undermining US credibility

Two London-based political scientists argue the sanctions could backfire, uniting Iran's government against outside pressure while costing the US diplomatic credibility abroad.
The Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US-Canada trade war deepens as Trump revives Depression-era trade tool – what’s at stake...

Trump’s use of a trade tool created during the Great Depression helped trigger a trade war between the two border countries, with few signs of de-escalation in sight.