Friday, November 13, 2026

ProPublica journalists strike over AI policy, exposing labor fault lines inside investigative media

The NewsGuild says two years of bargaining stalled over job security and artificial intelligence, and the union has taken its case to federal labor regulators.

Eight states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safety, citing risks to children

Arizona, Iowa and six other states allege OpenAI marketed ChatGPT as safe while knowing of risks, and seek penalties and new safeguards for minors

More than 400,000 immigrant children are facing deportation court without a lawyer

New federal data shows a majority of children in deportation proceedings have no attorney, and legal-aid groups say recent funding cuts have made the problem far worse.

Americans skipping meals and delaying life decisions as healthcare costs strain households nationwide

New Gallup surveys show tens of millions of Americans cutting back on food, utilities, and daily necessities to pay medical bills while healthcare affordability worsens.
A hospital emergency room in Minneapolis. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY-SA 2.0

More than 10 million Americans have lost health coverage under Trump, new analysis finds

Enrollment losses are falling hardest on children, with Medicaid and CHIP coverage for kids down 2 million even as the biggest cuts in this year's tax and spending law have yet to fully take effect.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
El Capitolio in Havana. Photo: Nigel Pacquette / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Forty-five groups urge House vote on Cuba war powers resolution

The coalition cites a 148 percent rise in Cuba's infant mortality rate since 2018 and a Senate companion measure that failed by four votes in April.
Displaced people set up camp on the outskirts of Goma, DR Congo. Photo: MONUSCO Photos / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

30 Years of War, 30 Years of Impunity in DR Congo

Thirty years of war and impunity fuel the DR Congo conflict. Ida Sawyer calls for international action to end atrocities and deliver justice
A residential street in England. Photo: James Emmans / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Revealed: the vast scale of England’s £255m illegal care industry

Our major new investigation shows the trade in illegal children’s homes involves hundreds of companies – and a quarter of a billion pounds

10 good things that happened in 2025

Let's look back on 2025 as the year movements for peace and justice freed political prisoners, slowed the war machine, and helped turn the public against endless wars.