Thursday, April 23, 2026

Urgent next steps for Palestine at the UN

How an Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly can pass a binding resolution to recognize Palestine and launch a UN-led arms embargo, economic boycott and other concrete measures to force Israel to end the genocide in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine.

White House plan would erase age from Social Security disability decisions

Sources say the administration may raise the age threshold from 50 to 60 or remove it entirely, a move that could cut benefits for 750,000 people and reduce payouts by $82 billion.

Video claim challenges DHS account of Border Patrol shooting in Chicago

Attorney says body camera shows agent saying “Do something, b––” before firing; prosecutors charge two drivers as officials expand Operation Midway Blitz.

Nuclear power plants pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction

The global crisis it now embodies was foreseen 45 years ago by Bennett Ramberg, in his book “Nuclear Power Plants as Weapons for the Enemy: An Unrecognized Military Peril.”  

Will teachers save our democracy?

A new book by teachers’ union president Randi Weingarten explains “why fascists fear teachers.”

‘I’m terrified I’ll die’: Bernie Sanders unveils report on healthcare devastation looming for American...

The Sanders report concludes by not only vowing to reverse the Republican healthcare cuts, but to “work to end the international embarrassment of the United States being the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care for all.”

Warnings of ‘irreversible’ damage from Trump order to ravage Alaskan wilderness for corporate profits

Conservationists and local tribes that oppose the project argue that it’s misleading to view it as a road-building project.

Why fandom organizing is a powerful strategy for movement building

As the Disney/ABC boycott took off, youth activist group Get Free mobilized its “Star Wars” fan community, showing the potential of cultural organizing.

Gov. Newsom signs legislation to prohibit use of algorithms to artificially raise prices on...

Advocates of the law called AB 325 "groundbreaking" and said it's a "critical step in addressing California's affordability crisis by cracking down on tech-enabled price manipulation."

What if every American entering the government had to take a lie detector and...

Let's explore a fictitious scenario in which every person who wanted to be considered for a government job would have to take both a lie detector and a mental test, and pass them, to be accepted.