Thursday, April 23, 2026

Trump’s boat strike in international waters triggers legal firestorm and charges of extrajudicial killings

Administration claims an attack killed 11 members of Tren de Aragua in international waters, but offers little proof as legal experts, rights groups, and lawmakers cite violations of international and constitutional law.

NYT buries news that experts on genocide say Israel is committing it

The New York Times buried the news in the 31st paragraph of a story headlined “Israel’s Push for a Permanent Gaza Deal May Mean a Longer War, Experts Say.”

Gaza’s looming cancer epidemic

There is more than one way bombs can kill.

Three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war

The relationship between war and climate change is complex. But here are three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war.

Trump wants to go to heaven. But Heaven’s gate will close when he tries

If Trump wants to get into Heaven, I think that he would have to find a way to erase all the bad things he has done to try to destroy America’s democracy.

Appeals court rejects Trump’s wartime deportation claim under Alien Enemies Act

Fifth Circuit finds no “invasion” or “predatory incursion,” blocks Alien Enemies Act removals from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi while due process issues return to lower court.

How the UN can act decisively to end genocide in Gaza

Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly can take decisive action to end the genocide in Gaza, by authorizing a UN-backed arms embargo, economic boycott and divestment campaign against Israel, or even a military protection force for Gaza.

Trump says America’s oil industry is cleaner than other countries’. New data shows massive...

Does Texas, the heart of America’s oil and gas industry, tell a different story?

Scores of climate experts condemn Trump climate report as ‘junk science’

“It reads like a list of common climate skeptic tropes—long ago rebutted by the scientific community—being rehashed by a group of disgruntled scientists.” 

How union membership leads to a great life

Unions anchor millions of Americans in the middle class, enabling these workers to leverage a stronger work-life balance than peers at nonunion workplaces.