Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Trump signals ‘peace’ while expanding military footprint in Iran conflict

Contradictory statements from the White House coincide with troop deployments, market volatility, and renewed scrutiny of the United States’ military infrastructure across the Gulf.

Lost decade: how Shell downplayed early warnings over climate change

Newly discovered documents from the 1970s and early ’80s show that Shell knew more about the “greenhouse effect” than it let on in public.

Ending republican control will require overcoming the democratic leadership

The last 12 months have shown that Donald Trump’s party is bent on methodically inflicting vast cruelty and injustice while aiming to crush what’s left of democracy and the rule of law.

Kamal Adwan Hospital chief detained by Israeli forces in torture facility, global outcry ensues

Global outrage grows as Israeli forces abduct Gaza hospital chief, amid allegations of torture and systematic attacks on healthcare.

Ramadan under the blockade: The women of Havana’s only mosque

What will happen to the women living under the boot of the U.S. empire if women here sit back and merely wait for the next election cycle?

Alabama Governor Blocks Minimum Wage Increase After Raising Staffers’ Salaries 80%

Alabama currently has the 48th highest poverty rate in the country, yet their Governor refuses to give them anything above the ridiculously low federal minimum wage.

Trump tax cuts helped health giants dodge billions while patients faced higher costs and...

New report finds seven major healthcare corporations avoided over $34 billion in taxes since 2017 while boosting buybacks, dividends, and executive pay as claim denials and patient safety issues escalated.

The Minneapolis protests recall a long lineage of women’s peace movements

We saw in Minneapolis what we’ve long seen in U.S. peace movements: Women bringing innovation, moral clarity, caregiving and an insistence on justice.

Noem revives ICE secrecy playbook after Renee Good killing, blocking congressional oversight

A new DHS order demands seven days’ notice for detention site visits, defying a recent court ruling as Minnesota Democrats are turned away from a Minneapolis facility.

Fast fashion pollutes the Atacama Desert in Chile

With nearly 60,000 tons of unsold clothes arriving globally from Europe, Asia and North America to the port town of Iquique, about 39,000 tons of fast fashion ends up in the landfill in the desert.