Friday, September 11, 2026
ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations unit in Los Angeles, June 2025. Photo: DHS

American Gestapo: The Worst Takes Time But It Comes Around Fast

Barton Kunstler maps the largest ICE detention camps and the private contractors running them, and asks how far the buildup has to go before it counts as what it resembles.
The Israeli settlement of Peduel in the occupied West Bank. Britain has announced a ban on goods produced in settlements like this one. Photo: Avner, via Wikimedia Commons

Britain Finally bans Goods from the Israeli-Occupied West Bank

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who once led Britain's Union of Jewish Students, made the announcement in the House of Commons.
FBI headquarters in Washington. Families of 9/11 victims are demanding answers about the bureau's investigation of Saudi suspect Omar al-Bayoumi. Photo: User:Aude, via Wikimedia Commons

25 Years After 9/11, Questions About the FBI’s Pursuit of Saudi Suspects in the...

FBI agents quickly identified a Saudi suspect who helped two of the 9/11 hijackers. But families of the victims are demanding to know what happened in the bureau’s investigation of Omar al-Bayoumi.
The California State Capitol, where Governor Gavin Newsom holds the power to commute the sentences of the 564 people on the state's death row. Photo: Andre m, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Newsom Might Commute 564 Death Sentences in CA

More than 560 people still face death sentences in California, despite a longstanding moratorium on executions.
The Be'er Sheva District Court, where the indictment was filed. Photo: Zairon/CC BY-SA 4.0

Israeli prosecutors indict 12 prison guards after Palestinian detainee beaten to death

Text messages seized by investigators show guards discussing the beating as it happened
New York City Hall. Photo: Kidfly182 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mamdani launches nation’s first city office dedicated to worker organizing

City Hall points to CEO pay ratios and outdoor worker risks in laying out what the new agency is meant to address.
Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Massachusetts. Photo: Parkerjh / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall

More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
A ballot drop box. Photo: Cliffordsnow / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks Trump administration rule restricting mail ballots

The order covers the November election, months after Trump signed an executive order targeting how ballots move through the mail
The Texas State Capitol in Austin. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Texas Sunset Review offers chance to address the mental health crisis-to-prison pipeline

Updates in policy for people with developmental disabilities and serious mental illness could reduce repeated cycling through the carceral system, advocates say
Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, one of the low-lying island nations threatened by rising seas. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory, Wanmei Liang (public domain)

What 1.5°C Overshoot Means for Small Islands

The world is now expected to breach the 1.5°C warming limit that small island states have spent years defending as a threshold for survival.