Tuesday, October 6, 2026
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston. Photo: Mbfitz (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Judge blocks Trump policy of fining immigrants up to $1.8 million after deportation orders

The Boston ruling halts penalties of $998 a day that DHS says it has assessed in more than 103,000 cases, after finding the forms lacked individual allegations
Main entrance of the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville. Photo: Pepper6181 / CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Witnessing the Failed Execution of Christa Pike: ‘We Could All Hear Her Breathing’

Catherine Sweeney was one of the reporters in the witness room during the attempted execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee. The journalists knew that a recent execution hadn’t gone according to plan and that Pike’s lawyers had predicted failure because of a health condition. They’d even asked for her to be hanged instead.
Workers processing onions at a farm in Glennville, Georgia. Photo: USDA / public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Workers Help Feed the World but Starved of Dignity

A report reveals widespread labour exploitation among food workers, warning that keeping the world fed comes at the cost of human dignity.
The Whitney Museum of American Art on Gansevoort Street in New York. Photo: Jim Henderson

Whitney Museum union sets Monday strike deadline days before Lichtenstein retrospective

UAW Local 2110 is asking for a $71,000 salary floor, a figure drawn from a New York City cost of living report.
An Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, not the Rock Tavern facility. Photo: Indy beetle (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Amazon warehouse workers in Rock Tavern strike over conveyor speeds and ignored safety complaints

Teamsters say managers deleted safety posts from Amazon's internal feedback board; Amazon says the picket was an illegal attempt to intimidate workers.
A lethal injection room at San Quentin State Prison in California. Photo: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Christa Pike’s botched execution exposes the deep contradictions of a ‘painless’ state-imposed death

Lethal injections are not typically administered by doctors, given executions are incompatible with their oath to protect lives.
Detention center fencing. Photo: David Stanley / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson

The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
A used car lot in Lansingburgh, New York. Photo: Tyler A. McNeil / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Credit Acceptance agrees to million settlement over unaffordable subprime car loans

Borrowers who lost cars to repossession will get million in debt relief, and the lender must cap vehicle prices at 109% of retail book value for seven years.
Housing blocks in Madrid. Photo: xGaztelu / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Spain’s housing crisis is a warning for all of Europe – rights mean nothing...

Spain has a constitutional right to housing – but it hasn’t stopped rents and property prices from skyrocketing.
A farmer wearing protective gear fills a pesticide sprayer tank in Iowa. Photo: Tim McCabe, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Corteva must end pesticide loyalty program and pay states $35 million in FTC settlement

The 10-year order bars the company from rewarding distributors that buy most of a pesticide from Corteva, according to the Federal Trade Commission.