Monday, August 24, 2026

Legal battle looms as Louisiana mandates Ten Commandments in classrooms

Republican Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 71 into law, mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in "large, easily readable font" in public classrooms by the start of 2025.

Faces of pain, faces of hope

The message of the consumer society, pumped out over flat screen televisions, computers and smartphones, to those trapped at the bottom of society is loud and unrelenting: You are a failure.

Hooked!

The Unyielding Grip of Fossil Fuels on Global Life

Nationwide protests erupt against Trump’s inauguration amid fears of far-right agenda

Nationwide protests amplify voices against policies threatening marginalized communities.

‘Humanity must prevail’ in Gaza, says UN official as refugee shelters become IDF targets

"Wars have rules," said the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. "Civilians, hospitals, schools, clinics, and UN premises cannot be a target."

Lawsuit filed against Fort Worth and police officer who killed innocent woman

“Defendant Dean in his prowl around the backyard of her home caused Atatiana fear and uncertainty. Dean shot Atatiana, causing pain and suffering. Dean failed to render medical aid to Atatiana.”

A First Lady in a New York Cell

One year later, Cilia Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, languishes in a cell in New York City, having been dragged out of her room and kidnapped by U.S. forces on the Jan. 3 attack on Venezuela.

These kids will see Trump in court

Twenty-one kids and climate scientist James Hansen were suing the Obama administration to take more aggressive action on climate. Now, the climate-change-denying 45th president has inherited the case.

We are militarism’s hostages

There is a danger that our world, with all the beauty and value that it contains, will be destroyed by this cynical game for power and money, in which civilians are militarism's hostages.

American Insurrection: Deadly far-right extremism from Charlottesville to Capitol attack. What next?

Since 2015, right-wing extremists have been involved in 267 plots or attacks, leading to 91 deaths.