Friday, July 17, 2026

BlackRock security, NYPD ‘brutalize’ climate protesters

Eleven out of 75 activists were arrested after storming the headquarters of the world's largest fossil fuel investor with pitchforks and fake oil.

Trump ICE crackdown has separated an estimated 145,000 US citizen children from detained parents,...

A Brookings Institution study suggests the scale of family separation tied to Trump’s expanded immigration detention campaign is far greater than previously documented, with more than 22,000 American children left without any live-in parent at home.
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As gov’t struggles to reunite families, detained mothers are organizing to find their kids

Mabel Gonzales has carefully documented the cases of mothers who have been separated from their children at a detention facility in El Paso, Texas, where she is currently jailed.
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All 5 living former U.S. Presidents come together for Harvey relief effort

“As former presidents, we wanted to help our fellow Americans begin to recover.”

North Carolina Spent Nearly $5 Million Defending Voter ID, And Lost

“It shows the North Carolina Republicans are afraid of free and fair elections and being accountable to the voters for their actions.”

Chomsky: Why Trump is pushing the doomsday clock to the brink of midnight

Noam Chomsky discussed Trump, Russia, history and the future at the University of Arizona.

A ‘Poor People’s Moral Budget’ because ‘everybody has the right to live’

"For too long, we have turned to those with wealth and power to solve our most pressing social problems."

Groups slam Zinke’s ‘backroom deals’ to build road through Alaskan wildlife refuge

“These records expose yet another of Secretary Zinke’s secretive, backroom deals to sell off and sell out our public lands and wildlife.”

Mayor Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

Convicted in April for obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice, Tanaka was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison, a $7,500 fine, and two years of supervised release following his prison term.