Saturday, November 7, 2026

Louisiana State Trooper charged with beating unarmed black man

Bowman reportedly suffered multiple injuries, including broken ribs, a fractured arm, and a laceration to his head.

‘Black Sludge’ Pours Out Of Texas Town’s Faucets Days After FBI Arrests Nearly Every...

The problem is summed up in just a few words: "There's not really anyone in charge."
A march for the right to housing in Madrid. Photo: Barcex / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Forcible Eviction of 87-Year-Old Madrid Woman Sparks Protest Encampment over Spain’s Housing Crisis

The eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal Martín in Madrid, after an investment fund bought her apartment building and more than tripled her rent, has become a symbol of Spain’s rising cost of living and sparked nationwide protests against corporate greed and wealth inequality. Over 600 protesters are now camped outside Madrid’s regional government headquarters demanding new tenant protections. “What we have is a lot of furious people, enraged people, that are demanding from the government and from the public institutions that they give us give us some sort of solution,” says Sabina Carrau, a spokesperson for the Madrid Tenants’ Union, which is supporting the “Maricarmen decree” named after Abascal, set to be debated by Spain’s government this week. Housing in Spain, as in much of the world, “is really connected to tourism, really connected to having and buying a house to make a speculation,” says socialist parliamentarian Tesh Sidi, who is calling instead for the guaranteed right to housing and “the right to have an affordable life.” Sidi, the only Sahrawi member of the Spanish parliament, also comments on Spain’s colonial relationship to Western Sahara and the state of Sahrawi rights and self-determination.

Philly SWAT cop charged with assault for pepper-spraying kneeling protesters on video

“The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office will not make excuses for crimes committed by law enforcement that demean the democratic freedoms so many Americans have fought and died to preserve.”

Los Angeles changes Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day

“This gesture of replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day is a very small step in apologizing and in making amends.”

How America can stop violence against health care workers

“The severity seems to keep going up. It doesn’t go down.”
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.

The price of Amazon’s ‘Prime’ business model is our bodies

With Amazon notorious for having one of highest injury rates in the warehouse industry, workers are demanding accommodations system reform to ensure that workers don’t have to sacrifice their health to keep their jobs.

Bernie Sanders Calls for Repealing the Hyde Amendment

Bernie encourages repeal of Hyde Amendment which bans federal funding from covering abortion services.

Native American patients are sent to collections for debts the government owes

Native communities are twice as likely to have medical debt in collections, agency finds.