Thursday, October 22, 2026
An Amazon fulfillment center. Photo: Tedder / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Leaked Amazon documents show warehouses ranked by union risk

The same warehouse where the documents surfaced already won union certification without a vote, after the labor board found Amazon's conduct during the campaign was deliberate and pervasive.
Farmworkers harvest sweet potatoes. Photo: USDA, public domain

Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful

The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.

Underage Players, Predatory Moneylenders: 7 Findings From Our Dominican Baseball Investigation

ProPublica uncovered the machinery of the Dominican Republic baseball factory, whose lenders and trainers exploit players as young as 11. Here are the key findings from our reporting.
Demonstrators call for freedom in Iran at a solidarity rally. Photo: alisdare1 / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Iran: Ongoing Unlawful Execution Campaign Against Protesters

At least 60 more protesters face imminent execution, Human Rights Watch says, after summary trials relying on torture-tainted confessions.
A classroom equipped for students with mobility needs. Photo: Onwuka Glory

Vouchers Promise Students With Disabilities a Path to Private School. Parents Say That’s Not...

To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education. But those students’ families often have the hardest time finding schools that will accept them.
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.
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.