Monday, August 24, 2026

How the psychology of oppression perpetuates harm to animals and the environment

To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.
Command Sgt. Maj. John Sparks delivers copies of Stars and Stripes to U.S. Marines from Weapons Platoon, 3-2 India Company, on April 4, 2003. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Sgt. David K. Dismukes (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Pentagon fires three at Stars and Stripes, seven months after taking the paper’s rules...

The regulation governing the newspaper was struck from the books in January and its terms moved into a Defense Department directive. Three senators have asked Hegseth for answers by August 28.

Kenya joins growing fight against plastic pollution

Kenya's plastic bag ban, which begins in September, will require sweeping changes to business as usual.
The United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court curbs judicial review of TPS terminations, putting hundreds of thousands at risk...

In Mullin v. Doe, a 6-3 majority held that federal courts generally cannot second-guess Homeland Security's decisions to end Temporary Protected Status.

10 good things that happened in 2025

Let's look back on 2025 as the year movements for peace and justice freed political prisoners, slowed the war machine, and helped turn the public against endless wars.
The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in Manhattan, where the Epstein and Maxwell cases were heard. Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Welcome to Dawn’s Barbecue: the Epstein files in a time of war

A meditation, part essay and part poem, on what the files show about power, impunity and the ease with which the harm of innocents is absorbed.

DHS ‘100 million deportations’ post emerges amid growing scrutiny of immigration enforcement violence

As DHS circulates imagery envisioning mass expulsions, federal immigration shootings in Minneapolis and Portland and a documented pattern of disputed force draw demands for accountability.

Massive Kaiser strike exposes deepening conflict over staffing, care, and corporate priorities

More than 31,000 nurses and healthcare workers walk off the job amid claims of unsafe conditions and stalled negotiations.

Tigers and leopards to get new national park in China, 60% bigger than Yellowstone

A monitoring and rescue center for wild tigers and leopards will be set up, along with scientific and research facilities to complement the national park.

Police kill 1-year-old in Mississippi, then tear gas protesters demanding answers

The fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley after an alleged shoplifting call has ignited protests in Senatobia, where residents say years of police escalation and mistrust reached a breaking point.