Friday, September 4, 2026

Tag: United States

The data center backlash that’s uniting America

The passage of New York's statewide moratorium marks the speed at which the movement is growing—and winning—in both blue and red parts of the country.

US-Iran ceasefire deal opens fragile path out of war as Israel...

The interim framework could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause a war that killed thousands, but unresolved disputes over sanctions, Iran’s nuclear program, frozen assets, and Israel’s military operations leave the deal vulnerable before it is even signed.

Questions grow after analysis links US strike to water facilities serving...

Satellite imagery, bomb fragment analysis, and damage assessments have intensified scrutiny over whether U.S. forces struck civilian water infrastructure near the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns about potential violations of international law.

Nuclear powers spend record billions on weapons while hunger and climate...

The United States accounted for more than half of global nuclear weapons spending in 2025 as watchdogs warn of a growing arms race, expanding corporate influence, and declining commitment to disarmament.

10 reasons to resist AI

To counter Big Tech’s narrative of AI inevitability, movements are beginning to resist on many fronts where this dangerous tech is being deployed.

Resistance is only half the equation

When movements are at their most powerful, they not only withdraw cooperation from unjust systems, but build the capacity to live without them.

The ripple effects of organizing against data centers

One city’s success in stopping a data center grew into a regional movement that’s notching wins across the San Gabriel Valley.

New US strikes and disputed drone shoot down threaten fragile Iran...

As Washington and Tehran discuss a possible framework to end nearly three months of conflict, new military exchanges, competing narratives, and disagreements over sanctions, regional security, and Israel’s role reveal how fragile any potential agreement remains.

Automatic draft registration undoes a victory decades in the making

Quiet mass resistance led Congress to end compulsory draft registration, but a plan for “automatic” registration threatens that victory.

From ICE to Iran, veterans are challenging US militarism

Antiwar veterans are leveraging their unique credibility to oppose the war in Iran, stop ICE and support active duty resisters.

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A Midwest meatpacking plant. Photo: Ammodramus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
A cannabis plant. Photo: Cannabis Training University / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Jarek Tuszyński / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule

North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.
Chinook salmon, one of the species the lawsuit says the herbicide would harm. Photo: Dan Cook (USFWS), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

EPA approves forever chemical herbicide its own review calls a likely carcinogen

Three advocacy groups are suing to block the pesticide, arguing it also threatens four endangered fish species.
Madison Square Garden in New York. Photo: Rich Mitchell from New York, NY / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader

Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.