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Democracy Now!
- Democracy Now! Marks 30 Years with Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe & More
A special broadcast: Highlights from Democracy Now!’s 30th anniversary celebration at the historic Riverside Church, featuring Angela Davis, Patti Smith, Mosab Abu Toha, Michael Stipe, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Amy Goodman, Juan González, Nermeen Shaikh and a surprise appearance by Bruce Springsteen.
- "Top of the World": Remembering the Restaurant Workers Killed Atop World Trade Center in 9/11 Attack
A new documentary titled Top of the World tells the story of Windows on the World, the legendary restaurant atop the World Trade Center, through the eyes of its former employees. Windows on the World served guests for 25 years, until the morning of September 11, 2001, when it was destroyed in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Seventy-nine workers and 91 diners were killed. We’re joined by Top of the World's co-directors, Julie Cohen and Betsy West, and by Sekou Siby, a former line cook at Windows on the World. Siby, who immigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast in 1996, was originally scheduled to work on the morning of September 11, but a co-worker asked him to switch shifts. “He didn't make it,” says Siby, who later […]
- "Terrorizing Our City": ICE Targets Immigrants in Danbury, CT, Including at School Bus Stops
We go to Danbury, Connecticut, where residents held a mass demonstration this week to protest recent immigration arrests and to support the city’s immigrant community. Danbury, like many other communities across the United States, has been the target of a spike in immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, including local reports of ICE arresting parents at school bus stops. “We really have been describing it as the administration terrorizing our city, because that is what it felt like. The streets were empty. Kids stayed home from practice. Kids stayed home from school,” says Juliana Soares, the lead organizer for Danbury Unites for Immigrants. “Masked agents often would shut down the street to just abduct people. … […]
- "They Got Zero Notice": 2,500 Workers Laid Off as Tyson Foods Shutters Meatpacking Plant in Illinois
Tyson Foods, the United States’ largest meatpacking and processing company, shuttered a beef processing facility in Joslin, Illinois, last month, laying off more than 2,500 primarily immigrant workers “virtually overnight.” Although Tyson Foods CEO and President Donnie King made over $34 million last year, nearly 800 times more than the median Tyson worker, the company cites a historic 75-year low in the U.S. cattle herd as a primary reason for the closure. We speak to Caitlyn Clark, director of the group Essential Workers for Democracy, which is working to institute democratic reforms within the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), a labor union that represents more than a million workers across the United […]
- Stanford Student Newspaper Wins Suit over Trump's Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration violated the constitutional rights of international students in seeking to deport them for their pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israel. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit filed by The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper at Stanford University, which claimed that some of its writers on student visas declined to report on topics related to Israel and Palestine, or requested their published articles be removed from the paper’s website, for fear of deportation. “What we were hearing from the noncitizens in our newsroom and from noncitizens across campus — current students, former students, alumni — was that they were genuinely frightened because of what they saw in […]
Anthropocene
- Intensive farming may yield a bumper crop of drug-resistant pathogens
Researchers find that changing the use of tilling, fertilizers, and chemicals could reshape the microbiomes of farm soils—reducing the emergence of drug-resistant pathogens.
- Mushroom leather may finally be ready for mass production
Plastic-free, ethical leather alternatives that perform like the real thing are hard to make. Researchers may have cracked the code to produce such materials on large scale.
Aeon
- The planet is… up to something
An astronaut’s image of Earth from the 2026 lunar flyby reveals not our profound smallness but our growing significance- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The Conversation
- What comes next for the 1 million people who have lost – or will soon lose – Temporary Protected Status
Congress never built a path from temporary status to permanent residence, leaving many people facing deportation with little recourse.
- Farmer-poet Wendell Berry’s environmental ethics were deeply rooted in his Christian faith and belief in caring for creation
Berry’s belief that humans have a responsibility to care for God’s creation traces back to the Book of Genesis. So does an opposing argument for environmental exploitation.
- Mosquitoes are picky eaters – we studied 3 common South Florida species to learn why they like some people more than others
A new study shows what microbes and odors on human skin appeal to different species of mosquitoes.
- Essential digital technologies are critical infrastructure – they are not always built and managed that way
Search engines, social media and AI models can be made as safe and reliable as bridges and water supplies.
- Dog parks are an antidote to the isolation and divisions that social media can fuel
The people who stretch a person’s sense of humanity may be the ones no algorithm currently selects.
Inter Press Service
- FAO and the Global South: Advancing Agrifood Transformation through South-South and Triangular Cooperation
Hua Yang is Director, South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division, FAO
- What 1.5°C Overshoot Means for Small Islands
The world is expected to breach a temperature threshold long regarded by small island states as a line of survival. A new UNEP report examines what comes next and why every fraction of a degree still matters.
- Beyond the Death Penalty Debate: Human Dignity and Justice in Japan
A symposium examining Japan’s death penalty through the lens of human dignity was held on September 5 at Joseph Hall of St. Ignatius Church in Yotsuya, Tokyo. Titled “Rethinking the Death Penalty: With Human Dignity in View,” the symposium was organized by the Association of Religious Leaders and Scholars Considering the Death Penalty and co-organized
Sludge
- AI Money Floods State Fights Over Data Centers
A dark money group backed by Marc Andreessen and OpenAI's president says it has $50 million for pro-data-center campaigns, starting in three battleground states.
Grist
- The world is adapting to extreme heat — but not nearly fast enough
Scientists say it will take more than early warning systems and cooling centers to keep people safe.
- America is losing its war against wildfire
Wildland firefighting is increasingly facing an intractable reality: We’re stuck in a vicious cycle. A doom loop.
- A hard-won rule to cut chemical plant pollution is being unraveled
In 2024, the Biden administration enacted wide-ranging regulations to protect communities near petrochemical plants from air toxics. The Trump administration has since granted exemptions to scores of polluting facilities and is working to rewrite the long-awaited rule.
Truthout
- Trump Admin Blocked Prosecution of ICE Agent for Minneapolis Shooting
The agent allegedly shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg during Operation Metro Surge and then lied about it.
- Republicans Panic as Gas Prices Hit Another Record High Ahead of Midterms
Republicans' own internal polling reportedly shows voters blame the price hikes on Trump's war on Iran.
- Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Struggle to Survive as UNRWA Cuts Essential Aid
US and Israeli attacks on the agency have caused severe budget shortfalls, leading to aid cuts at six refugee camps.
Labor Notes
- Trabajadores de la salud luchan por la comunidad inmigrante en Vermont
Los trabajadores de la salud quienes están luchando por un contrato sindical en Vermont han acudido a la mesa de negociaciones no solo con sus propias demandas de plantillas suficientes y salarios justos, sino también con una petición algo inusual: una planteada en solidaridad con trabajadores lecheros en el estado. Quieren que su empleador, el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Vermont, se una al programa “Leche con Dignidad”.
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