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Democracy Now!
- India Unleashes "Massive Crackdown" on Youth-Led Cockroach Movement After Education Minister's Ouster
We go to New Delhi for an update on India’s youth-led, anti-government “Cockroach” movement. After weeks of street protests against Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the ruling BJP party, Pradhan tendered his resignation on Saturday. Now, however, protest leaders are accusing right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of reneging on his promise to not take punitive action against demonstrators. “Because this government and its policy is, and has always been, that of vengeance, … we are witnessing a massive crackdown on student activists across the country,” says Neha Bora, a doctoral student at Jawaharlal Nehru University and the national president of the All India Students Association. Bora spent 23 days on hunger strike […]
- "Tipping Point": Ex-CDC Official Links Cyclospora & Measles Outbreaks to Trump's Public Health Cuts
The United States is facing a number of major disease outbreaks, from foodborne cyclosporiasis to vaccine-preventable measles. We speak to the former chief medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Debra Houry. She resigned from her post one year ago in protest over political interference at the agency and the leadership of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who has overseen the slashing of billions of dollars in public health funding during the second Trump administration. “The U.S. is really at a tipping point, when you look at measles, whooping cough, all these vaccine-preventable diseases, as well, and the secretary is responsible for this,” says Houry. […]
- U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Slams U.S. "Complicity" as Trump Meets Netanyahu Despite ICC Warrant
We speak to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, about Israel’s continued impunity from international law. Despite an International Criminal Court warrant out for his arrest, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently visited the White House to meet with President Donald Trump. While the United States is not a member state to the ICC, “It doesn’t mean that they have to extend protection to a fugitive from international law,” says Albanese, who joins widespread international calls for Netanyahu’s arrest. “The United States is actively contributing to make the international criminal law architecture that it has been building, from the Nuremberg trials up until […]
- Headlines for July 29, 2026
France and Spain Race to Contain Wildfires Amid Heat Wave, Death Toll Rises to 18 People in Japan Earthquake, Uganda Declares End to the Latest Outbreak of Ebola, Netanyahu and Zelensky Attend Sen. Graham’s Funeral in Washington, Senate Votes to Confirm Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence, U.S.-Iran Negotiations Stall as Iran Attacks U.S. Base in Jordan, U.S. Walks Out of UNSC Meeting During French Ambassador’s Remarks, Human Rights Groups Say Iranian Authorities Hanged Two Anti-Gov’t Protesters, Israeli Jets Strike Mosque in Gaza City, Killing One Person and Wounding Dozens, Palestinians Released from Israeli Prisons Show Signs of Torture, Israeli Activists Protesting Settler Violence in the Occupied West Bank Clash […]
- Berlin's Queer Commissioner on Fatal Car Ramming Attack on LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration
A man drove a minivan into a crowd of people near Berlin’s Pride celebrations on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 29 others. Authorities shot and killed the man during an operation on Sunday. The alleged suspect was identified as Abdul Ballout, a 21-year-old German citizen. According to authorities, Ballout tried to join the Islamic State in 2025 and was released from prison in May after being jailed for preparing an attack. “The far right here in Germany is, of course, waiting for an attack like this one to use it in order to highlight that the foreigners are the problem,” says Alfonso Pantisano, LGBTQ affairs commissioner for the Berlin state government. “By doing so, they completely forget and avoid to look at how much […]
Anthropocene
- Do small climate habits help or hurt the bigger cause? What a 4-year study found.
Researchers tracked nearly 2,800 people's habits, protests, and policy views to test whether small green acts help or hurt the bigger fight. Neither, it turns out.
- Researchers use hemp, rock dust and biochar to scrub forever chemicals from farm soils
A Yale study finds that combining three low-cost interventions could bring contaminated soils below safety thresholds within a decade, at a fraction of conventional cleanup costs.
The Conversation
- Should you wash your prewashed lettuce? An infectious disease expert explains how to eat your greens safely during the cyclospora outbreak
Rather than avoiding fresh produce, adopting a few sensible food safety practices can help cut your risk of infection. ➕ Includes video 🎥
- AI in healthcare is an evolving landscape of new technologies, productivity benefits and legal uncertainties
A standardized framework for regulating the safety and efficacy of AI in healthcare has yet to be established.
- Better guacamole? How avocado import rules helped cut Mexico’s water pollution – it holds lessons for future US trade deals
Pressure from trade agreements can clean up sources of environmental harm, leading to cleaner rivers in the case of Mexico’s much-loved avocados.
- Got money questions? How to get chatbots to give you accurate answers
The gap between AI and a human adviser is narrowest for commonsense guidance.
- As AI reshapes newsrooms, leading media outlets are charting different paths for its use
From the BBC’s implementation of AI guardrails to Reuters’ embrace of AI tools to disseminate breaking financial news, newsrooms’ missions and values are shaping their technological futures.
Sludge
- Dark Money Group Led by Corporate Lobbyists Funds Pro-Stevens Super PAC
A new FEC filing show nearly all of the $13 million spent so far by the pro-Haley Stevens super PAC A Stronger Michigan came from Center Forward, a dark money group led by lobbyists for Northrop Grumman and funded in part by PhRMA.
Grist
- It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
- The EU might weaken its landmark climate law — the ‘most impactful’ in the world
Lawmakers in Europe have proposed rolling back the bloc's cap-and-trade program, long considered the gold standard for reducing companies' carbon emissions.
- Is it getting too hot for summer school?
Scorching temperatures are testing the limits of programs meant to help students catch up academically.
Truthout
- Trump Says US Has Taken “Billions and Billions” From Venezuela and Iran Is Next
He said that Congress should approve legislation to allow Venezuela’s funds to be rerouted to the US military.
- AI “News” Outlet Pushes False and Misleading Info Amid New Mexico Flooding Crisis
An Israel-based startup publicized its operations in a press release decrying the loss of local news outlets.
- DOJ Charges Alleged Cop City Activist Over “Duress” Password That Wipes Phone
The alleged anti-Cop City activist was stopped and interrogated at the airport when reentering the US in January 2025.
Labor Notes
- Viewpoint: What Amazon Workers Can Learn from the Successes (and Failures) of the Fight for 15
If the labor movement is to maintain and raise standards, then we must organize Amazon—one of the largest employers and most powerful corporations in the U.S. today.
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