Category: Politics
Battle Over Medication Abortion Threatens to Revert US Back to 19th Century
SCOTUS has temporarily paused a Fifth Circuit Court ruling that echoed the Comstock Act of 1873, an anti-obscenity law. …
Trump Claims He Cancelled Planned Attack on Iran at Request of Gulf States
Trump said the US military is “prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran” if a deal isn’t reached….
Trump Admin Cites National Security to Pause Permits for TX Wind Energy Projects
The Defense Department has not approved a wind project since August 2025 as 165 projects nationally now remain on hold. …
Gutting Voting Rights Act Is Just First Step in Far Right Plan to End Democracy
Curbing access to the ballot brings us closer to the far right’s techno-feudalist dream of a “Dark Enlightenment.” …
USAID Cuts Could Hinder Management of Ebola Outbreak in Congo and Uganda
The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency due to the rapid spread of the deadly virus. …
UC Is Finalizing Its Land-Use Rules Without Involving Directly Impacted Tribes
Some Native leaders say the omission is not an oversight — it is a structural problem baked into the framework itself. …
SCOTUS Denied VA Dems’ Attempt to Salvage Congressional Map Approved by Voters
The map would have added several Democtratic-leaning districts as a counter to GOP gerrymandering in other states. …
Immigrants Are Reportedly Being Held in ICE Jails Despite Agreeing to Leave US
Rep. LaMonica McIver says private prisons are profiting by jailing some who’ve already signed deportation agreements. …
The US Has Treated Immigrant Doctors as a Safety Net in Moments of Crisis
The US has long seen immigrant physicians as a global reserve labor force instrumentalized in response to crises. …
Trump’s War on Iran Is a Symptom of Unchecked US Military Power
Virtually everyone killed by the US during the “war on terror” has been a person of color, writer Norman Solomon says. …
