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Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it

At its best, the Left has championed the cause of freedom against both political and economic tyranny. Does the spread of scourges like social media addiction and sports betting justify more restrictions on individual liberty than we’ve typically accepted?

Religious identity has become an unusually prominent battleground in next year’s French election. During the pope’s visit to the country last week, left-wing France Insoumise resisted ultraconservative attempts to monopolize Catholic identity.

A comrade who entered the revolutionary struggle together with Şehîd Tîjda Zagros (Kelly Freygang) and worked and struggled together with her in the cause of time, wrote down her memories and moments that she shared with Şehîd Tîjda with us: “Our dear comrade, I recall the time I first met you. You had come to […]

On 25.09.2026 it was announced by the HPG that the internationalist Pablo Manuel Figueiras Duarte, who went by the name Baran Nûjiyan Salema within the Kurdish liberation movement, has become immortal in his search of a free life. To learn that one of our comrades has fallen, at a time when we are building and […]

This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here. For two thousand years, the Ambracian Gulf in western Greece provided life to its Mediterranean neighbors. Today, it’s an industrial graveyard.  Trace the Gulf’s northern coast, and you’ll uncover beaches […]

This investigation was reported in a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations. CALIPATRIA, Calif.—On a border-town road surrounded by alfalfa and grain fields, William Cooper stopped before a dusty, vacant lot. Its owner, he said, is one of many investors drawn to the arid Imperial Valley by a critical mineral propelling the […]

Queen conch larvae drift for two to three weeks before settling into seagrass, where their first food grows on the thin green blades. This is where they spend most of their first year, buried in the sand.  In the Exumas region of the Bahamas, just south of East Sampson Cay, Shedd Aquarium researchers recorded the […]

The following is an interview with friends from Taiwan who have formed the umbrella coalition Taiwan Alliance for a Free Palestine (TWAFP). The interview includes

Barricades, tens of thousands of police and paramilitary personnel as well as right-wing goons were deployed to stop the protests against vote rigging. What does

by Stephen Prager

A lawyer for 35-year-old Yehonatan Ovadia said his arrest by ICE demonstrates how “equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism produces absurd results.”

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies

The Trump administration came perilously close to launching another bombing campaign against Yemen. According to a September 20 New York Times report, US commanders had approved their targets, American troops were loading bombs onto warplanes, and an attack on Yemen’s Ansar Allah forces was about to begin when President Trump abruptly reversed course.

by Shireen Akram Boshar

On Sunday, the Green Party of England and Wales passed a motion defining Zionism as a form of racism. Within hours of the vote, Israel’s foreign ministry responded, slamming the mo

by Ann Garrison

There is no evidence that Eritrea has surrendered its Red Sea Coast in exchange for relief from US sanctions.

by Marie-May Jeremie

The Western Indian Ocean is a connected ecosystem, with migratory species, shared habitats and coastal communities linking countries across the region. Protecting these systems requires cooperation that extends beyond national borders and finance capable of supporting conservation over the long term. The article examines regional efforts to build sustainable blue economies, strengthen ocean governance and meet the goal of protecting 30% of marine and coastal areas by 2030. It highlights community-led conservation initiatives, the role of the Nairobi Convention and the proposed Western Indian Ocean Regional Conservation Trust Fund as mechanisms for sustaining cross-border conservation and regional leadership.

by Alejandra Garcia Elizalde

Havana is facing an escalation of pressure in which threats of potential military action coexist, almost simultaneously, with messages from Washington about the possibility of reaching an agreement. Meanwhile, restrictions on fuel supplies and international trade are deepening the difficulties of ensuring essential services.

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) is an independent source of technical oversight of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) defense nuclear facilities.

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by Advocate Sudhakar Shunmugam

Rivers are ecological systems that sustain food, livelihoods, landscapes and human settlements. Yet modern development increasingly treats them as infrastructure for dams, water extraction, waste disposal and other demands. Climate change is intensifying pressures through changing rainfall, droughts, floods, rising temperatures and glacier retreat. Pollution from sewage, industry, plastics and agriculture further threatens ecosystems and communities. Advocate Sudhakar Shunmugam examines rivers through the principles of environmental justice, public trust and ecological limits, arguing that development must respect the systems that sustain rivers. Protecting floodplains, wetlands and water quality, while involving affected communities, is essential to sustaining rivers and human civilization.

by Shrishtee Bajpai and Ashish Kothari

“Earthy governance” offers a different understanding of democracy, one in which human communities recognize their place within the wider web of life. Drawing on Indigenous and local communities across the world, Shrishtee Bajpai and Ashish Kothari examine forms of self-governance rooted in ecological relationships, collective decision-making, commons and custodianship. These systems seek to distribute power, strengthen the voice of marginalized groups and recognize rivers, mountains, forests and other more-than-human communities as integral to governance. From Lachung in Sikkim to the Tharaka community in Kenya and the Dongria Kondh of Odisha, the article explores practices that challenge human-centered and centralized models ofdemocracy.