Tuesday, September 1, 2026
An ICE civil detention center in Karnes County, Texas. Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

House Democrats demand ICE cancel $16.7 million contract for electric shock gloves

Fifty House Democrats and sixteen senators say the devices leave no visible mark, and point to a Kentucky man who died after being shocked with similar gloves by corrections officers.
A statue of Simón Bolívar. Photo: Jyothis, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Plaguing the Americas with Misery in the Name of Liberty

From the January invasion of Venezuela to a $20 billion bailout for Argentina's Milei, the authors trace how Washington's money, military and media reach are driving a rightward turn across Latin America.
The Texas State Capitol in Austin, where the state's abortion restrictions are made law. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Tina wanted another baby. She also needed an abortion. Texas made both harder.

She endured eight hysteroscopies and years of IVF, turning to surrogacy to grow her family. When she unexpectedly became pregnant herself, the state's abortion ban made her next decision far more complicated.
A Homeland Security Investigations special agent badge and credential. Photo: Keith Gardner, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Homeland Security Opens Child Exploitation Probe Into Banned Texas Volleyball Coach

An agent said he began looking into Ryan Richardson after ProPublica and The Washington Post reported that the coach was still working with teens after a sports oversight group found that he had engaged in sexual misconduct.
A hospital emergency room entrance. Photo: Bbfd / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Breaking up hospital and drug monopolies could save families $6,000 a year, report finds

A 26-group coalition of pharmacists, physicians and patients says consolidation, not coverage gaps, is driving the crisis.

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The US Capitol at dusk. Photo: Sven A Rajala / CC BY-SA 4.0

The second worst MAGA Trump calamity – more than equal to its Constitutional concussion

Robert S. Becker on the deeper, still-unfolding costs of Trumpism beyond its constitutional violations.
The flag of Haiti. Photo: Cloudcounter (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

DHS video shows shackled Haitians boarding deportation flight, days after TPS ends

A Miami archbishop who has lobbied Washington for Haitian migrants says the country is still "a house on fire," a week after a gang massacre in Port-au-Prince killed dozens.
A hospital emergency room entrance. Photo: Bbfd / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Breaking up hospital and drug monopolies could save families $6,000 a year, report finds

A 26-group coalition of pharmacists, physicians and patients says consolidation, not coverage gaps, is driving the crisis.

The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
The US Department of Justice headquarters in Washington. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0

How Do We Stop a Coup? We Organize

With a thousand DOJ monitors ordered to polling places this November and troops not ruled out, a People's Action coalition of 500 groups is organizing a Labor Day mobilization to defend the vote.

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Biden's approval plummets as key demographic support wavers: staffers voice concern over Gaza policy.
The flag of Haiti. Photo: Cloudcounter (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
A Miami archbishop who has lobbied Washington for Haitian migrants says the country is still "a house on fire," a week after a gang massacre in Port-au-Prince killed dozens.
The Salem and Hope Creek nuclear plants in New Jersey, among the US reactors subject to NRC radiation exposure rules. Photo: Peretz Partensky / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The rule NRC officials are preparing to eliminate has required the nuclear industry to keep exposure below legal limits, not just under them.