Thursday, April 3, 2025

15 dead and dozens injured after terrorist attack on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street

Tragedy strikes Bourbon Street as terrorist attack claims lives on New Year’s Day.

14 guards beat Robert Brooks to death at New York prison as systemic abuse...

Outrage and investigations follow the death of Robert Brooks in a violent incident at a New York prison.

After two decades without charge Pentagon repatriates Guantánamo detainee as Biden faces final push...

After over two decades without charge, a Guantánamo detainee is repatriated, raising urgent questions about justice and human rights.
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Gaza: Doctors warn thousands of Palestinians could die this winter from cold, hunger, disease

A new United Nations report finds that Israeli strikes on and near hospitals in the Gaza Strip have “pushed the healthcare system to the brink of total collapse.”

A global minimum wage would reduce poverty and corporate power

The world’s vast economic inequality “is no accident,” concluded a top Oxfam official.

Global conflicts shatter childhoods: Record number of children living in war zones in 2024

2024 marked an unprecedented crisis for children globally, with record numbers displaced, malnourished, and deprived of basic rights due to escalating conflicts.

10 inequality victories in 2024

Our year-end review of 10 of the most inspiring inequality wins, from union drives to fair taxes to consumer protection.

2024 word of the year: Genocide (as in, Gaza)

Many of those contesting the charge of genocide against Israel do not understand the current technical definition of the term.

Across the Middle East, the BDS movement is thriving

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS, has gained momentum, encouraging individuals to use their purchasing power as an effective tool for change.

Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence

The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.