AUGUST 5. 2026

Wesley Bell Again Defeats Cori Bush — With Plenty of Help From AIPAC

The moderate Democrat Rep. Wesley Bell easily won the rematch in Missouri’s primary against Cori Bush, an outspoken critic of Israel.

In Sweden, crime prevention is spelled “football”

Since 2006, so-called night-time football has given some of Sweden's most vulnerable young people somewhere to go after dark.

AUGUST 4. 2026

Ranking the World’s Top 5 Chokepoints

Why economic pressure tops geographic advantages.

China Launches New Crackdown on Organized Crime

From local gangs to sand mafias, Beijing keeps running into the same problems.

Iran’s ‘Last Chance’ for Peace Talks

Qatar confirms that indirect U. S. -Iran negotiations are making progress.

Will Trump Destroy the Deep Oceans?

Seabed mining is a threat to both ecology and the international order.

Bari Weiss’s “60 Minutes” Hires Producer Who Downplayed Gaza Starvation, Justified Killing Journalists

Tanya Lukyanova’s qualifications for “60 Minutes” include casting doubt on starving kids in Gaza and promoting work from a pro-Israel front group.

BLM Protester Transferred Thousands of Miles Away After They Organized Against Their Solitary Confinement

A misconduct report before the transfer noted that Malik Muhammad, a Black Lives Matter protester, was critical of Israel in communications from prison.

India’s Political Atmosphere Has Changed

If Modi responds to the Cockroach protesters with further repression, it could backfire.

What’s Behind Indonesia’s Anti-Corruption Crusade?

A high-profile case is raising doubts about President Prabowo Subianto’s motivations.

America’s Cosmic Bet on AI

The winner takes it all. What happens if the United States loses?

How To Give Everyday People A Say In AI Governance

Tech leaders keep saying “we” must decide AI’s future. Here’s an actual plan to include the public.

Listening for the Unconscious

“Couples therapy”—the words alone are enough to send many people running. But Orna Guralnik, the clinical psychologist and star of Showtime’s documentary

What Remains of Rojava

In northeastern Syria, Kurdish leaders continue to fight a rear-guard battle for autonomy.

The Architecture of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

A new book describes the destruction of Palestinian life street by street.

Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River Authority He Has Power Over Is Falling Apart.

The Nueces River Authority is working on a project that could expand the Corpus Christi region’s water supply. But the Texas governor has done little to address the agency’s financial problems, despite appointing every member of its board.

The Pentagon Found a New Way to Undercount U. S. Casualties in Iran

U. S. troops killed or wounded since July 7 are now counted separately from casualties during the first months of the Iran war.

The EPA Doesn’t Typically Retest Homes in the Country’s Largest Residential Lead Superfund Site. So We Did.

The Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica independently tested hundreds of homes in eastern Omaha, Nebraska, and found toxic levels of lead in soil throughout — including in yards that the EPA remediated years ago. Here’s how we did it.

The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead.

The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead.

What another Texas flood revealed about the state’s warning system

Texas remade its early warning system after last year's deadly inundation. July's flood revealed what it accomplished — and what’s left to do.