MARCH 12. 2026

Iran’s New Supreme Leader Vows to Continue Blocking the Strait of Hormuz

Tehran escalates Gulf strikes and warns of future attacks on U. S. bases in the region.

Trump’s Last-Gasp Foreign Policy

Ill-considered overreach in Iran and elsewhere signals imminent decline.

Trump’s Efforts to Defuse the Oil Spike Aren’t Working

Big reserve releases, promises of escorts, and insurance can’t convince the market that the crisis will be over soon.

A Film of Unimaginable Horror and Unrelenting Humanity

‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ is an indictment of the international system that has failed Gaza.

Election Records Handed Over to the FBI in Maricopa County, Arizona, Could Be Fatally Flawed, Experts Say

Unlike in Fulton County, Georgia, where actual ballots were seized, a federal grand jury subpoenaed digital data related to a partisan audit of the county’s vote.

How to Be a Pacific Power

Washington has yet to recognize that mobility is an essential part of regional security.

The War That Cracked the Postwar Order Illusion

Conflict in Ukraine has shattered the myths sustaining the Western coalition.

The secret superpower of Brazil’s vast savanna

The Amazon rainforest gets all the attention, but the neighboring cerrado stores massive amounts of carbon in its peaty soils.

Extreme Inequality Created the World Jeffrey Epstein Exploited

The Epstein revelations are symptoms of a deeper crisis: a political economy that rewards extraction over creation and concentrates power in ever fewer hands.

Europe’s Centre-Left Chose Caution Over Conviction and Now Faces Collapse

Bold choices, not better messaging, are the only way to save Europe's centre-left from electoral extinction.

The Irresistible Urge to Invoke World War III

Forget the inflated comparisons. Neither the war in the Middle East nor the Russian invasion of Ukraine ever signaled a global conflagration.

Long Overlooked as Crucial to Life, Fungi Start to Get Their Due

Fungi create soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about them is scarce. Now, mycologists are pushing to get the international scientific community to recognize fungi on the same level as plants and animals.

Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump

Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.

Amid Crowded Skies, FAA Kills Rule Aimed at Regulating Space Junk

The agency once said that pieces of space debris “pose a significant risk, ” but the Trump administration has backed off a rule that would have required companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX to remove rocket parts from orbit within 25 years of launch.

In rural West Texas, renewable energy brings a windfall for seniors

How officials in Crockett County are using wind investments to help older residents age in place.

Fukushima at fifteen

The disaster is not over.

MARCH 11. 2026

Trump’s AI-Powered World Wars

Nick Turse and Hooman Majd discuss war on Iran and other U. S. conflicts, and Sam Biddle breaks down how AI is being used.

Countries Agree to Historic Emergency Oil Reserve Release

IEA member states will distribute 400 million barrels of oil to ease the Iran war-caused supply crunch.

Trump’s New Cyber-First War Strategy

From Iran to Venezuela, Trump has fully embraced offensive cyberoperations.

Report Confirms Columbia Ignored Decades of Doctor’s Sexual Abuse

Columbia commissioned the report after ProPublica’s investigation into how the university protected former OB-GYN Robert Hadden. The school also announced the resignation of two top doctors who were involved in allowing Hadden to continue practicing.