JANUARY 8. 2026
Far-right Sen. Josh Hawley joined four other Republicans to advance a war powers resolution that would block Trump from future attacks on Venezuela.
Unlike the Paris Agreement, Trump’s withdrawal from a bedrock U. N. climate treaty may be difficult to reverse.
A new analysis finds that in 2025 disasters in the U. S. took 276 lives and caused $115 billion in damages. It could have been much worse.
America has carried out a coup in Venezuela to plunder the country’s resources. But Latin Americans will have the last word.
Why animal welfare failures threaten the rule of law.
U. S. sanctions helped cause the collapse of Venezuelan oil production — damage that Trump is now using as justification for his strike against the country.
After 15 years of Fidesz rule, an unlikely challenger threatens Viktor Orbán's grip on Hungary but formidable obstacles remain.
“Unfortunately, it is going to continue to happen, ” said the lawyer of Marimar Martinez, another woman who was shot by a federal agent in October.
JANUARY 7. 2026
ICE shot a woman point-blank in Minneapolis. The agency’s raids and impunity were always going to lead to death.
Video from the scene of the Minnesota ICE shooting contradicts DHS’s narrative that locals were rioting and threatening agents’ lives.
The Coast Guard called off its search for people who jumped into the sea after watching the U. S. military destroy another ship.
The night Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York, I was at a dinner gathering of fair housing and tenants’ rights advocates in
In early October Sinn Féin, one of the parties supporting Catherine Connolly’s bid for the presidency of Ireland, posted a clip of her playing ball in the
Americans usually love a new war, but polls show Trump’s attack on Venezuela is deeply unpopular.
Public Health Watch chronicles, in 13 scenes, a fossil-fuel infrastructure boom that could worsen air pollution in some areas and exacerbate climate change.
As geopolitical threats mount and the far right advances, Europe must respond with principled strength and genuine industrial renewal.
JANUARY 6. 2026
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Three Cheers for Hilton Hotel Workers Who Banned ICE — Until Their Corporate Bosses Stomped Them Out
Big businesses like Hilton will always side with fascistic forces like ICE, so we need to stand up for the workers who push back.
On bears, oil, addiction, and empathy
President Donald Trump campaigned on the promise of getting out of foreign wars. He keeps talking about starting more of them.