September 27, 2026 at 9:43 AM EDT
Incarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not "Trauma-Informed" Prisons

Incarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not "Trauma-Informed" Prisons As abolitionists across the United States push for decarceration, a backlash has emerged in the form of new prison construction, demonstrating the resiliency of mass incarceration. Several new women's prisons are being built despite a growing chorus of voices arguing that prisons only inflict more harm on women who have already endured abuse and trauma. Last year, a new prison to hold nearly"

September 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM EDT
Missouri's Abortion Rights Face a Second Vote in Two Years

Missouri's Abortion Rights Face a Second Vote in Two Years After Missouri voters added abortion protections to the state constitution in 2024, Kelly McCoomb decided to keep her yard sign supporting the measure in the basement of her suburban St. Louis home. Abortion access is important to McCoomb. She wants her daughter to grow up in a state where the option is available if needed, and the sign was a keepsake from the day Missourians voted to reverse"

September 26, 2026 at 3:08 PM EDT
Supreme Court Shuts Down Missouri's Gerrymandered Congressional Map

Supreme Court Shuts Down Missouri's Gerrymandered Congressional Map The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday drove a stake through the heart of Missouri's undead congressional map, ordering it be buried for the year and for voters to cast ballots in the districts they've used the past two election cycles. In a unanimous decision, the court said that state law rules in the case. "In short, as a matter of state law, the 2022 map -- not the 2025 map -- must be used"

September 26, 2026 at 12:44 PM EDT
Israeli Attacks on Water Leave Palestinians in Masafer Yatta Struggling to Survive

Israeli Attacks on Water Leave Palestinians in Masafer Yatta Struggling to Survive Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, in the south Hebron hills, are facing repeated water cuts after Israeli settlers damaged infrastructure supplying water to families in the area. According to Hebron's governor Khaled Dudin, this attack follows a persistent pattern of settlers directly targeting the water supply, now for the fifth time. Masafer Yatta is a 36-square-kilometer semi-desertic hilly"

September 26, 2026 at 10:46 AM EDT
The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum

The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum Echoing activists across the country, the global human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called on the United States government to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Emerging from the #Not1More campaign organized by undocumented activists and groups like Puente and Juntos in 2014, and gaining momentum with concerted organizing by grassroots groups such as Mijente"

September 25, 2026 at 2:58 PM EDT
Iranian American Organization Sues Trump to Demand End to War on Iran

Iranian American Organization Sues Trump to Demand End to War on Iran The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) has filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's ongoing war on Iran. The organization filed the complaint on Thursday, asking a court to halt the U.S.'s military action against Iran and to declare the U.S.'s war on Iran unconstitutional. The lawsuit argues that Trump violated the Constitution's war powers checks"

September 25, 2026 at 2:54 PM EDT
Pro-Palestine Stanford Students Celebrate Dismissal of Harsh Charges

Pro-Palestine Stanford Students Celebrate Dismissal of Harsh Charges This week a judge dismissed all the charges brought against a group of Stanford students for occupying the university president's office in June 2024 to protest Stanford's complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. The judge also reduced the amount of restitution to roughly $52,000 total, which ended up being paid by an anonymous source. The September 21 decision came down despite the strenuous"

September 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM EDT
Over 100 Protesters Arrested at Peaceful Sit-In Ahead of Netanyahu's UN Speech

Over 100 Protesters Arrested at Peaceful Sit-In Ahead of Netanyahu's UN Speech Over 100 protesters were arrested near the United Nations in New York on Thursday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the General Assembly. The sit-in, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, denounced Netanyahu for perpetrating a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, building more illegal settlements in the West Bank, occupying parts of Lebanon and bombing Iran alongside"

September 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM EDT
Democrat Files 26 Impeachment Articles Against Trump Over War, ICE, Corruption

Democrat Files 26 Impeachment Articles Against Trump Over War, ICE, Corruption A House Democrat has filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, calling him the "most impeachable president" in U.S. history and accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors ranging from his war on Iran to his schemes to enrich himself and his allies while in office. House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Steve Cohen, of Tennessee, introduced 26 impeachment articles on"

September 25, 2026 at 1:16 PM EDT
DHS Claim of 16K Noncitizen Voters in Nevada Falls to 0 After State Inquiry

DHS Claim of 16K Noncitizen Voters in Nevada Falls to 0 After State Inquiry An estimate from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the number of noncitizen residents registered to vote in Nevada has dropped from an initial claim of nearly 16,000, down to 185, and eventually to zero, just weeks after President Donald Trump cited the claim during a campaign rally in a push to purge several states' voter rolls. DHS officials initially informed Nevada election"

September 25, 2026 at 12:53 PM EDT
Forced Psychiatric Care Can Feel Like a "Forever Sentence," Victims Say

Forced Psychiatric Care Can Feel Like a "Forever Sentence," Victims Say Involuntary psychiatric treatment is a cornerstone of Donald Trump's mental health policy, and liberal governors like Gavin Newsom, Kathy Hochul, and Wes Moore have also increasingly embraced coercive approaches to mental health care. Yet a central question often goes unaddressed by the lawmakers putting forth these policies: What happens when we force people to accept psychiatric care via court"

September 25, 2026 at 12:46 PM EDT
Poll: Approval of Socialism at Record High as Capitalist Principles Hit New Lows

Poll: Approval of Socialism at Record High as Capitalist Principles Hit New Lows New polling finds that Americans approve of socialism more than ever, surpassing the 40 percent threshold for the first time in a Gallup survey as left-wing ideas and politicians surge in popularity. According to Gallup polling conducted last month, 43 percent of Americans say they have a positive view of socialism. In Gallup's 16 years of polling this question, the proportion of Americans"