September 27, 2026 at 11:42 AM EDT
Iran Pushes for A Negotiated End to War After Trump Rejects Ceasefire Proposal

Iran Pushes for A Negotiated End to War After Trump Rejects Ceasefire Proposal As U.S. President Donald Trump publicly rejected Iran's proposal for a ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz this weekend, the Iranian foreign minister reiterated that "there is no alternative to a negotiated solution." "There's always hope for diplomacy," though the Trump-led United States has been an untrustworthy negotiator, Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said during a Sunday"

September 27, 2026 at 10:39 AM EDT
Staying Grounded in the Face of Voter Intimidation

Staying Grounded in the Face of Voter Intimidation The ophthalmologist said he was going to touch my eyeball, then tilted my exam chair back in the darkness. I felt my body brace as movie torture scenes flashed through my mind. I noticed that I wasn't breathing, so I practiced inhaling through my nose, and exhaling as steadily as I could for the rest of the exam. Noticing our bodies and breathing intentionally may sound simple"

September 27, 2026 at 10:14 AM EDT
Florida Homeowners Are Paying the Price of a Broken Disaster System

Florida Homeowners Are Paying the Price of a Broken Disaster System Two years after the water came, Jen and RJ Garbowicz still own a piece of St. Petersburg. It is an empty lot on a bayou off Tampa Bay, nearly an acre, with a few concrete pilings jutting out of the ground where their house once stood. Hurricane Helene flooded it in September 2024. Hurricane Milton tore up the roof less than two weeks later. The couple had both flood and homeowners insurance.

September 27, 2026 at 9:52 AM EDT
"Restrictive Housing" Is Wielded as Punishment Against Trans People in Prison

"Restrictive Housing" Is Wielded as Punishment Against Trans People in Prison Ever since Donald Trump returned to office, the LGBTQIA community's human rights have been disregarded and we've had little protection against incursions from the government. As Trump incessantly tests the boundaries of power, the few rights trans people once had while incarcerated are now obsolete. Deep-red Texas, meanwhile, has dehumanized incarcerated trans people by depriving us of both"

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"