3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1080+ words) The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Millions are in hiding. “All young Ukrainians fit for combat should be in Ukraine and serve their homeland there,” says Poland’s defense minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Poland hosts nearly…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (592+ words) As he was leaving office in 2017, President Barack Obama urged Americans concerned about where their country was headed to act. “If something needs fixing, then lace up your shoes and do some organizing,” he said (Time, 1/11/17). “If you’re disappointed by…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (756+ words) “We call them ‘European Guantánamos.’” Civil society groups and experts warn that the return hubs are ill-suited to situations like the one that took place in Ceuta. Rather than dealing with the problem at the root, critics say such agreements…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (392+ words) Over the course of a few short weeks, a grim new reality has taken shape in Ukraine. Russia has shown that it need not conquer and occupy Ukraine’s entire Black Sea coastline to turn that country into the equivalent of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (593+ words) Veronica Phillips is a Los Angeles-based culture writer and critic who specializes in film, sexuality, and digital trends. She helms the gender and sexuality site High Femme and writes regularly at Film Daze, as well as contributing to publications such…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (573+ words) The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Over his decades as Iran’s religious and government leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had consistently rejected nuclear weapons. A devout Muslim might well see it that way. Mohammed’s…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (488+ words) This story was originally published by Sentient. Under FIFRA, the EPA has final authority, superseding states, over what pesticide product labels are required to say. Because the EPA had already ruled that glyphosate isn’t a carcinogen and therefore doesn’t require…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (777+ words) EE.UU. promete ayudar a Venezuela con 386 millones de dólares, pero este país y sus aliados mantienen más de $22.000 millones de recursos venezolanos bloqueados. Las acciones de Washington demuestran, una vez más, que su prioridad es el petróleo y no…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (842+ words) Rodrigo Paz, considerado por medios internacionales como BBC y Reuters de “derecha moderada”, ganó las elecciones en Bolivia en octubre de 2025 con el 54% de los votos frente a su rival en segunda vuelta, Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, ex presidente del país…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1108+ words) This article was originally published at Barn Raiser. In his address to the nation on July 16, President Trump charged, without evidence, that American elections are not secure and stated that Congress “must pass” the SAVE America Act. Less than a…...