Major Battles for Reproductive Rights in 2026 Will Play Out in FDA and Courts
Federal judges and agencies will decide whether to restrict or end people’s access to mailed abortion medication. TruthOut — January 1, 2026 12:00 PM ET
As 19 States Raise Their Minimum Wages, the Federal Rate Remains Stuck at $7.25
The federal minimum wage has not risen since 2009. TruthOut — January 1, 2026 11:25 AM ET
A New Mayor, an Old Tradition: Yiddish Socialism Reawakens
By Joshua Scheer First off, happy New Year. Late last night, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in deep in the bowels of a New York City subway station. Then th… ScheerPost — January 1, 2026 11:17 AM ET
Big Union Contract Fights Are Coming in 2026. Here’s a Preview of What’s Ahead.
Each of these fights is an opportunity to beat back the anti-union offensive. TruthOut — January 1, 2026 10:35 AM ET
Trump’s Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook
Trumpism has been aided by divestment that hollowed higher ed out from the core, AAUP President Todd Wolfson says. TruthOut — January 1, 2026 10:33 AM ET
UN Security Council Abandoned Palestinians. Humanity Must Refuse to Follow Suit.
As the new year approaches, Palestinians face new forms of colonization and new challenges to our rights and survival. TruthOut — January 1, 2026 10:31 AM ET
American Pogrom: the Year in ICE Abductions
A year into Trump’s mass purge of immigrants from the United States, it’s beyond debate that the people orchestrating and conducting the raids, ro… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 2:00 AM ET
Portraits by the Mysterious “Master I.S.”:  An Art History Detective Story
It’s often difficult to tell if a Dutch work of art from the 17th century is a portrait (conterfeytsels) or a tronie. Many pictures lack documentati… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 1:59 AM ET
Oligarchy XIV: Thoughts on the Anarchism of Dorothy Day
Remarking on the 1927 murder of Italian immigrants and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Day noted that anarchism “is the word, or la… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 1:58 AM ET
Meditations on the Loss of a Voice
The ‘minutely privileged’, the people lucky enough not to be in the direct line of fire as of right now, are paralyzed in outrage and bewilderment… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 1:58 AM ET
Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes’ Report on Trump Outsourcing Torture to El Salvador’s CECOT Prison
According to the concept of “manufactured consent,” elaborated by Noam Chomsky and Ed Herman in the 1980s, the media carries out a propaganda func… CounterPunch — January 1, 2026 1:57 AM ET
Nuclear Standoff: Ray McGovern and Robert Scheer on the Most Dangerous New Year in Decades
As the world stumbles into a new year, journalist Robert Scheer sits down with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern for a conversation that feels less like… ScheerPost — December 31, 2025 11:31 PM ET
The Trillion Dollar War Machine (w/ William D. Hartung) The Chris Hedges Report
Once warned against as a looming danger to democracy, the military-industrial complex has evolved into a vast and entrenched system of power that shap… ScheerPost — December 31, 2025 11:28 PM ET
The Trillion Dollar War Machine (w/ William D. Hartung) | The Chris Hedges Report
The military-industrial-complex has grown into a monster so powerful that even its earliest critics likely never foresaw its evolution. In the age of… The Chris Hedges Report — December 31, 2025 8:39 PM ET
Year 2025 In Review For Latin America And The Caribbean
2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related c… Popular Resistance — December 31, 2025 8:38 PM ET
Israel Bans Aid Groups For The Same Reason It Bans Journalists, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 31, 2025 8:22 PM ET
US Airstrike In Nigeria Confirms Why AFRICOM Must Be Shut Down
If it was not clear before the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Christmas Day bombing of its Sokoto state, that Nigeria is not a sovereign African nation… Popular Resistance — December 31, 2025 8:22 PM ET
A Moment Of Hope In Gaza
On Thursday, December 25th, 2025, during Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians, 168 students graduated from medical school, in Gaza. Wearin… Popular Resistance — December 31, 2025 8:19 PM ET
Israel Suspends Dozens Of Major Aid Groups Operating In Gaza
Israel has announced the suspension of over three dozen humanitarian groups working in Gaza, citing their failure to meet new requirements demanding t… Popular Resistance — December 31, 2025 8:17 PM ET
US Alleges Unverified Land Strikes In Venezuela Amid Rising Civilian Deaths
On Monday, the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced a new extrajudicial execution as part of its Operation Southern Spear, killing two civilians i… Popular Resistance — December 31, 2025 8:12 PM ET
Zohran Mamdani’s Symbolism-Inspired Campaign Becomes Reality
Mamdani made himself an approachable, real and concerned New Yorker who was able to both identify the issues facing ordinary citizens as well as solut… ScheerPost — December 31, 2025 7:49 PM ET
Listening to Frank Sinatra on New Year’s Eve
Do people fly south in the winter time to find new leaves, only to find their old selves when they get there? ScheerPost — December 31, 2025 7:06 PM ET
Storms, starvation as Gaza enters new year under Israeli siege
Israel continues to use blockade on shelter materials, food, medicine and fuel as tool of genocide. Electronic Intifada — December 31, 2025 5:56 PM ET
Can you help keep my work going?
2 cups of coffee will do it. Lee Camp Substack — December 31, 2025 5:21 PM ET
PATRICK LAWRENCE: New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders
It is no use hoping for any alteration in the collective West’s course so long as today’s “purported leaders” remain in office.  By Patrick… Consortium News — December 31, 2025 2:00 PM ET
Consortium News’ Suit Against NewsGuard & the USG
A U.S. federal judge dismissed Consortium News’ action, calling CN “contrarian” and saying it resorted to a “Hail Mary pass.” CN then settle… Consortium News — December 31, 2025 5:57 AM ET
Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work
The post Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 31, 2025 5:00 AM ET
365 Days Left for Tax-Deductible 2026 Donation
You have until midnight Dec. 31, 2026 to show your support for Consortium News‘ unique brand of independent journalism with a 2026 tax deductible do… Consortium News — December 31, 2025 12:01 AM ET
The NY Times Would Like You To Rewrite History & Forget The Truth
New column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — December 30, 2025 10:43 PM ET
New Year's Resolutions 2026
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 30, 2025 8:34 PM ET
Holiday Offer: Become Member, Get 4 Bob Parry Books!
Happy Holidays from Consortium News.  Become a member of the first U.S. independent news site on the Web, founded by legendary investigative journali… Consortium News — December 30, 2025 5:00 PM ET
Israel wreaked havoc on Gaza landmarks
Churches, mosques and markets have all been targeted during the genocide. Electronic Intifada — December 30, 2025 3:58 PM ET
Patrick Lawrence: Free Speech & Its Enemies
Europe is convulsing as its “centrist” authoritarians impose an unprecedented regime of suppression of speech, but the mainstream media in America… Consortium News — December 30, 2025 2:00 PM ET
Francesca Albanese and the Lonely Road of Defiance
The U.N. special rapporteur is one of the most courageous crusaders against the genocide in Gaza. Because of this, she is blacklisted and treated as i… The Chris Hedges Report — December 30, 2025 1:24 PM ET
Oregon Faced a Huge Obstacle in Adding Green Energy. Here’s What Changed This Year.
The post Oregon Faced a Huge Obstacle in Adding Green Energy. Here’s What Changed This Year. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 30, 2025 6:00 AM ET
25 Investigations You May Have Missed This Year
The post 25 Investigations You May Have Missed This Year appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 30, 2025 5:30 AM ET
The Most-Read ProPublica Stories of 2025
The post The Most-Read ProPublica Stories of 2025 appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 30, 2025 5:00 AM ET
The Israeli Government Put My Name At The Top Of An 'Antisemite' List
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 29, 2025 8:10 PM ET
Bearing witness to the gruesome end of Western liberalism
Corporate journalism skewered in Omar El Akkad’s award-winning book on Gaza genocide. Electronic Intifada — December 29, 2025 7:14 PM ET
“War of the entire people”: Venezuela's Grassroots Rise to Resist Trump's Naval Blockade
After withstanding a decade of sanctions, Venezuela’s communes are prepared to face Trump’s illegal naval blockade and U.S. plans for economic asp… Drop Site News — December 29, 2025 6:01 PM ET
Epstein and Leviathan: How the Financier Opened Doors to Netanyahu and Ehud Barak Amid Israel's Offshore Gas Fight
Epstein advised on U.S. role in Israeli energy as Ehud Barak sought foreign partners to save gas monopoly. Drop Site News — December 29, 2025 2:54 PM ET
Burgum’s Offshore Wind Halt of Questionable Legality
The Secretary of the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) abrupt cessation of all leases for major offshore wind electric generation facilities under… Common Dreams — December 29, 2025 10:55 AM ET
Medical Examiners Warn That Controversial Lung Float Test Could Be Dangerous
The post Medical Examiners Warn That Controversial Lung Float Test Could Be Dangerous appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — December 29, 2025 6:00 AM ET
They Feign Concern About Pro-Palestine Chants In Order To Shut Down Pro-Palestine Protests
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 28, 2025 6:43 PM ET
The Least Among Us: The Elemental Heart of the Story
This holiday season, writes John Pavlovitz, "it’s a Herculean task to let our hearts be light." Daily, we confront the afflictions of an impossibly… Common Dreams — December 28, 2025 3:42 AM ET
Netanyahu Is Visiting Trump For The FIFTH Time This Year, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — December 27, 2025 8:14 PM ET
Decline and Fall
The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later. The Chris Hedges Report — December 27, 2025 10:24 AM ET
Elon Musk Could Save 15 Million Lives — But He Won't
New column by Lee Camp… Lee Camp Substack — December 26, 2025 11:27 AM ET
Livestream: Israel's expanding "yellow line" of death
Maha Hussaini says “every day felt like my last” as she documented atrocities in Gaza. UK arrests people for saying “Globalize the Intifada” a… Electronic Intifada — December 25, 2025 10:06 AM ET
Israel blocks entry of eye drops for blind people in Gaza
Despite the October ceasefire, thousands could develop conditions affecting their vision. Electronic Intifada — December 25, 2025 7:18 AM ET
How the 'Epstein Class' Fails to the Top | The Chris Hedges Report (w/ Anand Giridharadas)
Anand Giridharadas explains how the elite continuously find ways to screw you, with either good or cynical intentions. The Chris Hedges Report — December 23, 2025 9:59 PM ET
Wowza: Food Fight Clean-Up In Wingnut Aisle 47
In what was dubbed a "grievance Olympics," "conference of clowns" and "Wrestlemania with Podcasters," the noxious mucky-mucks of MAGA assembled for th… Common Dreams — December 23, 2025 7:59 PM ET
Why I'm The Most Censored Person You Know
It's time I revealed my true crime. Lee Camp Substack — December 23, 2025 10:38 AM ET
“This Has Redefined Israel's Global Identity”: Israeli Weapons Industry Bullish After Genocide
Drop Site News obtained audio of this months weapons conference in Tel Aviv… Drop Site News — December 22, 2025 6:12 PM ET
Trump’s Energy Emergency Orders Should Prevent Morgan Stanley’s Electricity Exports
In a formal protest filed today with the U.S. Department of Energy, Public Citizen challenged an application to export electricity by the Wall Street… Common Dreams — December 22, 2025 2:39 PM ET
Trump Administration Pauses Construction on All Offshore Wind Projects in US
Trump’s Department of the Interior just halted construction on all five offshore wind projects underway in the United States. The pauses impact thes… Common Dreams — December 22, 2025 12:41 PM ET
“We never feared drones until they killed Omar"
In September, a U.S. drone strike in Somalia killed Omar Abdillahi, a well-known clan leader local officials and residents say had supported the local… Drop Site News — December 22, 2025 11:23 AM ET
Israel Is Preparing for a Permanent Presence in Gaza, Satellite Images Reveal
Since the ceasefire, Israel has constructed at least 13 new military outposts inside Gaza, consolidated existing military infrastructure, built roads,… Drop Site News — December 20, 2025 11:00 AM ET
Rebranding Genocide - Read by Eunice Wong
The Genocide in Gaza has not stopped. It has been rebranded. And that is enough of a linguistic subterfuge to get the world to ignore it. The Chris Hedges Report — December 20, 2025 9:00 AM ET
1 in 10 voters want a bigger military budget, 8 in 10 senators voted for one
Polygraph | Newsletter n°329 | 19 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 19, 2025 6:37 PM ET
Indiegogo Withholds $51K In Donations From MintPress in Financial Censorship Crackdown
Indiegogo is withholding $51,000 in reader donations to MintPress News after we published investigations into US war crimes, Israeli intelligence infl… MintPress News — December 19, 2025 10:54 AM ET
Senate votes on military spending vs. arms industry cash
Polygraph | Newsletter n°328 | 18 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 18, 2025 5:47 PM ET
The US-Backed Destruction of Sudan—Explained!
A Crisis Decades In The Making… Lee Camp Substack — December 17, 2025 2:05 PM ET
Bloody Diamonds: How Your Engagement Ring Helps Fund a Genocide in Gaza
Israel has no diamond mines, yet it dominates the global trade. This investigation exposes how diamonds sold in the West bankroll Israel’s war on Ga… MintPress News — December 15, 2025 12:46 PM ET
Congress ignores public opinion, approves $901 billion military bill
Polygraph | Newsletter n°327 | 12 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 12, 2025 8:00 PM ET
House votes on military spending vs. arms industry cash
Polygraph | Newsletter n°326 | 12 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 12, 2025 11:56 AM ET
Congress should reject the $901 billion military policy bill
Polygraph | Newsletter n°325 | 10 Dec 2025… Polygraph — December 10, 2025 3:48 PM ET
Stop The Hate UK: The Shadowy Israel-Aligned Group Targeting MintPress staff & anti-genocide organizers 
MintPress exposes how Stop The Hate UK, an Israel-aligned group, is driving efforts to intimidate journalists and pro-Palestine organizers. The post S… MintPress News — December 9, 2025 11:56 AM ET
Sudan’s War, UAE Gold Networks, and the Rise of Anti-Imperialist Alliances
Journalist Ahmed Kaballo joins Mnar Adley to examine Sudan’s civil war, UAE’s gold operations, US pressure in Africa, and the rise of the anti-imp… MintPress News — December 5, 2025 11:20 AM ET
The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons
The world’s seven richest men now double as media barons, buying up platforms from CNN and CBS to Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. Alan MacLeod charts… MintPress News — November 25, 2025 2:08 PM ET