Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine (Broadcast-affiliate version): Recent Episodes
Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Richard Hill
Between The Lines is a weekly syndicated half-hour radio newsmagazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues. Since 1991, Between The Lines has provided in-depth, timely analysis on a wide range of political, economic and social issues including: the history and consequences of two U.S. wars with Iraq; increasing disparity in wealth in the U.S.; coverage of the global social justice movement and related protests challenging the free trade, corporate-driven policies of the World Trade Organization and World Bank/International Monetary Fund; post-9/11 erosion of civil liberties; constitutional protections and international law in the U.S.; the crisis in the U.S. health care system; international grassroots mobilization to confront global climate change; racism permeating the prison industrial complex; and efforts to repair flaws in the U.S. electoral system.Squeaky Wheel Productions is our 501(c)(3) nonprofit production company and distributor. This broadcast quality affiliate version contains no fundraising pitches.
American University's Dean emeritus William Leogrande: Cuba’s Economy Grinds to a Halt Amid Trump’s Economic Blockade, Triggering Humanitarian Crisis
Minnesota Reformer Editor-in-Chief J. Patrick Coolican: Local Nonviolent Organizing is Most Effective Defense Against Trump’s Midterm Election Subversion
University of Toronto Professor Jason Stanley: Yale University President Surrenders to Trump Regime’s Demands for Political and Ideological Alignment
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• In response to Trump's new tariffs, China expands export controls against U.S. and its allies
• Native American tribes, seven Western states at impasse on Colorado River water settlement
• Labor movement must organize Amazon to increase membership and improve workers' pay
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Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.
Eisenhower Media Network's Matthew Hoh: Without a Rational Strategy, Trump’s Iran War Continues with No End in Sight
Quincy Institute's Annelle Sheline: U.S. and Israel to Integrate Military Budgets to Shield Funding from Congressional Opposition
Institute for Policy Studies' Khury Petersen-Smith: New Progressive Blueprint: ‘Forging a Democracy that Works for All’
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Silicon Valley workers organizing against war production and war crimes
• 358 human rights defenders killed last year around the world
• Populist Clayton Tucker running for Texas agriculture commissioner
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Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.
LULAC's Juan Proaño: Two More ICE Shooting Deaths in Texas and Maine Trigger Condemnation and Angry Protests
Vermont Law and Graduate School's Delcianna Winders: Environmentalists Condemn Trump Regime’s New Rule to Decimate Endangered Species Act
Yale University's Daniel HoSang: Faculty, Students and Alumni Oppose Trump-Yale University Extortion Deal
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Middle East balance of power: Netanyahu decries U.S. F-35 fighter jet sale plans to Turkey
• Lula's pledge to reduce Brazilian workweek boosts re-election bid over Bolsonaro's son
• Trump-GOP SNAP cuts remove 770,000 children from food assistance benefits
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The Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health's Nathaniel Raymond: International Community Must do More to Stop Sudan’s Humanitarian Catastrophe
Democracy for the Arab World Now's Raed Jarrar: After Talks Break Down, U.S. Iran Ceasefire Collapses
Physicians for a National Health Program's Dr. Diljeet Singh: As U.S. Healthcare System Fails, Support for Medicare For All Grows
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• DACA Dreamers' work restrictions, delays under Trump jeopardize families, communities
• Super El Niño combined with climate change weather events may disrupt farming globally
• Ireland signs military cooperation pact with France for troop readiness, intelligence
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Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Corporate Democrats Lash Out Over Democratic Socialists Primary Wins
Defend Public Health's Melinda Rostal: Opponents Challenge Trump Regime’s Scheme to Politicize Federal Grants
Writer and activist Hannah Riley Fernandez: Nationwide Revolt Against Flock Camera Mass Surveillance Surges
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Human rights report: Mexican government involved in disappearances
• Closed Zambian zinc and lead mine's toxic pollution affecting area's children
• Billionaire ranches encompass millions of acres near Yellowstone national park
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Physicians for a National Health Program President Dr. Diljeet Singh: Deepening U.S. Healthcare Crisis Demands Radical Transformation, Not Band-Aids
National Alliance to End Homelessness CEO Ann Oliva: Under Trump’s New Homelessness Policy, Nearly 200,000 Will Lose Housing
Friends of the Earth U.S. Finance Policy Advocated Zimyl Adler: COP30 UN Climate Summit in Brazil, Another Disappointing Outcome
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Big Ag, fossil fuel industry lobbyists derail COP30 climate crisis mitigation
• SNAP's largest cuts in the program’s history are becoming apparent
• Chicago organizers demanding AT&T cut ties with DHS and ICE
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Yale School of Public Health's Nathaniel Raymond: Sudan’s Civil War Unleashed Worst Active Genocide and Famine in the World Today
University of Wisconsin's former Associate Director of Middle East Studies Jennifer Loewenstein: The Dire Situation for Palestinians Living in Post-Ceasefire Gaza
Salon.com columnist Heather Digby Parton: Trump Drowning in Epstein File Scandal
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:• Venezuelans deported to CECOT tortured
• U.S. sold sniper rifles to notorious Brazil police unit
• DOGE conspiracy theories hampered Social Security services
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RootsAction.org co-founder Norman Solomon: After Government Shutdown Surrender, It’s Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their Strategy
The Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton: Mamdani’s Uncompromising Progressive NYC Mayoral Victory Inspires Hope for U.S. Politics
University of California Santa Barbara sociology professor William I. Robinson: Linking the Growing Global Economic Crisis to Rising Austerity and Repression
Between The Lines' Under-reported News Summary
• NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's 'radical ideas' are 'normal' in Europe
• Union shareholders fighting data collection brokers behind ICE deportations
• South Africa's new green energy plan won't phase out coal
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Researcher and trainer Hardy Merriman: After ‘No Kings Day’ Protests, New Strategies & Tactics Needed to Resist Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda
Yale School of Public Health associate professor Gregg Gonsalves: Defend Public Health Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr.’s Destruction of US Public Health
Task Force on the Americas' member David Paul: Trump Deploys U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Caribbean in Preparation for Possible Venezuela Attack
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Sudanese army fails as rebel paramilitary RSF captures western city of el-Fasher
• Kurdish cousins' political party rivalry erupting into Iraqi Kurdistan civil war
• Human rights organization's Fair Food Program fights to provide ethically-sourced crops
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Researcher and trainer Hardy Merriman: After ‘No Kings Day’ Protests, New Strategies & Tactics Needed to Resist Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda
Yale School of Public Health associate professor Gregg Gonsalves: Defend Public Health Organizes Opposition to Trump-RFK Jr.’s Destruction of US Public Health
Task Force on the Americas' member David Paul: Trump Deploys U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Group to Caribbean in Preparation for Possible Venezuela Attack
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Sudanese army fails as rebel paramilitary RSF captures western city of el-Fasher
• Kurdish cousins' political party rivalry erupting into Iraqi Kurdistan civil war
• Human rights organization's Fair Food Program fights to provide ethically-sourced crops
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Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians
Democracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Voting Rights Act, Imperiling U.S. Multi-Racial Democracy
Louisiana commercial fisherman Eddie Lejuine: LNG Terminals Decimate Louisiana’s Once Thriving Commercial Fishing Industry
Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary• Afghanistan and Pakistan engage in deadly border battles
• Trump attacks cashless bail policies
• Wisconsin court rejects Big Ag’s attempt to weaken water regulations
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CODEPINK World Court Campaign Coordinator Robert Jereski: After Gaza Hostage/Prisoner Exchange, Ceasefire Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms
U.S. Marine veteran Bryce Lockwood: Recounting Israel’s 1967 Attack on U.S. Research Ship during Six-Day War and Its Lasting Impact
Former health insurance executive turned whistleblower Wendell Potter: Federal Government Shutdown Exposes Crisis in Long Failing U.S. Healthcare System
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary•Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of coup plot, running out of options
• Russia, Vietnam can avoid U.S. sanctions with backdoor energy enterprise
• Puerto Ricans' mutual aid food system could be a model post-natural disasters
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Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as He Expands Military Occupation of U.S. Cities
Furloughed HHS federal worker Danny Tsoi: Federal Workers, Jobs on the Line, Support Shutdown to Save Endangered Healthcare Programs
7 Directions of Service Co-Founder Crystal Cavalier-Keck: UN Climate Week Events Feature Presentations on the ‘Rights of Nature’
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• India detains popular Ladakh, Himalayas region leader
• California teachers and unions fight Trump campus witch hunt
• 2020 election denier appointed to help DHS oversee U.S. elections
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The Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead: Rapidly Moving the U.S. Toward a Police State, Trump Labels Critics ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Oxfam CEO Abby Maxman: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
Documentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith: Documentary ‘Stripped for Parts’ Examines Vulture Capital’s Role in Demolishing Local Newspapers
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump cronies still fixated on annexing Greenland, where socialism works
• Trump administration planning to reopen notorious prisons for ICE
• Colchester, Vermont mobile home park experimenting with cooperative housing
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Free Press General Counsel Matt Wood: Trump’s FCC Takes Action to Suppress Free Speech
University of Arizona professor emerita epidemiologist Elizabeth Jacobs: RFK Jr.’s War Against Vaccinations and Science Reaches New Dangerous Phase
Gulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit Co-Founder Armon Alex: Petrostate Tour of U.S. Capitol Shines Light on Fossil Fuel Industry’s Attack on Environment/Climate
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Refugees from Western Sahara fuel humanitarian crisis in Algeria
• Tuberculosis is spreading in ICE detention centers
• Anti-opioid drug less available in black and latino communities
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Harvard's Dr. Adam Gaffney and First Focus on Children's Bruce Lesley: Under Trump-GOP Budget, 17 Million Americans Lose Health Insurance; 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expected Annually
The Nation Magazine's Chris Lehmann: ICE Budget Spikes 365%: Evidence of Trump’s Move to Impose Repressive Police State
Defense Lawyer Xavier de Janon: First Stop Cop City Protester Trial in Georgia RICO Case Ends in Mistrial
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump eyes minerals in Democratic Republic of Congo-Rwanda peace deal
• Chicago’s progressives fight far right to fortify their wins from 2023 election
• Data center tax exemption programs endanger state budgets
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Alianza Americas' Dulce Guzmán: The Chaos and Dire Consequences of Supreme Court’s Ruling on Birthright Citizenship
Best-selling author Sarah Kendzior: As the Trump GOP ‘Mafia State’ Relentlessly Attacks the Foundations of Democracy, is There Reason for Hope?
Hurricane Helene survivor Padma Dyvine: North Carolina Neighbors Employed Mutual Aid in Ongoing Recovery from Hurricane Helene’s Destruction
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Far-right AfD party expanding its appeal in Germany’s west
• China’s Tibetan dam project poses big risks
•Democratic National Committee tensions simmer over future direction
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Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: In Echo of Iraq War, Trump Distorted Intelligence to Justify Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Sites
Vietnam veteran Mike Ferner: As Veterans and Allies’ 40-Day Fast for Gaza Nears End, Conditions for Palestinians Worsen
Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Democrats Must Adopt Progressive Economic Agenda to Defeat Trump-GOP Authoritarian Agenda
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Salvadoran ex-military officers convicted of 1982 killings of Dutch journalists
• VA secretary refused to take responsibility for drastic downsizing
• Kansas City, Missouri rent strikers win after 247 days
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Present Age Newsletter Editor Parker Malloy: Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community Elicits Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party Response
The Editorial Board Editor John Stoehr: Understanding America’s Broken Media Landscape Promoting Right-wing Disinformation and Influencing Election Outcomes
National Association of Defense Lawyers President Chris Wellborn: Last Chance Campaign Asks Biden to Release Leonard Peltier Before Leaving Office
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Western oil money empowers Russian president and regional elites
• Mortgage regulators ignore climate change risk
• Trump administration will drive everyday Americans deeper in debt
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World Beyond War board president Kathy Kelly: UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza
Southern Poverty Law Center Interim Director Rachel Carroll Rivas: White Supremacist Hate Groups’ Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office
Third Act Upstate New York activist Michael Richardson: Climate Activists Protest Demands NY Gov. Hochul Sign ‘Make Polluters Pay’ Bill Before Year Ends
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump 2.0 chaos likely to extend to U.S. strategic defense planning
• Private equity stands to profit from Trump's mass deportation plan
• Whole Foods workers file to form a union
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Salon.com Contributing Editor Heather Digby Parton: Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP Senators
America's leading public interest lawyer & consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats’ Multiple Failures
Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher: Human Rights, Religious Groups Urge Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences Before Trump Takes Office
Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary•Bhopal's disaster still lingers, 40 years later
• Trump's plans "impoundment" to freeze appropriated funds
• Judge's decision a major win for labor in Wisconsin
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Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Neglecting Working Class Economic Discontent
University of Pennsylvania professor Victor Pickard: Assessing Corporate Media’s Failures Covering 2024 Election Campaign
Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability Director Mazin Qumsiyeh: As Israel’s War Kills 43,000 in Gaza, Jewish Settlers Carry Out Ethnic Cleansing in West Bank
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Democrat party lost swing states and rural America again
• New generation in Africa campaigning to expel old-guard governments
• "Ghost" U.S. mental health networks amount to fraud
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The Nation magazine's National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols: After Trump’s Election Victory, Progressive Activists Ponder What Went Wrong for Democrats
Yale philosophy professor and author of "Erasing History" Jason Stanley: Whether Trump Wins or Loses MAGA State Governments will Continue their Repression
Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Disinformation Floods U.S. Election Campaign Fueling Anger and Distrust of Electoral Outcome
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Women are dying because of restrictive abortion bans
• Ginni Thomas fights efforts to reform the nation’s highest court
• Avian flu may pose pandemic threat to humans
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The Nation's D.C. Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: Media’s Sanitizing of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice
Rutgers University law professor and author David Noll: New Book, ‘Vigilante Nation,’ Describes MAGA’s State-Based Attack on Democracy
National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: As Trump Demonizes and Scapegoats Immigrants, Democrats Adopt Some Trump Policies
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Russia's war in Ukraine has upset balance of power in Turkic region
• New voting laws could tip November election outcome
• New York congressional races could tip House control
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Rolling Stone contributor Justin Glawe: Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose
New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: Under Trump, Project 2025 Would Sabotage Federal Storm Forecasting and Disaster Relief
350.org U.S. Partnerships Coordinator Nico Udu-Gama: If Completed, the East African Oil Pipeline Will be a Destructive ‘Carbon Bomb’
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Bolsonaro still shapes Brazil’s political right
- After decades, still no clear path to U.S. citizenship for Haitian immigrants
- San Francisco's mayoral election defined by housing crisis
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RootsAction Co-Founder Norman Solomon: US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel’s Savage War in Gaza and Lebanon
Media critic Parker Molloy: Corporate Media is ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s Obvious Cognitive Decline
Climate activist Sydney Collins: As Hurricanes Ravage the Southeast U.S., Fossil Fuel’s Destructive Infrastructure Impacts Rural Communities
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Sri Lanka elects leftist president to pressure IMF debt repayment reduction
• National Labor Relations Board files complaint against Amazon
• Presidential candidate Kamala Harris lacks policy details renter protections
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Foreign Policy in Focus Director John Feffer: Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War
Anti-Gaza war protester Gregory Daly: As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine War
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Growth-based climate framework is fundamentally broken
- Populist Democratic campaigning emerges in deep red states
- Somalia-Ethiopia tensions mount
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University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: The US Stands with Israel as Middle East on the Brink of All-Out-War
The Nation magazine's Abortion Access Correspondent Amy Littlefield: Trump’s Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women
Third Act Virginia organizer Lisa Finn: Gulf Coast Residents, Climate Activists Oppose FERC Approval of New LNG Export Terminals
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Sept. 25 2024
- New banking crisis between Libya's ruling heads
- Telegram app's the new home for domestic terrorists
- GOP wields powerful cash advantage in state legislative races
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Author and columnist Wajahat Ali: Donald Trump’s Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Endangers Haitian Immigrants in Ohio
Stop the Money Pipeline Executive Director Alec Connon: 13-Week ‘Summer of Heat’ Climate Protest Building Movement to End Fossil Fuel Financing
Singer/songwriter Billy Bragg Reflects on His 40 years of Political Activism and the Power of Music
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• EU’s top court rules Apple must pay back taxes
• Project 2025 regulates the nation’s public lands
• Environmental groups challenge new EPA rules
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Former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green: New Book Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 Election
Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Co-chair Abigail Fuller: Portland, Maine City Council Votes for Israel Divestment Resolution Over Gaza War
Gaza Peace Activist Bob Sanders: Retired Journalist Bikes to Washington, D.C., Building Opposition to Israel’s Gaza War
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary
• Mexico's lower house passes controversial judicial reform
• German far-right AfD party celebrates historic election victory
• New green energy laws face backlash in rural Michigan
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Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Gaza War Continues to Kill as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Latest Hostage Deaths
Climate Defiance activist Ethan Wright: Activists Protesting Federal Reserve Climate Policy Block Road to Wyoming Annual Symposium
Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Coalition Demands U.S. News Media Aggressively Cover Election Campaign Threats to Democracy
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- U.S. sanctions former Haitian president
- Right-wing cracks down on the unhoused
- Weaponized Trump IRS could wreck progressive infrastructure
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Pediatrician Dr. Ahmad Javed Yousaf: U.S. Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors
New York Times Pulitzer prize-winning journalist James Risen: Trump’s Racism is the Primary Driver of His Voter Support
The Sentencing Project's Joshua Rovner: Youth Incarceration in the U.S. Declines, but Racial Disparities Persist
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- Obscure strategy wreaked short-lived havoc on global markets
- US neo-Nazi terror group aims to revive activities
- Arizona schools don’t want to be polling locations
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University of Wisconsin former Assistant Director of Middle Eastern Studies Jennifer Lowenstein: As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture
People's Policy Project President Matt Bruenig: Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris’ Economic Policy Proposals
WE ACT for Environmental Justice's Micaela Martinez: Toxic Hair Products Marketed to Women of Color Cause Cancer and other Health Dangers
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• Global warming changing Vietnam's Mekong Delta rice production
• US farm income plunging for prairie states
• 'Clean energy' industrial-scale wood-pellet industry ravaging forests
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Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig: Kamala Harris Can Politically Neutralize Dangerous SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling
Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Can Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota Progressive Legislative Victories be Replicated Nationally?
Extinction Rebellion NYC activist John Mark Rozendaal: In NYC, Climate Protest Citibank Orders Arrest of Activist Classical Cellist Performing Bach
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- Around the world, death squads attack environmental activists
- New talking points for Democrats: climate crisis and homeowners insurance
- 13 GOP governors opt out of summer food program for kids
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Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: Israel’s High Level Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks a Wider Middle East War
Renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Democratic Party Isolation from Working Families Examined in Ralph Nader’s New Book
Amnesty International USA's Justin Mazzola: Biden Pressured to Grant Leonard Peltier Clemency, Likely His Last Chance to Gain Freedom
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• Revamping peace process in war-torn Sudan
• Voter ID laws can block legitimate voters—those without driver's licenses
• Scientist found 3M forever chemicals in human blood nearly 25 years ago
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SUNY history professor emeritus Lawrence S. Wittner: Trump’s Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Would Endanger the World
New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project 2025’ Envisions an American Authoritarian Christian Nationalist Theocracy
Rally organizer Alex Chatfield: Coalition Campaigns to Stop Private Jet Expansion, a Luxury Our Climate Can’t Afford
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Bangladeshi students riot over job quotas for war veterans
• Sea levels rising alarmingly along Southern US coastline
• States rethinking data centers as electricity hogs
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Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: World Court Rules Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land Violates International Law
Pass the Torch steering committee member Aaron Regunberg: After Biden Pressured to End Campaign, Vice President Harris is De Facto Democratic Party Nominee
Amistad Catholic Worker House Shelter occupant Joel Nieves: New Haven City Government Moves to Shutdown Catholic Worker Shelter for Unhoused
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• UK frees minor offenders to resolve prison overcrowding
• Kenya's youth protests upend tax hikes spurred by IMF austerity measures
• Will Arizona be MAGA's last stand?
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AFL-CIO Former political director Michael Podhorzer: GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Critics of Trump's Authoritarian Agenda
Hub Project Bryan Senior Director Polling and Analytics Bryan Bennett: Poll Finds Americans Reject Trump's Right-wing Extremist Project 2025 Agenda
Attorney Michael Gerrard: Activists Working to Reverse NY Gov. Hochul's 'Pause' on NYC Congestion Pricing Plan
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- Many women and girls leaving Afghanistan to seek education in Iran
- New Mexico loophole may allow record methane releases
- NYC police commissioner using retention to prevent discipline for misconduct
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AFL-CIO Former political director Michael Podhorzer: GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Critics of Trump's Authoritarian Agenda
Hub Project Bryan Senior Director Polling and Analytics Bryan Bennett: Poll Finds Americans Reject Trump's Right-wing Extremist Project 2025 Agenda
Attorney Michael Gerrard: Activists Working to Reverse NY Gov. Hochul's 'Pause' on NYC Congestion Pricing Plan
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- Many women and girls leaving Afghanistan to seek education in Iran
- New Mexico loophole may allow record methane releases
- NYC police commissioner using retention to prevent discipline for misconduct
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People for the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker: Shocking Supreme Court Ruling Granting Presidential Immunity Enables Future Autocrats
Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney and strategist David Doniger: Supreme Court Chevron Doctrine Ruling Jeopardizes Countless Federal Regulations
Washington, D.C.-based policy consultant Stewart Lawrence: Democrats Balk at Going Public with Rising Concern Joe Biden Unable to Defeat Donald Trump
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• Philippines reckons With Duterte’s brutal drug war
• Is Boeing plea agreement a 'sweetheart deal'?
• Oklahoma tribes fight for food sovereignty
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RootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen: After Disastrous Debate, Urgent Calls for Joe Biden to Step Aside for a New Candidate
The Dissenter Editor Kevin Gosztola: Julian Assange is Free, But His Prosecution Threatens Press Freedom
Summer of Heat rally speakers Alec Connon, Juan Mancias, and Dr. Sandra Steingraber: Civil Disobedience Protest at Citibank’s NYC Headquarters Demands End to Fossil Fuel Financing
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• UK Labour is hoping to retake working class towns
• Women’s voices absent on Haiti’s Transitional Council
• Far-right US groups working to ban ranked choice voting
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Retired US Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: US Provocatively Permits Ukraine to Use American Weapons to Attack Targets Inside Russia
U.S. Air Force Airman Juan Bettancourt: Active Duty U.S. Soldiers ‘Appeal for Redress’ to Voice Opposition to America’s Role in Israel’s War in Gaza
Playwrights Martha Boesing and Victoria Rue: ‘Voices from the Silenced’ Play Tells Stories of Women Who Had Abortions Before Roe v Wade
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• U.S.-Mexico water war looming
• Tennessee governor sabotages police reforms
• Former DCCC officials work against The Squad
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Journalist Catherine Cartier: Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank Kills Rising Number of Palestinian Children
ExxonKnews reporter Emily Sanders: Fossil Fuel Industry Working to Further Criminalize Climate Protests Against Oil and Gas Projects
Free Speech for People Co-founder and President John Bonifaz: SCOTUS Scandals and Blatant Corruption Demand Urgent Reform
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• Myanmar's military regime losing control along border
• World's top banks greenwashing role in Amazon destruction
• Catholic bishops apologize for church role in Indian schools, but sidestep on abuse
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National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: International Criminal Court Targets Both Israeli & Hamas Leaders for War Crimes
People's Tribunal conveners Crystal Cavalier-Keck and Jason Crazy Bear Keck: People’s Tribunal Convened to Expose Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Violation of the Rights of Nature
Just Associates' Global Solidarity & Learning Coordinator Laura Carlsen: Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Historic Election as Mexico’s First Female President
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- Who will form South Africa’s next government?
- Is bird flu destined to be next pandemic?
- Proud Boys re-emerge to rally around Trump
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Yale professor and "How Fascism Works" author Jason Stanley: If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One
Concerned Health Professionals of New York co-founder Dr. Sandra Steingraber: New Edition of ‘Compendium on Fracking’ Finds Health Hazards Linked to Home Use of Natural Gas
National Popular Vote board secretary Christopher Pearson: Group Challenging America’s Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support
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- Namibia seeks reparations from Germany, return of ancestral lands
- EPA seeks to allow 10 times more acephate on food than current limits
- Trump leads in counties with declining populations, business losses
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University of Massachusetts professor emeritus of political science Maurice T. Cunningham: Right-Wing Extremist Network Financed Moms For Liberty
Green Workers Alliance Executive Director Matthew Mayers: Green Workers Alliance Fights for Livable Wage, Safe Working Conditions in Renewable Energy
Food and Water Watch Public Water for All Campaign Director Mary Grant: EPA Issues New Standards for PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water
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• Mining in Madagascar is contaminating region's water
• AI has the potential to widen the racial wealth gap
• As fentanyl overdoses soar, Los Angeles city crews discard Narcan
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Roots Action co-founder Norman Solomon: U.S. Students Protesting Israel’s Gaza War Emerge as Nation’s Moral Conscience
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Project Manager Eric Fine: Creating Online Tools to Better Understand American Public Opinion on the Climate Crisis
Independent journalist Steven Monacelli: Texas Governor Pardons Racist Murderer Who Killed Black Lives Matter Activist
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- US and Mexican elections risk bilateral relations
- Push for nuclear power is fueling demand for uranium
- I.R.S. audit uncovers dubious Trump accounting maneuver
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Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Link: Israel Expects International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Other Officials
DAWN Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: State Department Report Presents Contradictory Findings on Israel’s Illegal Use of US Weapons in Gaza
Salon Politics writer Amanda Marcotte: Trump's Contempt for Women Seen in Hush Money Trial, Linked to his Misogynist Policies
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* Assassination plots reveal India's transnational repression of its citizens
* Jared Kushner building new "Riviera" in Albanian environmentally sensitive area
* Gun safety reformers seeking to prevent gun violence at polling centers
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Columbia University journalism professor Helen Benedict: The Criminalization of Pro-Palestinian, Anti-War Student Protesters
The Intercept D.C. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim: Biased Cable News Gaza War Coverage Skews American Public Opinion
National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Biden Expands ACA Health Insurance Program to DACA Recipients
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary• Floods and landslides devastate East Africa
• UAW expands outreach to Mexican autoworkers
• Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of pollutants into American rivers
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Arun Kundnani: Weaponizing Antisemitism Fuels Dishonest Repression of Students Protesting Israel’s Vicious Gaza War
Alice Hu: Protest at Citibank Headquarters Kicks of ‘Summer of Heat’ Actions Targeting Wall Street Fossil Fuel Financiers
Kim Ives: Haiti Crisis Draws International Intervention for Third Time in 30 Years
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- Zuma's comeback in South African elections
- Republicans are cutting climate funding that mostly benefits red state farmers
- Native Americans receive longer prison sentences than non-Natives
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Tikun Olam publisher Richard Silverstein: In a First, Biden Administration Poised to Sanction Israeli Military Unit for Human Rights Abuses
Yale hunger strikers: Student Hunger Strikers Call for Yale Divestment from Companies Providing Weapons to Israel
Inside Climate News reporter Kiley Price: Victory in European Climate Crisis Lawsuit Could Influence Parallel Efforts Worldwide
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• Mexico has cracked down on migrants traveling to the U.S.
• Chevron profited from illegal surface spills
• Whistleblowers call out management culture at Boeing
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Boston University professor Assaf Kfoury: After Iran Retaliation Against Israel’s Bombing of Embassy in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens Counterattack
Independent journalist Julie Dermansky: Media Coverage Lapse of 2023 Marathon Petroleum Refinery Fire Leaves Residents Vulnerable
Mother Jones fellow Katie Herchenroeder: Arizona Supreme Court Revives ‘Zombie’ 1864 Abortion Ban
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• Tension between China and the Philippines heating up
• Why did the US Navy kill Arizona’s housing bill?
• Florida slates referendum on constitutional amendment on abortion
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"War Made Invisible" author Norman Solomon: 22 Years After 9/11, It’s time to Reassess the U.S. War on Terror
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory climate scientist Peter Kalmus: Climate Activists are Doing the Most Important Work on Planet Earth Right Now
Vote to Stop Cop City spokesperson Paul Glaze: RICO Indictment of 61 ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists Criminalizes Dissent, Sets Dangerous Precedent
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Mexico’s Supreme Court eliminates all federal criminal penalties for abortion
• North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia making it harder for ex-felons to vote
• Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's private equity backer linked to Jeffrey Epstein
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Oxfam America Seniors Research Adviser Dr. Kaitlyn Henderson: Oxfam’s ‘Best States to Work’ Report Highlights State Policies Helping and Hurting American Workers
Prison Policy Institute Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: New Report Finds Climate Change-Driven Higher Temperatures in Prisons Leads to Increased Deaths
Beyond Nuclear Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist Cindy Folkers: Japan’s Dumping Fukushima’s Radioactive Water in Pacific Linked to Long Term Health Hazards
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- The Inuit plan to reclaim their sea
- Fired Veritas founder under investigation in New York
- Farmworkers wearing protective clothing suffering heat-related illnesses
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Right-wing Watch Managing Director Peter Montgomery: Confronting Link Between GOP’s Racist Rhetoric and Rising Terrorist Hate Crimes
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania board president Dr. Ned Ketyer: New Pennsylvania Study Links Fracking Extraction Operations to Childhood Cancer & Asthma
Award-winning investigative journalist Allan Nairn: Guatemalans Elect New President who Pledges to Restore Democracy
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Ecuador voters reject Amazon drilling
• Biden cracks down on Cytrox and Intellexa spyware
• The push for zero-emission trains and good union jobs
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Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics Vice President & Chief Counsel Donald Sherman: Campaign to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Election Ballot Gains Traction
Public Citizen's Democracy Campaign Co-Director Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Georgia’s RICO Indictment Seeks to Tell Full Story of Trump-GOP Election Subversion
Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability founder Mazin Qumsiyeh: Israeli Occupation and Colonization’s Impact on Palestinian West Bank’s Biodiverse Ecosystem
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Climate crisis hitting minority communities harder
• Some cities pushing to overcome rent control obstacles
• Brazil’s former president accused of trying to sell official gifts
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The Nation DC Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: US Media Repeating Same Mistakes Covering Trump ’24 Presidential Campaign
Hartford, CT Catholic Worker community member Jackie Allen Doucot: Civil Disobedience Actions at European Air Base Links Threat of Nuclear Weapons with Climate Crisis
City College of San Francisco emeritus professor Abdul Jabbar: Report Charges US Pressured Pakistan to Oust the Nation’s Prime Minister Imran Khan
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Is Cameroon the next Sudan?
• Big Dairy is milking California dry
• Payday lenders engage in reverse redlining
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Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion Federal Indictment
Pen America Managing Director Nadine Farid Johnson: Pen America & Penguin-Random House Sue a Florida County School District Over Book Bans
Freelance reporter Tim Rowland: Affordable Housing Crisis in the Adirondacks, Echo of a Pervasive Trend Across the U.S.
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• Russia's Wagner Group disappeared and executed civilians in Mali
• China is far ahead of the U.S. in rare earth mining
• One year after union victory, Amazon still refuses to recognize union
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RootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen: ‘Step Aside Joe’ Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Joe Biden Runs for Re-election
Fossil Free Media Director Jamie Henn: Fossil Fuel Industry Must Pay for the Climate Crisis They’ve Profited From
University of Southampton (UK) professor of oceanography and climate Robert Marsh: Predictions of a Future Collapse of a Vital Atlantic Ocean Current Linked to the Climate Crisis
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Putin to miss BRICS summit to evade International Criminal Court warrant
• EPA closes civil rights investigation into Cancer Alley
• Right-wing activists challenge 100,000 Georgia voter registrations
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Institute for Policy Studies' New Internationalism Project Director Phyllis Bennis: Israeli Pro-Democracy Activists Detached from Palestinian Struggle for Basic Human Rights
Thacker Pass activist and attorney Will Falk: Indigenous Tribes and Conservationists Oppose Nevada Lithium Mine on Sacred Site
Get Free Executive Director Nicole Carty: Youth Activists Protest Regressive SCOTUS Rulings and Larger Attack on US Multi-Racial Democracy
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- Fukushima wastewater plan puts Tokyo in hot water
- California lawmakers struggle to drop fossil fuels from state pensions
- Mondaire Jones is back when Democrats need him most
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Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper: Ohio GOP’s August 8th ‘Issue 1’ Referendum Would Impose Minority Rule
Jacobin Staff Writer Alex N. Press: Teamsters Union Prepares for Historic Strike Against UPS
New York psychiatrist Dr. Yochai Re’em: Long COVID Patients Band Together to Share Data on Effective Treatment
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Brazil's electoral judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office until 2030
- Biden pledge to build new chip plant with union labor less than ideal
- Why Sioux tribes won't accept $100 million from government for land
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Arms Control Association Executive Director Daryl Kimball: House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden’s Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
Rutgers University adjunct professor of philosophy Ben Burgis: Biden Believes Right-Wing Extremist Supreme Court ‘Not Normal,’ But Resists Calls for Reform
Public Services Loan Forgiveness support website founder Christina Ceballos: After Supreme Court Rejects Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Public Service Workers Have Another Option
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Burkina Faso gold mines may have been Wagner Group's next project
- Guatemalan voters leaning to left presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo
- 600,000 North Carolinans now eligible for Medicaid coverage
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American Association of University Professors General Counsel Risa Lieberwitz: Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action
Young Invincibles' Executive Director Kristin McGuire: After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Advocates Continue to Push for Debt Cancellation
Independent filmmaker Josh Fox: New Documentary Film ‘The Welcome Table’ Brings Attention to the Global Climate Migration Crisis
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Rice feeds 3 billion people—but also fuels climate change
- Corn, soy, wheat may not be harvested due to Midwest drought
- Will other racial, ethnic groups support California Black reparations?
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The Nation magazine's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield: A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade
Jewish Voice for Peace's New Haven, CT chairperson Shelly Altman: Israel’s Far-Right Government’s Expansion of Illegal Settlements Incites Escalating Violence
Investigative journalist Greg Palast: Billionaire Paul Singer’s Lavish Gifts to Justice Alito Further Erodes Public Confidence in Supreme Court
**Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
•** Colombian President Petro pressing ahead on peace with armed rebels
• U.S. government support for childcare providers in danger
• Incoming Chicago mayor wants to broaden and deepen his city’s green agenda
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The Nation magazine's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield: A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade
Jewish Voice for Peace's New Haven, CT chairperson Shelly Altman: Israel’s Far-Right Government’s Expansion of Illegal Settlements Incites Escalating Violence
Investigative journalist Greg Palast: Billionaire Paul Singer’s Lavish Gifts to Justice Alito Further Erodes Public Confidence in Supreme Court
**Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
•** Colombian President Petro pressing ahead on peace with armed rebels
• U.S. government support for childcare providers in danger
• Incoming Chicago mayor wants to broaden and deepen his city’s green agenda
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Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Opponents Gear Up to Fight GOP’s Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare
Environmental and climate justice leader Elizabeth Yeampierre: As Climate Crisis Worsens, Environmental Regulations Sacrificed to Reach Debt Ceiling Deal
Clafkin University Assistant Professor Robert Greene II: Ensuring Juneteenth Federal Holiday Remains Radical and Relevant to Today’s Civil Rights Struggle
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Global demand for coal hit a new high in 2022 • Colombian indigenous protest Irish packaging giant
• Bipartisan Farm Bill efforts to protect family farms could be upended
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Salon.com senior politics writer Amanda Marcotte: GOP Threat of Violence After Trump’s Federal Indictment Spreads Across the Nation
Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Protesting Deal to Build Mountain Valley Pipeline, Rep. Tlaib Says Corporate Greed is Killing Us
Portland State University professor emeritus of political science Mel Gurtov: The Urgent Need to Reduce Rising US-China Tensions and Avert Future Conflict
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Germany's far right polling at record high
- Brazil police charge alleged mastermind behind Amazon murders
- Drag performers resist anti-trans legislation
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Americans for Tax Fairness policy consultant Will Rice: Nation’s Poor, Students & Climate Lose in Deal to End GOP Federal Debt Ceiling Extortion
Food & Water Watch Legal Director Tarah Heinzen: Supreme Court Weakens EPA Enforcement of Clean Water Act Endangering Wetlands
Atomic veteran Hank Bolden, Golden Rule Captain Kiko Johnston-Kitazawa and crew member Bill Good: Historic Cold War-Era Peace Boat Sails Again to Demand Nuclear Abolition
**Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
•** United Nations: Rohingya refugees in ‘state of desperation’
• Remarkable successes for Minnesota progressives
• Demands for shakeup at United Food and Commercial Workers Union
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New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Candidate Ron DeSantis Poses Unique Threat to Democracy
National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: Massive Pentagon Budget Increased Under Proposed Debt Ceiling Deal
Haven's Harvest Executive Director Lori Martin: Food Rescue Group Feeds The Hungry, Protects the Environment
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- South Africa’s non-alignment is challenged
- Western states agree to breakthrough water deal
- New generation of coal miners dying from Black Lung disease
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Retired U.S. Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: Can Chinese Diplomacy Help End the Ukraine War?
Free Speech for People senior advisor on election security Susan Greenhalgh: DOJ Ignores Trump Scheme to Steal 2020 Election Software
'Stop Cop City' activist Ayla King: 23 More Stop Cop City Activists Charged with Domestic Terrorism
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Palestinians commemorate 75 years since the Naqba
- Brazil’s campaign to expel illegal miners turns violent
- In debt ceiling standoff, GOP pushes food stamps work requirements
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Retired U.S. Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: Can Chinese Diplomacy Help End the Ukraine War?
Free Speech for People senior advisor on election security Susan Greenhalgh: DOJ Ignores Trump Scheme to Steal 2020 Election Software
'Stop Cop City' activist Ayla King: 23 More Stop Cop City Activists Charged with Domestic Terrorism
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Palestinians commemorate 75 years since the Naqba
- Brazil’s campaign to expel illegal miners turns violent
- In debt ceiling standoff, GOP pushes food stamps work requirements
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Cornell University law professor Robert C. Hockett: Biden’s Invocation of 14th Amendment Would Neutralize GOP Debt Ceiling Threat
National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: After Title 42 Biden’s New Immigration Policies Make it More Difficult for People Seeking Asylum in the US
"How Fascism Works" author and Yale professor Jason Stanley: Fascist Republican Party Declares War on U.S. Democracy, While Imposing Minority Rule
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Tens of thousands evacuated due to dozens of wildfires in Alberta, Canada
- Students imperiled as stopped freight trains block crossings
- Teamsters begin major Amazon fight over delivery truck drivers
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Common Cause Director of Constitutional Convention & Protect Dissent Program Viki Harrison: Right-Wing Push for Article V Constitutional Convention Threatens Basic Liberties
Christians for the Mountains Co-Founder Allen Johnson: Despite Drop in Coal Production, Destructive Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Continues
In These Times Magazine Executive Director Alex Han: New In These Times Magazine Director Ponders the Future of Progressive Media
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Somalia on the brink of famine
- 4-day work week could be closer than realized
- Fear renewed after informant infiltrated Black Lives
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The Intercept Senior Editor Peter Maass: Dominion Lawsuit Wasn’t Launched to Protect Democracy from Fox News Propaganda
Trustees for Alaska Senior Attorney Bridget Psarianos: Willow Project ‘Climate Bomb’ is Gateway to More Oil, Gas Development in Fragile Arctic
Stand Up America Managing Director of Policy & Political Affairs Brett Edkins: Supreme Court Justice Thomas’ Ethics Violations Demand Congressional Action
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Two generals at the heart of Sudan's civil strife
- Wall Street bonuses down but still dwarf worker pay increases
- Climate activists find Biden's fossil fuel stance not strong enough on clean energy
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Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy: Texas Judge’s Ruling Banning Widely Used Abortion Drug Based on Ideology, Not Science
Rainforest Action Network Research Manager April Merleaux: Amid the Deepening Climate Crisis, Banks Invested Staggering $673 Billion in Fossil Fuel Projects in 2022
Climate Defiance action organizer Rylee Haught: Climate Defiance Activists Plan Blockade of White House Correspondents Dinner April 29th
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- U.S., EU condemn Myanmar military airstrikes on Sagaing province
- Right-wing legal activist accused of laundering $73 million via nonprofits
- IRS overhaul aims for 10-fold increase on audits for wealthy
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Manuel “Manny” Oliver: Father of Parkland School Shooting Victim Calls for National Education Strike to Demand Action on Gun Violence
Labor and racial justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr.: New Tactics are Required to Resist and Defeat GOP Authoritarianism
Socialist Action staff writer Jeffrey Mackler: Massive Protests in France Continue to Oppose Increase in Pension Retirement Age
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• 8 U.S. has troublesome ally, the Marcos-led Philippines, against China
• Cigna saved millions of dollars by rejecting claims in automated system
• Former teacher, union organizer, county officials wins Chicago mayoral race
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Gaslit Nation co-host Sarah Kendzior: As Trump is Indicted, Threats of Political Violence From His Supporters Surge
Georgetown University adjunct lecturer Josh Ruebner: Israelis Protest Netanyahu’s Threat to Democracy, but Ignore Rising Violence Targeting Palestinians
Hip Hop Caucus President & CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood: From Slavery to Fossil Fuels, Banks Have Been an ‘Industry of Injustice’
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Germany's hardline conservative party prevails in Berlin election
- United Auto Workers union elects reform president
- NYC council pushes for changes to NYPD handling of protests
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Political strategist and author Rachel Bitecofer: Trump & GOP Embrace of Political Violence Threatens to Extinguish Democracy
Greenpeace USA Co-Executive Director Ebony Martin: Senior Climate Activists Protest ‘Dirty Banks’ Financing of Fossil Fuel Projects
ERA Coalition's Bettina Hager: After 51 Years, Campaign Continues to Ratify Equal Rights Amendment
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Macron survives narrow no-confidence vote after raising pension age
• New era of COVID now in hands of private health marketplace
• Financial industry eyeing emergence of clean energy-as-a-service
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Economist James S. Henry: Recent Bank Failures Underscore Need to Toughen Federal Regulation
Code Pink Co-Director Medea Benjamin and author Nicolas Davies: 20 Years Later, Echoes of US Iraq Invasion in Russia’s Ukraine War
Rocking Chair Rebellion member Kendall Hale: Elder ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists Target Contractor Building Atlanta’s Militarized Police Training Facility
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Mexico to investigate alleged human rights abuses by military
• Railroad companies shared sensitive data before merger
• Democratic party of Nevada riven by division
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Economist James S. Henry: Recent Bank Failures Underscore Need to Toughen Federal Regulation
Code Pink Co-Director Medea Benjamin and author Nicolas Davies: 20 Years Later, Echoes of US Iraq Invasion in Russia’s Ukraine War
Rocking Chair Rebellion member Kendall Hale: Elder ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists Target Contractor Building Atlanta’s Militarized Police Training Facility
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Mexico to investigate alleged human rights abuses by military
• Railroad companies shared sensitive data before merger
• Democratic party of Nevada riven by division
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Human Rights Campaign's Tori Cooper and Lindsey Clark: GOP Pushes Repressive Laws Targeting LGBTQ Community, Trans Youth & Drag Shows
Feminist, abortion activist and writer Steph Black: Republicans Strive to Outlaw Medication Abortion in All 50 States
Activist Fiona Mac and independent journalists Kat Morris: Stop Cop City Protests Today’s Frontline on Issues of Police Violence and Environmental Justice
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- European rush for clean power
- Historic deal to protect international waters
- Court case threatens tribal sovereignty
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Human Rights Campaign's Tori Cooper and Lindsey Clark: GOP Pushes Repressive Laws Targeting LGBTQ Community, Trans Youth & Drag Shows
Feminist, abortion activist and writer Steph Black: Republicans Working to Outlaw Medication Abortion in All 50 States
Activist Fiona Mac and independent journalists Kat Morris: Stop Cop City Protests Today’s Frontline on Issues of Police Violence and Environmental Justice
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- European rush for clean power
- Historic deal to protect international waters
- Court case threatens tribal sovereignty
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University of Pennsylvania media policy professor Victor Pickard: Fox News’ Republican Propaganda Machine Tests the Limits of Free Speech Delaware Riverkeeper Network Deputy Director Tracy Carluccio: After Ohio Train Derailment Biden, Congress Must Implement New Safety Standards, Worker Protections
Center for Economic and Policy Research Program Associated Sarah Rawlins: ‘Scrap the Cap:’ How to Save Social Security Without Cutting Benefits
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Tunisian dictator incites violence against migrants
- War and subsidies turbocharge green transition
- Railworkers told to stop tagging railcars for broken bearings
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Peace Action Executive Director Jon Rainwater: Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Endangers Last Remaining U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Pact
The Real News Network Associate Editor Mel Buer: Toxic Ohio Train Derailment Underscores Urgent Need for Tough Government Regulation
350.org co-founder Bill McKibben: Third Act, Organizing People Over 60 to Defend Democracy and Address the Climate Crisis
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Colombia's President Gustavo Petro election presents social justice opportunity
- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema tied to exploitive Payday lending industry
- $80 billion for IRS is a once-in-a-century chance to collect dues from wealthy
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Florida International University professor emeritus Marvin Dunn: Resisting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Censorship of Black History
Media Matters for America's Vice President of Research and Policy Sergio Muñoz: Fox News Exposed for Consciously Spewing Toxic Propaganda to Their Audience
Lakota Law Project organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk: Reflecting on Progress Made Since the American Indian Movement’s Occupation of Wounded Knee
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Humanitarian crisis in the Amazon
• FTX bankruptcy reveals influence peddling
• Is it time to nationalize the railroads?
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Author and American University professor of political anthropology David Vine: Chinese ‘Spy Balloon,’ New U.S. Philippines Military Bases Inflame U.S.-China Tensions
River Valley Organizing Director Amanda Kiger: Ohio ‘Bomb Train’ Derailment Releases Dangerous Toxic Chemicals
Journalist Bryce Greene: U.S. Corporate Media Ignores Report Concluding U.S. Sabotaged Russia’s Nord Stream Pipeline
Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
- India's new bridge to Kashmir dividing the region
- Maternity care deserts in North Carolina rising
- New Hampshire primary no longer first in nation
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People for the American Way's President Svante Myrick: Bigotry and Hate Drives GOP Ouster of Rep. Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs Committee
Stop Cop City activist Shaheen Rana: Police Killing of Forest Protector Activist Won’t Deter Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ Campaign
Pan-African theorist and author Max Rameau: National Debate on Policies to Address Police Violence Must Include Local Community Control
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Ten years after a coup, a crisis of confidence in Egypt
- Philippine police purge likely uneffective against corruption
- Rep. George Santos' connections to Russian-sanctioned oligarch
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- Physicist and Princeton University professor emeritus Robert Socolow: Nuclear War Threat and Climate Crisis Move ‘Doomsday Clock’ 90 Seconds to ‘Midnight’
- Friends of Hebron Executive Director Issa Amro: Rising Israeli-Palestinian Violence Amid the Oppressive Daily Reality of an Occupied People
- Peruvian sociologist Francesca Emanuele: Long-Running Race and Class Divide in Peru Provokes Protest and Escalating Violence
- Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- South Korea could “acquire its own nukes” - Canada settles residential school lawsuit for $2.8 Billion
- Extreme inequality and gentrification arising in Montana
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- Oxfam America Director of Economic Justice Nabil Ahmed: New Oxfam Report on Rising Inequality Calls for 5% Tax on Super-Rich
- Beyond Extreme Energy activist Andy Hinz: U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves Projects that Generate Equivalent of 76 Coal Plants
- Aliana Americas Associate Director Nancy Treviño: Crisis on Southern Border Underscores Urgent Need for Reform of U.S. Immigration & Asylum System
- Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Western companies providing weapons, technology to Myanmar junta
-Will the Supreme Court revoke the right to strike?
-Cities rethink fare-free transit as federal Covid subsidies run out
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Author and Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali: GOP Extremists are Burning Down the House
Americans for Tax Fairness policy consultant Will Rice: GOP Votes to Repeal IRS Funding to Protect Rich Donors, Tax Cheats
Yale grad student union organizers Paul Seltzer and Arita Acharya: After 30 Years of Organizing, Local 33 Wins Yale Grad Student Union
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Ghana has struck a preliminary IMF deal
- EPA seeks tighter limits on soot
- Unions fighting to ensure solar workers are skilled tradesmen
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Stand Up America's Policy and Political Affairs Managing Director Brett Edkins: Two Years After January 6th Insurrection GOP Continues to Pose Threat to Democracy
PEN America's Freed Expression and Education Director Jonathan Friedman: Groups Organize to Fight Repressive Culture War Book Banning Across America
Stop Cop City organizer Kei: Opponents of Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ Training Center Accused of Domestic Terrorism
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Chinese army patrol clash with Indian troops near Tibet
- An “electoral reform” in Mexico may make elections less safe
- Companies pioneering clean extraction of lithium under Salton Sea
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Boycott From Within member Ofer Neiman: International BDS Movement Challenges Israel’s New Ultranationalist, Far Right Government
Institute for Policy Studies' Foreign Policy in Focus Director John Feffer: What Motivates Far Right Voters and How to Win Them Back
Defending Rights and Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons: As U.S. Pursues Julian Assange Extradition, Press Freedom Groups Demand Charges be Dropped
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Jan. 4, 2023
- Taiwan responds to Chinese military threat
- Omnibus legislation expands tax benefits for the richest Americans
- Less cops, more student conflict mediation with "restorative practices"
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People for the American Way's incoming President Svante Myrick: Will Jan. 6 House Committee Criminal Referrals Result in Trump Accountability?
United American Indians of New England Co-Leader Mahtowin Munro: United American Indians of New England Leader Reflects on Current State of Indigenous Americas
National Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director Donald Whitehead: New Biden Administration Policy Aims to Reduce Homeless Population 25% in Next Three Years
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Is a third intifada is on the cards?
- Major commitment at COP15 biodiversity summit
- Activist Staughton Lynd dies
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Social Security Works' Executive Director Alex Lawson: GOP Threatens to Hold Federal Debt Limit Hostage to Force Social Security, Medicare Cuts
ACLU of Connecticut Legal Director Dan Barrett: Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Connecticut’s Trans-Inclusive Student Athletics Policy
March for Our Lives Director of Policy Zeenat Yahya: 10 Years After Sandy Hook School Massacre, Campaign to End Gun Violence Continues
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary
• Russian Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine
• Uranium pollution lurking in U.S. waters
• Chico subdivision planned on site of 2018 Camp Fire
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Investigative journalist and best-selling author Greg Palast: Georgia GOP Voter Suppression the Media Missed, Likely to Spread Across the U.S.
Starbucks Union organizer Aleah Bacetti: Starbucks Continues Anti-Union Tactics to Slow Unionization Drives
Brown University's School of Public Health's Pandemic Center Director Jennifer Nuzzo: Nursing Homes Unprepared for Ongoing Deadly COVID Pandemic
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners
- Mexico’s president wants to develop the poorer south
- Tribes fighting for Colorado river water rights
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Former CIA analyst and Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Israel’s Dangerous New Ultranationalist Government Likely to Trigger Crisis
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Executive Director Osprey Orielle Lake: Climate Activists Mobilize Support for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
FreePress.net Senior Counsel Nora Benavidez: The Wider Impact of Elon Musk’s Devolution of Twitter
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
• Independent journalists flee Russia to regroup, report on Ukraine war
• Amazon collected over $5 billion in economic development subsidies
• Title lenders thrive in states which allow loans with predatory interest rates
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The Nation's national affairs correspondent John Nichols: The Republican Party’s Devolution into a Violent, White Supremacist Threat to Democracy
Salon.com senior political writer Amanda Marcotte: Republicans Blame Single Women for Their Midterm Election Losses
Leonard Peltier's grandson Herbie Waters: Letter from US Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Read at ‘Thanksgiving,’ Day of Mourning Event
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- New leftist Colombia president takes new approach to cocaine
- Biden's green industrial policies not making green jobs good union jobs
- Toxic metal pollution 10x worse in racially segregated communities
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New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy
Climate activists and Fossil Free Media Director Jamie Henn: Assessing the Good, Bad and Ugly at the UN’s COP-27 Climate Summit
Plant the Land Team Co-Director Laura Schleifer: Project Brings Vegan Food to Palestinians in Gaza Suffering Under Israeli Blockade
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• U.S. intelligence report says UAE meddled in American politics
• Canadian indigenous communities set aside vast areas for protection
•New Jersey Casino Reinvestment agency makes housing options worse
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Labor and racial justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr.: Midterm Election a Major Battle in America’s Political Cold War
Voters of Tomorrow Deputy Communications Director Marianna Pecora: Gen Z Vote was Critical in Blocking GOP’s Predicted ‘Red Wave’
Lead attorney Chase Iron Eyes: Supreme Court Challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act Threatens Native American Culture and Survival
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- China fishing industry in standoff with U.S.
- Africa will remain poor unless access to electricity is broadened
- Renters are the most vulnerable to climate change
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Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper: State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy
Mother Jones' Washington Bureau Chief David Corn: New Book Recounts Origins of GOP Extremism and White Supremacy
Climate activist and Yale Divinity School student Tyler Mark Nelson: Faith Groups Taking Action on the Climate Crisis
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Sudan faces 'generational catastrophe' as millions of children miss school
- Guatemalan investigative journalist Jose Ruben Zamora arrested, detained
- Governmental regulations authority under new generation of reformers
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Roots Action co-founder Norman Solomon: In Midterm Election, Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans
Prison Policy Initiative Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: Polling Stations in Jails Provide Opportunity for Eligible Pre-Trial Detainees to Vote
Media Matters Senior Researcher Andrew Lawrence: Corporate Media’s Horse-Race Election Coverage Ignores Critical Issues Important to Voters
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- North Korea-Japan missile tensions
- Who will be Minneapolis's new prosecutor?
- Amy’s Kitchen freezes union drive
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Black Alliance for Peace team on Haiti's Jemima Pierre: Amid Haiti Crisis, Civil Society Groups Oppose Foreign Military Intervention
University of Massachusetts professor emeritus of economics William Lazonick: Big Oil Stock Buybacks Must be Stopped
Indiana University School of Public Health professor emeritus Michael Hendryx: Biden Urged to Restart Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Health Study Halted by Trump
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Gaslit Nation podcast cohost Sarah Kendzior: After Last Jan. 6 House Committee Hearing, Trump Continues to Escape Accountability
Social Security Works Communications Director Linda Benesch: Republicans Propose Policies That Would Weaken or End Social Security and Medicare
Doctors for Camp Closures volunteer Dr. Kate Sugarman: Volunteers Provide Assistance to Asylum Seekers Used as Political Props by GOP Governors
Bob Nixon's Under-reported Weekly Summary
- U.S. says no to emergency liquidity for emerging markets
- Prison labor reform movement hopes to close ‘slavery loophole’
- Amazon suspends workers who refused to work after a fire
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• Yale professor Jason Stanley: Meet Italy’s neo-Fascist Prime Minister-Elect Giorgia Meloni
• National Lawyers Guild past president Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Poised to Legalize Election Theft, Further Erode Democracy
• Familias Unidas por la Justicia Political Director Edgar Franks: Amid Rising Temperatures Caused by Climate Change, Farmworkers Union Fights for Safety Regulations
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Flooded West Africa awaits $100 billion annually in climate aid pledged in 2009
- Kushner Company agrees to $3.25 million settlement for shoddy apartments
- Democrats hoping abortion issue and technology aid midterm victories
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Quincy Institute's Director of Grand Strategy George Beebe: As Ukraine War Intensifies, New Poll Finds Americans Want U.S. to Pursue Talks to End the Conflict
Network for Social Justice and Human Rights Director Maria Luisa Mendonça: Polls Get it Wrong in Brazil’s First Round Presidential Election
Grassroots climate groups consultant Drew Hudson: Climate Groups Defeat Joe Manchin’s Fossil Fuel Friendly ‘Dirty Deal’ Legislation
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary
• Thousands of workers plan to strike this fall
• Over 1,700 environmental activists murdered in the past decade
• Climate change linked to declining wind speeds
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National Iranian American Council's Policy Director Ryan Costello: After the Arrest and Death of Mahsa Amini, Iran Explodes in Protest
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights staff attorney Jake Love: Lawsuit Filed Against Florida Gov. DeSantis for Using Asylum Seekers as Political Props
New Haven Climate Movement activist Patricia Joseph: Young Activists Take Action Demanding City Government Implement Proactive Climate Policies
Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Massive wave of violence and protest spreads across Haiti
• China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan sign a railway feasibility study
• Battle over Minneapolis policing still rages
Common Cause Redistricting Manager Dan Vicuña: Threat to Democracy Looms as Supreme Court Set to Hear Moore v. Harper Case
National Campaign for Transit Justice's leader Libero Della Piana: Massive Investment in Public Transit Needed to Achieve Racial Equity and Climate Justice
Climate Cabinet Deputy Director Emma Fisher: 17 States Criminalize Protests Targeting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Projects
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Famine engulfs Somalia in the Horn of Africa
- Creative ways Chinese activists attempt to pressure the state
- Water activism bubbles up in suburban Towamencin, Pennsylvania
Portland State University's political science professor emeritus Mel Gurtov: Brazil’s October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest
Mountain Valley Pipeline activists Mary Crow and Naadiya Hutchinson: Opponents Rally to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline and ‘Manchin’s Dirty Deal’
University of California's Institute for Health Policy Studies professor Dr. James G. Kahn: Reduced U.S. Life Expectancy Tied with For-Profit Health Insurance System Failure
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Chile's president make major changes to senior team after constitutional failure
- Uranium mill's toxic waste left a New Mexico ghost town
- U.S. senator calls for independent probe into journalist's killing in Israel
Jacobin magazine staff writer Branko Marcetic: Six Months After Russia's Ukraine Invasion, There's Signs a Negotiated End to the War is Possible
University of Connecticut Director of American Studies Christopher Vials: After 18 Months, Biden Finally Responds to Trump and GOP Threat to Democracy
Fair Vote CEO Rob Ritchie: Alaska’s First-Time Use of Ranked Choice Voting Demonstrates a Sound Option for Electoral Reform
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: • Longtime Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in ill health
• Puerto Rico's Big Pharma tax breaks are larger than government's operating budget
• Wal-Mart and Tyson Foods have turned northwest Arkansas into modern day company towns
Student Debt Crisis Center Executive Director Cody Hounanian: Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Press Secretary Jenna Grande: Big Oil Donates Over $2 Million to GOP Seditionists
Whiteface Mountain Atmospheric Sciences Research Center Operations Manager Paul Casson: Adirondack Mountain Research Center Tracks Industrial Pollution and Climate Change
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- 1 million Rohingya experience horrific living conditions in world's largest refugee camp
- League of Women Voters takes more activist stance, drawing GOP criticism
- Interns working to make New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward climate resilient
Investigative reporter and author Greg Palast: New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme
Assistant professor of labor studies at Empire State College in New York City: Starbucks Engages in Lawless National Anti-Union Campaign
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont: Healthcare Program and Climate Policies
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Chinese military ship Docks in Sri Lanka over India, US objections
- DRC Journalist remains behind bars after release of US reporter
- The engineering degree to defense industry pipeline
Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security President Joseph Gerson: Rising Tensions Between U.S. & China Over Taiwan Risks Miscalculation or Accident
Author and World Mental Health Coalition President Dr. Bandy Lee: Donald Trump and Republican Party’s Dangerous Embrace of Political Violence
Adirondack Voters for ChangememberPhyllis Sinclair: Activist Group Launches Campaign to Educate Voters on NY Rep. Stefanik’s Extremist Voting Record
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Pro-democracy activists in Brazil fear possible Bolsonaro coup
- Conservation of UNESCO sites has forced evictions of Indigenous peoples
- Secretive GOP attempt to convert minorities into Republicans
Salon.com's Senior Politics Writer Amanda Marcotte: Speculation Surrounds FBI Raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence
Ohio Democratic Party former Chairman David Pepper: State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy
Protect Our Water, Heritage and Rights Co-Chairman Russell Chisholm: Inflation Reduction Act Passes Senate Trades Climate Provisions for Completion of Gas Pipeline
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Brazil’s weak response to murders threatens indigenous people
- Gig workers bear the brunt of the global economic crisis
- Wisconsin GOP threaten to make elections meaningless
Public Citizen's Access Medicines Program Advocate Steve Knievel: Proposed Senate Bill Requires Medicare to Negotiate a Short list of Drug Prices
American for Tax Fairness' Wealth Tax Campaign Director Maura Quint: Senate Bill Proposes New 15% Corporate Minimum Tax, Closes Carried Interest Tax Loophole
Roanoke, Virginia tour guide Jordan Bell: Roanoke’s Once Vibrant African-American Community Remembered
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- World condemns Myanmar junta for 'cruel' execution of activists
- Pegasus Spyware maker NSO lobbying to get off U.S. blacklist
- Buffalo, N.Y. community activists fight to prevent gerrymandering
Free Speech for People's Legal Director Ron Fein: DOJ Lags on Investigating Trump and GOP Coup Attempt
Food and Water Watch's Policy Director Jim Walsh: With Senate Stalled, Pressure Growing on Biden to Take Immediate Action on Climate Crisis
Citizens for Arsenal Accountability's Co-Chair Alyssa Carpenter: Virginia Group Demands Pentagon End Open Pit Burning of Toxic Military Munitions
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Banks in China's Henan province freezing millions of dollars in depositor accounts
• Hedge fund billionaire spends $54 million fighting tax increase for wealthy
• Texas voter registration hampered by paper supply chain delays
California State University history professor David Yaghoubian: Biden’s Recent Middle East Trip: Long on Controversy, Short on Accomplishments
Political Research Associates Senior Analyst Frederick Clarkson: Christian Extremists’ Embrace of Political Violence Threatens Democracy
National Day Laborer Organizing Network Co-Executive Director Nadia Marin-Molina: Labor Department Issues New Protections for Exploited, Threatened Immigrant Workers
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Pentagon waging secretive proxy wars in the Middle East and Asia
- Uber hired a Russian oligarch-linked lobbyist to start up operations in Moscow
- Food workers union bashes pension fund's private equity conflict of interest
Author and NYC's 1st Public Advocate Mark Green: In Midterm Election, Democrats Must Warn Voters of Dangerous Republican Extremists
Center for International Policy & former CIA Analyst Mel Goodman: As the War in Ukraine Escalates, a Diplomatic Path to Ending the Conflict is Nowhere in Sight
New Haven, CT civil rights attorney Ben Crump: Family of New Haven Man Paralyzed in Police Custody Demands Civil Rights Charges Against Officers
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary
• 100,000 Mexicans are missing in Mexico's war on drug cartels
• Bitcoin’s intensive energy demands sparking a crypto backlash
• Billionaire GOP mega donor Jeff Yass gaming tax system
Author and NYC's 1st Public Advocate Mark Green: In Midterm Election, Democrats Must Warn Voters of Dangerous Republican Extremists
Center for International Policy & former CIA Analyst Mel Goodman: As the War in Ukraine Escalates, a Diplomatic Path to Ending the Conflict is Nowhere in Sight
New Haven, CT civil rights attorney Ben Crump: Family of New Haven Man Paralyzed in Police Custody Demands Civil Rights Charges Against Officers
Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary
• 100,000 Mexicans are missing in Mexico's war on drug cartels
• Bitcoin’s intensive energy demands sparking a crypto backlash
• Billionaire GOP mega donor Jeff Yass gaming tax system
National Lawyers Guild Past President Marjorie Cohn: Overturning Roe v. Wade: American Women Now Second Class Citizens
University of Illinois professor emeritus Francis Boyle: Supreme Court’s ‘Originalists' on Path to Overturn FDR New Deal, Warren Court Precedents
University of California professor Dr. James G. Kahn: Universal Healthcare Could Have Prevented More Than 300,000 U.S. COVID Deaths
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Muslim protests erupt in cities across India
- Billionaire Peter Thiel aspires to be architect of American right
- Tenants fight private equity predators
Daily Beast columnist and author Wajahat Ali: Republicans and Christian Nationalists Support Jan. 6 Insurrection, Condone Political Violence
Center for Economic and Policy Research program director Alexander Main: Colombians Elect Gustavo Petro, Nation’s First Leftist President
Illinois congressional candidate Eric Sorensen: Meteorologist Turned Congressional Candidate Addresses Climate Change
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- 49 million people face famine
- Vietnam is leading the transition to clean energy
- Private equity billionaires are looting the country
Gaslit Nation podcast co-host Sarah Kendzior : Will Jan. 6 House Investigation Lead to Accountability for Trump and Coup Co-Conspirators?
Scientist Rebellion ecologist Malik Morrison: Environmental Scientist Joins Campaign to Stop Mountain Valley Fracked Gas Pipeline
Poor People's Campaign Co-Chair Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis: June 18th March on Washington Demands Action on Rising U.S. Poverty
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Nonviolent independent Kashmir activist sentenced to life in prison
- Does inflation or abortion matter more in swing states
- Trailer park residents take on venture capitalists
Common Cause Program Director Yosef Getachew: Groups Work to Stop Disinformation to Protect 2022 Mid-term Elections
Anti-Pipeline Activist Becky Crabtree: West Virginia Novelist Fights Mountain Valley Pipeline
Media for Matters senior researcher Andrew Lawrence: UnFoxMyCableBox Campaign Targets Fox News’ Toxic Rhetoric That Provokes Violence
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Hunger spreads in Afghanistan due to U.S.-led freeze on government assets
- Environmentalists urge reform to 150-year-old mining law
- Fair lending advocates urge overhaul of 1977 Community Reinvestment Act
Former Defense for International Security Affairs Assistant Secretary of Defense Chas Freeman: Biden Upends ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ Over US Response to a Future Chinese Attack on Taiwan
Newtown Action Alliance Chairwoman Po Murray: Texas School Massacre Stokes Demands for GOP to Stop Blocking Gun Regulation
West Virginia Rivers Coalition Program Director Autumn Crowe: Walk for Appalachia’s Future Highlights Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Threat to Endangered Species
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Australia's climate election ousts conservatives
- America’s hunger for beef fuels Amazon rainforest destruction
- Oakland closes students' digital divide
New York University Italy History professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy
Prison Policy Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: Northeastern Governors Did Little to Grant Clemency to Prisoners Endangered by Coronavirus Pandemic
Groundwork Collaborative Director of Policy and Research Mike Mitchell: Corporate Price Gouging Exploits Inflation
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
• Gold mining boom ravages Myanmar
• South African energy workers struggle for clean public power
• Fight erupts in Iowa over carbon capture pipelines
Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis: Palestinian-American Journalist's Murder Provokes Demands for Independent Investigation & Accountability
Free Jessica Reznicek support team member Charlotte Grubb: State Imposes Terrorism Charges Against Anti-Pipeline Climate Activist
The Lever Senior Editor Andrew Perez: GOP Targets Pro-Choice Activists for Peaceful Protests at Homes of Supreme Court Justices
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Turkey is makes diplomatic and corporate push into Africa
- French left coalition to challenge Macron's neoliberal policies
- Texas, a dangerous place to be a Latino worker
Quincy Institute's Grand Strategy Director George Beebe: U.S. Goal to Degrade Russia’s Military Risks Dangerous Escalation Between Two Nuclear Powers
Connecticut State Rep. Matt Blumenthal: Connecticut Passes 1st in Nation Comprehensive Bill Making State an Abortion Safe Haven
The Nation national affairs correspondent John Nichols: Demanding Accountability for America’s Coronavirus Criminals and Profiteers
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Europe slaps new regulations on Big Tech
• Pennsylvania GOP primary draws backing from billionaires
• 30 years after the riots, how far has LA come?
People for the American Way senior fellow Peter Montgomery: Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War
Extinction Rebellion co-founder Christina See: Extinction Rebellion Uses Nonviolent Resistance to Demand Urgent Action on the Climate Crisis
FreePress.net senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Elon Musk’s Purchase of Twitter & the Future of Free Speech
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Dozens of Russian organizations hacked
- Can Venezuela help the West drop Russian oil?
- No-knock raids sometimes fatal with little accountability
Yemeni Alliance Committee chairwoman Jehan Hakim: 70 Groups Call for End to US Complicity in Saudi-led Yemen War that’s Killed Nearly 400,000
Code Pink Women for Peace co-founder Medea Benjamin: Groups Working to Unfreeze Billions of Afghan Assets in US to Fund Humanitarian Aid
Salon.com contributing writer Heather Digby Parton: GOP Openly Conspires to Steal the Next Election
Bob Nixon's Under-reported Weekly Summary:
• Britain seeks to send refugees arriving via English Channel to Rwanda
• Labor shortage stifles new US oil drilling in North Dakota
• Rep. Connor Lamb, D-Pennsylvania, shifts view on campaign finance
University of San Francisco's Stephen Zunes: Russia’s War in Ukraine Exposes Double Standards in International Law and Human Rights
Gamers for Peace's Chris Velazquez: Gamers For Peace Reaches Out to Young People Offering Alternatives to Military Service
National Coalition Against Censorship's Chris Finan: Combating GOP Moral Panic and Classroom Censorship
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Russian bankers have long hidden assets offshore
• Marcos' son may become next Philippines president
• Water is sacred on the Navajo Nation, and scarce
Public Citizen's Alan Zibel: Big Oil Profiteering Amid Catastrophic War in Ukraine
Climate Activist Donna Shaunesey: Climate Activists Blockade Coal-waste Plant Enriching Sen. Manchin Family
University of Georgia Assistant Professor Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo: COVID Racial Disparities Made Many White U.S. Residents Less Supportive of Public Health Measures
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Sri Lanka protesters defy president's cabinet shuffle
- Anti-corruption judge flees Guatemala
- Justin Bibb’s election signals a new era in Cleveland
Peace Action's Jon Rainwater: Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War Escalation & Nuclear Catastrophe
National Priorities Project's Lindsay Koshgarian: Biden’s New Pentagon Budget Prioritizes War and Militarization Over Human Need
Free Speech for People's John Bonifaz: DOJ Inaction on Trump Coup Attempt Condemned
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Russian Invasion shadows French election
- Can Ethiopia’s ‘truce’ end its devastating civil war?
- In Appalachia, mine cleanup system has collapsed
Institute for Responsible Statecraft's William Hartung: Dangers of Enforcing Ukraine 'No Fly Zone' and Urgent Need for Viable War Exit Strategy
Stand.earth's Nathan Taft: Amid Ukraine War, Climate Groups Call on Biden to Invoke Defense Production Act for Renewables
Climate Psychiatry Alliance's Lise Van Susteren: Climate Anxiety: Addressing the Psychological Effects of Global Warming
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • U.S. thaws on Venezuelan oil sanctions while banning Russian oil
• Clean energy demands could set off environmentally damaging mining booms
• Turbo Tax maker Intuit facing mass consumer arbitration cases
Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation
Greater Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution's Michael Hansen: Climate Activists Confront Formidable Influence Wielded by the Alabama Power Company
Jacobin Magazine's Alex N. Press: Starbucks Union Drive Catches Fire Across the US
Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
-Stunning fall for ex-Honduran president wanted in US
-Investors bought record number of homes in minority neighborhoods in 2021
-Progressives gain a foothold in Texas
University of Rhode Island's Nicolai Petro: Escalation of Rhetoric in Ukraine Crisis Risks Conflict
People for the American Way's Marge Baker: Biden’s Historic Pledge to Nominate a Black Woman to Supreme Court
Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights Coalition's Russell Chisholm: Mountain Valley Pipeline Opponents Encouraged as Federal Court Vacates Critical Permits
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• US halts Afghanistan humanitarian aid amid famine and sanctions
• Coal and cryptocurrency win over wind power in North Dakota
• Billionaires' Row homeless shelter opens after 4-year court fight
Free Speech for People's Ben Horton: Effort Underway to Challenge Rep. Madison Cawthorn's Right to Run for Public Office
Institute for Policy Studies's Chuck Collins: Taxing Extreme Global Wealth Could Lift 2.3 Billion People Out of Poverty
Center for Media and Democracy's Alex Kotch: Koch Network Funds War on COVID Public Health Measures
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Can Arab Gulf states coax Iran into new nuclear deal?
• After Sudan's October coup, Biden support for democracy questioned
• Farmworkers organizing to close wage gap
Investigative Reporter Greg Palast: Trump & GOP Are Planning to Use the Constitution's 12th Amendment to Steal the Next Election
University of Connecticut Assistant professor Amanda J. Crawford: Dissecting the GOP's 'Big Lie' and Other Toxic Conspiracy Theories
CDC Epidemiologist Ellen Yard: Is There a Link Between the Pandemic and a Dramatic Rise in Suicide Attempts by Adolescent Girls?
Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Germany calls nuclear power ‘dangerous’, rejects EU plan
- Amazon is building warehouses in Trump-sponsored opportunity zones
- Trump acolytes vie for key election oversight posts in US midterms