On October 9th, the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize Was awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African international lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid political prisoners on Robben Island, ...

Between 10.88 million and 12.40 million fewer Americans were enrolled in a public health coverage program as of June 2026 than in January 2025, according to an analysis published October 8 by the ...

The Helpers of God (Ansar Allah) or Houthi movement that rules some 80% of the approximately 43 million people of Yemen struck Saudi airports for a third time on Monday. The Helpers of God military ...

Shawn Fain won a second four-year term as president of the United Auto Workers in the union’s International Executive Board election, according to partial, unofficial results described by Truthout.

Really, unlike the cleanliness of electrocution, why not even nastier, well-tested nightmares like hanging, guillotines or burning at the stake? Poisons appeal to old-world cultures, though Russkies ...

A coalition of press freedom groups, unions and public interest organizations asked the Federal Communications Commission on October 9 to stay its repeal of the national television ownership cap while ...

Kazakhstan has spent more than two decades pursuing an unusual diplomatic undertaking: keeping representatives of different religions in conversation. Religious leaders and international officials ...

Corporations, executives and investors that benefited from canceled federal enforcement actions have given or pledged $210.5 million to MAGA Inc. and other super PACs aligned with President Donald ...

We have no business running a private school. We’re reporters, not teachers. That doesn’t matter. Inexperience has hardly been a barrier for those who want to start their own ...

Refugees and asylum seekers lost eligibility for Medicaid on Oct. 1, when a provision of the 2025 budget law known as H.R. 1 took effect, NPR reported. The network described it as the first wave of ...

Maricarmen, 87, Dies; Her Eviction Sparked Spain Housing Protests. The 87-year-old pensioner in Spain whose eviction from her lifelong ...

States became responsible for 75 percent of the cost of administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Oct. 1, as the federal share dropped to 25 percent. Ballotpedia reported that the ...