Italy, Hungary’s Snub of ICC Arrests Should be a Wake-Up Call for the EU

For the second time in less than a year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has referred an EU member to its oversight body, the Assembly of States Parties, for failing to cooperate with the court. On January 26, ICC judges asked the court’s member

Why Transferring TikTok to US Control Misses the Point

A deal between the US and China on TikTok that was finalized on January 22 concludes a years-long saga that put in peril the social media platform’s ability to function in the United States. US officials had long argued that TikTok, previously owned by the

Mali’s Military Junta Escalates Assault on Free Expression

An appeals court in Mali’s capital, Bamako, has upheld a two-year prison sentence for former Prime Minister Moussa Mara, the latest demonstration of the military junta’s intent to suppress free expression in the country. On February 9, the court confirmed the

Hong Kong: Publisher Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years

(New York) – The Hong Kong High Court’s sentencing of Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder and democracy advocate, to 20 years in prison is a devastating blow to media freedom in the city, Human Rights Watch said today. It is by far the harshest sentence handed down

Tunisia: Prominent Lawyer Arbitrarily Detained

(Beirut) – A Tunisian lawyer and human rights defender, Ahmed Souab, who was sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges, will face a new trial on appeal on February 12, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. The Tunisian authorities should immediately drop

Hungary's Prosecution of a Pride Organizer is a Warning to All Protesters

Hungarian prosecutors are charging Géza Buzás-Hábel, the organizer of the 2025 Pécs Pride, for doing what democracies are supposed to protect: organizing a peaceful march. He faces up to one year in prison. His charges follow those of Budapest mayor Gergely

US: Cluster Munitions Plan a Deadly Regression

(Washington, DC) – The reported plans for the United States Department of Defense to purchase cluster munitions from Israel further weaken global norms that protect civilians from the widely banned weapons, Human Rights Watch said today. If used, these weapons

European Parliament Tries to Bury the Right to Seek Asylum

The European Parliament voted today to usher in changes to European Union asylum rules that jeopardize the right to seek asylum. It adopted an EU-wide list of “safe countries of origin” which means citizens from these countries will face an automatic

Azerbaijan Expands Crackdown on Activists in Exile

Courts in Azerbaijan have handed down further politically motivated in-absentia convictions against journalists, bloggers, and other critics of the government living abroad, expanding the authorities’ campaign of transnational repression. In January, a Baku

Why The Media Calls Warmth Climate While Cold Is Just Weather

If the premise is

Dutch Weather Institute Reinstates Seven Deleted Pre-1950 Heatwaves

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The Temperature Record Is ‘Adjusted’ To Suit The Climate Scam

How erased heatwaves, adjusted data, and fragile assumptions underpin the climate crisis narrative

Inside the right-wing movement pushing Alberta to secede from Canada

For NYT’s David Brooks, a Long-Overdue Goodbye

New York Times columnist David Brooks recently announced that he was leaving the paper after 22 years to join the staff of The Atlantic. He’ll also be a presidential senior fellow at Yale University, where he will deliver lectures and host a podcast for the

One for the Money, Two for the Shoah

A decade ago, Rolling Stone ranked Keith Moon of The Who as the second-greatest drummer in rock and jazz history, after Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham. Moon’s brilliant drumstick prints are all over the Who classics like “Happy Jack,” “Baba O’Riley” and “Young Man

The EPA Just Used the Clean Air Act to Prop Up Coal

The Trump administration just employed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act to discourage coal plant closures in Colorado — repurposing measures initially intended to safeguard public health and prevent pollution to reboot the

Israel’s US-backed assault on Gaza set stage for collective punishment in Cuba, AOC says

Google Handed ICE Student Journalist\u2019s Bank and Credit Card Numbers

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Immigrants File Record Number of Habeas Cases

This story was originally published by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal, more than were

AIPAC Just Helped Put a Bernie Sanders Alum in Congress

The pro-Israel

Pam Bondi Is Pushing Death Sentences for People Spared By Her Predecessor

Liliana Segura is an award-winning investigative journalist covering the U.S. criminal justice system, with a longtime focus on harsh sentencing, the death penalty, and

Killing The ‘Child Independence’ on Its 250th Birthday

Original to ScheerPost This is the year we are supposed to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Parades are planned. Speeches are written. The nation will commemorate the moment it declared that governments derive their just

WashPost Cries Climate Change Making \u2018Winter Olympics Harder To Host\u2019

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Forget Carbo-loading – Sports Nutrition is Getting a Shake Up

A new study is food for

Innovation in a Post-Growth Economy: Incentives Beyond the Profit Motive

What might happen to

Rupert Murdoch Heads West

Last week, Rupert Murdoch launched the, a West Coast counterpart to his . When I was growing up in New York City, the under publisher Dorothy Schiff, was one of my favorite newspapers. I relished reading the columns in it by James Wechsler and Max Lerner, and

Michael Brenner: Epstein & The Banality of Evil

The Epstein affair is the greatest scandal of modern times. In its dimension, in the scope of participants representing a cross-section of elites here and abroad, in the intersection of multiple criminal and crassly unethical activities: sex trafficking and

Seth Harp Speaks on New York Times Spiking US Foreign Policy Interview With Ross Douthat

Investigative journalist Seth Harp has accused the New York Times of burying his interview with a prominent opinion columnist. He told Common Dreamsthat the paper is trying to silence his forceful critiques of US foreign policy. In a post on social media

Super Bowl Ad for Ring Cameras Touted AI Surveillance Network

In an ad during the Super Bowl on Sunday night, Amazon’s Ring touted the establishment of an AI-powered surveillance network through their camera systems, which the company whitewashed under a feel-good narrative about finding lost dogs. The ad for Ring’s free

‘Statistics are Human Beings with the Tears Wiped Away’

Those who cut our artificial stone countertops are breathing in silica dust and dying. Not just a few. In fact, so many that in Australia they’ve banned the product and adopted safer substitutes. In the U.S., however, the industry wants to ban workers from