A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of Claudia Sheinbaum, Lula, and Gustavo Petro — Read on english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-07/hondurasgate-the-alleged-us-and-israeli-interference-plot-to-destabilize-mexico-and-other-progressive-governments.html
Category Archives: Newsletter and Updates
Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired? | Race | The Guardian
The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired in controversy as academics allege obstruction — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/18/harvard-university-antigua-slavery-history
Seattle activist Kai Sorem killed by Philippine military
Community members held a vigil on Saturday night to mourn the killing of 26-year-old Seattle activist Kai Sorem by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Sorem was a longtime Filipina American youth organizer in South Seattle and her shocking death sparked cries for justice and accountability. — Read on gossipguy.net/seattle-activist-kai-sorem-killed-by-philippine-military/
Who is paint bombing Oakland’s Flock cameras?
Some of OPD’s license plate readers have been vandalized with paint. The vandalism coincides with a nationwide pushback against surveillance. — Read on oaklandside.org/2026/04/24/who-is-paint-bombing-oaklands-flock-cameras/
Recruitment flyers for controversial Jewish group spotted in Queens — Queens Daily Eagle
Flyers calling for recruits to join a far-right Jewish group once dubbed a terrorist organization by the FBI were recently spotted in Queens, plastered to a parking meter across the street from the office of the borough’s top cop. — Read on queenseagle.com/all/2026/4/26/recruitment-flyers-for-controversial-jewish-group-spotted-in-queens
Central Valley big-game hunter trampled to death by elephants
Ernie Dosio, a prominent wine grower in the Lodi area and a well-known member of the big-game hunting community, was killed in Africa last week. — Read on http://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/lodi-big-game-hunter-killed-22224929.php
Existence and Belonging: Six Reflections on Palestine – Steve Salaita
Yes, joy. You felt it, too. It does no good to deny it. You don’t have to say so. I say it for you. It might not have been a sustained joy once you had time to reflect on things. Or maybe it was. You may have denied it in the moment or disavowed itContinue reading “Existence and Belonging: Six Reflections on Palestine – Steve Salaita”
Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use in US data centers | Reuters
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the companies are coming under shareholder pressure over the environmental impact of their projects. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/investors-press-amazon-microsoft-google-water-power-use-us-data-centers-2026-04-06/
The noise about sideshows
The screeching moral panic over the sideshow hides what it really is: an event, shaped by cops and capital flight, where Oakland youth fights for a place to play. — Read on http://www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/sideshow-history-oakland/
AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying | Iran | The Guardian
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying
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