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Headlines for July 28, 2026; “We Can’t Be Intimidated”: CodePink Slams Rubio-Led Campaign Against Cuba Solidarity Groups; A New McCarthyism? House GOP Subpoenas BreakThrough News in Escalating War on Progressive Groups; Meet Beto Coral, Activist Targeted by ICE for Criticism of Trump-Backed Colombian President-Elect; Berlin’s Queer Commissioner on Fatal Car Ramming Attack on LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration

Headlines for July 27, 2026; “Frontlines of a Burning World”: Climate Change-Fueled “Megafires” Sweep Europe & North America; “Iraq 2.0”?: Rep. Jim McGovern on Iran War, New Red Scare, Israeli War Crimes & Dem Party Divide; Israeli Army & Settlers Are Working Together to “Ethnically Cleanse” West Bank: Mariam Barghouti

Author Jasper Craven talks about his new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood. In the book, Craven examines how the military has come to define American masculinity and how it often fosters its most toxic traits.

Headlines for July 24, 2026; “America First or Israel First?” Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Saudi Nuclear Deal, Iran & More; “Cockroach Democracy”: Arundhati Roy on India’s Youth-Led Protest Movement & Modi’s Collapsing Support; Report from San Juan: New Bill Targets Citizenship Rights as Puerto Rico Marks 10 Years of PROMESA; “Farmers of the Sea”: PBS Film Profiles Puerto Rican Fishermen on the “Frontlines of Climate Change”

Headlines for July 23, 2026; Meet Milwaukee Muslim Leader Salah Sarsour. ICE Detained Him for 80 Days; “Enough Is Enough”: Mohsen Mahdawi Says New Deportation Threat Seeks to Silence Palestine Activism; As Mamdani Calls on Trump to Arrest Netanyahu, Genocide Scholar Decries Israel’s Ongoing Impunity

Headlines for July 22, 2026; “Empire of Abuse”: MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges; “Unlimited Money for Bombs”: Democrats Slam Hegseth for Seeking $67B for Iran War; Trump Says Images of Bombed Iran School Could Be “AI” But Study Confirms U.S. Killed 140+ in Strike

Headlines for July 21, 2026; As the U.S. Commits War Crimes in Iran, Trump Admin Vows to Dismantle Int’l Criminal Court: Reed Brody; What Spain’s Victory Means: Jules Boykoff on the World Cup, FIFA, Trump, “Collectivity” & More; “A Company That Trades Privacy for Profit”: ACLU on Flock’s Growing Nationwide Surveillance Network

Headlines for July 20, 2026; U.S. Escalates War on Iran, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure as 3 U.S. Soldiers Are Killed; “Justice for Lorenzo”: Houston Community Demands Accountability After ICE Killing of Mexican Father; Texas Rep. Al Green Accuses Trump Admin of Attempting to Cover Up ICE Killings; Nearly 1,000 Wildfires in Canada Continue to Burn as Trump & Carney Double Down on Fossil Fuels

Born in Lebanon to a family of musicians, Huda Asfour grew up in Tunis before moving to Gaza at 14, where she joined the National Conservatory of Music, and then lived in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where she studied under Khaled Jubran at the Edward Said Music Conservatory. She now divides her time between New York and Egypt. Her latest project is “Naqus.”

Helado Tropical is the new collaborative album by Roberto Carlos Lange, better known by his stage name Helado Negro, and Fabi Reyna, who fronts the band Reyna Tropical.

Headlines for July 17, 2026; Denise Oliver-Vélez, Pioneering Young Lord & Black Panther, Dies at 78; Trump’s Election Integrity Speech Lays Groundwork for Midterm Interference: Ari Berman; Report from Houston: Family of ICE Shooting Victim Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Holds Public Viewing; “Disrupt, Identify, Defund, Debank, Arrest & Prosecute”: Trump Admin Threatens Leftist Groups; Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Faces Boycott Calls over Filming in Occupied Western Sahara

Headlines for July 16, 2026; Todd Blanche Is “Not Fit” to Be AG, from Epstein Files to Trump’s $1.8B Slush Fund: Rep. Jayapal; We Are Sending a Message to Netanyahu: Rep. Jayapal on 100+ Dems Voting to Cut Israeli Military Aid; Victor Salgado Araujo Saw ICE Agent Kill His Brother in Texas. He Is Now Detained, Faces Deportation; A “Forever War” in Iran? Ali Vaez on Escalating War, U.S. “Diplomatic Malpractice”; Earthjustice Sues to Block Trump’s Move to Gut Endangered Species Act

Headlines for July 15, 2026; “Fighting Back”: Mahmoud Khalil Sues Trump Admin, Pro-Israel Groups for Conspiracy to Suppress Speech; Israeli Settlers Attack Convoy of Journalists & Father of Palestinian American Killed 1 Year Ago; “Block the Merger”: California AG Rob Bonta on 12 States Suing to Stop Paramount-Warner Mega Deal

Headlines for July 14, 2026; “They Were Hunting for Latinos”: LULAC CEO on ICE Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston; “Our Community Is Hurting”: ICE Kills 26-Year-Old Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine; “Vote Her Out”: After Maine ICE Shooting, Sen. Collins Under Fire for Deciding Vote on ICE Funding; “Completely Unprecedented”: Ari Berman on Trump’s Attack on Elections Ahead of Midterms