‘Designed to fail’: States warn they can’t meet Trump mail ballot demands

Fork And Coin Brings Japanese-Style Pub To Portage Park And More Northwest Side Food News

Fork and Coin recently opened in Portage Park, Deluxe Global Market opened in Jefferson Park and The Original Steaks and Hoagies Tavern opened in Six…

Murmurs: Mayor and Unions Oppose Participatory Budgeting

A measure sailing toward the November ballot with little pushback now faces organized opposition from some of the city’s most powerful forces.

Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Here’s the Trap

Police Contradict Reform Council Over Claim Town Centres are ‘Unsafe’ Due to Asylum Seekers

Force says Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford "are safe" and crime is down, as Reform-run county council launches £150,000 private security patrols over asylum seeker arrivals

September 1, 2026

Alayna Treene; Dr. Debra Houry; Annie Lowrey; Kurt Andersen

U.S. Empire in Decline: Richard Wolff on Iran War, Rising Inequality, $40T National Debt & More

We speak to Richard Wolff, a prominent Marxist economist, about the economic fallout from the war on Iran, which recently reached the six-month mark. “Because…

Block Club Chicago Finalist For 3 ONA Online Journalism Awards

The newsroom is nominated in the general excellence, community-centered journalism and immigration award categories. The Online News Association awards honor excellence in digital journalism around…

Palestinian couple hospitalised after brutal Israeli settler attack

On the evening of 31 August, a group of Israeli settlers stormed the occupied West Bank village of Burqa, east of Ramallah. They assaulted Palestinians,…

This Inglewood parent co-op is reimagining childcare

Here's how a group of about 30 families created the parenting village they were missing.

Democracy Now! 2026-09-02 Wednesday

Headlines for September 02, 2026; U.S. Empire in Decline: Richard Wolff on Iran War, Rising Inequality, $40T National Debt & More; “Went to Sea and…

Trump’s Iran Strikes Raise Alarming Questions About Civilian Casualties

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the horrifying aftermath of Donald Trump’s latest strikes in Iran, including reports of civilian casualties, and examines the evidence…

SFPD records and footage raise questions about legality of Pride weekend arrests

SFPD statements claim cops gave dispersal orders before making arrests. Internal police report and bodycam footage suggest otherwise. SFPD records and footage raise questions about…

‘A ghost of Keir Starmer was in the room’ | Andy Burnham’s first PMQs

How China’s censoring coverage of the Tibet flood disaster

As rescue efforts have continued on both sides of the border following the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet, a fight over how the disaster…

WATCH LIVE: House Science committee hearing on advanced nuclear reactor research in the U.S.

The missing foundation of Prabowo’s economic vision

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s administration has placed food security, energy self-sufficiency and military modernization at the center of Indonesia’s national development agenda. Under the framework…

A leadership election without voters: The demise of Scottish Labour

As Anas Sarwar joins Burnham’s government, continuity candidates offer little hope for regaining lost working-class voters

Reform councillor denies link to Tommy Robinson

On 26 August, the Reform UK Exposed (RUKE) account highlighted a picture which appeared to show Rick Baker and Tommy Robinson in the same location.…

The Hormuz effect? US energy body delays major market report due to ‘operational issues’

A US government energy body has blamed a technical issue for delays to a major report on global energy markets. The last assessment, published by…