It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American
July 28, 2025 The administration knows that subduing history as it is doing works to keep people of color in this country disunited and at odds with each other. Ad …
Stand with the besieged Druze community in Syria, vigil urges
About 300 people attended a vigil organised by the Sydney Druze community in solidarity with the people of Sweida/Suwayda, Syria, at Martin Place on August 16. Rabie Aboufakher, whose family …
Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive
The doom-obsessed Democratic Party remains as unpopular as ever—but there is another path. Ad Policy Keeping hope alive: If he wins and governs well, Mamdani will join a wave of …
NSW unions rally for peace in Gaza
Unions NSW organised a “Unions for Peace” rally at Town Hall Square on Gadigal Country/Sydney on August 21, the first such action it has organised since Israel ramped up its …
What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan
Rather than deporting millions of migrants, this Republican president opted for the opposite strategy—legalizing them. Ad Policy Ronald Reagan signing the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act(Bettmann / Getty Images) …
NBN subcontractors demand fair rates
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) led a rally of about 300 independent contractors outside Service Stream’s office in Naarm/Melbourne on August 22, protesting the company’s proposed 20–30% rate cuts for …
Chicago mayor pushes back as Trump administration readies immigration crackdown : NPR
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a news conference at River Point Park, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Chicago. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP Chicago’s …
It’s Time for Health Workers to Defy the Law—Again
In 1949, the US psychiatrist Leo Alexander, who had served as a medical adviser to the chief of counsel for war crimes in Nuremberg, issued a warning: “Science under dictatorship …
Palestine protest moved after court rules protest ‘unauthorised’
In a blatantly political move, Queensland’s chief magistrate blocked Justice for Palestine Magan-djin (JFP) from marching over the Story Bridge in Magan-djin/Brisbane as part of the August 24 nationwide day …
3 Scottish brothers set rowing record for fastest Pacific crossing : NPR
Scottish brothers, Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan, Maclean react after completing their record-breaking row from Peru across the Pacific Ocean to Cairns, Australia, on Saturday Nuno Avendano/AAP Image via AP hide …