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Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme ‘Locked Up.’ Then the Trump DOJ Stepped In.

Raquel Rutledge / ProPublica May 5, 2026 Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Environment

Supreme Court to Decide if Roundup Labels Should Warn About Cancer Risk

Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist May 5, 2026 The ruling could reshape pesticide regulation and test President Trump's base from within. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Delays in Visa Program Threaten Placement of Doctors in Underserved Areas

Arielle Zionts / KFF Health News May 4, 2026 The program allows noncitizen physicians to remain in the country in exchange for working in understaffed facilities in rural and low-income urban communities. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Media

What’s Behind the ‘Baby Bust’ Panic?

Julie Hollar / FAIR May 4, 2026 News outlets are hiding the xenophobic assumptions and regressive gender ideals underlying pronatalist claims of a demographic “crisis.” Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

My Friend Mickey and the Gutting of Voting Rights

Robert Reich / Substack May 4, 2026 The Roberts-Alito court has midwifed the rebirth of the Confederacy. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Media

American Press Freedom on the Brink

Clayton Weimers / Project Censored May 1, 2026 The U.S. has steadily fallen on the World Press Freedom Index over the past decade—a prolonged decline pointing to structural deficiencies that cannot be attributed to a single issue, person, or administration. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Nukes and AI Deepen New Mexico’s Water Crisis

Alicia Inez Guzmán / High Country News May 1, 2026 In a state that’s already short on the resource, Los Alamos National Laboratory expects to double water use. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Supreme Court Decision Could Undo Decades of Gains by Black Women Lawmakers

Amanda Becker, Candice Norwood / The 19th Apr 30, 2026 In a scathing dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the court's conservative majority has completed its "demolition" of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

The ‘Criminal Sentencing’ of Purdue Was a Cruel Fiction

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Apr 30, 2026 This week's performative farce was the antithesis of justice. Even the factual numbers cited were lies or distortions. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Labor

A May Day Push to ‘Shut It Down’

Mike Elk / Capital & Main Apr 30, 2026 Unions join community groups in planning marches, walkouts and economic actions on May 1 as a show of worker power ahead of the midterm elections. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Original

Is the UN Rolling Back Women’s Progress to Pay Its Debts?

Eleanor J. Bader / Truthdig Apr 30, 2026 Despite opposition from advocates of gender equity and reproductive health, a planned merger is moving ahead. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Middle East

1979 Redux: The Carterization of Donald Trump

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Apr 29, 2026 The hostage of today’s war isn’t US embassy personnel, but the world’s energy supply. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )