Black Americans Found Hanging and Families Want Answers
By Kelvin Byers 9 October 2026 Strange fruit...In 2026? (Photo credit: breakermaximus) For Black Americans, the image of a Black person hanging from a tree is never just an image. It carries the weight of generations of racial terror, public lynchings, and families who were denied justice. Now, after several Black people have been found hanging across the country, families and lawmakers are demanding answers. Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and 59 of her congr
Kelvin Byers
Oct 16
Anti-Indian racism has been surging in right-wing media
By Sage Hodil & Ben Van Bloem October 9, 2026 Credit: Media Matters Right-wing media’s racist attacks and ethnic slurs directed at Indians, other South Asians, and South Asian Americans have surged over the past year, in part fueled by conservative infighting over the H-1B visa program and a handful of viral posts. Commentators in the conservative media ecosystem have used anti-Indian slurs and characterized the presence of Indian immigrants as “harmful to America.” Some of t
Media Matters
Oct 15
Canada report: US intelligence role in resettling Nazis after WWII
By ALEX CARSON 11 OCTOBER, 2026 In early September, the Federal Court sided with B'nai Brith, ordering the government to remove almost all redactions from the 618-page report pursuant to the Access to Information Act. Corporal Urban Mayo from Ontario, Canada, watches the warning under the double swastikas on the border of German in the Canadian sector of the Western Front a few months before the end of World War II, February 14, 1945. (photo credit: PLANET NEWS LTD/AFP via Ge
The Jerusalem Post
Oct 15
Anti-South Asian ‘hate speech’ on X surges by 240%
By Tamara Khandaker September 26, 2026 Researchers link the rise to immigration politics, economic anxiety and the growing visibility of South Asians in US. Credit: Jenny Kane/AP Photo Hate speech against Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis in the United States has risen sharply online, according to a report that traces the surge to US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and rhetoric, economic anxiety, and the South Asian community’s growing visibility in US life.
Al Jazeera
Oct 15
US Charity Plans To Use AI To Monitor For 'Hateful' Speech
By Sam Mednick October 9, 2026 Credit: AP/ Jehad Alshrafi A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance, so it plans to record classroom conversations and use artificial intelligence to flag speech deemed “hateful” or “inciting.” The plans laid out by the founder of the Gaza Children Village in a webinar last month have elicited ethical, safety and privacy concerns from some Palestinian and ad
Associated Press
Oct 14
FBI arrests California woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China
By Jamie Ding, Hui Zhong Wu, and Jamie Stengle October 5th, 2026 The FBI has arrested a California real estate agent at Los Angeles International Airport as she was leaving the country and accused her of spying on the Taiwan president’s family for China ABC News Live The FBI arrested a California real estate agent as she prepared to fly to China, accusing her of secretly working for Beijing to surveil the president of Taiwan's family in the U.S., federal officials said. The c
ABC News
Oct 10
Bolivia detains attorney general, government ministry says
By Reuters October 1, 2026 Oct 1 (Reuters) - Bolivia's Attorney General Roger Mariaca has been arrested two days after the United States revoked his visa and accused him of accepting bribes to facilitate drug trafficking, the country's Interior Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo said on Thursday. Mariaca was arrested along with 13 other people on Wednesday as part of an operation targeting what authorities described as a “criminal organization” embedded within the judiciary and
Middle East Eye
Oct 8
Person shot during encounter with ICE agents in NYC
By John Miller, Julianna Bragg and Mark Morales 08 October 2026 Members of law enforcement gather at the scene after a shooting reportedly involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the Bronx borough of New York, October 8. David Dee Delgado/Reuters A man was shot during an encounter with federal immigration agents in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, according to the New York Police Department. Just after 4 p.m., agents with ICE’s Enforcement and Remov
The New York Times
Oct 7
NEW POLL: Two-Thirds of Voters Back the U.S. Refugee Program
By The Refugee Advocacy Lab Majorities of Democrats (78%), Independents (66%), and Republicans (55%) say the U.S. should have a refugee program. Voters also oppose the administration's escalating immigration enforcement and overwhelmingly agree (76%) on a path to citizenship for immigrants. WASHINGTON, D.C. — New polling from Data for Progress, the Refugee Advocacy Lab, and Refugees International finds that voters across party lines still strongly support the U.S. refugee pro
Refugee Advocacy Lab
Oct 7
Lack of transparency in space weapons nations are pursuing
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN and RYAN MANZUK 05 October 2026 The United States military recently confirmed that the U.S. has deployed weapons in space, VIENNA -- Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made headlines recently by confirming the United States has deployed weapons in space. He did not, however, detail what the weapons were, how they work or if they were targeting other objects in space. It’s not just U.S. efforts regarding space weapons that remain shrouded in mystery. Her
ABC News
Oct 7
Persecution of Transgender People in the United States
Special Report, October 2026 By Grace Harris Transgender rights supporters rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, December 4, 2024. © 2024 Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo. Human Rights Watch In the United States (US), conservative backlash against 2SLGBTQ+ rights movements is producing violent, systemic persecution of transgender Americans. Transphobic ideology and political scapegoating have fueled efforts to deny transgender identities, exclude trans people fro
Genocide Watch
Oct 7
Angola: Chronic Oil Spills Poison Coast And Communities
By Journalismfund Europe September 28, 2026 LUANDA - A cross-border investigation reveals European, British and US oil giants have been routinely spilling oil in Angola’s oceans for 13 years, leaving residents ill and unable to eat. Multiple complaints have been ignored, while fishermen are asked to clean up under ‘voluntary work agreements’. Praia dos pobres. In the background: LNG refinery in Zaire province (Angola). | Photo: ©Giorgio Michalopoulos While Western oil majors
