Trump’s Formula for Forever Wars

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

Downsizing of CDC disease surveillance infrastructure represents authoritarian-style institutional dismantling that erodes public health… [more]

As Blazes Spread Near Paris, Extreme Heat Is Changing How France Fights Fires

Documents climate breakdown forcing institutional adaptation—fires expanding beyond historical zones signals climate destabilization and… [more]

Dubai Migrant Worker Layoffs Reveal Costs of Middle East War

Documents systemic exploitation of migrant workers in Gulf states through precarious employment, wage cuts, and job losses tied to… [more]

Trump’s Formula for Forever Wars

Documents institutional patterns of perpetual military conflict and erosion of democratic control over war decisions through strategic… [more]

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

Downsizing of CDC disease surveillance infrastructure represents authoritarian-style institutional dismantling that erodes public health… [more]

As Blazes Spread Near Paris, Extreme Heat Is Changing How France Fights Fires

Documents climate breakdown forcing institutional adaptation—fires expanding beyond historical zones signals climate destabilization and… [more]

Dubai Migrant Worker Layoffs Reveal Costs of Middle East War

Documents systemic exploitation of migrant workers in Gulf states through precarious employment, wage cuts, and job losses tied to… [more]

In the Wake of Fatal ICE Shootings, Democrats Drag Their Feet

Documents state agents' fatal shootings of immigrants with differential political response, exemplifying selective justice and… [more]

CPJ, partners call on Cambodian PM to seek release of journalists Phon Sopheap and Pheap Pheara

Cambodian journalists imprisoned for 14 years on espionage charges for photographing a temple, exemplifying state censorship and… [more]

A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War

A privately-backed humanoid robotics company with political connections is developing autonomous systems for military applications,… [more]

Iran war: US hits bridges as Tehran retaliates across region

Qualifies as dystopian content documenting militarization, infrastructure destruction, and escalating regional warfare involving state… [more]

India: New foreign funding rules tighten control over civil society and undermine the right to freedom of association

Government expansion of powers to police NGO activities and leadership through vague 'national interest' criteria exemplifies… [more]

Trump Media to sell instant access to 'market-moving' social posts

Creates tiered information access where wealthy traders gain early market-moving information, exemplifying corporate control over… [more]

Japan Passes New Law Banning Flag Desecration in Nationalist Push

Law criminalizing flag desecration represents state censorship of political expression and symbolic protest, part of an authoritarian… [more]

In eastern DRC, journalists face death, arson threats for reporting on war

Government-backed militias systematically threaten journalists with death and destruction of media infrastructure to suppress unfavorable… [more]

More than 500 Rohingya vanished at sea - what happened?

Documents state-driven persecution and forced displacement of Rohingya from Myanmar, resulting in mass disappearances at sea—representing… [more]

Canada’s Wildfires Are Burning Through the Night

Qualifies as dystopian content documenting climate collapse—wildfires burning through the night due to warming temperatures represent… [more]

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes, Escalating Tensions Over Strait of Hormuz

Ongoing U.S.-Iran military conflict with potential for broader regional destabilization and control of critical infrastructure (Strait of… [more]

US mounts sixth straight night of attacks as Iran warns of wider war

Military escalation involving infrastructure attacks (communications towers, bridges) and warnings of wider regional war reflects… [more]

Palestinians injured in Israeli settler attacks across West Bank

Documents state-enabled violence, mass arrests, and siege conditions against occupied population, demonstrating authoritarian governance… [more]

Iran war: US military attacks Iran for sixth night running

Escalating military strikes represent militarization and potential pathway to broader conflict, though lacks direct surveillance,… [more]

What could a US ground invasion of Iran look like?

Article documents potential military escalation and unilateral executive authority to wage war, exemplifying militarization and… [more]

Iran condemns ‘barbaric’ US attack near children’s cancer hospital

Documents alleged military attack endangering civilian medical infrastructure and children, exemplifying militarization and potential… [more]

Israeli Government Pushes Through Divisive Laws Before Election

Government systematically undermines judicial checks on executive power while granting legal exemptions to politically favored groups,… [more]

ICE Officers at Maine Shooting Scene Were Wearing Body Cameras. They Were Not Turned On.

ICE officers equipped with body cameras that cannot be activated killed a civilian, with federal officials falsely claiming no cameras… [more]

Would-Be Platner Replacements in Maine Rally Around “Abolish ICE” (or Something Close)

Documents a fatal shooting of an immigrant by federal agents and resulting political pressure for ICE reform, exemplifying state violence… [more]

How the NYT Reported on Khamenei’s Funeral in Iran

Reports on journalists operating under state surveillance and internet censorship while covering major state events illustrate censorship… [more]