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• "Gerrymandering Arms Race": GOP Rushes to Erase Black Representation After SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights May 7, 2026
  “The country’s most important civil rights law no longer effectively exists, and that’s going to have ramifications on American democracy for a very long time.” Mother Jones correspondent Ari Berman reacts to the Supreme Court’s recent 6-3 decision rejecting key principles of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Since the court issued its ruling last week, […]
• India's Modi Gov't Purged Millions of Voters Before Elections in "Direct Attack" on Democracy May 7, 2026
  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won big in state-level elections this week, with the Hindu nationalist BJP now controlling over 70% of the country. Leading opposition politician and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has refused to recognize the results as legitimate, accusing the Modi government of […]
• Gaza Faces Public Health Collapse Amid Rat Infestation & Disease as Israel Blocks Reconstruction May 7, 2026
  Gaza is facing an “environmental and biological apocalypse” under Israeli bombardment and blockade, reports Palestinian aid worker Eyad Amawi of the Gaza Relief Committee. Israel’s destruction of infrastructure has become a “generator for disease,” with sewage contamination and rodent infestation now an everyday hazard for refugees living in tent camps. “[It’s] no longer just bombardment […]
• Headlines for May 7, 2026 May 7, 2026
  Israel Bombs Beirut in Further Violation of April Ceasefire, Trump Threatens Iran with Heaviest Bombing Yet, Then Predicts “It’ll All Work Out”, Trump Abandons “Project Freedom” After Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Suspend Access to Bases and Airspace, Satellite Photos Reveal Iran Has Hit Far More U.S. Military Targets Than Previously Reported, Israel Begins Bypass Road […]
• "Backtalker": Kimberlé Crenshaw on New Memoir, Voting Rights, Critical Race Theory & Clarence Thomas May 6, 2026
  Leading scholar in the field of critical race theory Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality,” which she has described as a “lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects.” Crenshaw, a professor of law at UCLA and Columbia University and executive director of the African American Policy […]
• Israel's Destruction of Southern Lebanon Turns Villages into "Moonscapes": Reporter Lylla Younes May 6, 2026
  The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, warning residents of 12 towns and villages, including some north of the Litani River — beyond its current zone of occupation — to leave their homes. Those warnings were followed by reports of airstrikes in the south. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a […]