Brandeis University professor Naghmeh Sohrabi: U.S.-Israel War on Iran Shattering Ordinary Iranians’ Lives, Including Regime Opponents’

Back from the Brink activist Ann Froines: U.S. Campaign Launched to Lead the World Back from Brink of Nuclear War

Ms. magazine Editor Katherine Spillar: ‘Project 2026’: Trump Regime’s New Blueprint to Suppress Women’s Rights

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Taiwan's anti-democracy opposition leader to visit China before Trump
• Cambodian court upholds journalists' 14-year prison sentence for border photo
• Fourteen states now have paid family leave, with campaigns in six other states underway

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Former USMC Capt. Matthew Hoh: Iran Maintains Upper Hand over U.S. and Israel in Escalating and Costly War

People's Law Collective attorney Xavier de Janon: Trump DOJ Wins Terrorism Conviction of Accused Antifa Activists, Criminalizing Dissent

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Senate Confirms ‘Unqualified Hothead’ Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Philippines president declares energy emergency
• Cuba's economy at Trump's mercy
• Western heatwave threatens summer water and fire crises

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Democracy for the Arab World Now Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: An Erratic Trump Desperate To Exit Disastrous U.S.-Israeli War on Iran

Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab's Nathaniel Raymond: As the Sudanese Armed Forces Make Gains in Sudan’s Civil War, Civilians Bear Brunt of the Violence

Nuestra America Convoy to Cuba delegate Andy Shallal: Nuestra América Convoy Arrives in Cuba, in Defiance of Trump’s Oil Blockade

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Vietnam attempting to expand international relations beyond relying on China and the US
• Third World nations seek debt relief for environmental conservation
• Former Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development U.S. representative slacks off on ethic pledge

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Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Trump’s Lawless and Chaotic War with Iran Has No Clear Objectives

Jacobin Staff Writer Branko Marcetic: Trump Follows Israel Into Disastrous War on Iran, Netanyahu Calls the Shots

Connecticut Visibility Brigade Founder Katherine Hinds: Judge Dismisses Charges Against Connecticut Visibility Brigade Activist in Major Free Speech Victory

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• U.S. hasn't learned from lesson from regime-change war to destabilize oil-rich Libya
• Indian police raid environmental activists' home over anti-fossil fuels campaign
• Ethanol's carbon footprint doesn't merit corn production's land shift use

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International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber: International Law is the Number One Casualty of the US & Israel’s Illegal War on Iran

How Democracies Die author and Harvard professor Steven Levitsky: Trump’s Authoritarian Regime’s Next Target: The 2026 Midterm Election

Former EPA administrator Joe Goffman: Trump EPA Eliminates 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• The Democratic party needs to recognize its base is progressive, social democratic
• Indonesia's nickel industry is boon to renewable energy market & China's rust belt workers
• Rio Grande's sewage cleanup overshadowed by unfulfilled treaty, tariffs and border wall

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Federation of Atomic Scientists' Jon B. Wolfsthal: Coming Threat of Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis Move Doomday Clock Closer to Midnight

University of Pennsylvania media policy professor Victor Pickard: Trump-Aligned Oligarchs' Media Mergers Transforming Outlets into MAGA Propaganda Platforms

Yale University School of Architecture's Adam Hopfer: Yale Architecture Students Design and Build Rent Free Homes

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• SCOTUS sets dangerous ICE racial profiling precedent—double jeopardy for blacks
• African leaders push for reparations for colonization crimes
• Russia and China forging an axis of Asia powered by natural gas

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ENCORE PRESENTATION:

Oxfam America CEO Abby Maxwell: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Killed Hundreds of Thousands

ACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations

Artist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous Citizenship

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump intensifies AI critical minerals scramble
• Canada signs energy pact with China
• Zero homeowners approved for FEMA buyout after Helene

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Amnesty International's Ben Linden: After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are Uncertain

Journalist Andrea Pitzer: Trump Regime's Massive Buildout of Immigrant Concentration Camps Meets Local Resistance

Color of Change's Amanda Hollowell: In Second Term, Trump Acts to Eliminate America's Multiracial Democracy

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Last nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia has expired
• Deadly “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota’s Twin Cities is ending
• Some states' vaccination rates losing ground as vaccine exemptions take hold

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Amnesty International's Ben Linden: After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are Uncertain

Journalist Andrea Pitzer: Trump Regime's Massive Buildout of Immigrant Concentration Camps Meets Local Resistance

Color of Change's Amanda Hollowell: In Second Term, Trump Acts to Eliminate America's Multiracial Democracy

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Last nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia has expired
• Deadly “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota’s Twin Cities is ending
• Some states' vaccination rates losing ground as vaccine exemptions take hold

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Georgetown University's Josh Ruebner: Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Continues as Ceasefire Plan’s Deeply Flawed Second Phase Begins

The Dissenter Newsletter publisher Kevin Gosztola: FBI Spies on, Then Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Escalating Attack on Press Freedom

FairVote senior fellow David Daley: Trump Asks GOP Congress to ‘Nationalize’ the 2026 Midterm Election, Attempting to Rig the Outcome

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Will there be a permanent U.S. military presence in Latin America?
• Record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands
• Activists across the U.S. are organizing “No Sleep for ICE” action

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