This article was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. At Nairobi’s Dandora dumpsite, men, women and children scramble over vast mountains of trash — each waste picker hoping to unearth anything they can sell. Scavenging silently among them, marabou storks — some nearly five feet tall — wage their ownContinue Reading
Reform UK is offering access to Nigel Farage at its party conference for sums ranging from £25,000 to a quarter of a million pounds. The right-wing populist party is advertising for companies to attend “an intimate champagne breakfast with Nigel Farage” at its two-day conference at the Birmingham NEC next month,Continue Reading
I enjoyed chatting with Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show” last night. My thoughts on how we save our democracy are the same today as when we last spoke on The Colbert Report in 2010: Get big money out of politics.Continue Reading
Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin Verity Vox is a witch-in-training who has never met a problem her spells can’t solve. But when a cryptic plea for help sends her to the forgotten coal mining town of Foxfire, she soon learns even magic has its limits.Continue Reading
Duffy said the proposed regulation shift could “unleash American drone dominance.”, (NewsNation) — The United States could soon ease its rules for flying commercial drones beyond an operator’s direct line of sight, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed Tuesday at a press briefing. The 731-page proposed regulation would eliminate the currentContinue Reading
In cities like New York, drones stream real-time video back to dispatchers, helping officers assess potentially dangerous situations before arriving., (NewsNation) — Police departments nationwide are increasingly deploying drones as a new kind of first responder. The use of drones is changing the math on everyday policing and becoming aContinue Reading
Zeina Khodr takes us through 14 years of reporting on Syria., From the 2011 civil war that first broke out in Daraa, to the fall of Damascus in late 2024, Zeina Khodr was at the forefront of some of Syria’s most major moments. In this Between Us, she takes usContinue Reading
The rebellious, radical Superman was dangerous. He could inspire. And so he had to be coopted., Even before the latest Superman film premiered, it was already deemed controversial. A rather innocuous comment by director James Gunn referencing Superman’s backstory as an “immigrant that came from other places” was enough toContinue Reading
Sabrina Carpenter didn’t just headline Lollapalooza, she turned it into a full-blown variety show, complete with surprise guests, disco nostalgia, and flirtatious banter. On Sunday night, the pop star closed out the T-Mobile Stage in Chicago with a high-energy set that kept fans guessing, and dancing, until the very end.Continue Reading
In March of this year, despite a judge’s order and public outcry, more than 230 Venezuelan men were deported by the The Traitor administration to a violent maximum-security prison in El Salvador known as CECOT. In late July, those men were suddenly released — with no explanation or apology forContinue Reading
In a dramatic move last week, the Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced the selection of its own prime minister and presidential council to compete with and directly challenge the legitimacy of the government of Sudan. News of the new parallel government came days before a new roundContinue Reading
Claim to be verified: BlackRock offers its global clients sustainable investment products, which allegedly exclude fossil fuels. Context: In the first quarter of 2025, the world’s largest asset manager invested $3 billion in fossil-fuel companies through its funds defined as sustainable. BlackRock promotes them with language that is potentially misleadingContinue Reading
For pilot and father Vikesh Khinda, changing how he ate and exercised was just the beginning—he had to find a way to keep it up while flying around the world…Read MoreContinue Reading