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The awarding of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan far-right leader María Corina Machado took nearly everyone by surprise (with the exception of insiders who apparently used advance knowledge to profit on betting markets—New York Times, 10/10/25). The Nobel Committee justified the award on the basis of Machado’s “tireless work promoting democraticContinue Reading

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During a second-quarter earnings call in August, an executive with the GEO Group ticked off a list of the private prison company’s accomplishments so far this year. These included securing contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for expanded immigrant detention centers in New Jersey, Michigan, Georgia and California; working toContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. With relatively little fanfare, the first-ever global carbon tax was poised to be formally adopted as an international agreement this year. The International Maritime Organization, or IMO, the United Nations agency overseeing global shipping, had drafted a net-zeroContinue Reading

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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned of more flight delays and cancellations resulting from the government shutdown during a news conference at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday. As essential workers, air traffic controllers must work without pay until Congress ends the shutdown. NewsNation’s Natasha Zouves joins “NewsNation Now” with aContinue Reading