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"Flagrant War Crime": Investigation Recreates 2025 Israeli Massacre, Cover-Up of 15 Gaza Aid Workers
An 11-month independent investigation by Forensic Architecture and Earshot meticulously reconstructed the March 23, 2025, Israeli attack on a Gaza aid convoy, revealing a two-hour massacre of 15 Palestinian medics and aid workers, followed by an extensive cover-up.
"It's Still a Genocide": Poet Mosab Abu Toha on Reality of "Ceasefire" in Gaza
Pulitzer-winning poet Mosab Abu Toha asserts that Israel's actions in Gaza continue to constitute genocide despite a supposed ceasefire, detailing ongoing civilian deaths, medical crises, and the destruction of infrastructure.
Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 19, 2026
Global tensions escalate with US preparations for potential strikes on Iran, ongoing revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza amidst new reports of significantly higher death tolls.
Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 17, 2026
This episode covers the death of civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson, escalating international tensions with Iran, Ukraine, and Cuba, and ongoing revelations from the Jeffrey Epstein files leading to high-profile resignations.
Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 10, 2026
This episode details global and domestic headlines, including US military actions, the Cuban fuel crisis, escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict, developments in the Epstein case, US immigration policies, climate deregulation, and ongoing labor strikes.
Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 5, 2026
This report covers escalating immigration crackdowns in Minnesota, the US political landscape shifts, renewed conflict and arms sales in Gaza, the expiration of a key nuclear treaty, potential US strikes on Iran, a controversial Trump family business deal, significant layoffs at The Washington Post, and a Human Rights Watch report on global autocracy.
Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 3, 2026
This episode covers critical developments in US politics, international conflicts, immigration policy, and tech regulation, highlighting controversies around election integrity, humanitarian crises, and digital ethics.
Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 2, 2026
A federal judge's decision to allow a federal immigration surge in Minnesota sparks widespread outrage and protests, while journalists are arrested for reporting on related events, and the Epstein files reveal unredacted survivor names and elite connections.
Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 23, 2026
A nationwide economic blackout protests ICE crackdowns in Minnesota, while a 5-year-old asylum seeker is detained and Trump allies reshape global geopolitics and domestic policy.
Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 16, 2026
This episode details a wide array of escalating domestic and international crises, from aggressive federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota to US military interventions in Venezuela and the Middle East, alongside ongoing violence in Gaza and challenges to democratic norms.
Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 12, 2026
This episode details a series of escalating global and domestic crises, including violent protests in Iran, ongoing conflict in Gaza, nationwide anti-ICE demonstrations, and aggressive US foreign policy actions towards Venezuela, Cuba, and Denmark.
"The Voice of Hind Rajab," Shortlisted for Oscar, Uses Audio of 6-Year-Old Girl Killed in Gaza
The Oscar-shortlisted docudrama 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' reconstructs the final hours of a six-year-old Palestinian girl trapped under Israeli fire in Gaza, using her actual phone calls to Red Crescent dispatchers.
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