Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
- Trump called for 100% tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan.
- Biden delivered final speech to U.N., addressing global challenges and optimism as Zelensky echoed calls for upholding international law amid war with Russia.
- U.S. officials say the Biden administration will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs, along with rockets, artillery, and armored vehicles, as part of a military aid package totaling about $375 million.
- New briefing by environmental group Oil Change International says rich countries could mobilize over $5 trillion annually for climate action by ending oil subsidies, imposing polluter levies, and cracking down on tax evasion.
- Marcellus Williams was executed today, becoming the third Missouri inmate put to death this year and the 100th since the state resumed using the death penalty in 1989.
- Oaxacan immigrants in California’s Central Valley work to share indigenous culinary traditions with the wider community.
- Unhoused rights activists protested in West Oakland after the mayor announced increased encampment sweeps following Supreme Court ruling.