Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
- State senate passes bill looking at California purchase of oil threatening Amazon rainforest and communities;
- 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, authors from Katrina Bookshelf share research on lasting cultural trauma;
- US revokes visas of Palestinian officials ahead of next month’s high-level UN General Assembly meeting;
- Firefighters facing obstacles as they work to contain Garnet fire at Kings Canyon National Park;
- Israel declares Gaza’s largest city “dangerous combat zone”, 1 million Palestinians expected to be displaced by military assault on Gaza City;
- August 29 is International Day Against Nuclear Tests, UN chief urges ratification of test ban treaty saying, “Stop playing with fire, now is the time to silence the bombs before they speak again”;
- Neil Young posts “Big Crime” on YouTube, song blasts fascism, soldiers on streets, “big crime in DC at the White House