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Why do American legislators laud a now $1 trillion defense budget in a nation with neither universal child nor health care, no federal parental leave, and underfunded public transportation?
Elon Musk Said Empathy is the West’s Weakness. He is Half Right.
Billionaire Elon Musk thinks empathy is the West's worst weakness. Its true weakness is a deficit of genuine empathy.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Why do American legislators laud a now $1 trillion defense budget in a nation with neither universal child nor health care, no federal parental leave, and underfunded public transportation?
"On Aug. 23, I received a call from a Palestinian lawyer informing me that the following day he planned to visit my father in Israeli prison. I had not expected the call nor the possibility of the visit. I knew well the harsh restrictions on visits to Palestinian detainees."
My Father Is One of Thousands Disappeared in Israel’s Prisons
Since the war began, contact with Palestinian detainees has all but vanished, as families wait months or years for information.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"On Aug. 23, I received a call from a Palestinian lawyer informing me that the following day he planned to visit my father in Israeli prison. I had not expected the call nor the possibility of the visit. I knew well the harsh restrictions on visits to Palestinian detainees."
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is no longer sponsored by the defense giant Northrop Grumman.
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is no longer sponsored by the defense giant Northrop Grumman.
"By focusing on people whose lives are shaped by global stories, Inkstick makes a distinctive and valuable contribution to the world of media. That’s the kind of work you can support with a NewsMatch donation."
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Why I Write for Inkstick — and Why You Should Support the Outlet
Until the end of the year, NewsMatch will match your donations to support our nonprofit newsroom.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"By focusing on people whose lives are shaped by global stories, Inkstick makes a distinctive and valuable contribution to the world of media. That’s the kind of work you can support with a NewsMatch donation."
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Intelligence is ubiquitous — from officers stationed throughout the city to rampant use of spyware targeting activists, journalists, and politicians — and Kagame’s regime squashes freedom of the press and dissent.
Behind Rwanda’s World Cycling Debut, a Regime Carefully Curating Its Image
Rwanda’s hosting of the 2025 Road World Championships impressed the global cycling world with its stability, infrastructure, and sweeping landscapes. But behind the nation’s polished image lies a…
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November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Intelligence is ubiquitous — from officers stationed throughout the city to rampant use of spyware targeting activists, journalists, and politicians — and Kagame’s regime squashes freedom of the press and dissent.
Inkstick's @tylerfromtexas.bsky.social takes a hard look inside the fight against the ever-expanding American surveillance state :
Inside the Fight Against the Growing US Surveillance State
As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown expands the surveillance state, local activists are fighting back across the US.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Inkstick's @tylerfromtexas.bsky.social takes a hard look inside the fight against the ever-expanding American surveillance state :
Across the decades, this US base has seen failed launches, caused close calls, and fueled protests from California to the Marshall Islands.
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How Vandenberg Became a 'One-Stop Shop for Peace Activists'
Across the decades, the US base Vandenberg has seen failed missile launches, close calls, and protests in California and beyond.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Across the decades, this US base has seen failed launches, caused close calls, and fueled protests from California to the Marshall Islands.
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If you read just one thing this week … read about the Jersey City warehouse shipping warplane parts, ammo, and more to Israel.
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Critical State: The Military Cargo from New Jersey to Israel
If you read just one thing this week … read about the Jersey City warehouse shipping warplane parts, ammo, and more to Israel.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you read just one thing this week … read about the Jersey City warehouse shipping warplane parts, ammo, and more to Israel.
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After 15 weeks, Boeing workers approved a company contract offer that was only slightly better than the one they had already overwhelmingly rejected.
@hurwitz.bsky.social reflects on the recent Boeing strike in St. Louis:
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@hurwitz.bsky.social reflects on the recent Boeing strike in St. Louis:
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During St. Louis Strike, Boeing Had Money and Time on Its Side
After 15 weeks, Boeing workers approved a company contract offer that was only slightly better than the one they had already overwhelmingly rejected.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
After 15 weeks, Boeing workers approved a company contract offer that was only slightly better than the one they had already overwhelmingly rejected.
@hurwitz.bsky.social reflects on the recent Boeing strike in St. Louis:
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@hurwitz.bsky.social reflects on the recent Boeing strike in St. Louis:
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Exclusive: We Followed the Money to Raytheon in North Carolina
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Exclusive: We Followed the Money to Raytheon in North Carolina
We got hundreds of pages of public records about a controversial deal to offer tens of millions of state and local subsidies to a new Raytheon/ Pratt & Whitney plant in Asheville.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Exclusive: We Followed the Money to Raytheon in North Carolina
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The American surveillance state is growing rapidly. Activists and experts say immigrants and people of color are most at risk.
By: @tylerfromtexas.bsky.social
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Inside the Fight Against the Growing US Surveillance State
As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown expands the surveillance state, local activists are fighting back across the US.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The American surveillance state is growing rapidly. Activists and experts say immigrants and people of color are most at risk.
By: @tylerfromtexas.bsky.social
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By: @tylerfromtexas.bsky.social
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The Latest at Inkstick: Fighterland USA, Trump's 'Peacemaking,' Tony Blair's Revival, and More
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Fighterland USA, Trump's 'Peacemaking,' Tony Blair's Revival, and More
The latest at Inkstick.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Latest at Inkstick: Fighterland USA, Trump's 'Peacemaking,' Tony Blair's Revival, and More
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As the first African host of the Road World Championships, Rwanda projected stability and security to the world — but behind the polished streets and cheering crowds, dissent was tightly controlled.
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Behind Rwanda’s World Cycling Debut, a Regime Carefully Curating Its Image
Rwanda’s hosting of the 2025 Road World Championships impressed the global cycling world with its stability, infrastructure, and sweeping landscapes. But behind the nation’s polished image lies a regi...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As the first African host of the Road World Championships, Rwanda projected stability and security to the world — but behind the polished streets and cheering crowds, dissent was tightly controlled.
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More than two decades after the invasion of Iraq, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the man who wed the United Kingdom to George W. Bush’s campaign to oust Saddam Hussein, has reemerged not as a penitent observer but rather as a proposed architect of peace in the Middle East.
‘Imperialist Agenda’: Critics Don't Want Tony Blair in Post-War Gaza
Critics say the former British leader should be in prison over the Iraq war. Instead, he's enjoying a political revival.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
More than two decades after the invasion of Iraq, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the man who wed the United Kingdom to George W. Bush’s campaign to oust Saddam Hussein, has reemerged not as a penitent observer but rather as a proposed architect of peace in the Middle East.
Will the defense dollars keep flowing to Fighterland, USA?
Will Defense Dollars Keep Flowing to Fighterland, USA?
As Boeing machinists strike, St. Louis confronts its deep reliance on defense jobs and the future of “Fighterland, USA.”
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November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Will the defense dollars keep flowing to Fighterland, USA?
Climate change isn't a distant threat for the US military. It's a daily challenge.
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The Pentagon Retreats from Climate Fight as Heat and Storms Slam Troops
The US military has to deal with the consequences of climate change every day, but the Pentagon is dismissing it all the same.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Climate change isn't a distant threat for the US military. It's a daily challenge.
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Human rights campaigners who have documented severe human rights abuses committed by RSF fighters on civilians over the course of the war, including in and around el-Fasher during the months-long siege, are raising alarm bells.
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The Fall of El-Fasher: Sudan’s Civil War Enters a New Phase
After the paramilitary RSF seized Darfur’s last government-held city, civilians face mass atrocities, while the UAE’s backing highlights the international stakes in Sudan’s fractured conflict.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Human rights campaigners who have documented severe human rights abuses committed by RSF fighters on civilians over the course of the war, including in and around el-Fasher during the months-long siege, are raising alarm bells.
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How do foreign policy experts, the general public, and the Trump administration view the priorities and international conditions shaping US foreign policy efforts?
'Reckless Peacemaker': US Opinions of Trump's Foreign Policy
US President Donald Trump describes himself as a peacemaker, but American opinions differ sharply on his foreign policy approaches.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How do foreign policy experts, the general public, and the Trump administration view the priorities and international conditions shaping US foreign policy efforts?
New research examines the myriad reasons women part ways with the US Coast Guard before completing their service.
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Deep Dive: Why Do Women Leave the US Coast Guard?
New research examines the myriad reasons women part ways with the US Coast Guard before completing their service.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New research examines the myriad reasons women part ways with the US Coast Guard before completing their service.
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The Human Rights Campaign, one of the wealthiest and most well-known LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations in the United States, no longer lists the weapons contractor Northrop Grumman among its sponsors, the group recently said.
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Human Rights Campaign, one of the wealthiest and most well-known LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations in the United States, no longer lists the weapons contractor Northrop Grumman among its sponsors, the group recently said.
RTX underperformed on job creation projections at a new North Carolina plant but was allowed to claim about half a million dollars worth of local taxpayer subsidies anyway due to a loophole in its economic development contract, public records obtained by Inkstick reveal.
By: @tkbarnes.bsky.social
By: @tkbarnes.bsky.social
Special Treatment Lines Defense Giant's Pockets in North Carolina
Records show that Pratt & Whitney was able to claim tax refunds for jobs it didn’t create and bypass public comment for new grants.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
RTX underperformed on job creation projections at a new North Carolina plant but was allowed to claim about half a million dollars worth of local taxpayer subsidies anyway due to a loophole in its economic development contract, public records obtained by Inkstick reveal.
By: @tkbarnes.bsky.social
By: @tkbarnes.bsky.social
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I got hundreds of pages of records about a controversial deal to offer millions in state + local subsidies to Raytheon (Pratt & Whitney) for a new plant in Asheville, NC.
The company produces the engine for the F-35, which Israel has used during the Gaza genocide
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The company produces the engine for the F-35, which Israel has used during the Gaza genocide
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November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I got hundreds of pages of records about a controversial deal to offer millions in state + local subsidies to Raytheon (Pratt & Whitney) for a new plant in Asheville, NC.
The company produces the engine for the F-35, which Israel has used during the Gaza genocide
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The company produces the engine for the F-35, which Israel has used during the Gaza genocide
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The Trump administration and several European countries are following the same blueprint to restrict pro-Palestine activism.
From the US to the EU, a Global Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity
The Trump administration and several European countries are following the same blueprint to restrict pro-Palestine activism.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Trump administration and several European countries are following the same blueprint to restrict pro-Palestine activism.
Records show that Raytheon was able to claim tax refunds for jobs it didn’t create and bypass public comment for new grants in North Carolina.
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Special Treatment Lines Defense Giant's Pockets in North Carolina
Records show that Pratt & Whitney was able to claim tax refunds for jobs it didn’t create and bypass public comment for new grants.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Records show that Raytheon was able to claim tax refunds for jobs it didn’t create and bypass public comment for new grants in North Carolina.
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