Headlines for October 28, 2026
Israeli Elections to Global Movements: Tariq Ali, Rashid Khalidi on New Book "The Neck and the Sword"
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/democracy-now-2026-10-28-wednesday/id75648468
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Court blocks bid by Trump DoJ to stop state from counting mail-in ballots
Newsom accuses Trump of ‘assault on democracy’ as DoJ claims 20,000 registered voters in state are non-citizens…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/court-california-ballots
The survival of American democracy depends on taxing billionaires
Economists Erick Zwick of the University of Chicago and Owen Zidar of Princeton propose that restoring the tax schedule to where it was in the Clinton administration 30 years ago would raise $5tn over a decade and do wonders for America’s public finance. The main challenge to that is political: it requires an overhaul of a political equilibrium that over the last 50 years has largely revolved around cutting taxes…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/democracy-tax-billionaires
Trump administration asks Washington to set aside hundreds of ballots from suspected noncitizen voters
Move is latest attempt to challenge states with competitive midterm races that could determine control of Congress…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/trump-washington-ballots-aside-noncitizen-voters
Judge slams DOJ in ex-FBI officials’ false-statement case - POLITICO
“The evidence is mounting that this prosecution is about some political football and not the law and not the facts,” said Mary Dohrmann, an attorney for Floris…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/27/FBI-officials-charges-case-hunter-biden
Forrest Valkai: How to Teach Evolution to a Creationist (video from the 2026 National Convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation)
Forrest Valkai, a biologist and science communicator, shares insights on effectively teaching evolution to creationists. Valkai explains that many creationist arguments stem from fundamental misunderstandings of evolution.
He emphasizes the importance of correcting these misconceptions, showing how evolution connects to other scientific fields, and encouraging open-mindedness.
Interview:
Trump’s cuts have exposed US to ‘cascade’ of El Niño dangers, experts warn
President has taken an axe to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stalling climate research on and response to extreme weather events…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/27/trump-cuts-el-nino-noaa
AI-driven disinformation running rampant on social media before US midterms, experts warn
Social media companies including Meta have pulled back on efforts to protect voters from election-meddling lies…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/ai-disinformation-social-media-midterm-elections
‘We don’t have inflation’? Five charts show the US economic reality of Trump’s second term so far
As the US midterm elections approach, we take a look at data to see a true picture of the US economy under Trump…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/trump-second-term-economy-charts
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