National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?

Coal River Mountain Watch Executive Director Vernon Haltom: As Trump Pushes to Extract More Coal, Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked to Severe Health Impacts

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Arizona's SNAP participation rate craters—portends crisis for most vulnerable in America
• Islamist militants seize Mali's capital city after the defense minister is assassinated
• Papua New Guinea human rights activist wins 2026 Goldman Environmental prize

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Produced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata. 

National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: 'Tax Day 2026' Report: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid More Than $4,000 for War Last Year

Latin American Perspectives Associate Managing Editor Steve Ellner: Trump’s Wars on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba: a ‘New Stage of US Imperialism’

Poor People's Campaign West Virginia Tri-Chair Pam Garrison: Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate Allies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump may send Afghans who aided US forces to Congo
• Fire service will close research stations that study wildfire risk
• Despite racial hostilities, Haitian immigrant communities are models of resiliency

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Peace Action President Kevin Martin: As Americans Increasingly Oppose Trump’s Iran War, Pressure Building on Congress to Invoke War Powers Act

About Face: Veterans Against the War Organizing Manager Rebecca Roberts: Amid Iran War, Many U.S. Service Members Seek Advice on Conscientious Objector Status

Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Executive Director Osprey Orielle Lake: Colombia and Netherlands Convene Historic 1st International Summit to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• China adds 50 coal plants despite a 2020 pledge to phase out coal
• GOP using little known law to target public lands for coal mining
• Small towns saying 'no' to untested PFAS water treatment plant

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