Thursday, August 6, 2026

In Senatobia, Mississippi, community members had urged leaders to rein in the police long before officers shot and killed toddler Kohen Wiley; the question now is whether power will finally listen Black Residents Warned of Abusive Cops for Years. Then Police Shot and Killed a Toddler.

The U.S. blockade on Cuba endures despite decades of majority opposition: a 2016 Pew Research Center poll found 73% of Americans favored ending it, and a February 25, 2026 YouGov poll shows not even a third approve The Costs of the US Blockade on Cuba.

In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic Senate primary despite being outspent 12-to-1 by establishment Democrats, Zionist PACs, and corporate money Michigan/America Is Not For Sale; he promptly endorsed state and local moratoriums on data centers as Rep. Ro Khanna prepares a Data Center Bill of Rights amid the fight over AI power plants Khanna to introduce 'Data Center Bill of Rights' as fight over AI power plants heats up. Republicans, sensing a target-rich environment even with Trump's plunging popularity, view the progressive El-Sayed as an opponent they can pick apart Republicans sense advantage in 'target-rich' Michigan, while Vice President Vance dismisses his victory as driven by affluent liberals rather than the working class Vance says El-Sayed has no 'constituency among the working class'.

Democratic socialists, fresh off winning the New York mayor's race and seven House seats, now target the Wisconsin governor's seat; DSA's Francesca Hong runs in cheese country as the next test of left electoral power Can DSA's Francesca Hong Win in Cheese Country?