Former Associate Director of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jennifer Loewenstein: Trump Threatens to Escalate Iran War as U.S. Heads Into Critical Midterm Election

Free Press Policy Counsel Shilpa Jindia: Trump Executive Order Criminalizes Dissent, Suppresses Constitutionally Protected Free Speech

Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher: Botched Tennessee Execution, Unequal Justice Fuel Death Penalty Opposition

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Deadly Congo ambush reveals Erik Prince's private U.S. mercenary army role in mineral wars
• Sen. Susan Collins' Lockheed Martin campaign funds and F-35 fighter jet contract issues
• Right-wing groups fighting Washington state's millionaire tax

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Former California Judge Bill Blum: If Democrats Win Midterm Election, Will Republicans Refuse to Cede Control of Congress?

Author and commentator Paul Heideman: After Recent Electoral Victories, What’s Next for Democratic Socialists of America?

Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative's Tzeporah Berman: Global Summit Aims to Phase Out Fossil Fuels Through International Cooperation

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• In India, election registration purge of 130 million names sparks outrage
• Trump policies repel south Texas Latino Republican voters
• Cornell case highlights patchwork of state sexual assault laws

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Journalist and media critic Ari Paul: Trump-Allied Oligarchs Cleared to Take Over Entertainment and TV News Behemoth

Prison Policy Initiative's Heather Digby Parton: Rehabilitating Richard ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon: GOP’s Scheme to Normalize Trump’s Lawlessness and Corruption

Salon.com's Wanda Bertram: New Data Finds Cities Collaborating with ICE Offers No Shield Against Violent Street Raids, Arrests

Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Oct. 14, 2026
• Ethiopia is facing a renewed civil war
• Reliably Republican states are driving U.S. solar boom
• Farming crisis a major issue in Pennsylvania congressional races

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Social Security Works' Alex Larson: House Hearing Launches Latest GOP Effort to Cut Social Security Benefits

Georgia Women's Action for New Directions Education Fund's Kimberly Scott: Growing Resistance to Nationwide Revival of the Nuclear Power Industry

University of Georgia's Cas Mudde: Left Rising Alongside Far Right in Recent German Elections

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• UK police probe possible link to Iran in suspected attack on U.S.-run air base
• UN Security Council in dispute over arms embargo in Sudan
• Trump administration dramatically expands ICE immigration detention centers

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University of Pennsylvania Media Policy Professor Victor Pickard: White House Bans Three Media Outlets, Trump’s Latest Attack on the Constitution’s 1st Amendment

World Mental Health Coalition President Dr. Bandy Lee: Trump’s Mental Instability and Unilateral Presidential Powers Risk Global Catastrophe

Former NSA Executive and whistleblower Thomas Drake: Trump NSA Restructuring Plan is a Poor Substitute for Meaningful Reform

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Colombia's rural neglect has produced a continual security crisis
• Chicago is paying way above average to fix lead pipes
• New York City's Macombs Dam Park is a visual tale of two cities

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Journalist and author Sarah Kendzior: Trump’s Authoritarian Onslaught Designed to Overwhelm a Nation that Rejects His Tyranny

George Washington University's Dr. Lynn Goldman: Trump EPA Repeals Regulations Limiting Planet-Warming Emissions from Coal and Gas-Fired Power Plants

Center for Democracy and Technology's Miranda Bogen: AI Potential Danger Provokes Calls for Development Slow Down, Regulation

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• South America is reducing hunger faster than any other region in the world
• Controversial 900-mile oil pipeline across East Africa is nearing completion
• Montana / Wyoming pipeline project hit a regulatory roadblock

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Costs of War Project Director Stephanie Savell: 25 Years Later, Post-9/11 U.S. Wars Cost $8 Trillion, Caused More Than 4.5 Million Deaths Worldwide

Tongess Women for Forests activist Wanda Culp: Trump Regime Once Again Attempts to Eliminate Roadless Rule Protecting Nation’s Wilderness

Rethink Trade Director Lori Wallach: U.S.-Canada Trade War is 'The Most Stupid Trade Fight in History'

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• What happened to Al-Qaeda?
• Germany’s far-right party gains ground
• Nevada sues feds over Colorado River plan

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Ret. U.S. Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Poses a Clear and Present Danger

Latin American Perspectives' Steve Ellner: Brazen Neocolonial Piracy: U.S.-Venezuela 100-Year Oil Deal

Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus: After Wave of Violent ICE Raids and Terror, Danbury CT Residents Protest and Resist

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• U.S. Congress has responsibility to reverse Puerto Rico's water crisis
• California weighs wealth tax as billionaires control one-third of America's wealth
• Vietnam has world's highest trade surplus with the U.S.

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