Yanar Mohammed's "assassination is therefore not an isolated act of violence, but, as MADRE points out in a remembrance, a stark reminder of how human rights defenders, particularly feminist leaders, remain vulnerable to violence." May she rest in power.

Remembering Yanar Mohammed—because mainstream media has failed to. She was a human and women's rights defender, gunned down in Baghdad. She deserves to be honored. And we deserve a media with a wider lens. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

The Strike on Iran 🇮🇷 open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Prediction Markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are now worth more than $100 billion. They can be great for the little guy and even better for the inside trader. And everyone from sports leagues to the stock markets are on the take. Latest issue of Businessweek @bloomberg.com #polymarket #economy

The Other Showdown: The Pentagon v. Anthropic open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

In January, we launched TrumpCensorship.com, where we track the 200+ instances of Trump administration censorship. Academic research has been particularly hard hit, as I'll discuss w/ @defendresearch.bsky.social in a webinar next week. Register here: www.defendresearch.org/events/webin...

Why can't the US & Iran reach an agreement? Neda Bolourchi explains it has to do with differing approaches in @wpr.bsky.social www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-iran-deal...

We lost my mom in 2022. The invasion of Ukraine is one of the last political political topics she engaged with. She used to shake her head at the reports, saying, "why do people do this to children?" I think about this every time this anniversary comes around.

Ukraine: Still Standing open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Trump is doubling down on #tariffs, even though #SCOTUS struck them down. What does all of this mean for consumers and small biz? @svaneksmith.bsky.social is on it @bloomberg.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

A special shout out to NYC bus drivers and postal workers, who don’t get a snow day. ❄️ thank you 🙏🏼

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

What just happened with tariffs? The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s liberation day tariffs. What does this mean? Will prices finally come down? #tariffs #trade

Will Trump strike Iran? Now that SCOTUS has rejected his tariffs, he might: open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

#Andrew should be arrested and prosecuted for abusing girls, not merely for revealing secrets.

The crown prioritizes its preservation.... apnews.com/article/brit... Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

JD Vance thinks Eileen Gu, who was born and educated in the US, should represent the US. What he ignores is the level of racism, bigotry, and bile directed at not only against people of color but women—which this administration only eggs on. www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...

Gen Alpha (ages 1-16) is the most fretted over Gen in history. But the alphas have extraordinary traits. They’re wise (and entrepreneurial) beyond their years. Witness the amazing @gunnerandlux.bsky.social @ashleyfelloff.bsky.social @raultherockstar.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdduype8

To safeguard European security and credibility, Europe must revitalize the Dayton accords—the peace agreement that ended the Bosnian war three decades ago, argues @elmirab.bsky.social.

Peace In...Peace Out... open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

"The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not," writes @ameliagentleman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Go Big AND Go Home open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Ante Andabak is a Yugoslav, not a Croat, he says, because nationalism is “socially sanctioned narcissism” - something he learned in “the pages of a defunct satirical magazine” in @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org/articles/how...

Restraint may be targeted, but it is never contained. From Tahrir to Derry, Johannesburg, and, now, Minnesota: open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Our enemies aren't going to drop bombs on us, they're going to drop snow. This is what happens when you cut budgets and don't invest in infrastructure. www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...

ICE's mission is to remove violent criminals. Trouble is, it employs them. newrepublic.com/post/205719/...

ICE is a roving, lawless gang, not law enforcement. www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

The Doomsday clock has moved up 4 seconds from 89 seconds to 85 seconds to midnight. As the @thebulletin.org says, that’s the closest the clock has ever been to catastrophe. thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...

Even the @wsj.com is clear about what happened to #AlexPretti - get a backbone @nytimes.com #minnesota

Why does everyone lose their mind over snow?

Free trade and globalization were meant, in part, to ensure peace. But after President Trump’s visit to Davos this week, that era seems to be ending. So… now what? #davos #wef26 #tariffs #trump

The markets may have saved the EU and Greenland, but Trump is not done and US dominance is not over. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

The middle class is getting smaller in many parts of the world. I was thrilled to be part of this discussion at Davos #wef2026 about why this is happening, where we’re headed and what can be done. x.com/i/broadcasts...

Is DEI really dead? 🤔 Explore why abandoning Diversity, Equity & Inclusion could undermine progress, innovation, and resilience backed by data and expert insight with @elmirab.bsky.social from Interruptrr! 👉 tinyurl.com/DEIBeyondGDP #DEI #Diversity #Inclusion #SocialProgress

www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/bosni... "Serbia’s backing of #Dodik and Croatia’s patronage of Dragan Covic, have entrenched Bosnia’s political dysfunction." @elmirab.bsky.social @foreignpolicy.com #BiH

The stock market has dropped. Maybe now someone will push back on Trump.

Do people even understand what the Fed does? Former Fed chair Janet Yellen says most probably don’t… but the parts of the economy the fed impacts have a huge impact on our lives. Latest episode of Everbody’s Business from @bloomberg.com #economy #yellen #federalreserve #inflation #interestrates

Stumbled on this photo of #MLK and Thich Nhat Hanh in this Substack: lnkd.in/edD2-mmM "For nonviolence to work, activists” have “to work on their states of mind as well as the state of the world.” It's no surprise that service was at the core of MLK's message.

This week: short reviews of two books I've recently read on urban history in Russia, climate adaptation in China, the restorative power of protest, hating AI, and so much more.

I spoke with former Fed Chair Janet Yellen this week about what’s at stake in Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve. You can hear the full conversation on our Everybody’s Business podcast @bloomberg.com #federalreserve #jeromepowell #economy #inflation

As protests intensify across Iran, so does the violence used to suppress them. The mullahs in charge are weakened, but not yet done. This week for Interruptrr, I look at the dangerous space between unrest and revolution—and the uncertainty ahead. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

@elmirab.bsky.social calls on the European Union to defend the Dayton accords—the U.S.-brokered agreement from 1995 “on which Bosnia’s fragile peace still depends”:

The new regime change is just the old regime change... China is watching closely—and may be the power most inclined to preserve what America is dismantling. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

In 1909, President Taft set his sights on toppling Nicaragua's leader, Zelaya, who had been obstructing US biz interests. Even then Taft sought Congressional approval.

The dictator is gone, but the dictatorship still stands. @fridaghitis.bsky.social helps put this weekend's US operation in Venezuela in perspective, including how hard it will be to profit off of oil open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

The Quran is from Ottoman Syria - from Arturo Shomburg’s collection held at the NYPL Mamdani Is First New York Mayor to Use the Quran at His Swearing-In www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...

It was @jkbjournalist.bsky.social broke the story on Jeffrey Epstein in @miamiherald.com. Different eyes bring us different perspectives, which is the basis of democracy. Let's not forget that—and remember that's why they want to silence them. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...