People & Population

El Niño Could Push 50M People Into Acute Hunger By End Of Next Year

"About 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger before the end of next year by the rapidly developing El Niño weather system, according to forecasting. This is in addition to the hundreds of millions of people already facing dangerous levels of hunger, owing to years of drought in parts of Africa and pressure on food prices from the war in Iran."

Source: Guardian, 08/07/2026

EPA Claims Omaha Cleanup As Success, But Many Yards Still Have Lead

"The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead."

Source: Flatwater Free Press, 08/06/2026

How Trump’s Claims Of Vandalism At Reflecting Pool Crumbled

"Trump has lashed out at U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro after she dropped vandalism cases and blamed damage at the pool on rushed and flawed work by a contractor."

Source: Washington Post, 08/06/2026

Senate Confirms CDC Head After Debate Over Her Independence Of RFK Jr.

"The Senate on Wednesday voted mainly along party lines to confirm Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vote ends months of leadership uncertainty at the nation’s premier public health agency but leaves unresolved the central question that dominated her confirmation process: Will she preserve the agency’s scientific independence under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?"

Source: Washington Post, 08/06/2026

Latin American News Startup: ‘The Most Accurate Truth’

"After CBS News hit the brakes on a 60 Minutes story about CECOT prison, the League of Latin American Citizens decided it was time to start their own newsroom. Within months, El Grito Media has become a definitive resource."

Source: Columbia Journalism Review, 08/05/2026

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