The Guardian UK:
"Politicians in at least 51 countries used homophobic or transphobic rhetoric during elections last year, from depicting LGBTQ+ identity as a foreign threat to condemning 'gender ideology', according to a new study of 60 countries and the EU. ...

As the visibility of LGBTQ+ people has risen in many countries in the last decade, so too has a backlash from conservative parts of societies, fuelled in many cases by far-right activists and politicians using gay and transgender people as scapegoats for other problems.

There is a growing 'weaponisation of hate', said Alberto de Belaúnde, a director at Outright International, an NGO that promotes LGBTQ+ rights globally. He said: 'You talk with a politician from Peru … or Hungary or the UK, you start to see common trends and you realise that it’s a global, coordinated and increasingly well-funded effort to diminish LGBTIQ people.' "
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/politicians-in-at-least-51-countries-used-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-during-elections-ngo-finds

-->This story isn't to be found in the NYT. Yet so many people have been put in danger by this homophobic trend in our elections. Why isn't that "fit to print"?

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The Guardian UK:
"A growing number of universities, academic institutions and scholarly bodies around the world are cutting links with Israeli academia amid claims that it is complicit in the Israeli government’s actions towards Palestinians. ...

According to Gaza’s health ministry, more than 63,000 people have been killed in the territory – the majority of them civilians – with the true toll likely far higher. UN-backed experts have confirmed parts of Gaza, much of which has been reduced to rubble, are now in a 'man-made' famine.

In response, a growing number of academic bodies are now distancing themselves from Israeli institutions. Last year the Federal University of Ceará in Brazil cancelled an innovation summit with an Israeli university, while a host of universities across Norway, Belgium and Spain have cut ties with Israeli institutions. Others, including Trinity College Dublin, followed suit this summer."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/13/universities-around-the-world-cut-ties-with-israeli-academia-over-gaza-war

-->The NYT didn't cover this story that shows how unpopular Israel's war crimes are in the rest of the world. Our newspaper of record had stories about BDS, but not on this recent proliferation of academic criticism.

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Common Dreams:
"The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets are facing widespread criticism after publishing a false report that the assassin who shot right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in Utah this week had left behind symbols of 'transgender ideology' at the scene of the crime.

On Thursday, with the assassin still at large, the Journal published a news update stating that 'investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.' The report did not identify what these markings were nor the source of the report, instead attributing it to 'an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation.'

The New York Times reported hours later that the bulletin came from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), but noted that 'a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation cautioned that the report had not been verified by ATF analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence, and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted.' ”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/charlie-kirk-2673989947

-->The NYT wasn't as bad printing stories about this assassination as other national media. But our newspaper of record never criticized these false stories either.

The Guardian:
"Israel’s supreme court has ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. Sunday’s decision was a rare case in which the country’s highest court ruled against the government’s conduct during the nearly two-year war.

Since the war began, Israel has seized thousands of people in Gaza that it suspects of having links to Hamas. Thousands have also been released without charge, often after months of detention. Rights groups have documented widespread abuse in prisons and detention facilities, including insufficient food and health care, as well as poor sanitary conditions and beatings. In March, a 17-year-old Palestinian boy died at an Israeli prison and doctors said starvation was likely the main cause of death. ...

In the 2-1 ruling, the justices said they found 'indications that the current food supply to prisoners does not sufficiently guarantee compliance with the legal standard'. They said they had found 'real doubts' that prisoners were eating properly, and ordered the prison service to 'take steps to ensure the supply of food that allows for basic subsistence conditions in accordance with the law' ”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/07/israels-supreme-court-says-government-is-not-giving-palestinian-prisoners-enough-food

-->Israel is starving its Palestinian prisoners. It is not so unexpected since Israel is also starving millions to death in Gaza. Yet our pro genocide NYT didn't print this story.

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Mondoweiss:
"Activists and residents are banding together to force companies complicit in the Gaza genocide out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Most New Yorkers are not aware that companies contributing to Israel’s genocide in Gaza operate in their backyard. That is, unless they happen to walk, bike, or drive down Flushing Avenue outside the Brooklyn Navy Yard on a Wednesday afternoon, as I did a month ago in which case, they are absolutely aware.

The campaign Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard (DBNY) organizes weekly noise demos and pickets, demanding the eviction of two companies from the city-owned industrial park on the East River, where 550 businesses are located. Protestors bang drums, blare airhorns, picket, chalk sidewalks, fold zines, and hand out flyers reading: 'MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS, EASY AERIAL & CRYE PRECISION, LOCAL WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS IN OUR BACKYARDS.' Most passersby honk their horns, ring their bells and shout their praise; some others gawk at the commotion or scoff in disapproval. But all who pass know that the Brooklyn Navy Yard houses genocide-profiteers. ..

The landlord in question is the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC), a non-profit developer charged with managing business leases at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which is owned by the City of New York. DBNY’s demands are simple: evict Easy Aerial and Crye Precision from the Brooklyn Navy Yard and establish a policy of no weapons manufacturers."
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/09/activists-and-residents-are-banding-together-to-force-companies-complicit-in-the-gaza-genocide-out-of-the-brooklyn-navy-yard/

-->This is a story that is so big that the NYT didn't cover it. Student activists joining community groups to oppose shipping to Israel is new. And now that the workers and even public relations businesses are starting to come around, our newspaper of record is starting to get anxious.

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Middle East Eye:
"The Global Sumud Flotilla is already on the move. More than 50 vessels, the largest civilian aid convoy ever assembled for Gaza, have set sail from ports across Europe.

Part of the flotilla has already docked in Tunisia, where it was welcomed by thousands of supporters, before heading to join the rest of the fleet. It is scheduled to set sail from Sidi Bou Said port on 10 September, following weather and logistical delays.

It would not be an exaggeration to call this the boldest humanitarian civil society mission in recent history, destined to take its place alongside some of the most prominent non-violent civil disobedience actions, such as Gandhi's Salt March."
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/global-sumud-flotilla-when-states-fail-humanity-sets-sail

-->Another great story, but another failure of our newspaper of record. The NYT is locked up someplace in an Israeli jail. And all its readers are starving for information as the result of its everlasting attempt to hide the American Genocide.

Common Dreams:
"The largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in the United States is calling on US lawmakers to follow in the footsteps of Sens. Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen, who on Saturday shared a video about their unsuccessful attempts to visit—or even just fly over—the Gaza Strip during Israel's ongoing assault.

'Sens. Van Hollen and Merkley have taken a bold and necessary step by confronting the Israeli-manufactured and US-backed humanitarian calamity in Gaza head-on,' the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a statement late Saturday.' Their mission must not stand alone.'

'Israel's barring them entry to Gaza underscores the urgency of taking decisive steps to end its rampage of death, violence, and destruction,' CAIR continued.' Members of Congress must utilize every tool—diplomatic, legal, and legislative—to ensure that our nation's values and laws demand an end to civilian suffering. The crisis in Gaza is not abstract—it is a matter of life and death. We call on our representatives to act urgently and courageously.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/congress-gaza

-->The NYT didn't print this story yet. Why not? Well it calls attention to what any human being should be doing, trying to spread the word that the Palestinians are starving and it is the US - Israel alliance that is to blame for this ultimate war crime.

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Z Network:
"Two decades ago, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast of the United States, a Category 5 monster that exposed the raw nerves of inequality, racism, and governmental neglect in the United States. While the storm itself was a force of nature, the true disaster was the response – or lack thereof – from the world’s wealthiest nation. Yet, amidst the chaos and despair, a beacon of international solidarity shone brightly, emanating from an unexpected place: Cuba.

The images are seared into collective memory: rooftops submerged, desperate cries for help echoing through flooded streets, and the Superdome stadium transforming into a squalid shelter. New Orleans, a city with a majority Black population and a vibrant hub of Black culture, bore the brunt. As the levees broke, so too did the illusion of American exceptionalism. Over 1,800 people died, and millions were displaced. The federal government’s response was not only slow but also virtually nonexistent in the crucial initial days. President George W. Bush, vacationing at the time, seemed detached, famously remarking to his FEMA director, 'Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job,” even as the crisis deepened.' ...

Fidel Castro announced that Cuba was ready to send a medical brigade of 1,586 doctors, equipped with 36 tons of medical supplies, to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. This wasn’t a conditional offer, nor was it for profit. It was a gesture of unconditional solidarity, rooted in the values of the Cuban people, in offering help to those in need, whether suffering from natural disasters or colonialism.
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/20-years-since-katrina-how-the-us-refused-cuban-doctors-as-new-orleans-drowned/

-->This story wasn't given much coverage twenty years ago, and there was hardly any notice in the mainstream media today. The US is as callous as it was two decades ago, and our media tries even harder to hide Cuba's offer to put people before profit.

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The Guardian UK:
"Human rights groups and activists who protest against continued US support for Israel have focused primarily on the flow of US weapons, warning that continuing to send weapons to a state which has been documented using them in probable war crimes makes the US complicit.

However, this week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) highlighted another facet of US military support for Israel: military cooperation and intelligence sharing. Individual US military personnel who assist Israeli forces in committing war crimes could face criminal prosecution for their actions, the rights group said.

The US has made no secret of its operational support for Israel throughout its 22-month war in Gaza. The US has provided Israel with intelligence at various points during its military operations, and also embedded US military forces within Israeli operational planning."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/29/israel-war-crimes-gaza-us-military

-->There was very little coverage in the US media about US soldiers being charged with war crimes. Why not? Our mainstream media is still complicit in the starving of two million Palestinians. Someday there will be both US soldiers and reporters charged with crimes against humanity.