Weekly Roundup | June 21, 2026

This week we recorded a podcast to detail our ongoing call for submissions, answer some common questions, and share more about our goals for the magazine. Listen to it here, or wherever you listen to podcasts!

Continue reading for more, including urgent crowdfund requests and stories that we missed. That's all for this week!

Some crowdfunds to contribute to

• Family of Daphy Michel
• Housing Support for a Black Trans Person!
• Protect Black Trans Farmers: Justice and Healing for Saighé

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Other Stories Worth Knowing

News that we didn't focus on, and worthwhile angles that we missed.

• Beijing’s Bullying of Taiwan Threatens Ocean Ecology
• The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off
• What a Pocketful of Metal Reveals About Afghanistan’s Forgotten Empires
• Juneteenth and Counterinsurgent National Myths of Origin
• Unreal Engine 6 goes AI — and wants to bring back NFTs
• Emergency Loans Are Costing US Schools Millions — and Lining Wall Street Pockets
• Inside the case against the ‘Michigan 8’: Palestine activism recast as antisemitic terror
• “Super El Niño” Is Terrible News for Farmers Around the World
• Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz After US-Israeli Violations of MoU