Story Recap From Unicorn Riot - September 16, 2025
— Story Recap —
Hello wonderful community! We hope you and yours are doing well as summer ushers in fall and the seasons shift. We’re back with our bi-weekly recap emails with links to all the stories we publish! Catch up on all articles published by UR in the first half of the month of September 2025. Bookmark our website.Follow us across social platforms for additional content.
Israel Slaughters Thousands of Palestinians Through Weaponized Aid
As international scholars have finally come to officially define Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, Palestinians share their experiences with Israel using starvation to weaponize humanitarian aid.
RIP Mercury, Hello Retrograde! How Administrators Failed to Stop the Presses at The University of Texas-Dallas
Student journalists at The University of Texas at Dallas share their story of forming a guerilla newspaper, The Retrograde, after being dismissed from their school's paper for their coverage of the 2023 pro-Palestine protests on campus.
Judge Finds Attorney General Can’t Bring RICO Charges in Cop City Case
A Fulton County judge found that Georgia’s attorney general lacked authority to bring racketeering charges against protesters named in the sprawling Cop City RICO case, calling into question the foundation and future of the massive legal effort to criminalize a movement.
Bryan Hooper Sr. Freed From Wrongful Conviction After ‘Sordid’ 27 Years in Prison
Wrongfully convicted Bryan Hooper Sr. walked out of prison after serving 9,999 days of a life sentence for a murder charge that was dismissed on Sept. 4 after the state's key trial witness confessed to the murder in July.
Greek Parliament Approves Harsh Migration Bill: Prison Sentences, Fines and Ankle-Monitors — A “Trumpian Turn”
Amidst strong reactions, Greece’s Parliament voted in favor of a new migration bill that includes prison sentences for asylum seekers who remain in the country after their asylum applications have been rejected, among other provisions.
Workers at UMN Take Historic Stand in Teamsters Strike
The first strikes against the University of Minnesota system in over 20 years started last week on campuses. The union’s demands included a wage increase of at least 3.5%, this was met in a tentative agreement on Sept. 13.
Rally Demands City of Minneapolis Accept Roof Depot Deal
On Aug. 16, 2025, a rally was held across the street from the demolished Smith Foundry building, adjacent to the Roof Depot site. Demands were made directed towards the city to accept the $10.2 million offer before the Sept. 15 deadline
Aid Death Trap: Firsthand Accounts of Israeli Weaponized Aid in Gaza
Over the summer of 2025, Unicorn Riot heard firsthand accounts from dozens of witnesses in Gaza who describe Israel’s new aid mechanism as a death trap.
Israel Bombs Residential Towers as it Unleashes ‘Gates of Hell’ on Gaza City [Vertical]
Israel is bombing residential towers in Gaza City and killing dozens of Palestinian civilians daily, prior to their planned siege of Gaza’s biggest city.
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