Trump threats overshadow Brazil’s presidential election
As Lula faces off against Flavio Bolsonaro, Trump's tariffs and threats loom over Brazil's October vote — the latest battleground in his push for dominance over Latin America.
David Sirota: How to get obscenely rich while losing to Donald Trump, the Democrats’ failures explained
David Sirota joins Taya Graham and Stephen Janis to expose the enormous financial incentives shaping Democratic politics and why political consultants can accumulate “generational…
With 350+ dead and 1,300 missing, Nepal carnage seen as climate disaster
“Delay is deadly,” said one campaigner. “Without a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, the planet will continue to heat up and lives can be lost in a flash.”
Democrats, groups fight back after Supreme Court clears way for Trump attack on mail voting
“We will not stand by while Trump and Republicans try to unnecessarily inject chaos and confusion into our elections, just weeks before voting begins.”
The Ellison family and Israel lobby’s smearing of Mark Ruffalo shows how tedious the ‘antisemitism scandal’ script is getting
The Ellisons openly fund and support Israel’s military. Pointing this out is not a form of hatred, and it’s getting more and more absurd to suggest it is.
Beyond the Wire: stopping violence without police
"Beyond the Wire...one of the beautiful things about this film is that I think it gives words, images, narratives to a feeling, to an instinct, to an inclination that I think a…
‘Katrina 2.0’: Residents of Gary, Indiana fight to survive without power for 12 days (and counting)
“Gary and Northwest Indiana are experiencing a Katrina moment.” We speak with residents and community leaders about the ongoing energy blackout in Gary, Indiana and the conditions…
‘Mass psychosis’: corporate Democrats ripped for attacks on anti-zionist Hasan Piker
“Centrists despise Hasan Piker more than they want to win,” said one critic.
‘Lawless killing spree at sea resumes’ as US announces fresh boat bombings
With the latest two casualties, the Trump administration’s boat bombing spree has now claimed the lives of at least 223 people.
Federal judge blocks Trump and RFK effort to get more teens pregnant
The ruling, said the government watchdog Public Citizen, is “a win for young Americans’ well-being.”
“A manufactured conspiracy”: Minnesota’s labor movement denounces federal surveillance operation
Leaders and workers respond to the federal government’s surveillance of organized labor and community in Minnesota.
Layoffs, long waits, obscene prices: How corporate administrators mismanaged Vermont’s flagship health network into a historic crisis
Healthcare workers in Vermont’s flagship health network say they and their patients are paying the price for a historic crisis caused by decades of mismanagement by overpaid,…
Trump doesn’t rule out ‘national security emergency for elections’ floated by far-right host
“There is zero reason to not take Trump at his word that he and his team are planning something alarming to disrupt the midterms,” said CNN host Jake Tapper.
First came the Flock cameras. Now local cops want autonomous drones.
Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI.
ICE funding approved by Susan Collins and Trump GOP to deliver electric shock gloves to agents nationwide
“Congress must end the blank check to ICE,” said the president of one immigrant rights group.
Trump says better industry propaganda needed to make Americans embrace widely unpopular data centers
“If I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in, an AI plant, or a data center, I would absolutely want it,” said the…
There’s no such thing as ‘unskilled work’: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Nickel and Dimed’ 25 years later
25 years ago, Barbara Ehrenreich saw the inhumane brutality of capitalism and the invisible realities of working-class life that so many Americans ignored then but can’t ignore…
From Black Power to hip hop: The evolution of Mopreme Shakur
“[Tupac] fans know—he really cared about the people. ‘Keep Ya Head Up,’ ‘Brenda's Got a Baby,’ ‘Papa’z Song,’ ‘Dear Mama’ were addressing issues in our communities. You know what…
The student movement for Palestine is not going away, but it is adapting to a new political reality
Facing draconian repression from federal and state governments, Zionist groups, and their own universities, student-organizers in Maryland tell us how the student-led Palestine…
Real public safety means more community, not cages
DC Justice Lab’s 2026 Public Safety Policy Agenda is chock-full of evidence that criminal justice reforms that prioritize restorative justice, not draconian punishment, lead to…
The media’s go-to ‘electability’ experts are funded by Wall St., Amazon, and health insurance giants
The media is propping up “centrist” analysts warning voters that the progressive and democratic socialist candidates winning elections are “unelectable.” But they’re not…
Neoliberal policy hollowed out universities. now they are collapsing.
Administrators treat their universities like businesses — that’s why they’re failing.
Authoritarians will target effective legal organizing, Minnesota defendant warns
Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.
Some in Gaza’s youngest generation may not even know what toys are
Children’s difficulty accessing toys in Gaza reflects the broader destruction of childhood there.
Capitalism is killing summer
Everybody loves summertime. But from climate change to budget cuts on public spaces like parks and pools to a lack of vacation time, capitalism is increasingly robbing us of our…
‘The red states, we’re going to hit hard’: Canadian politicians vow to make MAGA pay for Trump’s trade war
“We can put massive pain on the US,” said Ontario Premier Doug Ford.