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Art Rights & Liberties

Poem: ‘Prescription’ — My Pre-Dawn Vision of a Darkening World

Jonathan D. Simon 09/20/25

Silencing artists, attacking scientists, and whitewashing history are sure signs that Donald Trump is a despot bent on absolute power.

Charlie Kirk, AZ, Brainwashed, Tour

Kirk Resolution Forces House Democrats Into a Political Misstep

Klaus Marre 09/19/25

Assassinations, police violence, violent protests, lynching, civil war, Jim Crow, labor fights

This Is Exactly Who We Are: Political Violence Is Built Into America’s DNA

Jeff Schechtman 09/19/25

Lucky Loser, Russ Buettner, Donald Trump

Rights & Liberties US Politics

Bruised Ego Drives Trump’s Whiny Defamation Lawsuit vs. the Times and a Book

Lucian K. Truscott IV 09/19/25

Charlie Kirk, American Comeback Tour, Gainesville, FL

A Second Look at Charlie Kirk: The Sugar-Coated Voice of MAGA

William T. Dowell 09/18/25

Deep Dives

Washington Post, building, sign, Washington, DC

WaPo Editorial Board Canonizes Kirk: It’s Just Another ‘Business Decision’

Jonathan D. Simon

Memorial, Charlie Kirk, Orem, UT

Main Takeaway From Kirk Killing: Maybe It’s the Social Media Manipulation

Russ Baker

119th, US House of Representatives, Control, Republicans, Democrats

A Modest Proposal: How Democrats Could Take the House (Before November 2026)

Jonathan D. Simon

Stand With Survivors Rally, Washington, DC, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump

Epstein Survivors Speak Out, But Trump, the Elephant, Is on the Capitol Steps

Russ Baker

Environment

Google, Data Center, Council Bluffs, IA

What You Need to Know About AI and Climate Change

Daisy Simmons 09/18/25

We take a hard look at the good, the bad, and the whoa of AI.

woman, reading, park

The Words We Use to Talk About Nature Are Disappearing. Here’s Why That Matters.

Kate Yoder 09/16/25

fast food worker, kitchen, cooking, heat

Environment Labor

Workers Are Facing Dangerous Heat — Even Inside Fast-Food Restaurants

Frida Garza 09/11/25

International

Bibi Netanyahu, July 4th, US Embassy Jerusalem

George W. Bush, Foreign Minister, Saudi Al-Fail, Saudi Arabia

Maia Sandu, Moldova, European Union, Plenary address

DOwning Street

Rights & Liberties

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Poem: ‘Prescription’ — My Pre-Dawn Vision of a Darkening World

Jonathan D. Simon 09/20/25

Silencing artists, attacking scientists, and whitewashing history are sure signs that Donald Trump is a despot bent on absolute power.

Lucky Loser, Russ Buettner, Donald Trump

Rights & Liberties US Politics

Bruised Ego Drives Trump’s Whiny Defamation Lawsuit vs. the Times and a Book

Lucian K. Truscott IV 09/19/25

Jimmy Kimmel

Rights & Liberties US Politics Video

Trump Celebrates As Free Speech Takes Another Blow With Kimmel Suspension

Klaus Marre 09/18/25

One Small Thing

Ditch Doge, Hands-Off Protest

Camp Blanding, Starke, FL, Alligator Alcatraz

Workers, install, Alligator Alcatraz, sign

No Kings Day Protest, Bath, Maine

Apprentice Stories

Travelers, Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Apprentice Stories

‘I Can’t Go Back’: Trump and the New American Brain Drain

Naomi Stockley 08/09/25

Trump’s attacks on higher education are driving students to Europe and other welcoming countries.

Dakotans for Health, volunteers, collect signatures, restore abortion rights

Apprentice Stories Elections

South Dakota’s Anti-Democratic Bills Reflect Growing National Trend

Laryn Kuchta 03/27/25

Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway, 2015

Apprentice Stories Environment Science

Fly Me to the Moon: A Few Small Cells, One Giant Leap for Biodiversity

Selina Coxon 12/23/24

Economy

fast food worker, kitchen, cooking, heat

Donald Trump, Rigged capitalism, Market Failure

Donald Trump, signs, executive orders, Oval Office

March, workers rights, FDR Park

US Politics

Charlie Kirk, AZ, Brainwashed, Tour

Kirk Resolution Forces House Democrats Into a Political Misstep

Klaus Marre 09/19/25

House Democrats on Friday turned a resolution on Charlie Kirk and his assassination into a GOP talking point.

Podcast

Assassinations, police violence, violent protests, lynching, civil war, Jim Crow, labor fights

This Is Exactly Who We Are: Political Violence Is Built Into America’s DNA

Jeff Schechtman

Influencers, algorithms, crowds, media landscape

Propaganda 2025: How Lies Became the New Currency of Truth

Jeff Schechtman

Customs house, toll booth, container ship

America’s Most Expensive Lie: Why Tariffs Are Killing What They Claim to Save

Jeff Schechtman

Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Empire of Secrets: Robert Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine’s Dark Legacy

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Dan Bongino, Kash Patel, incompetent FBI leaders

Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Practice Performative Policing

DonkeyHotey

Donald Trump, Rigged capitalism, Market Failure

Capitalism, Fascism, Trump, and America’s Not-So-Free ‘Free-Market Economy’

Sean Ogden

Magic Mike, Mike Johnson, Jeffrey Epstein, Files

Trump Is the Real Hero of the Epstein Saga

Jon Richards

Editors' Picks

science, Earth, nature, equator, seasons, autumnal equinox

Day and Night to Get Equal Billing Monday As Fall Equinox Arrives

Whowhatwhy Editors

climate crisis, global warming, fossil fuels, Montana, young activists, federal court, executive orders challenged

Young Climate Activists Are Challenging Trump’s Executive Orders

Whowhatwhy Editors

science, nature, biodiversity, New Zealand, conservation, rare birds, predator trapping

To Save Its Rare Birds, New Zealand Is Relying on Nation of Backyard Trappers

Whowhatwhy Editors

science, nature, feline behavior, grass ingestion, hairballs, new theory

Gold-Covered Hairballs May Reveal Why Cats Eat Grass

Whowhatwhy Editors