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Palestinians in the ruins of Gaza on February 22, 2025.
International

Trump’s Middle East Reality Check

James M. Dorsey 10/23/25

President Trump may think his 20-point proposal will end the war in Gaza and solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but reality on the ground suggests otherwise.

Coral reef, Dog Island, US Virgin Islands
Environment

As Seas Rise, Corals Can’t Keep Up

Grace van Deelen 10/23/25
Posters, Zohran Mamdani, Zohran For Mayor, , New York, NY
US Politics

If They Believe Their Own Rhetoric, Republicans Should Be Huge Mamdani Fans

Klaus Marre 10/23/25
Yes on 50, sign, crowd
Elections US Politics

Yes on Prop 50: Californians Vote and America Hangs in the Balance

Nathan Max 10/22/25
No Kings, protests, Los Angeles, CA
US Politics

After No Kings — Something Even More Powerful

Russ Baker 10/21/25

Deep Dives

Peter Thiel, Antichrist, The Devil, Greta Thunberg

The Church of Silicon: Peter Thiel’s Gospel of Unfettered Power

Russ Baker
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, generals, admirals, flag officers

What Would Happen if the Generals Refused to Follow Orders?

Russ Baker
Pete Hegseth, Haranguing, Military Leaders

Two Key Takeaways From Quantico

William T. Dowell
Donald Trump and Erika Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump, James Comey

Kimmel’s Return: A Good Bad Week to Find Our Secret Weapon

Jonathan D. Simon

Health & Medicine

Russell Vought, Adolf Eichmann, accountants
Health & Medicine

The Death of Public Health: The Senseless Wholesale Axing of Vital CDC Offices

Angela Rasmussen 10/18/25

Another Friday night massacre, but this time it’s not just an essential federal public health agency that will die.

Donald Trump, deployment, National Guard, Washington, DC
Health & Medicine US Politics

The Media Should Be Much More Curious About Trump’s Health

Klaus Marre 09/07/25
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, exercising, Pentagon Athletic Center
Health & Medicine

RFK Jr. Is a One-Trick Pony

Paul Offit 08/26/25

International

Palestinians in the ruins of Gaza on February 22, 2025.
International

Trump’s Middle East Reality Check

James M. Dorsey
sign, Tel Aviv, Cyrus The Great Is Alive
International

After Gaza Hostage Release, What’s Next for Donald Trump and the Middle East?

William T. Dowell
Donald Trump, announcing, Gaza, peace plan
International

Triumphant Trump Basks in Deserved Accolades in the Middle East

Klaus Marre
President Xi Jinping, Rwanda
Economy

Trump Reignites Trade War with China

Klaus Marre

Immigration

Farmworkers, pick strawberries, Fort Valley, GA
Immigration

Trump Administration Identifies Huge Threat to Affordable Food Supply: Itself

Klaus Marre 10/14/25

Hidden deep in the Federal Register, Donald Trump’s own Department of Labor has admitted that the president’s deportation policies will have a severe impact on the US food supply and what Americans pay for their groceries.

Anti-ICE Protest, USCIS, IL
Immigration

If Only Masked ICE Goons Were the (Main) Problem

Klaus Marre 10/13/25
ICE Agents, Kristi Noem, Los Angeles, CA
Immigration

We Know What ICE Does on Camera, but What Happens When Nobody Is Watching?

Klaus Marre 09/25/25

One Small Thing

Ditch Doge, Hands-Off Protest
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Keep Hounding Everyone

Darlena Cunha
Camp Blanding, Starke, FL, Alligator Alcatraz
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: Be Seen and Be Heard

Darlena Cunha
Workers, install, Alligator Alcatraz, sign
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: No One Is Alone

Darlena Cunha
No Kings Day Protest, Bath, Maine
One Small Thing

One Small Thing: A Time for Action

Darlena Cunha

Elections

Yes on 50, sign, crowd
Elections

Yes on Prop 50: Californians Vote and America Hangs in the Balance

Nathan Max 10/22/25

California had the right idea, but it’s not the right idea for right now.

Red thumb on scale
Deep Dives Elections

Putin, the Election Integrity Whisperer, Gives Trump Pointers for 2026

Jonathan D. Simon 08/29/25
Donald Trump, Jeanine Pirro, speaking
Elections Journalism & Media

Court Filing Serves as Reminder That Fox News Is the GOP’s Propaganda Arm

Klaus Marre 08/21/25

Environment

Coral reef, Dog Island, US Virgin Islands
Environment

As Seas Rise, Corals Can’t Keep Up

Grace van Deelen
Field of grain, brown
Environment

Fact-Checking a Trump Administration Claim About Climate Change and Crops

Dana Nuccitelli
UN delegates, celebrate, Paris Agreement, Climate Change Conference, 2015
Environment

10 Years After Paris Agreement, Countries Are Still Missing Climate Deadlines

Naveena Sadasivam
Destruction in Gaza
Environment

At Least Let Us Tell Our Stories

Mohammed Al-Sawwaf

Justice

Chicago, No Kings, march, June 14, 2025
Rights & Liberties US Politics

On No Kings Day, Why Protest Matters

Daniel Malmer 10/16/25

When millions gather and demonstrate, it becomes part of the narrative, helps build a movement, and is a great antidote for those feelings of futility.

No Kings Day, sign, Kings don't belong in America.
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Republicans Are Terrified of the ‘No Kings’ Mass Protest

Klaus Marre 10/15/25
ICE raid, apartment, Chicago
Rights & Liberties US Politics

Fascism Now: Regime’s Blackhawk Helicopter Descends on Chicago Apartment Complex

Lucian K. Truscott IV 10/04/25
Department of Justice
Rights & Liberties

Federal Employees Should Spend Their Shutdown Fighting Back

Klaus Marre 10/04/25
James Comey, former Director, FBI, National Police Week Message
Courts US Politics

Trump Celebrates Comey Indictment as Independent Judiciary in US Dies

Klaus Marre 09/26/25

Podcast

Earth Day 1970, 20 million people participated

Why The ‘No Kings’ March Won’t Change Anything — Until It Does

Jeff Schechtman
Main Street, job market, Wall Street

The Economy May Be Our Last Guardrail

Jeff Schechtman
Jane Goodall, lecture, Reasons for Hope

Ahead of Her Time: My Timeless Conversation With Jane Goodall 27 Years Ago

Jeff Schechtman
Globalization, what went wrong, Jenga game

Globalization and Its Discontents: How the World’s Greatest Bet Went Wrong

Jeff Schechtman

Cartoon

Mike Johnson, No Kings march, Antifa, Marxists, America haters, Pinocchio

Republicans Spent All Week Lying About the ‘No Kings’ March

DonkeyHotey
The Buy Button In Not Enough, 007, Amazon, Kindle, audible

Saturday Hashtag: #License2KillOwnership

Sean Ogden
Donald Trump, message, Pam Bondi

Tweeted From the Heavens

Jon Richards

Editors' Picks

science, nature, marine life, biodiversity, endangered species, green sea turtles, extinction rescue

Green Sea Turtles Have Been Saved From Extinction

Whowhatwhy Editors
science, medicine, vision, disease, electronic implant, sight restoration

Experts Hail ‘Remarkable’ Success of Electronic Eye Implant in Restoring Sight

Whowhatwhy Editors
climate crisis, global warming, fighting deforestation, investors, $3T fund

Investors Managing $3T in Assets Urge Countries to Stop Deforestation

Whowhatwhy Editors
U.S. legislation, gun ownership, Second Amendment rights, Supreme Court, regular marijuana use, gun ownership

Supreme Court to Consider Whether People Who Smoke Pot Can Own Guns

Whowhatwhy Editors
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