On July 19, a day after brothers and accused sex traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by US Marshals outside a bare-knuckle boxing match […]
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Is Liberal Socialism a Contradiction in Terms? (Out of the Jaws #7, with Matthew McManus and Paul Crider)
Are liberalism and socialism completely incompatible? Ryan and Adam talk with University of Michigan lecturer in political science Matthew McManus and Liberal Currents co-founder and […]
Editor’s Notes: Trump Is a Crook, and the Concern Trolling Over Fraud Is Beneath Contempt
In May, the administration announced that it would be engaging in a “full-scale war on fraud,” which in practice means doing things like pausing $1 […]
A Warning in the Americas
The U.S. midterm elections are all but guaranteed to be chaotic and contentious, but no matter what their results portend for 2028 and beyond, recent […]
Trump’s EPA Wants Fewer People Asking Questions About Data Center Pollution
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration is quietly considering a rule change that could make it […]
Trump’s Iran War Is Going To Get Republicans Blown Out In The Midterms
On September 5, 2024 during a speech to the Economic Club of New York, Donald Trump said, “Energy is going to bring us back. That […]
I Shall Not Live in Fear
After a twelve-year struggle against military conscription in Thailand, Buddhist conscientious objector Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal faces potential incarceration in July. The following is an essay he […]
Phil Scott Slides Below 50%, John Rodgers Is in Trouble, and Other Notes from a New UNH Poll
After months of essentially ignoring the contested statewide primary races, our media outlets are suddenly starting to pay attention. It’s as if somebody glanced at […]
OpenAI Hacking Fiasco Exposes a “Deeply Insufficient” System to Protect the Public
The incident sounded straight out of a science fiction movie: OpenAI’s super-advanced tool hacked another AI company’s systems in an attempt to pass its own […]
Barrie hospital getting $9.8M shot in the arm from province
Local MPPs say funding aims to improve operations and reduce wait times at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre…See More
Trump vows Europe will pay ‘big price’ in unhinged threat: ‘America is not a piggybank!’
President Donald Trump vowed vengeance on Europe Friday. Trump, set off by news the American technology company Google had been fined more than $1 billion […]
‘Gag reflex’: Respected conservative takes public stand against Todd Blanche
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were put on notice on Friday by a highly respected conservative that even the thought of appointing acting Attorney […]
The Resistance Needs To Get Bigger, Louder, More Visible And More Bold.
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Becoming disabled changed my life and deepened my commitment to liberation
The more I organize, the more I realize that disability liberation is about building relationships, creating community and ensuring that no disabled person has to […]
Can We Finally Admit Christopher Nolan Leans Right (and Still Makes Good Movies)?
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. This morning as I took my daily walk with my son I was listening to the latest episode […]
Report: Dozens of ICE and CBP Agents Have Abused Women and Children
This week, we published an investigation into David Brouillette, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who reportedly killed 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, […]
Jewish Teacher Sued Portland Public Schools + Union for Discrimination Over Colleagues’ Anti-Israel Speech
From yesterday’s Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Jeff Armistead in Doe v. Portland Ass’n of Teachers, Doe’s allegations: Doe was born in Israel and […]
When the Water Rises in Brunswick, So Does Fear of What’s in It
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just across the road from the waterfront in Brunswick, Semona Holmes lives […]
‘Their careers are over’: Ex-GOP operative demands targeted ‘purge’ after Trump’s gone
A former Republican operative demanded a purge of everyone in the Trump administration who was part of recent controversies. During an episode of The Warning, […]
Trump’s age ‘creeping up’ through his latest political attacks: biographer
President Donald Trump is showing his old age with his latest political attacks, according to one of his biographers. In an episode of Inside Trump’s […]