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Chris Packham addresses the audience at a National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crisis, at Central Hall Westminster on November 27, 2025, in London, England.

The UK’s Climate National Emergency Briefing Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Everyone The UK’s Climate National Emergency Briefing Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Everyone

The briefing was a rare coordinated effort to make sure the media reflects the science: Humanity’s planetary house is on fire, but we have the tools to put that fire out.

Dec 11, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Hend’s family during their olive harvest season in 2024. Photo courtesy of Hend Salama Abo Helow

Israel Wants to Destroy My Family's Way of Life. We'll Never Give In. Israel Wants to Destroy My Family's Way of Life. We'll Never Give In.

My family's olive trees have stood in Gaza for decades. Despite genocide, drought, pollution, toxic mines, uprooting, bulldozing, and burning, they're still here—and so are we.

Dec 11, 2025 / Hend Salama Abo Helow

People gather outside of the Supreme Court Building to protest Citizens United in 2019.

The Maine Lawsuit That Could Save Democracy From Big Money The Maine Lawsuit That Could Save Democracy From Big Money

A legal fight could restore the state’s power to set its own limits on contributions to super PACs and encourage public financing.

Dec 11, 2025 / StudentNation / Thai Loyd

Trump Foreign Policy

Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con

Sense, nonsense, and lunacy.

Dec 10, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage

Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, presents the FIFA Peace Prize to President Donald Trump during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

“This Is Historic”: FIFA and UEFA Presidents Are Accused of Aiding Israel’s War Crimes “This Is Historic”: FIFA and UEFA Presidents Are Accused of Aiding Israel’s War Crimes

A coming filing with the ICC accuses FIFA’s Gianni Infantino and UEFA’s Aleksander Čeferin of crimes against humanity for their financial support of settlement clubs.

Dec 10, 2025 / Dave Zirin and Chuck Modiano

Sunset over Christ the Saviour cathedral in Moscow

Does Russian Feminism Have a Future? Does Russian Feminism Have a Future?

A Russian feminist reflects on Julia Ioffe’s history of modern Russia.

Dec 10, 2025 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

The Warner Bros. Discovery flag alongside the American one, outside Warsaw’s TVN broadcasting studio

One Buyout After Another One Buyout After Another

The multibillion-dollar takeover bids targeting Warner Bros. Discovery show how Trump’s corrupt model of governance-by-payback could destroy Hollywood.

Dec 10, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

Lower Manhattan Uprising

Lower Manhattan Uprising Lower Manhattan Uprising

Joining activist networks, New Yorkers are ready to gather in the moment to turn back ICE. On Saturday, November 29, it worked. Find out about local resistance groups in your area!

Dec 10, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

The Best Albums of 2025

The Best Albums of 2025 The Best Albums of 2025

From Mavis Staples to the Kronos Quartet—these are our music critic’s favorite works from this year.

Dec 10, 2025 / David Hajdu

Shri Thanedar and Pete Hegseth.

The Push to Impeach Pete Hegseth Is On The Push to Impeach Pete Hegseth Is On

Democratic Representative Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against the secretary of defense over the murderous attacks on boats in the Caribbean.

Dec 9, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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