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Donald Trump signs the NPSM-7 memo on September 25, 2025.

The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans

Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.

Aug 4, 2026 / Hannah Riley Fernandez

Migrants swim around a border barrier with Morocco to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa in July 31, 2026, two of the roughly 50,000 people who crossed into the territory last week. More than 70 people died in the crossing.

The Makings of a Mass Crisis The Makings of a Mass Crisis

Unless Morocco’s government provides better jobs, education, healthcare, and human rights to young people, the crisis we witnessed this last week will happen again.

Aug 4, 2026 / Laila Lalami

Tens of thousands of Moroccans and others entered the small city of Ceuta, Spain, on Thursday, July 30, 2026.

The Real Story Behind the Human Wave That Entered Ceuta The Real Story Behind the Human Wave That Entered Ceuta

Did the Israeli and US hostility toward Spain embolden Morocco to think it could get away with creating a border control crisis?

Aug 3, 2026 / Stephen Zunes

The Widener Library on the Harvard Campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Graduate Students Taking on the World’s Richest University The Graduate Students Taking on the World’s Richest University

In public, Harvard has waged a battle against the Trump administration. In private, workers say the university wants to appease it.

Aug 3, 2026 / StudentNation / Mira Nalbandian

People wait in hopes of seeing Stephen Colbert outside the Ed Sullivan Theater after the taping of the final episode of The Late Show in New York, on May 21, 2026.

Our Court Jesters Are Disappearing Just When We Need Them Most Our Court Jesters Are Disappearing Just When We Need Them Most

In this authoritarian moment, we need defiant comedy more than ever.

Aug 3, 2026 / Kali Holloway

This Week in Musk

This Week in Musk This Week in Musk

Straw woman.

Jul 31, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Donald Trump boards Air Force One on July 27, 2026.

Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Is a Feckless, Criminal Failure

Blowing up innocent fishermen hasn’t curbed the drug trade.

Jul 31, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Doherty Tim, senior officer specialist, Federal Bureau of Prisons, chats with Ben Lupo, 64, from Youngstown, Ohio, at Devens federal prison in Massachusetts, on Tuesday, April 22, 2015. (

America’s Crisis of “Death by Incarceration” America’s Crisis of “Death by Incarceration”

The US prison population is aging rapidly, and incarcerated seniors are not getting the care they need.

Jul 31, 2026 / Zoe Beketova

US President Donald Trump, Open AI CEO Sam Altman, and Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis during a meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit in eastern France, on June 17, 2026.

How Cloud Giants Wield Their Power Against Us All—With Cecilia Rikap How Cloud Giants Wield Their Power Against Us All—With Cecilia Rikap

Paris Marx talks to Cecilia Rikap about how networks of corporate power systematically influence global politics and the economy.

Jul 30, 2026 / Podcast / Paris Marx

New Order

New Order New Order

ICEcapades.

Jul 30, 2026 / OppArt / Eric Drooker

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