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Dion Green, a survivor of a 2019 mass shooting, speaks in front of the Supreme Court Building.

Don’t Fall for the Supreme Court’s “Pro-Weed” Gun Case Don’t Fall for the Supreme Court’s “Pro-Weed” Gun Case

The case, which proposes expanding gun access to drug users, is not an opportunity—it‘s a trap.

Oct 23, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. stands behind Donald Trump in the Oval Office

We Have No One to Blame for Public Health Disasters but Ourselves We Have No One to Blame for Public Health Disasters but Ourselves

Isn’t it time, in the era of Trump and RFK Jr., to focus on a social structure in which corporations and institutions make decisions that profoundly affect people’s health?

Oct 23, 2025 / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner

A group of Indigenous people is leading a demonstration for the climate organized in Brussels, Belgium, on October 23, 2022.

Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers

The next phase of The 89 Percent Project profiles climate’s supermajority.

Oct 23, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Coming for Your Rights!

Coming for Your Rights! Coming for Your Rights!

Will the USA rise to the occasion?

Oct 23, 2025 / OppArt / Gia Ruiz

An Amazon Zoox driverless robotaxi drives on the Las Vegas Strip on August 7, 2025.

Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us: Joanne McNeil unpacks Big Tech’s driverless transport fantasy.

Oct 23, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

A military truck transporting the belongings of a resident past the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province.

Independent Media in Cambodia Is Collapsing. Washington Made It Worse. Independent Media in Cambodia Is Collapsing. Washington Made It Worse.

The Thai-Cambodian border conflict is just one of the many stories going underreported in the country as Trump’s funding cuts leave citizens and journalists scrambling.

Oct 23, 2025 / StudentNation / Rani Chor

An AI Data Center in Abilene, Texas

Will the AI Boom Lead to Water and Electricity Shortages? Will the AI Boom Lead to Water and Electricity Shortages?

It’s a steep price to pay so that Mark Zuckerberg can sell AI-enabled spy glasses.

Oct 22, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Chicago

Chicago Chicago

Wide angle.

Oct 22, 2025 / OppArt / Michael de Adder

Protesters rally during the

Rebecca Solnit on No Kings—Plus, Reforming the LAPD After Rodney King Rebecca Solnit on No Kings—Plus, Reforming the LAPD After Rodney King

On this episode of Start Making Sense, the author of Hope in the Dark looks ahead, and Danny Goldberg explains how the Rodney King riots led to greater control of the LAPD.

Oct 22, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Mumia Abu-Jamal, seen here in a December 13, 1995, photo from prison, was convicted in 1982 of murdering a Philadelphia policeman.

Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks With the Clear Voice of a Free Man Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks With the Clear Voice of a Free Man

Incarcerated for 44 years, the political prisoner remains unbowed in the face of medical neglect.

Oct 22, 2025 / Dave Zirin

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