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Swearing-in ceremony for the US Army’s Detachment 201—the so-called Army Executive Innovation Corps—with lieutenant colonels from four tech companies, including Shyam Sankar, chief technology officer (CTO) for Palantir; Andrew Bosworth, CTO for Meta; Kevin Weil, chief product officer of OpenAI; and Bob McGrew, adviser at Thinking Machines Lab and former chief research officer for OpenAI, on June 13, 2025.

How Silicon Valley and Private Finance Are Reshaping War How Silicon Valley and Private Finance Are Reshaping War

Revealing the dangerous alliance of techno-fascists with finance capital and the military-industrial complex.

May 20, 2026 / Shana Marshall

A large image of Donald Trump hangs from the the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, DC.

For Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund, the Impunity Is the Point For Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund, the Impunity Is the Point

Nixon and his henchmen went to great lengths to conceal their slush-money crimes. Trump and his MAGA coterie don’t have to worry about that.

May 20, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

Sunbonnet Truths

Sunbonnet Truths Sunbonnet Truths

Sunbonnets stitching together razor-sharp truths.

May 19, 2026 / OppArt / Jane Pearlmutter

A “Stop the Steal” protester on January 6, 2021.

Trump Just Created a White Grievance Reparations Fund Trump Just Created a White Grievance Reparations Fund

And it will be paid for with your tax dollars.

May 19, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Undoing the Voting Rights Act

Undoing the Voting Rights Act Undoing the Voting Rights Act

Racists undoing democracy.

May 18, 2026 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement

Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement

The spike in solitary confinement epitomizes the abuses of a migrant detention system that seems to be spinning out of control.

May 18, 2026 / Francisco Rodriguez

Trillion-Dollar Tech Bandits Are Finally Facing Justice

Trillion-Dollar Tech Bandits Are Finally Facing Justice Trillion-Dollar Tech Bandits Are Finally Facing Justice

An outdated law has allowed Big Tech to evade accountability for 30 years. Now landmark court rulings are giving consumers a chance to fight back.

May 18, 2026 / Feature / Margaret Mabie and Yasmine Taeb

The Dismantling of Black Studies

The Dismantling of Black Studies The Dismantling of Black Studies

Everyone committed to democracy, intellectual freedom, and the rule of law should be alarmed at what is happening—and prepared to act.

May 18, 2026 / Feature / Jafari Sinclaire Allen

Jesse at Valley Forge Military Academy.

How the Military Mindset Has Crushed Our Country’s Men How the Military Mindset Has Crushed Our Country’s Men

I talked to troops and cadets about the kind of masculinity the military encourages. Its ripple effects on mental health are dire.

May 16, 2026 / Jasper Craven

What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What’s to Come

What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What’s to Come What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What’s to Come

Justice Alito called the Supreme Court’s order “unreasoned” and “remarkable,” while feigning ignorance over the decades of research pointing to mifepristone’s safety.

May 15, 2026 / Michele Goodwin

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