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Signage outside a polling location during a primary election in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.

Protecting the Midterms—at the Grassroots and in the Courts Protecting the Midterms—at the Grassroots and in the Courts

Leah Greenberg and Vanita Gupta join the show to discuss preparations to protect voting, ballot counting, and election certification in the midterms.

Aug 19, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

The City Hall clock tower and surrounding buildings in Oswego, New York, part of New York’s 24th Congressional District.

Meet Alissa Ellman, Rust Belt Populist Meet Alissa Ellman, Rust Belt Populist

“You have to talk about these issues like a human being, and not like an MSNBC host on TV.”

Aug 19, 2026 / Jim Shultz

Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey

Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey

A privately operated ICE detention facility where enforcement, profit, and human dignity collide—echoes of concentration camps.

Aug 18, 2026 / OppArt / Karen Guancione

A Palestinian boy displays the bites he has received from vermin, in Khan Yunis, Gaza, Palestine, on March 30, 2026.

The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza

This is what humanitarian collapse looks like: vermin moving freely through garbage, ruined buildings, and tents—and attacking people wherever they go.

Aug 18, 2026 / Huda Skaik

Participants from a coalition of voting rights groups march over the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on May 16, 2026, in a protest following the Supreme Court decision “Louisiana v. Callais.”

Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy

Too often, Democrats reinforce Republicans’ lie that the language of racial justice is the problem—instead of the injustices the language is trying to name.

Aug 18, 2026 / Column / Kali Holloway

How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores

How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores

Everyone from RFK Jr. to social-media influencers is telling us that the nutrient needs to be maximized in our diet as much as possible. But is that actually good for our bodies?

Aug 18, 2026 / Feature / Maya Vinokour

Teenagers walk by a military recruitment poster in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in 2024.

Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription System Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription System

They are being written out of the narrative.

Aug 18, 2026 / Dan Storyev

“Israel’s Lobby” is a new book by Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick

Is America in the Grip of a Foreign Power? Is America in the Grip of a Foreign Power?

A vital discussion on the state of the Israel lobby.

Aug 17, 2026 / Jeet Heer and Katrina vanden Heuvel

Anti-ICE protesters rally outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on June 3, 2026.

How to Close a Camp—With John Washington How to Close a Camp—With John Washington

John Washington joins Fighting Fascism to discuss the fight against immigrant detention, the activists working to close camps, and their role in authoritarianism.

Aug 17, 2026 / Podcast / Jonathan Smucker, Matt DaSilva, and Aaron Regunberg

A paper donkey, the animal symbol of the Democratic Party, hangs from the ceiling at the Virginia Victory Coordinated Campaign Field Office on October 8, 2016, in Arlington, Virginia.

Democrats Really, Really, Really Don't Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising Democrats Really, Really, Really Don't Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising

Several of the party’s top committees threatened to raise legal hell over a new study into the way they pry money out of seniors.

Aug 17, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

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