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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Linda McMahon.

Trump Is Writing Off Kids With Disabilities, but We Shouldn’t  Trump Is Writing Off Kids With Disabilities, but We Shouldn’t 

A broad coalition of organizations, lawmakers, and former Department of Education officials are calling to preserve the agency from Trump’s liquidation plans.

Aug 13, 2026 / Feature / Regina Mahone

Shut Out of Special Education, This Texas Family Is Fighting Back

Shut Out of Special Education, This Texas Family Is Fighting Back Shut Out of Special Education, This Texas Family Is Fighting Back

Five-year-old Annie Morey was denied a public education even before Trump began dismantling the Department of Education. Her case now sits before the Fifth Circuit.

Aug 13, 2026 / Feature / Pepper Stetler

A couple walks along Lake Michigan as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets Chicago, Illinois, on July 16, 2026.

We Can’t Surrender to Climate Destruction We Can’t Surrender to Climate Destruction

Politicians and pundits are telling us to accept the escalating breakdown of our planet. We have to fight back.

Aug 13, 2026 / Sarah Lazare

The New York premiere of “Girls,” 2012.

Growing Up With “Girls” Growing Up With “Girls”

Lena Dunham and her generation enter midlife.

Aug 13, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Grace Byron

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Government Is Putting AI Before People and the Planet—With Matt Haugen Government Is Putting AI Before People and the Planet—With Matt Haugen

Paris Marx is joined by Matt Haugen to discuss how AI policy benefits tech giants at the planet’s expense—and what a people- and climate-first alternative could look like.

Aug 13, 2026 / Paris Marx

A portrait of the late Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba, on August 10, 2026. During his life, the United States devised numerous unsuccessful plans to assassinate the Cuban leader.

The CIA Targets Cuba… Again The CIA Targets Cuba… Again

Covert operations add to Trump’s ruthless regime change efforts.

Aug 13, 2026 / Peter Kornbluh

Weight-loss injection pens on a scale.

What You Need to Know About the GLP-1 Economy What You Need to Know About the GLP-1 Economy

The making of a medical caste.

Aug 13, 2026 / Richard Eskow

In New Delhi, India, on July 26, the words “WE WON” are seen written on the pavement following the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, meeting a key demand of the Cockroach Janta Party.

India’s Cockroaches Were Never Radical Enough India’s Cockroaches Were Never Radical Enough

The Cockroach Janta Party protests won a great victory. What will be their legacy?

Aug 13, 2026 / Wolf Hertzberg

Supporters cheer during an election night event for Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, now the Democratic candidate for Senate, on August 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Peggy Flanagan’s Many Crush the Money in the Minnesota Senate Primary Peggy Flanagan’s Many Crush the Money in the Minnesota Senate Primary

Corporate Dem Angie Craig outspent Flanagan by roughly four to one. But Flanagan’s ground game, and her promise to “avenge Minnesota” after ICE’s cruelty, gave her a 20-point win....

Aug 12, 2026 / Joan Walsh

March of the Jewish socialist Bund on May Day, 1930, in Poland.

The History of the Jewish Bund—With Molly Crabapple The History of the Jewish Bund—With Molly Crabapple

Molly Crabapple joins Danny and Derek to explore the history of the Jewish Labor Bund, its battles with Zionism and Bolshevism, and its legacy for the Jewish left.

Aug 12, 2026 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

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