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Climate. ACTION!

Climate. ACTION! Climate. ACTION!

California Fires Fossil Fueled By The Oil Industry.

Jan 30, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A hand holds an iPhone. The screen shows the application DeekSeek asking,

Why DeepSeek’s Surprise Breakthrough Shouldn’t Have Come as a Surprise Why DeepSeek’s Surprise Breakthrough Shouldn’t Have Come as a Surprise

While America was busy with stock buybacks and quarterly profits, China spent decades building an integrated system linking research, manufacturing, and innovation.

Jan 30, 2025 / Corbin Trent

A wheel loader tips dead turkeys into a container, killed due to an outbreak of bird flu in Baden-Württemberg, Ilshofen, on January 15, 2025.

How Will the Bird Flu Affect the Trump Presidency? How Will the Bird Flu Affect the Trump Presidency?

Bird flu has already proven a disaster for humans and animals alike. And it could get far worse.

Jan 30, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Protesters march through downtown Chicago, opposing Donald Trump's presidential inauguration on January 20, 2025.

The United States Has Always Been a Divided Nation The United States Has Always Been a Divided Nation

Coming to terms with this reality will allow us to strengthen and maximize the full power and potential of our nation—the one dedicated to the proposition of equality.

Jan 30, 2025 / Steve Phillips

The Problem With Cyberlibertarianism

The Problem With Cyberlibertarianism The Problem With Cyberlibertarianism

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Chris Gilliard on how politics shaped the way we think about the internet.

Jan 30, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be Health and Human Services Secretary.

RFK Jr.’s Family Dissents. I Hope the Democrats Do Too. RFK Jr.’s Family Dissents. I Hope the Democrats Do Too.

There are so many reasons to reject the HHS secretary nominee’s crackpot health science.

Jan 29, 2025 / Joan Walsh

RFK Trump debate

Chris Hayes: How Trump Wins the Battle for Attention Chris Hayes: How Trump Wins the Battle for Attention

On this episode of Start Making Sense, the MSNBC host says information is infinite, but attention is limited—and that’s what makes it valuable.

Jan 29, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Mikhail Lermontov's “Memory of Caucasus,” 1838.

The Reckless Creation of Whiteness The Reckless Creation of Whiteness

In The Unseen Truth, Sarah Lewis examines how an erroneous 18th-century story about the “Caucasian race” led to a centuries of prejudice and misapprehension.

Jan 29, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Erin L. Thompson

Springtime for Trump

Springtime for Trump Springtime for Trump

And friends.

Jan 28, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Pete Hegseth’s Dangerous War on America

Pete Hegseth’s Dangerous War on America Pete Hegseth’s Dangerous War on America

Every one of Hegseth’s predecessors emphasized unity and a diverse military as key to national progress and defense.

Jan 28, 2025 / Michael T. Klare

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