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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks the US District Courthouse in Washington, DC, on August 15, 2025.

Does DC Have a Vichy Mayor? Does DC Have a Vichy Mayor?

It’s still unclear—and that’s the problem.

Sep 5, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Bari Weiss speaks onstage during Book Club Event With Peggy Noonan on November 19, 2024, in New York City

Vile Grifters Are Taking Over Establishment Media Vile Grifters Are Taking Over Establishment Media

Paramount is reportedly set to pay between $100 million and $200 million for The Free Press and will install Bari Weiss at the top of CBS News.

Sep 4, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson

A woman reacts as a family member is detained by federal agents after exiting immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City.

The Military Has Officially Entered the Deportation Business The Military Has Officially Entered the Deportation Business

The administration’s decision to deploy military lawyers as immigration judges is terrible and illegal, but when has that ever stopped Trump?

Sep 4, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Attendees gather at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Research and OpenAI conference on the NCCU campus on August 29, 2025.

Will AI Kill Your Job? Will AI Kill Your Job?

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us: Brian Merchant discusses the AI job crisis.

Sep 4, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

RFK Jr., American Psycho RFK Jr., American Psycho

He needs to go. Now.

Sep 4, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

People rally and march in support of universities and education on April 17, 2025, in New York City. Called a “Rally for the Right to Learn,” the protest consisted of students, teachers, and activists marching to demand that the administration of Donald Trump to stop arresting foreign students and cutting money from universities, among numerous other concerns.

An Open Letter to Our Students: Universities Do Not Deserve You An Open Letter to Our Students: Universities Do Not Deserve You

At the start of the school year, two professors provide some hard truths about the state of academia and what you should fight for.

Sep 4, 2025 / Monica Huerta and Dan-el Padilla Peralta

A newspaper box with a paper that reads “Michael Bears Down” in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Millville, Florida, on October 11, 2018.

News Avoidance and the Climate Majority News Avoidance and the Climate Majority

The next phase of Covering Climate Now’s 89 Percent Project puts faces to the numbers.

Sep 4, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

A member of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee holds a sign during a protest.

How Young Kashmiris Shape the Struggle for Self-Determination How Young Kashmiris Shape the Struggle for Self-Determination

Silenced and sidelined and between nation-states, young people are organizing for an independent Kashmir.

Sep 4, 2025 / StudentNation / Khadeejah Khan

Representative Ro Khanna speaks during a news conference with alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein outside the Capitol on September 3. Khanna and Representative Thomas Massie have introduced the Epstein List Transparency Act to force the federal government to release all unclassified records from the cases of Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Sisterhood Could Be Powerful Sisterhood Could Be Powerful

The victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell’s sex-trafficking scheme are increasingly banding together—and could wind up outing more famous Epstein customers on their own....

Sep 3, 2025 / Joan Walsh

California Governor Gavin Newsom greets Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California

What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery

As Democrats sharpen their online game, Gavin Newsom’s Trump-style jabs reveal both the risks and rewards of fighting fire with fire in an attention economy built for bluster.

Sep 3, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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