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A demonstrator waits in her car before a rolling protest caravan departs for the west gate of San Quentin State Prison to demand more protection for prisoners against the coronavirus and Covid-19 in Larkspur, California, on May 9, 2020.

We’ve Entered the Gaslighting Phase of Covid in Prisons We’ve Entered the Gaslighting Phase of Covid in Prisons

Covid is spreading, but incarcerated people are being told vaccines aren’t necessary.

Oct 24, 2025 / Victoria Law

No Kings Sketches

No Kings Sketches No Kings Sketches

Arc de Trump.

Oct 24, 2025 / Steve Brodner

An excavator works to clear rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished. The demolition is part of President Donald Trump’s plan to build a ballroom on the eastern side of the White House.

The Crazy-Making Destruction of the East Wing of the White House The Crazy-Making Destruction of the East Wing of the White House

Demolishing the people’s entrance to the People’s House is part of Trump’s plan to destabilize and devastate his opponents.

Oct 24, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Pedestrians on the campus of Indiana University–Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana.

Why Did Indiana University Axe Its Award-Winning Print Newspaper? Why Did Indiana University Axe Its Award-Winning Print Newspaper?

If the administration can censor the Indiana Daily Student—one of the most acclaimed student publications in the nation—then student journalism everywhere is at risk.

Oct 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin

Dion Green, a survivor of a 2019 mass shooting, speaks in front of the Supreme Court Building.

Don’t Fall for the Supreme Court’s “Pro-Weed” Gun Case Don’t Fall for the Supreme Court’s “Pro-Weed” Gun Case

The case, which proposes expanding gun access to drug users, is not an opportunity—it‘s a trap.

Oct 23, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. stands behind Donald Trump in the Oval Office

We Have No One to Blame for Public Health Disasters but Ourselves We Have No One to Blame for Public Health Disasters but Ourselves

Isn’t it time, in the era of Trump and RFK Jr., to focus on a social structure in which corporations and institutions make decisions that profoundly affect people’s health?

Oct 23, 2025 / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner

A group of Indigenous people is leading a demonstration for the climate organized in Brussels, Belgium, on October 23, 2022.

Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers Coming Sunday: The People Behind the Climate Numbers

The next phase of The 89 Percent Project profiles climate’s supermajority.

Oct 23, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Coming for Your Rights!

Coming for Your Rights! Coming for Your Rights!

Will the USA rise to the occasion?

Oct 23, 2025 / OppArt / Gia Ruiz

A military truck transporting the belongings of a resident past the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province.

Independent Media in Cambodia Is Collapsing. Washington Made It Worse. Independent Media in Cambodia Is Collapsing. Washington Made It Worse.

The Thai-Cambodian border conflict is just one of the many stories going underreported in the country as Trump’s funding cuts leave citizens and journalists scrambling.

Oct 23, 2025 / StudentNation / Rani Chor

An AI Data Center in Abilene, Texas

Will the AI Boom Lead to Water and Electricity Shortages? Will the AI Boom Lead to Water and Electricity Shortages?

It’s a steep price to pay so that Mark Zuckerberg can sell AI-enabled spy glasses.

Oct 22, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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