Trump's Contested Order to Restrict Mail-In Voting Could Disenfranchise Millions: Ari Berman
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a lower court’s injunction on President Trump’s executive order seeking to limit…
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"They Threw Me to the Wolves": Karen Attiah on Censorship Under Trump, Winning Her WaPo Job Back
A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire award-winning opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back…
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Headlines for August 26, 2026
Iran Announces That It’s Resuming Negotiations with Oman over Strait of Hormuz, Palestinians Hold Vigil for Journalists…
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Meet Prairieland Protester Autumn Hill: How Her "Act of Solidarity" Became a 50-Year Prison Sentence
“I’m absolutely being imprisoned for a political agenda,” activist Autumn Hill tells Democracy Now! in a phone call…
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Illinois Is a Sanctuary State, But Cops & Prosecutors Still Secretly Work with ICE: Injustice Watch
We speak to journalist Aura Bogado, whose new investigation into Illinois law enforcement and prosecutorial…
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U.S. Threatens New Economic War on Iran by Targeting China & Tehran's Other Top Trading Partners
The Trump administration has announced unspecified plans to further tighten sanctions on Iran, threatening other…
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SOUTHCOM Resumes Bombing Boats Accused of Drug Smuggling, China Calls on U.S. to “Act Rationally” as Bessent Threatens…
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In Defeat for AIPAC, Aisha Wahab Wins House Seat, Becoming First Afghan American in Congress
Progressive California state lawmaker Aisha Wahab made history last week in a special election that will make her the…
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"Unbought & Unbossed": Angie Nixon on Winning Democratic Senate Race in Florida, DSA Membership & More
Progressive state Representative Angie Nixon pulled off a stunning victory in Florida last week, defeating the…
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Montreal Considers Cutting Ties to Israel as Outrage Grows in Canada over Israeli Impunity: Avi Lewis
The Montreal City Council is set to debate a controversial motion Monday calling on the Canadian city to suspend all…
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"Most Stupid Trade Fight in History": U.S. & Canadian Workers Stand to Lose in Trump's New Tariff War
The U.S.-Canada trade war is deepening after talks collapsed without a deal on Friday. Canadian Prime Minister Mark…
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Iran Condemns U.S. Sanctions Ahead of Trump Administration’s “Economic D-Day”, Israel Continues Attacks on Gaza, with…
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DOJ Whistleblower Confirms "Antisemitism" Probes Against Universities Were Sham Investigations
Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, has filed a complaint…
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Meet Loui Ridi: Palestinian American Returns to West Bank Home Besieged by Israeli Settlers
Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American man who lives in Ohio, traveled to the occupied West Bank on Monday to help relatives…
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As Pressure Grows, Israel Finally Opens Probe into 2024 Killing of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab in Gaza
Israel’s military on Wednesday admitted that its soldiers opened fire in January 2024 on a car trying to flee Gaza City…
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U.S. Treasury to Sanction Iran and Its Trading Partners: “You Are Either With Us or Against Us”, USS Abraham Lincoln…
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"Love Machines": James Muldoon on How AI Is Changing Relationships & the Global Workers Fueling AI
James Muldoon is a sociologist who writes about the changing nature of human-technology relationships. Love Machines:…
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AI Superintelligence Is Not a Tool, It's an Adversary Threatening Humanity: ControlAI's Connor Leahy
Sixty-nine-year-old Wynd Kaufmyn, a retired teacher from Berkeley, California, is believed to be the first person…
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5 Years After Taliban Takeover, Women & Girls in Afghanistan Have Disappeared from Public Life
Restrictions on women’s rights have expanded in Afghanistan since U.S. forces withdrew from the country five years ago,…
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U.S. National Debt Tops $40 Trillion as Trump’s Tariffs and Wars Drive Deficit Spending, Trump Announces “Most Crushing…
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Activist Tree-Sit in Ancient Cottonwood Continues Against Border Wall Construction in Arizona
A protest camp in the small border town of Lochiel, Arizona, is seeking to stop federal contractors from building…
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Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas
The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following…
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"Profoundly Corrupt": Trump Sued for Selling Early Access to His Truth Social Posts for $100K/Month
We speak with Brendan Ballou, CEO of the Public Integrity Project, which is part of a lawsuit against President Donald…
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Trump's "Authoritarian Takeover" of the Media, ABC Suing FCC & the Meta Trial: Free Press's Jessica González
We look at major media news with Jessica González, co-CEO of the advocacy organization Free Press. She discusses the…
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Israeli Strikes Kill at Least Seven Palestinians in Gaza, Palestinian American Travels to Occupied West Bank to Defend…
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Netanyahu Throws "Poison Pill" into Gaza Deal as Kushner Meets with Hamas & Israel: Mouin Rabbani
President Trump’s son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on…
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"Regime Change" Author Maggie Haberman on Trump's Imperial Presidency, Epstein Files & War on Iran
We continue our conversation with Maggie Haberman, whose recent book with fellow New York Times journalist Jonathan…
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Who Is Natalie Harp? NYT Reporter Maggie Haberman on Trump's Aide & His Attacks on Women Reporters
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Maggie Haberman is the co-author of the new book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial…
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Iran Threatens New Offensive as Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. Expires, Yemen’s Houthis Claim Another Attack on…
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"The Nerd Reich": Author Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance & the War on Democracy
A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Durán investigates “tech fascism” and its mounting influence on U.S.…
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Exclusive: Palestine Action Lawyer Rajiv Menon Breaks Silence on Facing Contempt Charges in U.K.
A prominent human rights lawyer in the United Kingdom has been charged with criminal contempt for his closing speech in…
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"Operation Puppet Master": Trump Admin Spied on Minnesota Activists & Unions After ICE Killings
Newly released federal documents have revealed the existence of an expansive surveillance program launched by the…
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Trump Threatens to “Bomb the S— Out of Oman,” Downplays Concerns About USS Abraham Lincoln, Israeli Airstrikes Kill at…
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"American Doctor": New Film Follows U.S. Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals, Kills Staff, Patients
The new documentary American Doctor tells the story of how the besieged hospitals of Gaza have continued to treat the…
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"Mop Up Michigan": Donavan McKinney on Democratic Socialism, Corporate Money & His Primary Upset
One of the biggest upsets from Democratic primary elections this month was Donavan McKinney’s defeat of two-term…
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"Stop Toxic Data Centers": Justin Pearson on Elon Musk, AI & Winning Dem. House Primary in Memphis
We speak with Tennessee lawmaker Justin J. Pearson, who just won the Democratic primary to represent part of Memphis in…
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