Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid

Here’s What Never Arrived

“Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime

Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.

Shutdown Messaging Draws Hatch Act Challenges

While Hatch Act is the focus of several complaints, one group is arguing the messages violate federal appropriations law.

Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Deserve Better

Epstein and his trafficking ring of ultra-wealthy figures expose how patriarchy and oligarchy conspire to crush victims, then empower men like Trump with such staggering impunity that they can become president.

Local Climate Projects Persevere Despite Trump Policies

Far from the image of social breakdown so often depicted in Hollywood blockbusters, every disaster survived deepens a community’s knowledge of itself. It reinforces and strengthens the relationships people can actually rely upon.

Friday Nite Videos | October 3, 2025

'Unhinged and Unwell': Trump's Mental Decline Raises Alarms. Trump Announces Seal Team 6 Killed U.S. Protester in Daring Overnight Raid. Netanyahu | John Oliver. Paige Gebhardt Cognetti Political Ad. Epstein Update Rocks Trump World.

CA to Cut $$ to Universities That Cave to Trump

California Governor Gavin Newsom urges schools not to sign the ‘radical agreement’ Trump has proposed to impose cuts to departments, students and speech. He vows that schools that sign Trump's 'compact' will 'instantly' lose state funding.

Judge Hits Trump ‘Assault on the First Amendment’

The Reagan-appointed judge's opinion was remarkable in its candid assessment of the Trump administration’s effort to squelch political speech in general — not just on college campuses — and Trump’s autocratic tendencies as a leader.

Jane Goodall’s Legacy: Three Ways She Changed Science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

This Professor Lets Strangers Ask Him About Being Trans

Even offensive questions are welcome and are answered. The goal, to create empathy for a stranger, is one of the most effective ways to ease cultural tension, experts say.
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The Story of White People

Tony Hoagland
Poet Tony Hoagland commemorates the transition from innocence to knowledge, from privilege to guilt.

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MAGA Is Coming for the WNBA

Alex Keeney Politico
The nation’s most prominent — and most politically active — women’s pro sports league is on a collision course with Donald Trump.

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My Grandpa Was Two

Peter Neil Carroll
Stopping in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, during a trip along the Mississippi, historian and poet Peter Carroll contemplates the flow of time.

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Riefenstahl Exposes the Nazis’ Favorite Filmmaker

An interview with Andres Veiel Jacobin
Darkly influential, the cinema of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is a powerful blend of art and propaganda. She’s now the subject of a new documentary that wrestles with the question of the culpability of a talented artist working for a vile regi

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Labor Relations in Germany – Three Snapshots

Thomas Klikauer Z Network
German labor relations aren’t dead. Workers are fighting – in courts, in meat factories, in airports. These workers will not surrender. Whatever dirty tactics management throws at them – they stand firm.

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‘A Leader Who Will Fight for Us’

Ralph Palladino The Chief
Democratic Socialist Zorhan Mamdani’s decisive win over former Governor Andrew Cuomo in June’s Democratic Party primary has the billionaire class, large corporate real estate owners and the many in the moderate Democratic establishment freaking out.

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Paige Gebhardt Cognetti Political Ad

The mayor of Scranton, PA, announces a run for a key swing Congressional seat with a blistering message about inherited privilege and economic inequality.

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Epstein Update Rocks Trump World

Trump’s Epstein problem just got much worse, with accusations from a top Trump official. Plus the latest on the Republican shutdown.

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Bombshell Development in the Epstein Scandal

When Adelita Grijalva is sworn in as a member of Congress next week, she will be the crucial 218th vote to force a vote on release of the Epstein files. What comes next?