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The fire this time

The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in Gaza

This is how authoritarians operate: they flourish when the population feels despair, turning even moments that could bring us together into tools for separation.

ABC decision over Kimmel comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing comes hours after Trump-appointed chair of US media regulator threatened broadcaster’s license

The UAE put $2 billion into World Liberty Financial, then got export restrictions lifted on AI chips. Nothing to see here, move along.

Murder by meme

Hundreds of billions in appropriated spending has been withheld, with dire consequences. Government funding shouldn’t be derailed like this.

The Washington Post’s Karen Attiah is the latest prominent Black journalist to lose her job. The trend is a sign of retrenchment in both fighting racism and saving democracy.

It was a first for an electoral democracy. Backers say it is more transparent than what politicians do. But it has risks.

A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies.