The Promise and the Problem of Black History Month

Yohuru Williams The Progressive
Black History Month insists that the struggle for justice did not end with emancipation, federal civil rights legislation, or symbolic inclusion. It reminds us that understanding the past is not about guilt or grievance, but about responsibility.

The Paranoid Style of Jeffrey Epstein Has Come for Us All

Ana Marie Cox The New Republic
The pedophile plutocrat had some peculiar predilections—especially for academics and thinkers who showed a potential to further his grand experiments in inhumanity. Epstein didn’t pull people into his web and then corrupt them. The club existed.

Friday Nite Videos | February 27, 2026

Portside Portside
We Uncovered the Most Infamous Secret Society. Welcome the Stranger | Zohran Mamdani. The Uncomfortable Truth About Ozempic. Come to Jesus Moment | The Midnight Republic. The Story of Capital | David Harvey.

This Is How Dictatorships Go to War

Joe Cirincione The New Republic
Even King George needed the approval of the British Parliament before he could wage war against the rebellious American colonies. Trump has remained mum as he orders the largest military buildup in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The Whole Economy Pays the Amazon Tax

Cory Doctorow Pluralistic
The billions that Amazon steals from American buyers and sellers are the source of the millions that Bezos uses to support Trump's fascist takeover of America.

Video Reveals Trump’s Sexual Misconduct With Children

Andy Borowitz The Borowitz Report
This BBC documentary has never aired in the USA, and probably never will. But, as Stephen Colbert recently proved with his James Talarico interview, Trump’s stooges at the FCC can’t prevent video clips from being shared online.

The Russian Idée Fixe

Andriy Movchan CounterPunch
Putin dusts off millennia-old chronicles, finding in them proof of his reactionary utopia, his imagined historical right to possess Ukraine. Let’s talk about the most underestimated cause of this war — ideological obsession. The Russian idée fixe.

We Uncovered the Most Infamous Secret Society

They're billionaires, politicians, judges and more. They meet at private camp Bohemian Grove. The membership is secret, but Daniel Boguslaw came to us with a full list of everyone involved.

Welcome the Stranger | Zohran Mamdani

Mayor Mamdani's speech at the NYC Interfaith Breakfast | Feb 6, 2026. This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.