Analysis

Modern authoritarian regimes often offer not a unified propaganda line but rather contradictory versions of reality... The cumulative effect is to leave citizens with no clear idea of what is actually happening.

Exchanges about Trump between a reporter and Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.

When we place Trump’s bizarre, unprecedented secrecy next to Epstein’s emails in which the billionaire pedophile tells European and Russian contacts that he could offer “insight” into Trump, the outlines of a deeply troubling possibility emerge.

No African American studies. No women’s studies. No queer studies. No sociology of race. No equity-focused education courses. No history courses on segregation. No public health instruction on racial disparities. No discussions of gender identity in psychology, medicine, social work, or literature.

Of the world’s 10 most popular online shows, a Yale study shows eight have spread climate science denial.

Bill Gates was yelling and screaming at me. Turning beet red. Waving his arms. Bullying, condescending, mocking. In public, no less.

Evidence for Trump’s direct participation may exist among the Epstein files that haven’t been released yet. That may explain why the Justice Department reviewed them for any mention of Trump and has tried to stonewall their full release.

We look at the sprawling, infuriating Epstein email dump and ask what this rare glimpse into the dark heart of oligarchic minds might mean for our broken system.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is unveiling the profiles of 34 press freedom predators who attacked journalists and the right to information in 2025. What do they have in common? A hatred of press freedom.

Of all the techniques in the climate denier’s playbook, Rogan relies most heavily on conspiracy theorizing.

civ.works will be a subscriber-supported, ad-free social network that does not betray subscriber trust by selling or sharing data with marketers or sinister political operatives.

For workers to survive Trump’s MAGA moment and build a fighting labor movement for the future, both electoral politics (something old) and militant actions to disrupt business as usual (something new for many unions) will be key.

Compassion, empathy, anger, grief and joy are some of the most powerful acts of resistance available to us

If Zohran Mamdani governs as he campaigned, he will prove that the people have the power to shape their own future.

This TikTok deal is not just about money. It’s about control of the political narrative.