Analysis

  • Palantir’s Karp: The Billionaire Reshaping US Power

    TAYLOR LORENZ

    zeteo.com

    As CEO of Palantir, which he co-founded with Thiel more than two decades ago, Alex Karp is part of a new breed of Valley billionaires integrating their businesses with America's military-industrial complex.

    Published On: 04/01/2025

  • Democracy’s Last Window: Why Hesitation Has a Cost

    Laura Gamboa

    Foreign Affairs

    If American democracy is to prevail, pro-democracy forces must follow the handbook that has enabled oppositions to stop would-be autocrats in other countries.

    Published On: 03/31/2025

  • NYT’s Soft Coverage May Be Costing American Democracy

    Mark Jacob

    Stop the Presses

    During the 2024 campaign, the Times sane-washed Trump’s mental unfitness, downplayed MAGA fascism, and sometimes treated a political turning point for our country as a source of lighthearted amusement.

    Published On: 03/31/2025

  • Trump’s Order Targets Black History Museum

    Bill Barrow

    AP News

    Civil rights advocates and historians expressed concern about a chilling effect across other institutions that study Black history

    Published On: 03/29/2025

  • Small-Town Papers Fight Back Against Government Censorship

    MAX ABRAMS

    Freedom of the Press Foundation

    In a country that routinely distrusts and villainizes local news, these attacks did not occur in a vacuum; if they can happen in Clarksdale or Marion, they can happen anywhere.

    Published On: 03/28/2025

  • Media Reform Champion McChesney Dies Fighting Oligarchy

    John Nichols

    The Nation

    Bob, with his remarkable intellect and even more remarkable capacity for communicating his vision of a media that served citizens rather than corporations, was always the driving force. His research and his insatiable curiosity helped him to see the future more clearly than any scholar of his generation...

    Published On: 03/27/2025

  • Democracy’s Clock Is Ticking: The Press Freedom Fight

    JOEL SIMON

    Vanity Fair

    In 2024, the Democrats ran on the catchphrase “We are not going back.” Even after the party’s resounding defeat, the refrain may have been more prophetic than they imagined. New research shows that once a country begins a descent into authoritarianism it’s extremely difficult to reverse. And the first vector of attack is often the free press.

    Published On: 03/27/2025

  • Trump’s Election Order: A Power Grab Disguised as Reform

    Ari Berman

    Mother Jones

    On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump signed a far-reaching executive order that Eliza Sweren-Becker, senior counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice’s voting rights and elections program, described as “an astonishing and unprecedented voter suppression” effort. It would upend how Americans register to vote, how they cast their ballots, and how their votes are counted.

    Published On: 03/26/2025

  • Voter Purge Could Silence Millions Under Trump Order

    Greg Palast

    gregpalast.com

    President Donald J. Trump issued an extraordinary Executive Order that would give Elon Musk access to the voter files of every state.

    Published On: 03/26/2025

  • A Peacebuilder’s Warning: Stop Civil War Before It Starts

    Nonviolence Radio

    https://wagingnonviolence.org/

    International peacebuilder, mediator and scholar John Paul Lederach offers practical wisdom for resisting cycles of division and violence before it's too late.

    Published On: 03/25/2025

  • Yarvin’s Blueprint: How a Blogger Shaped DOGE Policy

    Ed Simon

    Time

    Where the Enlightenment promised liberty, emancipation, equality, and solidarity, “Dark Enlightenment” offers servitude, hierarchy, bondage, and ruthlessness.

    Published On: 03/24/2025

  • Trump Weaponizes DOJ to Silence His Legal Critics

    Hugo Lowell

    The Guardian

    President ordered attorney general to refer partisan lawsuits to White House and recommend sanctions against firms

    Published On: 03/22/2025

  • Crypto Megamoney Targets Florida’s House Battlegrounds

    MacKenzie Sigalos

    CNBC

    Fresh off its victories in the 2024 election cycle, the crypto industry is going big in Florida.

    Published On: 03/21/2025

  • Musk’s Green Empire Runs on Your Tax Dollars

    J. Dylan Sandifer

    The New Republic

    Musk loves to sneer at working-class people who rely on food stamps or unemployment benefits, claiming they’re lazy or entitled. But what’s more entitled than using regulatory credits to boost your company’s stock price and then leveraging that stock for loans to keep your cash flow steady?

    Published On: 03/21/2025

  • Americans Rush to Lock Down EU Residency Before Doors Close

    Alice Kantor

    Bloomberg

    The rush to secure passports and visas comes as many countries tighten immigration rules.

    Published On: 03/19/2025

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