• Democracy

    Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse

    The New Republic and Greg Sargent

    The New Republic

    A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

    Published On: 08/02/2025

  • Economy • Global

    Media coverage of Trump’s tariffs has grown more skeptical – but not nearly skeptical enough

    Dan Froomkin

    Press Watch

    The tariffs are not the product of serious policymaking. They are the irrational and capricious result of Trump’s delusional thinking.

    Published On: 08/01/2025

  • Legal

    The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US

    Elie Mystal

    The Nation

    The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • Corruption • Recommended

    The Inside Story of Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin

    Jessica Klein

    Wired

    A new crypto mining company is flexing the Trump name and connections to get ahead.

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • Corruption

    Epstein’s Work for Leon Black Deserves IRS Probe, Wyden Says

    David Voreacos and Chris Strohm

    Bloomberg

    Wyden’s staff has pursued a “follow the money” strategy as it investigates the flow of funds in and out of Epstein’s accounts...

    Published On: 07/31/2025

  • Democracy

    Corporate America has largely abandoned its post-January 6 promises on democracy

    Esther Eriksson von Allmen

    CREW

    “By continuing to financially support anti-democratic lawmakers, these companies and trade groups fail to grasp the serious business consequences of such a dangerous political trajectory.”

    Published On: 07/29/2025

  • Democracy • Resistance

    Why Anchored Hope is Not The Thing With Feathers

    Lori Corbet Mann

    Your Time Starts Now

    Hope isn’t something we wait for. It’s something we build — together, deliberately, even when we don’t feel it.

    Published On: 07/28/2025

  • Global • Human Rights • Recommended • Violence

    Israeli organizations conclude Israel committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

    Amnesty International

    Amnesty International

    Their unequivocal findings add to the inescapable call for participating states to recognize Israel’s action against Palestinians in Gaza for what it is: genocide.

    Published On: 07/28/2025

  • Culture • Recommended • Resistance • White Supremacy

    We do not comply: how do we disrupt the momentum of Trump’s cruelty?

    V (formerly Eve Ensler)

    The Guardian

    Every day brings more devastation. But daily forms of rebellion can restore our sense of purpose

    Published On: 07/27/2025

  • Democracy • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    The Paramount Skydance Sale Makes the Case for Public Media

    Laura Flanders

    Laura Flanders Substack

    We must radically recommit to public media before every newsroom, every voice, is up for sale to the highest bidder or the ruling party’s favorite mogul. The time is now.

    Published On: 07/25/2025

  • Cyber Security • Europe • Featured • Journalism • Original • Press Freedom • Resistance • Safety • Social Media • Threat Management

    The Resistance Will Be Reported

    Ron Williams

    Resistance Media

    The environment for press freedom in the United States is entering a perilous new phase. The attacks have been unprecedented, widespread and continue to escalate.

    Published On: 07/24/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy

    Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb

    Greg Sargent

    The New Republic

    The Oregon Democrat said that his investigators had discovered that four big banks had flagged to the Treasury Department $1.5 billion in potentially suspicious money transfers involving Epstein, much of which appeared to be related to his massive sex-trafficking network.

    Published On: 07/23/2025

  • Disinformation • Legal

    From Campaign Rhetoric to Fascist Threats: Trump Targets Obama

    Olga Lautman

    Olga Lautman Substack

    And YES, Russia attacked the 2016 election to install Trump

    Published On: 07/23/2025

  • Human Rights • Safety • Violence

    As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and communities we work with are wasting away

    Doctors Without Borders

    Doctors Without Borders

    An aid worker providing psychosocial support spoke of the devastating impact on children: “Children tell their parents they want to go to heaven, because at least heaven has food.”

    Published On: 07/23/2025

  • Corruption • Legal

    From Truth Social to bitcoin empire: Trump’s $2 billion pivot

    Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims

    Popular Information

    Trump has the authority to take actions that will drive the price of bitcoin higher. If recent history is any guide, that is exactly what Trump will do.

    Published On: 07/22/2025

Recommended

  • 06/10/2025

    How a Small Investigative Team Is Fighting the Growing Cyber Surveillance Threat

    The tide of sophisticated surveillance tools and their sinister applications is poised to overwhelm watchdogs, tech platforms, and regulators.

  • 06/06/2025

    Trump’s Nuclear Power Obsession

    Yet while prices and production times for renewable sources plummet, Trump and his anti-green minions have been vigorously assaulting the wind, solar and other green energy technologies.

  • 06/03/2025

    Committee to Protect Journalists: Safety Kit

    Journalists should consider the following digital and physical safety advice to help better protect themselves.

  • 06/02/2025

    What was the German Enabling Act?

    The Act allowed the Reich government to issue laws without the consent of Germany’s parliament, laying the foundation for the complete Nazification of German society.

  • 05/20/2025

    Staying with the Trouble

    Some leave authoritarian regimes because of persecution. But some leave to fight from out of reach of the regime, and examples abound including from occupied France during the Second World War and Latin American countries ruled by dictators in the 1970s and 1980s.