• Corruption • Human Rights • Legal

    Jeffrey Epstein & JPMorgan: How the Largest U.S. Bank Enabled the Sexual Predator’s Crimes

    Amy Goodman

    Democracy Now

    The Times reports JPMorgan processed more than 4,700 transactions for Epstein totaling more than $1.1 billion, including payments to some of the women who were sexually trafficked.

    Published On: 09/09/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Human Rights • Surveillance • Technology

    Silicon Valley Enabled Brutal Mass Detention and Surveillance in China

    Dake Kang and Yael Grauer

    Associated Press

    American technology made up nearly every part of China’s surveillance apparatus, AP found.

    Published On: 09/09/2025

  • Democracy • Featured • Social Media • Technology

    All the President’s Tech CEOs

    Brian Barrett

    Wired

    One by one, Trump asked the executives how much they were investing in the United States. One by one, they obliged, praising Trump’s leadership along the way.

    Published On: 09/05/2025

  • Democracy • Global • Journalism • Press Freedom

    America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars

    Anne Applebaum

    The Atlantic

    The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.

    Published On: 09/05/2025

  • Democracy • Recommended

    What Makes Democrats So Afraid of Zohran Mamdani?

    Chris Lehmann

    The Nation

    With Trump’s power grabs escalating, the Democratic establishment is still taking the time to fret over a rising star in its own party.

    Published On: 09/04/2025

  • Democracy • Disinformation • Legal

    Criminal Propaganda

    Jud Legum and Rebecca Crosby

    Popular Information

    People form their beliefs largely on what they learn from the media. News reports often reinforce Trump's misleading claims.

    Published On: 09/03/2025

  • Corruption • Human Rights • Recommended • Violence

    Trump Admin Circulating Plan to Transform Depopulated Gaza Into High-Tech Cash Cow

    Brett Wilkins

    Common Dreams

    Under the proposal, the US would take control after "voluntary" relocation of Palestinians from the strip, where proposed projects include an Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone and Gaza Trump Riviera & Islands.

    Published On: 09/01/2025

  • Culture • Recommended • Resistance • Social Media • Technology

    Gavin Newsom on Why He’ll Keep Trolling Trump

    Intelligencer Staff

    New York Magazine

    "It’s humiliating, it’s embarrassing. So this is a mirror, and it’s a mirror not just to Trump himself, but to these networks. These are the chatbots for the administration. And it’s not just Fox, it’s One America News, it’s Newsmax, and it’s all the folks in the right-wing media."

    Published On: 08/29/2025

  • Human Rights • Resistance • Safety • Threat Management

    The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation

    Dave Zirin and Chuck Modiano

    The Nation

    With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.

    Published On: 08/29/2025

  • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom

    The White House Is Its Own Media Outlet

    Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson

    Columbia Journalism Review

    The Trump administration is publishing articles that are top-ranked on Google News.

    Published On: 08/28/2025

  • Democracy • Resistance

    Keep Calm and Protect Democracy

    Micah L. Sifry

    The Connector

    Instead of "catastrophizing" ourselves into despair, pay attention to the regime's weaknesses, including among the MAGA base.

    Published On: 08/26/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy • Human Rights

    America Tips Into Fascism

    Garrett Graff

    Doomsday Scenario

    Whether we can come back from this moment is a story yet unknown. But it’s clear today America is different and, even if we fight our way back, it will never be the same again.

    Published On: 08/25/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Cyber Security • Disinformation

    US Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda

    Sam Biddle

    The Intercept

    The U.S. is interested in acquiring machine-learning technology to carry out AI-generated propaganda campaigns overseas.

    Published On: 08/25/2025

  • Human Rights • Resistance • White Supremacy

    Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad

    Clint Smith

    The Atlantic

    We must make a record of those forces that seek to erase us and erase our histories so that future generations know we did not simply accept it. Our ancestors’ words remind us that we never have.

    Published On: 08/22/2025

  • Cyber Security • Democracy • Europe • Social Media

    Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance

    Riley Stuart and Anna-Maria Tesfaye

    The New York Times (Gift)

    The Kremlin has begun a campaign to sway the parliamentary election in Moldova in what could become a new model of election interference online.

    Published On: 08/22/2025

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