• Democracy • Featured • Human Rights • Original • Violence • White Supremacy

    Let’s Never Forget Who We Are

    Ron Williams

    Resistance Media (January 19, 2026)

    “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there “is” such a thing as being too late..."

    Published On: 01/26/2026

  • Democracy • Featured • Health • Human Rights • ICE • Resistance • Violence • White Supremacy

    Welcome to the American Winter

    Robert F. Worth

    The Atlantic (Gift)

    In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.

    Published On: 01/25/2026

  • Artificial Intelligence • Culture • Democracy • Disinformation • Europe

    Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star

    Ben Quinn

    The Guardian

    The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos.

    Published On: 01/25/2026

  • Disinformation • Legal • Press Freedom • Recommended

    New Legal Documents Show Marco Rubio Targeted Students for Op-Eds and Protesting

    Jessica Washington

    The Intercept

    Rubio accused students including Mahmoud Khalil of supporting terrorism, but records unsealed after litigation by The Intercept undermine his claims.

    Published On: 01/23/2026

  • Democracy • Economy • Europe • Global

    We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower

    Garrett M. Graff

    Wired

    With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.

    Published On: 01/22/2026

  • Legal • Resistance • Violence

    Increasing Calls From the Public Saying “Fight or Resign”

    Christopher Armitage

    The Existentialist Republic

    Elected officials who refuse to use their power should lose it.

    Published On: 01/22/2026

  • Corruption • Democracy • Threat Management

    The Last Election

    Chris Hedges

    The Chris Hedges Report

    The presidential election in 2024 may be the last free vote taken in the United States. Dictatorships only hold elections with predetermined outcomes or do not hold them at all. Trump is no exception.

    Published On: 01/22/2026

  • Democracy • Human Rights • ICE • Legal • Violence

    Hidden DHS Policy Encourages ICE Agents to Break into Homes without Warrants

    Whistleblower Aid

    Whistleblower Aid

    “This administration’s secretive policy advocates conduct that the Supreme Court has described as ‘the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed’ – that is the warrantless physical entry of a home.’

    Published On: 01/21/2026

  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking at podium

    Canada • Democracy • Economy • Global • Resistance

    O Canada

    Robert Reich

    Robert Reich

    A heartfelt thanks to the truth-telling prime minister to our north.

    Published On: 01/21/2026

  • Democracy • Threat Management

    We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start

    Claire Finkelstein

    The Guardian

    Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.

    Published On: 01/20/2026

  • Corruption • Cyber Security • Democracy • Disinformation • Legal

    Trump Is Screwing with the Midterms. Will He Succeed?

    The Big Picture and Jay Kuo

    The Big Picture

    Will Trump screw with the midterms? Will they be free and fair? Will we even have them?

    Published On: 01/20/2026

  • Joe Rogan speaking during podcast episode

    Culture • Democracy • Disinformation • Technology • White Supremacy

    Joe Rogan Trained Men to Accept Authoritarianism

    W. A. Lawrence

    Glass Empires by W. A. Lawrence

    Rogan spent years grooming Trump’s base to equate toxic masculinity with strength and authoritarianism with safety. In 2026, that conditioning is locked in with force.

    Published On: 01/20/2026

  • Democracy • Legal • Recommended • Resistance • Violence

    I talked Trump out of invoking the Insurrection Act. He’ll do it this time — but we can stop him.

    Miles Taylor

    defiance.news

    America needs to prepare for the coming constitutional crisis. However, it's not hopeless. It's time to go on legal offense.

    Published On: 01/16/2026

  • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    The FBI’s raid of journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding

    Seth Stern and Chip Gibbons

    The Guardian

    The trend of invading newsrooms, in violation of federal law, has now spread to the highest levels of the federal government

    Published On: 01/15/2026

  • Democracy • Human Rights • Violence • White Supremacy

    Why Has ICE Turned Minneapolis Into a Battlefield?

    Thom Hartmann

    The Hartmann Report

    Why the largest-ever ICE operation isn’t just about immigration, but about who gets to walk freely in America’s cities and who pays with their lives…

    Published On: 01/15/2026

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    Let’s Make the End of CPB the Start of Public Media’s Revival

    When one door closes, they say, sometimes you have to bring a lot of people to push another one open. Let’s make a plan and meet on the sidewalk. 

  • 01/07/2026

    ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder

    As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.

  • 01/06/2026

    The Antidote to Fear is Courage

    These documents imply that the ​“terrorists” are the brave teachers, neighbors, librarians, and community members blowing whistles, protecting students, keeping books on shelves, advocating for trans rights, and organizing for economic and social equity.