Democracy • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom
Journalism Is Dead. Long Live Journalism
Rebecca Solnit
Meditations in an Emergency
Right now, a host of brilliant, dedicated souls do fantastic work reporting and interpreting the news in independent newsletters, podcasts, magazines and even mainstream media. In other ways, journalism is in an age of slop and slime and decline.
Published On: 02/16/2026
Democracy • ICE • Resistance
The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation
Mark Engler and Paul Engler
The Guardian
The extraordinary level of grassroots solidarity and creative resistance in anti-ICE protests in Minnesota has given people a new appreciation for the power that mass non-cooperation can have in resisting the Trump administration’s drive toward authoritarianism.
Published On: 02/15/2026
Democracy • Human Rights • ICE • Violence
Trump Admin to Spend $40B to Turn Warehouses Into Massive Immigration Jails
Julia Conley , COMMONDREAMS
Truthout
“Germany’s concentration camps didn’t start as instruments of mass murder, and neither have ours; both started as facilities for people the government’s leader said were a problem..."
Published On: 02/14/2026
Disinformation • Europe • Global • Human Rights
EU states must retract outrageous attacks on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Amnesty International
Amnesty International
“This is a critical moment for humanity, with international law and human rights institutions under attack like never before. The use of misinformation to further delegitimize them poses a profound threat to human rights and the rule of law itself."
Published On: 02/13/2026
Culture • Democracy • Disinformation • Recommended • Violence
War is 100% “America” and Michigan Wants its Fair Share
Deb Hansen
Riverwisedetroit.org (Fall 2025)
Questioning war and why we fight is imperative. It will require a courageous confrontation with a powerful taboo, a palpable force field that snarls and growls. But this is the end of the line. War at this scale is ecocide, a death wish.
Published On: 02/12/2026
Artificial Intelligence • Culture • Democracy • Social Media • Technology
Something big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided
Matt Shumer
Fortune
We’re past the point where this is an interesting dinner conversation about the future. The future is already here. It just hasn’t knocked on your door yet. It’s about to.
Published On: 02/11/2026
Corruption • Democracy • Disinformation
The Manchurian Billionaire: How Trump’s Rise Mirrors Every Classic Intelligence Takeover
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
Debt, ego, sexual compromise, and fear: why Trump’s behavior makes sense only when you realize he’s been in Putin's pocket for years…
Published On: 02/02/2026
Global • Health • Human Rights • Resistance
When Love Thy Neighbor Is a Cry of Resistance
Rebecca Solnit
Meditations in an Emergency
At the very heart of almost all our crises is a conflict between two worldviews, the worldview in which everything is connected and the world of isolated individualism, of social darwinism and the war of each against each.
Published On: 02/02/2026
Corruption • Disinformation • Human Rights • Recommended • Violence
Kushner Reveals Dystopic Plan to Build Data Centers on Ruins of Gaza Genocide
Sharon Zhang
Truthout
The plan appears to be to finish Israel’s bulldozing of Gaza to make real estate opportunities for investors.
Published On: 02/01/2026
Democracy • Human Rights • Original • Recommended • 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: 01/31/2026





