Democracy • Featured • Journalism • Press Freedom
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Suspended Over Charlie Kirk Comments
Sian Cain and Oliver Holmes
The Guardian
Removal of late-night show criticised as part of Trump administration’s attack on critical voices in media, academia and business
Published On: 09/18/2025
Democracy • Europe • Recommended
The Future Is Coming and It’s (Literally) Sunny: Notes on the Solar Revolution
Rebecca Solnit
Meditations in an Emergency
Renewables are the future and they're inevitable; the one question is whether we'll make the transition swiftly enough to forestall the worst of climate change.
Published On: 09/16/2025
Culture • Democracy • Threat Management • Violence
What’s Up With Peter Thiel’s Obsession With the Antichrist?
Gil Duran
The New Republic
This is where apocalyptic rhetoric always leads. When political opponents become evil, cosmic enemies, persecution, and violence become a sacred duty.
Published On: 09/16/2025
Democracy • Disinformation • Violence • White Supremacy
Sanctified: Martyring Charlie Kirk
Jim Stewartson
Mind War
That is not politics, that is a criminal conspiracy to destroy the opposition party before an election you would otherwise lose. It is a Reichstag Fire Decree by any other name.
Published On: 09/16/2025
Democracy • Resistance
From Silence to Spotlight: How a Democratic Shadow Cabinet Could Break Trump’s Spell
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
Voters don’t rally behind policy papers: they rally behind leaders they can see and believe in. Democrats must end the era of weak, divided messaging and rise with a chorus of commanding voices…
Published On: 09/03/2025
Democracy • Disinformation • Resistance
Emergency-Gate: Focus on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power
Sherrilyn Ifill
Sherrilyn’s Newsletter
There is no trade emergency. There is no migrant emergency. There is no crime emergency. There is only a chilling and determined power grab by the most dangerous man to every occupy the White House. Eyes on 2026.
Published On: 09/01/2025
Democracy • Disinformation • Human Rights • Resistance • White Supremacy
Step Back and Take It In: the US is Entering Full Authoritarian Mode
Jonathan Freedland
The Guardian
Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is
Published On: 08/29/2025
Democracy • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom
Slain L.A. Times columnist Ruben Salazar matters more than ever, 55 years later
Gustavo Arellano
L.A. Times
No one was around when I finally got to Salazar’s niche, in a section of the cemetery called the Alcove of Time. A simple bronze plaque included the accent over the “e” in “Rubén,” which his Times byline never had. Instead of Spanish wine, I brought a flask of mezcal — I don’t think he would have minded the stiffer drink in this 2025.
Published On: 08/29/2025
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Trump Admin Circulating Plan to Transform Depopulated Gaza Into High-Tech Cash Cow
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.