• 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 • Economy • Recommended • Resistance

    Should Democrats Shut Down the Government?

    Robert Reich

    Robert Reich Substack

    Keeping the U.S. government funded now is to participate in the most atrocious misuse of the power of the United States in modern times.

    Published On: 09/09/2025

  • Democracy • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance

    Six Impossible Things That Might Save Journalism

    Craig Aaron

    Pressing Issues

    It’s time to dream up a media future that millions of people will fight for.

    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

  • 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

  • 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

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