A growing number of jails allow only virtual calls. Some families are suing for the right to see inmates in person.

We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...

BREAKING: Israel Just Bombed A Residential Building In Gaza City Indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas continues as the world pretends there is a “ceasefire”.

Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of il

The Trump administration was too stupid to realize that cutting food safety programs and firing thousands of public servants would have shitty consequences. Watch.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a new U.S. passport design that features a larger, “more gold” seal on the front cover.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

In today’s America, being rich, powerful, famous & having a fancy credential means never having to say sorry for destroying the world. This culture of elite impunity was built by both political p...

Powerful people in both parties, in media & in business ruined our world. They are not only never held accountable or compelled to apologize, they are rewarded with more money & power. This culture of elite impunity is the crisis fueling every other crisis

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

The annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly opened this week in New York City. On its opening day, President Trump in his address to all 193 U.N. member states threatened to annihilate I...

On Monday, the South African delegation to the United Nations, in collaboration with Progressive International and the Hague Group, hosted an event in honor of the U.N. Charter at the historic Riversi...

The attempted clawback represents the second time in as many years that the White House has sought to cancel funding approved by lawmakers.

In the wake of devastating flash floods triggered by glacial collapse in the Himalayas, Nepal is demanding climate reparations from polluter countries as it embarks upon the grueling process of rebuil...

Ahead of the midterm elections, activist and writer Bill McKibben says he has been traveling across the United States with Third Act, the environmental group he founded to harness the power of seniors...

The three media companies sued President Trump’s administration, saying Trump’s decision to bar them from the White House grounds was a violation of their First Amendment rights.

A generation shaped by the pandemic and rising prices has helped drive an emergence of Democratic candidates who say they are as fed up as voters are.

A major new report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem titled “The Elimination Project” accuses Israel of “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West ...

Paramount Skydance is in "advanced talks" with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle the 12-state antitrust suit that's holding up its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, the WSJ reported.

Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.Don't believe me? Look at this chart.

We speak with moral philosopher Susan Neiman, author of the new book Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era. Neiman argues that evil — far from being an outdated religious concept — is a vital way ...

McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.

Why is Trump so hell-bent on defunding PBS?It’s part of a larger plan — one where he can control not just what we do, bu

Recent Supreme Court rulings have hollowed out the landmark 1965 legislation, which sought to prevent racial discrimination in voting.

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

President Trump has been at the forefront of the “what-me-worry?” crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks and rewards of A.I.

President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

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We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the Firs...

Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist Gabriel Zucman debunks their lies. Watch.

The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other huma…

The economy is booming and corporate profits are huge, but American wages still stagnate. History provides the answer