Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—deliveri...

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Benjamin Netanyahu shocked the world with violence in Gaza — then took an unhinged Israel to the mainstream.

Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest voices in the world speaking truth to power, chronicles her journey as a refugee and Black woman in STEM—deliveri...

Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex

On surviving childhood silence around sexual assault and the radical power of giving the next generation the language of autonomy

Track pro-Israel PACs, Super PACs, donors, candidates, races, and outside spending in the 2026 federal election cycle.

Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick’s book, “Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power,” offers a powerful critique of how the Israel Lobby subverts democracy at home and ensures US support for I...

How much of Graham Platner’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?

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How much of Graham Platner’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?

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Author Jasper Craven talks about his new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood. In the book, Craven examines how the military has ...

How much of Graham Platner’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war?

In the tradition of Sebastian Junger’s Tribe and Chris Hedges’s classic War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, a powerful investigation into the fra...

From the daily newsletter: is Graham Platner’s combat experience relevant to the allegations against him?

Three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Mike McIntire delivers the definitive story of the forces that shape gun culture and the American way of v...

Israel and its lobby will use section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act to bind the US to a state that has gone rogue

The US attack on Iran may be less about American security than about the priorities of Israel’s government.

"While the affluent are living longer, healthier lives and retiring with a nest egg and their dignity, low-income workers are facing destitution," writes Ann Larson.

An interview with Ann Larson about "Cleanup on Aisle Five"