"...if Baltimore don't tell its story, we've seen time and time again, people will come and tell the story and the story will be told in a way that gets them more and more dollars. And people love crime and violence and sensationalism."
Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are preparing for the transition to autocracy. Part of that plan includes billions in ICE funding.
โFor decades, he preached that the self-interest of the predator was the invisible hand of the common good,โ Yanis Varoufakis said after the man who led the US central bank under four presidents died aged 100.
We speak with Dr. Steven Thrasher about how today's police state evolved from yesterday's slave plantations, and about why he has been blacklisted from academia for defending his students during the 2024 Palestine encampment movement.
US President Donald Trump, who was accused of interfering in Colombiaโs runoff election, falsely declared that De la Espriella won โBIGโ as he led by less than a percentage point.
โIt's on us to think for the future, because the people in power clearly don't think we have one.โ From fascism to AI, labor reporters Kim Kelly, Alex Press, Hamilton Nolan, and Maximillian Alvarez address the crises facing working people today.
Trump and his allies are rolling out censorship in the name of free speech through the deployment of media mergers, social media, and AI. This is Episode 3 of The Battle for Free Speech podcast.
Jeffrey Sachs explains why Chancellor Friedrich Merz has a responsibility to act before Europe is embroiled in another war.
"This idea that you're trying to gain popular consent, you're trying to win elections, you're trying to create coalitions by promising a certain degree of force exercised against a target population,โ says Alberto Toscano.
โI think this is intended to make workers shy away from being vociferous in their opposition to state sponsored violence.โ
The U.S. and Iran have reportedly signed a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz and to begin negotiations to end the war. It is a hopeful sign that this disastrous war of choice may soon be over, but once again, Israel stands to be the spoiler.
Rep. Summer Lee says the oligarchy's ability to pour unlimited funding into elections has already eroded democracy to the point that it does not serve the people.
Reporting in The New York Times reveals Vance wanted to use the military โto crush the unrest in Minnesota.โ
Rep. Jamie Raskin expressed growing concerns about the power of ICE in light of the $70 billion in additional funding just approved by Congress, his opposition to the proposed weaponization fund, and why the Epstein scandal needs further scrutiny.
From the New York Times to Jake Tapper, legacy media played a critical role in manufacturing the conditions for Israelโs genocide in Gaza. Adam Johnson has the receipts to prove it. Now, we need accountability.
Only when such sanity becomes ordinary will we have a chance of surviving the nuclear era.
Independent journalism needs a lifeline to survive as Google urges readers toward AI summaries instead of article links.
From abolitionists to muckrakers, civil rights organizers to student activists, many communities have carried the banner for free speech and demanded that their voices be heard. This is Episode 2 of The Battle for Free Speech.
โThis has nothing to do with Joe Biden,โ one senator said, โbut Trump and DOGE definitely screwed our cattle industry.โ
โWe need to continue resisting and we need to make sure that across the world we rise togetherโฆ We have had an impact and we will continue to do this until Palestine is free.โ
