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Experts See Echoes of the 1930s Amid Trump’s Tariff Tantrums
If a US-European tariff war really does kick off in earnest, the consequences could be hugely damaging.
Dispatch From Gaza: Starving Palestinians Cling to News on Ceasefire Talks
Living under relentless bombardment, Palestinians in Gaza share reactions to the new round of negotiations in Doha.
Trump Is Trying to Dismantle Public Health — and Replace It With a Police State
It’s time to return to the kind of bottom-up struggle that helped establish modern public health in the first place.
Ex-UN Special Rapporteur: Francesca Albanese Deserves Nobel Prize, Not Sanctions
The US is punishing UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her scathing reports on Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Climate Erasure Replaces Climate Denial Under Trump Administration
The days of loudly debating the science have mostly given way to an effort to withhold the raw information itself.
Far Right Dark Money Elections Group Raised $3.9M in First Full Year
Voter suppression advocate Cleta Mitchell formed the group in 2023 to promote the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
The Trump Administration Is Planning to Use AI to Deny Medicare Authorizations
The government plans to partner with private companies to automate prior authorizations.
US Campuses Have Become the Newest Laboratories for Surveillance Technology
From Gaza to the US, military-grade surveillance tools are being deployed to monitor and punish student dissent.
Schools Scramble After Trump Admin Withdraws $7B in Federal Education Funding
Lawmakers and advocates are calling the move an illegal act of impoundment, blocking funds already approved by Congress.
Passage of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Approves Reversals in Climate Policy
To pay for the tax breaks, the bill sunsets clean energy tax credits put in place by the Inflation Reduction Act.