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This Tennessee prison is leaving LGBTQ people unhoused behind bars

This Tennessee prison is leaving LGBTQ people unhoused behind bars

The South Central Correctional Center leaves LGBTQ people defenseless, so they’re organizing to fight for their safety.

A $1B ‘therapeutic’ illusion: advocates fight Baltimore’s new jail

A $1B ‘therapeutic’ illusion: advocates fight Baltimore’s new jail

Former political prisoner Mansa Musa takes you inside the growing coalition that is uniting to stop Maryland’s proposed $1 billion “therapeutic” jail in this blockbuster documentary report.

by Mansa Musa February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

Peter Thiel is unleashing a neocolonial billionaire fantasy in Honduras

Peter Thiel is unleashing a neocolonial billionaire fantasy in Honduras

Tech billionaires want to create their own city-states. Hondurans pay the price.

by Edith Romero February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, Ohio, today

America’s toxic future looks like East Palestine, Ohio, today

Three years since one of the worst industrial disasters in US history, politicians, the media, and the public have forgotten about East Palestine. But we haven’t.

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They won their strike fair and square. Now their rich bosses are closing up shop.

by Maximillian Alvarez February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

SOS: The US is manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba

by Marc Steiner February 17, 2026February 17, 2026

Data center giant secures $14 million deal to consume 40% of Pennsylvania town’s excess water

by Brad Reed February 17, 2026February 17, 2026

NO DEAL: Nurses at NY-Presbyterian overwhelmingly vote to stay on strike

by Maximillian Alvarez February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Long Island Audit Reveals The Cost of Fighting ICE

by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Massive strike at Kaiser Permanente enters third week with new unions joining the picket line

by Maximillian Alvarez February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Republicans approve ‘dystopian’ voter suppression bill that would force states to give info to DHS

by Jake Johnson February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

Trump orders Defense, Energy Departments to reinvest in coal

by Chris Walker February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

Israel just started legalizing its annexation of the West Bank. Here’s what that means.

by Qassam Muaddi February 11, 2026February 11, 2026

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Movements and Politics: US

Inside the right-wing movement pushing Alberta to secede from Canada

Inside the right-wing movement pushing Alberta to secede from Canada

by Nora Loreto

Israel’s US-backed assault on Gaza set stage for collective punishment in Cuba, AOC says

by Julia Conley

Bannon calls for ICE to engage in voter intimidation during the midterms

by Sasha Abramsky

US media rushes to defend police departments from liberal backlash against ICE

by Adam Johnson

Movements and Politics: International

Inside Syria’s women-led revolution

Inside Syria’s women-led revolution

by Ross Domoney

Rubio confirms end of New START, sparking calls for nuclear talks with Russia, China

by Brett Wilkins

How the destruction of Gaza’s medical system became a weapon of war

by Marc Steiner

When the bombs fell on Caracas | Under the Shadow S2E5

by Michael Fox

Racial Justice

Louisiana still imprisons people convicted by ‘Jim Crow juries’

Louisiana still imprisons people convicted by ‘Jim Crow juries’

by Mansa Musa

‘Shut everything down’: Amid federal invasion, Minnesota calls for mass strike on Jan. 23

by Maximillian Alvarez

‘A forceful stand for our constitution’: judge orders release of Kilmar Ábrego García

by Brett Wilkins

‘Monday afternoon massacre’: Trump fires 8 immigration judges in NYC

by Julia Conley

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Trump abandonment of global treaties, including landmark climate deal, ‘threatens all life on Earth’

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‘Defeat for justice’: Ecuador to pay Amazon-polluting Chevron $220 million

by Jessica Corbett

At COP30, humanity must choose: Fossil fuel industry profits or a livable planet?

by Maximillian Alvarez

Prisons and Policing

US military helping Trump to build massive network of ‘concentration camps,’ Navy contract reveals

US military helping Trump to build massive network of ‘concentration camps,’ Navy contract reveals

by Stephen Prager

Class action granted: Angola prisoners head to trial over slave labor

by Mansa Musa

‘A hero’: Nurses, federal workers honor Alex Pretti

by Maximillian Alvarez

‘Totalitarian nonsense’: Don Lemon arrested by federal agents over coverage of church protest

by Jon Queally

Economy and Inequality

Biden, Trump, the media, the public—we have all failed the residents of East Palestine, OH

Biden, Trump, the media, the public—we have all failed the residents of East Palestine, OH

by Maximillian Alvarez

Dr. Wolff explains the secret ingredient to economic fascism

by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis

Immigrants delivered $14.5 trillion surplus to US economy over last 30 years: report

by Jon Queally

Poisoned, exploited, abandoned: East Palestine, OH, three years later

by Maximillian Alvarez

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From Minneapolis to Baltimore, anti-ICE protests explode

From Minneapolis to Baltimore, anti-ICE protests explode

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