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Zia Kandler and Moira Birss: How to build emergency response systems for the long haul

The international accompaniment movement teaches us that to sustain an emergency response to state violence, we must build durable, collective and supportive structures now.

February 27, 2026 · 4 Comments

Jessica Corbett: Bernie Sanders’ 7 Policies to Defeat Trump and Secure a Better Future for All

“It is not good enough just to be critical of Trump and his destructive policies. We must bring forth a positive vision that will improve the lives of ordinary Americans.”

February 24, 2026 · 8 Comments

Tom Engelhardt: The Apocalyptic President

“We’re gonna make trade fair again, and maybe win a Nobel Peace Prize while we’re at it… unless I have to nuke somebody.”

February 23, 2026 · 11 Comments

Matthew J. Parker: The ICEY Fingers of Our Prison Industry

Congress has spent decades nullifying even a whiff of comprehensive immigration reform while simultaneously encouraging American businesses to both hire and demonize the cheap labor. 

February 18, 2026 · 9 Comments

Rivera Sun: 10 rules of resistance for #ICEOut

Americans can learn from the anti-Nazi leaflet “10 Commandments for Danes” by denying ICE everything it needs to function.

February 17, 2026 · 9 Comments

George Yancy: Black Men Endured Sexual Exploitation Under Slavery. Their Story Is Rarely Told.

There were no legal protections against the rape of enslaved Black women or enslaved Black men.

February 16, 2026 · 6 Comments

Rashida James-Saadiya: Anti-ICE Organizing Is Creating Counter-Institutions Based on Care

The task now is not to burn brighter or faster, but to build the collective capacity to withstand what’s coming.

February 13, 2026 · 5 Comments

Rebecca Gordon: On Seeking Asylum and Refuge

In a Hostile United States

February 12, 2026 · 5 Comments

Diego Ramos: Academic Freedom | Trump’s University Blackmail Results

Universities in 2025 proved that the federal government can indeed blackmail academic institutions by withholding federal funds and forcing schools not only to give money to the government but also fundamentally alter the way their campuses operate.

February 9, 2026 · 18 Comments

Octavia E. Butler: A Few Rules For Predicting The Future

‘All I did was look around at the problems we’re neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters.’

February 8, 2026 · 11 Comments

Caitlin Scialla: Meet the Top 7 Oligarchs Controlling Your Online News

The internet has not democratized news in any meaningful way; instead, the media monopoly has simply migrated to digital spaces.

February 6, 2026 · 11 Comments

Liz Theoharis & Sam Theoharis: The Young Organizers Survival Corps

Despite a seemingly endless barrage of think pieces bemoaning the fickleness and apathy of the young, teenagers and young adults have been at the forefront of every significant struggle of this moment. 

February 5, 2026 · 8 Comments

Clarence Lusane: Just as Dangerous

Vance and the 2028 Election

February 4, 2026 · 4 Comments

Derrick Z. Jackson: Trump Throws Red Meat to His Base (and Everyone Else)

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new dietary guidelines promoting saturated fats is a recipe for disaster

February 2, 2026 · 2 Comments

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