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Hasan Piker on His ‘Routine’ Detention by Customs and Border Patrol

Stavroula Pabst / Responsible Statecraft May 16, 2025 The popular, outspoken American streamer talks about how he endured two hours of questioning regarding his opinions on Israel and Trump. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Books

‘Blue Collar Empire’: The Untold Story of U.S. Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade

Gabe Levine-Drizin / NACLA May 16, 2025 Historian Jeff Schuhrke documents the AFL-CIO’s role in weakening left-wing labor unions around the world between the '40s and '90s. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

No Strings Attached Jet

Michael de Adder May 15, 2025 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

Trump Movie Tariffs

Dave Whamond May 15, 2025 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

Tom Homan Moving to Boston?

Christopher Weyant May 15, 2025 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

The Decline of Biden

Jeff Koterba May 15, 2025 Dig deeper

Courts & Law

Pam Bondi Sold More Than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced His Tariffs

Robert Faturechi, Brandon Roberts / ProPublica May 15, 2025 Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold shares on April 2, just before Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

As Egg Prices Soar, Amazon and Top Investors Cash In

Grey Moran / Sentient May 15, 2025 Investors in major egg companies saw their stocks rise dramatically as consumers suffered from soaring prices. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

The Government Just Killed an Essential Database To Assess Climate Risk

Katie Myers, Matt Simon / Grist May 15, 2025 Cities, insurers and the public used the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database to plan for the future. Now what will they do? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Middle East

Dropping Sanctions on Syria Is a Good Thing

Juan Cole / Informed Comment May 14, 2025 Whatever Donald Trump's motivations for the move might be, this is a clear win for the Syrian people. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

DOJ Erases Trans People From Crime Data

Ethan Corey / The Appeal May 14, 2025 The Justice Department has removed questions about gender identity from four surveys that helped provide comprehensive data on violence against trans people. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Prison Reform

New York’s Solution to Prison Staff Shortage: Hire Teenagers

Jimmy Iakovos / Filter May 14, 2025 If we can’t keep prisons properly staffed, maybe we should incarcerate fewer people. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Death Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake

By Christopher Sherman / AP Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Pardons Ex-Sheriff Arpaio, Who Illegally Targeted Immigrants

By Eric Tucker / AP Aug 25, 2017 Arpaio and Trump both questioned the authenticity of Obama’s birth certificate and share hard-line views on immigration. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )