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The Ballot and the Bullet

Jeb Lund / Truthdig May 15, 2026 If Republicans seem desperate and capable of anything between now and November, it’s because they are. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

The Yellowstone Club and the Reshaping of America’s Public Lands

Evan Simon, Ames Alexander / Floodlight May 15, 2026 How an exclusive mountaintop retreat for the megarich serves as “a harbinger of what’s to come” for public lands under Trump. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Sara R., dressed as a character from the TV series "The Handmaid's Tale

Women

The Plot to Turn Back the Clock on Women’s Rights

Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report May 15, 2026 An ideological architecture is emerging that sees women as reproductive vessels for a state-defined ideal, with federal policy bent toward forcing them into that role. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Film

The Soul of W.E.B. Du Bois

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig May 15, 2026 The American Masters biography of the scholar and civil rights pioneer airing on PBS could hardly be more timely. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage walks through the House of Commons

Europe

The Elections That Turned Climate Into a Defining Political Fault Line

Rupert Read / DeSmog May 13, 2026 Reform and Green victories set the stage for big climate battles in the years ahead. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Activism

The Fight to Overturn Illinois’ Anti-BDS Law

Michael Arria / Mondoweiss May 12, 2026 Activists and lawmakers are pushing to repeal the nation's first anti-BDS law, which became the model for dozens of other states. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Environment

A Massive AI Data Center Transforms Rural Utah Into a National Flash Point

Devin B. Martinez / Peoples Dispatch May 12, 2026 A growing movement in Utah is challenging the Stratos Project, a city-sized AI data center backed by TV personality Kevin O’Leary. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Women

Now You See Them … Now You Don’t

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch May 11, 2026 What's the best way to keep your job under the Trump administration? Simple. Be a man. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone tribe member Daranda Hinkey protests Thacker Pass lithium mine

Environment

America’s Mining Future Echoes Its Colonial Past

Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow / Inside Climate News May 8, 2026 Companies have staked claims for more than 100 lithium mine projects. Tribes are among the most affected. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Government supporters throw stones toward protesters who took to the streets after the death of a blogger, Albert Ojwang

Africa

Kenya’s Goon Economy

Tribeless Youth, Odipodev / Africa Is A Country May 8, 2026 Across the country’s urban centers, young men are being recruited into political militias that offer quick cash, fleeting power and little chance of escape. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Graham Platner, oyster farmer and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

Politics

Meet the Future of the Democratic Party

Robert Reich / Substack May 8, 2026 It's not Chuck Schumer or Rahm Emanuel. As in 2016, the biggest force in American politics is antiestablishment rage. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

People visit the Supreme Court in Washington

Courts & Law

‘Killing Our Vote’: After Louisiana v. Callais

Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom May 7, 2026 In the wake of the Supreme Court decision, Southern statehouses are acting at lightning speed to nullify votes by suspending ongoing elections. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )