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Reigniting the Patriarchy

Eleanor J. Bader / Truthdig Mar 12, 2026 New Heritage Foundation report wants to focus on the family — controlling it, that is. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Opinion

It’s Time to Oust ‘President’ Stephen Miller

Daniel Hunter / Waging Nonviolence Mar 11, 2026 Noem’s firing shows our power, and now we must go after the real architect of Trump's deportation machine and so many other harmful policies. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Column

Why Anthropic’s Anti-War Rhetoric Is a Charade

Michael Kwet / Truthdig Mar 10, 2026 Anthropic wants you to believe it is the ‘ethical’ AI alternative, but it has always been openly imperialist and pro-military. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

California Gov. Gavin Newsom at an election night press conference

Health & Wellness

Newsom Picks a Dogfight With Trump and RFK Jr. on Public Health

Angela Hart / Kasier Health News Mar 10, 2026 The California governor has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies in contrast with the Trump administration. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Immigration

Feds Making It Harder for Immigrants to Send Money to Family

Atra Mohamed / Minnesota Reformer Mar 10, 2026 New taxes and regulations on remittances could further destabilize countries like Somalia, where half the population lives in poverty. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The road to the exclusive Bohemian Grove

Politics

Bohemian Grove: More Than a Getaway for Our War Machine Elites

Nick Cleveland-Stout and Daniel Boguslaw / Responsible Statecraft Mar 10, 2026 The Northern California hideaway is a social nexus for revolvers between the national security community and defense contractors. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A banner with a portrait of President Donald Trump hangs outside the Department of Justice

TD Column

The SAVE Act Is Just One Part of the MAGA Midterm Plot

Bill Blum / Truthdig Mar 9, 2026 Trump and his MAGA allies are flooding the zone with a multipronged scheme to rig the midterms and end democracy. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem

Politics

Kristi Noem All but Killed FEMA. Will Her Departure Save It?

Jake Bittle / Grist Mar 9, 2026 The embattled Homeland Security secretary froze spending and slashed staff. It may well have been illegal. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

President Donald Trump arrives for a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House on March 6, 2026

Politics

Gallup Ends Presidential Approval Polling After 88 Years

David W. Moore / FAIR Mar 9, 2026 Did the company’s extensive contracts with the federal government inform its shock decision to re-evaluate the utility of reporting numbers that Trump hates? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Alex Karp, CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies

Technology

Planet Palantir

Janet Abou-Elias and William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Mar 9, 2026 How Alex Karp, Palmer Luckey and their clique of unhinged techno-optimists are putting humanity at risk. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Politics

Trump Fires Kristi Noem

Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom Mar 6, 2026 The president announced Thursday that the Homeland Security secretary will be leaving her post amid bipartisan criticism of her performance. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

President Donald Trump listens during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington

Opinion

You Can Just Do Things

Patrick Blanchfield / n+1 Mar 6, 2026 You don’t have to learn any lessons you don’t want to. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )