Hannah Allam / ProPublicaA year out of college with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is tasked with overseeing the fight against extremism.Military
Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control TodayCommitting $175 billion of taxpayer money to a missile-defense system is an expensive, counterproductive waste.Africa
Mebratu Kelecha / Africa Is A CountryWith Trump’s tariffs, Africa faces trade disruptions, corporate power and emerging partnerships in its quest to control its economic destiny.
Bram Sable-Smith / KFF Health NewsThe Department of Justice canceled $500 million in grants to public safety organizations nationwide, including some that address gun violence.Environment
Luke Goldstein / The LeverThe budget reconciliation bill includes a devastating natural resources giveaway to a Chilean billionaire with ties to the Trump family.
Stuart Trew, Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Manuel Perez-Rocha / FPIFAn alternative to neoliberal trade policies is urgently needed, but Trump's gunboat diplomacy and erratic deals are not the answer.
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Juan Cole / Informed CommentThe mission is sponsored by the Freedom Flotilla in a symbolic effort to break Israel's blockade of food and aid to the Strip.
Jane Slaughter / Labor NotesIn Turkey, labor leaders find themselves under arrest for organizing against a government that wants to bend labor to its will.Courts & Law
Joe Fassler / DeSmogThe billionaire rescued the right-wing plan to dismantle government at its most toxic moment. With DOGE, Musk was Trump’s enabler and fall guy.
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Arts & Culture
An exhibition at a MoMA affiliate remembers the difficult early days of harm reduction in the 1990s.
Courts & Law
A year out of college with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is tasked with overseeing the fight against extremism.
Military
Committing $175 billion of taxpayer money to a missile-defense system is an expensive, counterproductive waste.
Africa
With Trump’s tariffs, Africa faces trade disruptions, corporate power and emerging partnerships in its quest to control its economic destiny.
Health & Wellness
The Department of Justice canceled $500 million in grants to public safety organizations nationwide, including some that address gun violence.
Environment
The budget reconciliation bill includes a devastating natural resources giveaway to a Chilean billionaire with ties to the Trump family.
Film
An all-star French cast dramatizes a fateful attempt to report on the Khmer Rouge.
Labor
Federal oversight is shrinking as policy proposals echo Project 2025's deregulatory agenda.
TD Column
A secretive set of emergency rulings is expanding presidential power and undermining precedent.
Business & Economy
An alternative to neoliberal trade policies is urgently needed, but Trump's gunboat diplomacy and erratic deals are not the answer.
Activism
The mission is sponsored by the Freedom Flotilla in a symbolic effort to break Israel's blockade of food and aid to the Strip.
Labor
In Turkey, labor leaders find themselves under arrest for organizing against a government that wants to bend labor to its will.
Courts & Law
The billionaire rescued the right-wing plan to dismantle government at its most toxic moment. With DOGE, Musk was Trump’s enabler and fall guy.