extremism

Balochistan Finds Its Voice

Matt Broomfield and Robin Fleming / Truthdig Feb 19, 2024 In Pakistan and Iran, a grassroots women-led movement gives hope to millions of stateless people. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Politics

Meet Today’s Terrifying GOP: National Conservatives, Postliberals and the Nietzschean Right

MATT MCMANUS / In These Times Dec 18, 2023 The New Right is mad, organized and wholly unafraid to wield state power. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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The ISIS Prison Camps the World Forgot

Matt Broomfield / Truthdig Nov 6, 2023 Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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Book Banning Reaches Historic, Ominous Levels in the US

Stephen Rohde / Truthdig Oct 5, 2023 More than 3,300 cases were recorded in public schools and libraries during the last academic year. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Ron DeSantis’ Blitzkrieg to Loserville

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Sep 25, 2023 The epic flameout of Florida’s bullying and uniquely unlikeable governor shouldn’t have surprised anyone. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Book Excerpt

What Does Anchorman Have to Do With Democracy?

Saul Austerlitz / Dutton Books Aug 18, 2023 Could there be a connection between laughing at Ron Burgundy and the noxious politics of Jan. 6? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

Fighting Censorship Is an American Tradition

Svante Myrick / OtherWords Jul 3, 2023 Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

GOP Weaponizes Debt Ceiling To Slash Welfare

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Jan 18, 2023 The Treasury Department is prepared to take emergency measures to prevent the U.S. from breaching the debt ceiling. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

Kevin McCarthy Allows Extreme Republicans To Hold the Climate Hostage

Zoya Teirstein / Grist Jan 17, 2023 Kevin Mcarthy's capitulation shows that progress on climate isn’t going to happen with Republicans in the majority. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Ukrainian woman in a winter coat looks down at her large brown and black dog as they stand in front of a small pink house that has been damaged by artillery fire with debris from the destroyed housing surrounding them.

Book Excerpt

When Peace Had a Chance in Ukraine

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies / OR Books Nov 1, 2022 "The Minsk II Accords", excerpt from "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict" by Media Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies. Looks at the backstory to the launch of Russia's war. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Africa Starts Decade Battling Hunger, Extremism, Ebola

ANDREW MELDRUM / The Associated Press Jan 1, 2020 Two major cyclones in Mozambique in 2019 also prompt worries that the country may be prone to more storms as a result of climate change. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bigots Welcome on America’s Police Forces

Will Carless / Reveal Oct 1, 2019 Hundreds of cops across the country are members of extremist Facebook groups, yet their departments refuse to take disciplinary action. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )