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Everyone's fleeing Trump's Freedom 250 concerts
26+ min ago (146+ words) It hasn't even been two days since Freedom 250, the Trump-tied group organizing a bunch of celebrations ostensibly in honor of America's 250th birthday, announced the lineup for its Great American State Fair concert series. But the series already appears dead on…...
Republicans are reviving Jim Crow in the old Confederacy
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (396+ words) Republican attempts to erase Black representation in the wake of the Supreme Court's destruction of the Voting Rights Act have hit a few roadblocks in recent days. A federal court found that Alabama's map, green-lit by the Roberts Court, intentionally…...
A Bernie-backed community college professor fights for the soul of the Democratic Party
13+ hour, 43+ min ago (997+ words) Noah Lanard6 minutes ago Randy Villegas distributes flowers to volunteers for Mother's Day after a morning of canvassing in Bakersfield, California. Adam Perez At campaign stops across California's Central Valley, Randy Villegas asks a simple question: Do you or someone you…...
Andy Kim: Nothing's improved since Minnesota'except private prison profits
14+ hour, 47+ min ago (846+ words) Sen. Andy Kim (D-N. J.) tries to broker a de-escalation between ICE agents and protesters outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, May 25, 2026. Stephanie Keith/Getty "I certainly didn't see anything at Delaney Hall that gives me a sense that things…...
White House seeks gag order for all federal workers
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (441+ words) President Trump inspects the columns of the North Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, May 25, 2025. Aaron Schwartz/ZUMA In an attempt to stop federal workers from sharing information with journalists, the Trump administration may soon ask them'all two…...
Why billionaires pay much less tax than the average American
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (816+ words) Newlyweds Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos depart from the Aman hotel in Venice, June 28, 2025. Luca Bruno/AP This story was originally published'on Gabriel Zucman's substack, to which you can subscribe here (for English) or here (for French). Last week,…...
Republican-appointed judges just gave the Roberts court a stunning rebuke
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (200+ words) Travis Jackson protests outside Birmingham's federal courthouse on May 22. On Monday, a three-judge federal court panel with two Trump appointees restored an Alabama congressional map with two majority-Black districts for the 2026 midterm elections, finding that another map recently green lit…...
DHS is getting sued for the truth about its "domestic terrorism watchlist"
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (313+ words) An activist holds up a sign during a march to the headquarters of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington, DC, January 11, 2026. Probal Rashid/Light Rocket/Getty That's the question being asked by a growing chorus of activists and legal observers…...
The ACA affordability crisis Congress won't fix
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (496+ words) "Our politicians like to say that farmers and independent business people are the backbone of our economy," a farmer told Mother Jones. "They are doing this and breaking our backs."Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press/Zuma "I was really hoping to…...
The Pentagon could name thousands of unknown soldiers. Families want to know why it hasn't.
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (1708+ words) Ken Mc Laughlin48 seconds ago Buried beneath the curved, sweeping rows of white marble crosses and Stars of David at the Manila American Cemetery lies a special kind of American hero. Their headstones carry no names. No ranks or branches of…...