5 million reject Trump’s militarism with No Kings protests as immigration raids expand
Nationwide demonstrations denounce authoritarianism, ICE crackdowns, and Trump’s $45 million military parade while calling for sustained resistance.
When progress misleads: The hidden baseline problem in public-interest advocacy
Claims of success in animal welfare, climate policy, and corporate sustainability often rely on narrow metrics that obscure whether real-world harms are actually declining.
Trade war and immigration crackdown push US farmers to the brink
Farmers describe collapsing export markets, labor shortages, and a missing safety net as tariffs and immigration policies reshape U.S. agriculture.
How high school students are organizing walkouts against ICE
Building to a statewide walkout.
Trump ban leaves 12-year-old girl facing return to war-torn Yemen
The girl, whose parents are U.S. citizens, was barred from boarding a plane yesterday and is now in limbo in Djibouti.
Reflections on a low, dishonest decade
And nearly 100 Essays for TomDispatch.
Brazil becomes the newest country to refuse GMO imports from the United States
As of 2015 there were 38 countries that had banned GM crops.
Supreme Court upholds Indian Child Welfare Act
The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which maintains Indigenous children under state care stay within their tribe rather than being placed outside their community.
Illinois students face felony charges for protesting Gaza genocide
University of Illinois students face felony charges for peaceful Gaza protest, raising concerns over free speech suppression and institutional bias.
The American Medical Association has an obligation it’s failing on.
Our government is killing people in cold blood, and the institutions meant to advocate for us remain silent even when it is their peers being forced into tanks, handcuffed, and locked away and tortured.