Trump Goes After Anonymous Email Provider in Italy. The Real Target Is Free Speech in the U.S.
In the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s war on the left, the U.S. government’s designation of a popular antifascist...
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Has the Left Really Met Its Limit?
The stunning momentum of the insurgent left hit a roadblock this week when democratic socialist Francesca Hong narrowly lost her...
State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance”
The Trump administration tapped a surveillance giant with a record of attacking the press to advise the State Department on...
BLM Protester Transferred Thousands of Miles Away After They Organized Against Their Solitary Confinement
A political activist serving the longest federal prison sentence of any 2020 Black Lives Matter protester was transferred without warning...
House Investigation of BreakThrough News Is an Attack on All Journalism
House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., speaks with a reporter on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2026....
Trump’s National Killer Police Force
Within the span of a week, federal immigration agents shot and killed two people in Maine and Texas, and another...
Nancy Pelosi’s Pick for Her SF House Seat Takes Anti-AIPAC Pledge
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s preferred successor for her San Francisco congressional seat has gained the endorsement of the political...
Trump’s Sanctions Against the ICC Are Unconstitutional, Rights Groups Say
Two pro-Palestine groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday that takes aim at U.S. sanctions against international human rights groups linked to...
How Local Cops Are Running With Trump’s NSPM-7 Attacks on Antifa
A month after Donald Trump issued an executive order purporting to designate antifa as a domestic terrorist group, an intelligence...
Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing
The U.S. Capitol building on May 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Images Democrats and...
30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech
Supporters of the Prairieland defendants display pamphlets and artwork after their sentencing outside a Fort Worth, Texas, courthouse on June...
Prairieland Defendant Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Moving a Box of Antifascist Zines
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Daniel Sanchez Estrada wasn’t accused of attempted murder or material support of terrorism after a protest...
Chud the Builder Fantasized About “Race War.” Now He’s Charged With Attempted Murder.
Dalton Eatherly, who goes by the moniker Chud the Builder, attends a hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse on May...
ICE’s Unseen Toll in Minneapolis: Suicide Helpline Calls More Than Doubled During Surge
More than six months after federal agents descended on Minnesota, the toll of the immigration crackdown on the Twin Cities...
Anthropic Says We Must Stop Authoritarian AI. But What About Its Authoritarian Investors?
Anthropic’s high-profile spat with the Pentagon gave it a killer marketing advantage, burnishing its public image as a principled AI...
