Robert Reich Thinks Democrats Are On the Brink of a New Era
The Labor Department reported September jobs numbers on Thursday, showing employers added 119,000 jobs to the economy but also an...
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How U.S. Universities Used Counterterror Fusion Centers to Surveil Student Protests for Palestine
From a statewide counterterrorism surveillance and intelligence-sharing hub in Ohio, a warning went out to administrators at the Ohio State...
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Cut UC Funding — but UC Leaders Are Still Negotiating a Settlement
A poster reads “UCLA Faculty for a Free Palestine” as faculty and staff members demonstrate with students at the University...
Track star who protested trans athlete alleges she wasn’t given her medal for months until she filed a lawsuit
Nothing was going to stop Alexa Anderson from stepping off the medal podium that night on May 30. Not when...
How to Track Kash Patel’s Jet
FBI Director Kash Patel enjoys access to a litany of professional perks, among them use of a Gulfstream G550 jet,...
Trump’s Federal Cops Just Gave Themselves Expansive Anti-Protest Powers Targeting Masks
Citing “civil unrest” in American cities, the Department of Homeland Security has accelerated new regulations meant to expand the powers...
Kat Abughazaleh on the Right to Protest
Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh was charged earlier this week with federal conspiracy charges for protesting outside of Broadview ICE...
Dark Money Drives Anti-China Crackdown Across State Legislatures
States are passing a flurry of anti-China bills that critics warn could chill free speech, create an administrative albatross for...
Man Jailed for Facebook Meme Is Freed in Tennessee
More than a month after he was arrested for sharing a meme on Facebook, 61-year-old Larry Bushart Jr. walked out...
An Obscure Military Program Helps Local Cops Buy Armored Cars and Spyware. It Might Balloon Under Trump.
Local cops have gotten tens of millions of dollars’ worth of discounted military gear under a secretive federal program that...
‘Anti-Greta’ activist flees Europe after Antifa death threats; Elon Musk backs her asylum claim
German activist Naomi Seibt, dubbed the "Anti-Greta" by Europeans, has filed for political asylum in the U.S., claiming she’s being...
The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
By the time the cops showed up to arrest him for sharing a derisive meme responding to the killing of...
Unions Sue to Stop AI Surveillance Powering Trump’s “Catch and Revoke” Deportation Scheme
Three major labor unions sued the federal government on Thursday to stop a sweeping social media surveillance program designed to...
He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa.
As part of the Trump administration’s drive to lionize the late Charlie Kirk and chill criticism of his politics, the...
The Right Wing Desperately Wants to Make Charlie Kirk Its MLK
Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 23, 2024. Photo: Rebecca Noble/Getty...
