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Trump Is Wildly Unpopular'but He Remains a Threat
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (635+ words) The Trump brand is tarnished, and his grip over the GOP is loosening'but his authoritarian ambitions have not yet been corralled. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington,…...
3 Female Front-Runners Challenging NY's Mike Lawler Make This a Race to Watch
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (569+ words) A decorated Army veteran, a Working Families Party candidate and a longtime liberal politician and activist make the Democratic primary in Hudson Valley's CD-17 riveting. Cait Conley, now a candidate in New York's 17th Congressional District, at a Politico conference on AI…...
European Cowardice Is Empowering Trump's New Imperialism
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (598+ words) NATO allies don't want to confront Trump's aggression. But they may ultimately not have a choice. President Donald Trump hosts a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House on August 18, 2025. On Tuesday, European leaders…...
It Is Risen
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (178+ words) From illegal war on Iran to an inhumane fuel blockade of Cuba, from AI weapons to crypto corruption, this is a time of staggering chaos, cruelty, and violence." Unlike other publications that parrot the views of authoritarians, billionaires, and corporations,…...
The Risk in Being More Than an Athlete
22+ hour, 13+ min ago (455+ words) The conscience of the 2026 sports world remains unsigned. Is she being blackballed? Natasha Cloud became one of only a few professional athletes to speak about Gaza. Now she can't find a WNBA team. Enter Natasha Cloud. The free-agent guard known…...
Will Lindsey Boylan Be New York's Newest Sewer Socialist?
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (779+ words) The first woman to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment is running for City Council. Her progressive campaign has been backed by Zohran Mamdani. On Tuesday, April 28, Boylan faces off against Democratic Assembly District 75 leader Layla Law-Gisikio, Community Board 4 chair Leslie…...
Earth Day Was Born in Protest
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (400+ words) Now protest may have put Greenpeace USA on the brink of extinction. A gas mask is held aloft at the inaugural Earth Day protest in New York City, New York, on April 22, 1970. In March 2025, the jury ordered Greenpeace to pay…...
Revisiting the Advent of the Abstract
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (355+ words) A recent gallery exhibition on abstract art and self-taught artists proposes a new story for the rise of abstraction. Susan Te Kahurangi King's "Untitled," 2022. From illegal war on Iran to an inhumane fuel blockade of Cuba, from AI weapons to…...
I'm a Maine Reporter Who Went to High School With Graham Platner
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1318+ words) Here's what explains his success. Students elected the safe candidate, a future chiropractor. But Platner had other outlets for his energy and ideas. Around that time, he skipped school to protest the coming Iraq war when President George W. Bush visited…...
The Delusion of "AI Justice
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (617+ words) As AI seeps deeper into our judicial system, boosters insist it will bring both fairness and efficiency. But can we really trust Judge Grok? And the system isn't much kinder to women, or poor people, or people who practice a…...