A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise
- by Emily Herring
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‘We’re not sure what it means or how it started’ – the enigmatic ritual that has existed in Switzerland for centuries
- by Aeon Video
Talk as much as you like about human rights, nothing will change until the architecture of global finance is reformed
- by Attiya Waris
How a public health initiative to reduce air pollution has created ‘full-time citizen complainants’ who patrol the city
- by Aeon Video
Two days before Khalil's arrest, an anonymous tip accused him of calling for violence. The FBI found it did not “warrant further investigation" — but the Trump administration kept calling him a threat.
The post FBI Quietly Closed a Probe Into Mahmoud Khalil While He Was in ICE Detention appeared first on The Intercept.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill Tuesday to defend the Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget request.
The post Hegseth Asks for More Money as Iran War Costs Skyrocket appeared first on The Intercept.
We need a new imagination for the whole Earth, linking the power of the deep planet with the vitality of the surface
- by James Dinneen
U.S. media outlets were crucial in helping Israel sell the Gaza genocide to the American public.
The post We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s the Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media appeared first on The Intercept.
A legal disciplinary panel won’t disclose any details about its inquiry into John Sarcone, a Trump loyalist in New York.
The post A Trump U.S. Attorney’s Professional Misconduct Must Be Kept “Private and Confidential” appeared first on The Intercept.
The controversial event and the NYPD’s response to resulting protests present a test for Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
The post Israeli Real Estate Expo Advertising West Bank Settlements Returns to NYC appeared first on The Intercept.
I’ve just written a ‘top 10′ overview of Avi Lewis’ plan to impose federal rent control. Here’s the link to the post:
In this award-winning short, inmates and college students explore the history of incarceration from inside a US prison
- by Aeon Video
For years I watched people through cameras and screens, filling in the blanks and calling it truth
- by Tyler Thier
The emotional and practical skills of adulthood can only be learned from (appropriate) levels of discomfort and stress
- by Niklas Serning & Nina Lyon
Join several of Canada’s leading heterodox and progressive economists for an introduction to theories, tools, and policy applications that go beyond the bounds of conventional free-market economics. This one-day course immediately precedes the annual meetings of the Canadian Economics Association in Vancouver. Thursday May 28, 9:30am – 4:30pm Simon Fraser University Downtown Campus (515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver) Free Registration! [...]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – May 10, 2026 by Tony Wikrent Mother’s Day Heather Cox Richardson, May 10, 2026 [Letters from an American, May 9, 2026] If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet will tell you that Mother’s Day began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis decided to honor her mother. […]
. Public debt is normally nothing to fear, especially if it is financed within the country itself (but even foreign loans can be beneficent for the economy if invested in the right way). Some members of society hold bonds and earn interest on them, while others pay taxes that ultimately pay the interest on the […]
I Sverige år 2026 låter vi friskolekoncerner med undermålig verksamhet få plocka ut skyhöga vinster — vinster som den svenska staten gladeligen låter dessa koncerner ta av vår skattefinansierade skolpeng. Dessa smarta välfärdsplundrare har överlag en högre lönsamhet än näringslivet i sin helhet, men när man väl plundrat färdigt lämnar man över problemen och eleverna […]
Over the past 15 years—in particular the last decade—the concept “Cultural Marxism” has become so overused by the American Right that we almost tune out when we hear it. The same can be said for so many Trumpian talking points—“DEI,” “radical Left,” “Trump derangement syndrome”—that we brush it aside. As with anything so overused, we […]
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The DOJ is now treating evading a records request as a crime, a stunning act of hypocrisy from the Trump administration.
The post Dodging FOIA Could Now Mean Arrest and Strip Search, Depending on Who’s Asking appeared first on The Intercept.
Fidelity, Charles Schwab, and Vanguard are tamping down on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s donations as the government’s de facto censors.
The post Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court appeared first on The Intercept.