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Headlines for August 04, 2026; “Department of Injustice”: Norm Eisen on Todd Blanche AG Nom, Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case; “If Emmett Till Lived”: Cultural Historian Sarah Lewis on New Book/Exhibit, Visit to Mississippi; Johanna Fernández Dies at…

Part 2 of our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the new book The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn.

Headlines for August 03, 2026; Why Did 60,000 Migrants Cross from Morocco into Spain’s Ceuta? Moroccan Dutch Professor Explains; The Death of Awdah Hathaleen: Report Details Settler Killing of “No Other Land” Producer in West Bank; “The People’s…

Headlines for July 31, 2026; Rep. Ro Khanna on Blanche Nomination, Epstein Accountability and His Detention by Israeli Settlers; “Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats”: Mother Jones Exposé on Allegations Against GOP Rep. Max Miller; “Zero…

Headlines for July 30, 2026; “Less Regulated Than Sandwiches”: MIT Prof. Calls for Oversight as OpenAI Agent Hacks Other Firms; Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots De-ICE Campaign; Report from Springfield,…

Headlines for July 29, 2026; U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Slams U.S. “Complicity” as Trump Meets Netanyahu Despite ICC Warrant; “Tipping Point”: Ex-CDC Official Links Cyclospora & Measles Outbreaks to Trump’s Public Health Cuts; India Unleashes…

Headlines for July 28, 2026; “We Can’t Be Intimidated”: CodePink Slams Rubio-Led Campaign Against Cuba Solidarity Groups; A New McCarthyism? House GOP Subpoenas BreakThrough News in Escalating War on Progressive Groups; Meet Beto Coral, Activist Targeted…

Headlines for July 27, 2026; “Frontlines of a Burning World”: Climate Change-Fueled “Megafires” Sweep Europe & North America; “Iraq 2.0”?: Rep. Jim McGovern on Iran War, New Red Scare, Israeli War Crimes & Dem Party Divide; Israeli Army & Settlers…

Author Jasper Craven talks about his new book, God Forgives, Brothers Don’t: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood. In the book, Craven examines how the military has come to define American masculinity and how it often…

Headlines for July 24, 2026; “America First or Israel First?” Ex-Israeli Negotiator Daniel Levy on Saudi Nuclear Deal, Iran & More; “Cockroach Democracy”: Arundhati Roy on India’s Youth-Led Protest Movement & Modi’s Collapsing Support; Report from…

Headlines for July 23, 2026; Meet Milwaukee Muslim Leader Salah Sarsour. ICE Detained Him for 80 Days; “Enough Is Enough”: Mohsen Mahdawi Says New Deportation Threat Seeks to Silence Palestine Activism; As Mamdani Calls on Trump to Arrest Netanyahu,…

Headlines for July 22, 2026; “Empire of Abuse”: MAGA Influencers Andrew & Tristan Tate Arrested on Rape & Sex Trafficking Charges; “Unlimited Money for Bombs”: Democrats Slam Hegseth for Seeking $67B for Iran War; Trump Says Images of Bombed Iran…

Headlines for July 21, 2026; As the U.S. Commits War Crimes in Iran, Trump Admin Vows to Dismantle Int’l Criminal Court: Reed Brody; What Spain’s Victory Means: Jules Boykoff on the World Cup, FIFA, Trump, “Collectivity” & More; “A Company That…