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Palestinian filmmaker and Oscar winner for the documentary “No Other Land” Hamdan Ballal poses for a picture with his Oscar, as he recovers after Israeli settlers attacked him at home, in his village of Susya in the south of the occupied West Bank on March 26, 2025.

Must a Palestinian Win an Oscar for the World to Care When He’s Attacked? Must a Palestinian Win an Oscar for the World to Care When He’s Attacked?

The assault and arrest of Ballal Hamdan is horrendous, but the framing of the incident reproduces the idea that some lives are more worthy of defense than others.

Mar 27, 2025 / Sleman Altehe

Bob McChesney on “Moyers & Company” in 2013.

Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died

The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.

Mar 27, 2025 / John Nichols

View through Montana ranch entrance to rangeland with a view of central Montana shows snow covered Crazy Mountains in the background. The Crazy Mountains rise to over 11,000 feet and are located north of Interstate-90 between Billings and Bozeman Montana; they can be seen for many miles along this stretch of Interstate.

Welcome to Bozangeles! Welcome to Bozangeles!

The greater Bozeman, Montana, region has become ground zero for rampant luxury development that is taking the “public” out of public lands.

Mar 27, 2025 / Erica Etelson

A Yemeni walks over the debris of a destroyed building after it was struck by US air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, March 24, 2025.

Bombing Yemen: Signalgate Deserves to Be a Major Scandal Bombing Yemen: Signalgate Deserves to Be a Major Scandal

But the assault on Yemeni civilians the hapless conspirators discussed in their private chat group is an even bigger disgrace—though so far the press haven’t paid much attention.

Mar 27, 2025 / Phyllis Bennis

Feminism Against Itself

Feminism Against Itself Feminism Against Itself

Sophie Lewis grapples with the ways the feminist movement has harbored prejudices and abetted wrongdoing in Enemy Feminisims.

Mar 27, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Grace Byron

DOGE Is Gutting the US Digital Service

DOGE Is Gutting the US Digital Service DOGE Is Gutting the US Digital Service

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Kate Green and Milo on the current state of the US Digital Service.

Mar 27, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Hundreds of Cardinal O’Connor Conference attendees gather in Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall to hear from anti-abortion activists.

Inside Washington, DC’s “Pro-Life Super Bowl” Inside Washington, DC’s “Pro-Life Super Bowl”

Days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, hundreds of young anti-abortion activists gathered at Georgetown University for the annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference.

Mar 27, 2025 / StudentNation / Katherine Wilkison

Civil defense and medical teams respond to an Israeli attack on the At-Tabeen School in Gaza City on March 18, 2025.

The World’s Top Medical Journal Is Giving Cover to Genocide The World’s Top Medical Journal Is Giving Cover to Genocide

The New England Journal of Medicine has finally broken its silence on Gaza, only to obscure the truth of an American-backed Israeli genocide unfolding in real time.

Mar 26, 2025 / Mary Turfah and Eric Reinhart

Project 2025’s Fascism Parallels

Project 2025’s Fascism Parallels Project 2025’s Fascism Parallels

Billboard, Grand Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, March 2025.

Mar 26, 2025 / OppArt / Karen Fiorito

A Gulfstream G650ER jet prepares to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 7, 2023.

These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets

Local activists in Massachusetts have taken on the private jet lobby—and they might just win.

Mar 26, 2025 / Chuck Collins

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