New accuser says Rep. Eric Swalwell sexually assaulted her
A woman on Tuesday accused Rep. Eric Swalwell of sexually assaulting her, saying at a news conference that the congressman raped her in 2018 at a Los Angeles-area hotel.
As Tech Groups Predict Huge Pennsylvania Data-Center Growth, Critics Say Some Bills Would Reduce Local Control
Lawmakers are considering a variety of proposals on data centers. One senator plans to introduce a three-year moratorium on development.
How Oklahoma Musicians Continue a Legacy of Resistance to Fascism
Justice is the one thing you should always find/ You gotta saddle up your boys/ You gotta draw a hard line/ When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune .
The World Is Paying the Price for America’s War
Conflict with Iran hurts American wallets, but it’s far more devastating for people in the global south.
March into the Ruins
Kluge always wanted to give people, and the principles to which people try to be faithful, some extra lift.
Forbes Prediction Market Gamifies Story About Mass Shooting of 8 Children
Forbes launched ForbesPredict in January as part of an effort to reverse declining traffic from search engines and keep users on its website longer.
Zoha Waseem: Creeping Digital Authoritarianism and (In)Security in Pakistan
Over the past decade, Pakistan has been steadily expanding its digital security, policing, and surveillance architecture, which is sensorially and materially altering how security is experienced and enacted.
Maryland Passes Energy Bill That Delivers Short-Term Relief, Locks Ratepayers into Long-Term Nuclear Subsidy
Advocates say Maryland lawmakers passed consequential energy proposals without adequate analysis or public debate during the 2026 session.
“Time Is So Precious”
Organizer Pedro Figueroa recounts working while being held in immigration detention, where he earned as little as $1 a day and helped to organize historic labor actions against for-profit prison company GEO Group.
NYT’s Investigation of How Trump’s War on Iran Started Leaves Out the Paper’s Own Silence
A full accounting of how the disastrous Iran War came about must grapple with the US military/industrial complex's megaphone: the compliant US corporate media.
The Honeymoon Is Over Between Trump and Europe’s Far Right
Viewing an alliance with Trumpist America as a liability.
A Clearing of the Ground
Small liberal arts colleges face so many challenges today that their precarious survival may be more surprising than their escalating demise.
Labor Secretary Out Over Good Old-Fashioned Scandal
Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi were run off after a lot of high-profile MAGA drama. Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s sins were more conventional.
We Sinners, Born Again in the Breaking
Last time I seen the sun, it was midnight in the juke joint, horns crying through blue smoke, bodies glowing like stained glass, footsteps melting into heart pine. Read more via Scalawag : We Sinners, Born Again in the Breaking .
Trump Pardoned a Nursing Home Owner Who Owed Almost $19 Million to a Grieving Family
Stories about pardons are often about presidential power. But what about people on the other side of that grace? The Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won years ago.
Background checks to curb dating app violence advance in California legislature
Bill addresses an issue investigated by The Markup last year.
Freed Palestinian political prisoner Mahmoud al-Arda speaks
In this blockbuster episode of Rattling the Bars, Mansa Musa—a former Black Panther and political prisoner in the US—speaks with Palestinian political prisoner Mahmoud al-Arda after his release from Israeli prison.
One bite at a time: My own personal slice of the American pie
Formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general population. So when a friend introduced the idea of homeownership, I found myself wondering: Could I purchase a house?
