Memes and Conflict: Study Shows Surge of Imagery and Fakes Can Precede International and Political Violence
The widespread use of social media during times of political trouble and violence has made it harder to prevent conflict and build peace.
Month: April 2025
A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It?
A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s statements.
Watch Pete Buttigieg Win Over MAGA Bros!
He was a guest on Andrew Schulz’s podcast and he totally won these guys over to the Left’s “agenda.” Watch Pete Buttigieg win over MAGA bros, with Luke Beasley’s commentary.
Labor Department Official Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face “Serious Legal Consequences”
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s chief of staff issued the warning as department employees have spoken to the news media about harms they see resulting from the dismantling of their agency, which enforces laws guaranteeing workers’ rights.
Supreme Court: Trump must give immigrants notice of deportation so they have enough time to file habeas corpus. WTF is “habeas corpus?”
The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump must give immigrants enough time to file a habeas corpus before deporting them. WTF is that?
Reproductive health clinics are losing federal funding — and red states will be hit hardest
The Trump administration’s cuts to Title X could disrupt reproductive health services for close to a million people, predominantly low-income Americans.
Trump’s latest USDA cuts affect school children’s access to food.
Early in the morning last Monday, a group of third graders huddled in the garden of Mendota Elementary School in Madison, Wisconsin. Of the dozen students present, a handful were busy filling up buckets of compost, others were readying soil beds for spring planting, while a…
Watch: Nancy Mace treats a constituent like sh*t
Republican Representative Nancy Mace, who began her career as a “normal” person when she first arrived on Capitol Hill, posted an “attack” video of herself on her own Instagram account. The video is what you’d typically see from the opposition party of the targeted politician…
Education Department to restart collections of defaulted student loans
The U.S. Department of Education said Monday that it will resume collections May 5 for defaulted federal student loans.
Trump Cut Almost All Federal Workers Investigating Firefighter Deaths
The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.
- Friday briefing: What is the human cost of Trump’s immigration crackdown? April 25, 2025 Nimo Omer and Archie Bland
- The rule of law in Trump’s America and what it means for Mel Gibson’s guns – podcast April 25, 2025 Presented by Jonathan Freedland, with Liz Oyer, produced by Danielle Stephens and the executive producer is Zoe Hitch
- US judges block aspects of Trump agenda as president targets Democratic fundraising platform – as it happened April 25, 2025 Robert Mackey, Lucy Campbell, Yohannes Lowe and Martin Belam
- Bill Maher calls Larry David’s satire of his Trump dinner ‘kind of insulting to 6 million dead Jews’ April 25, 2025 Dee Jefferson
- Trump can’t withhold funds from sanctuary cities, says federal judge April 25, 2025 Dani Anguiano and agencies
- Company bosses warn over tariffs impact April 25, 2025
- Watch: How previous Popes were laid to rest April 25, 2025
- TikTok astrologer arrested for predicting new Myanmar quake April 25, 2025
- Ukraine may have to give up land for peace - Kyiv Mayor Klitschko April 25, 2025
- China shares rare Moon rocks with US despite trade war April 25, 2025