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Last Sunday, voters in Hungary delivered a decisive defeat to far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, ending his 16-year hold on power.

We're discussing a Frontline and El Faro documentary about President Nayib Bukele's tangled history with the gangs the US says it is fighting.

'Steal This Story, Please!' is a new documentary about Amy Goodman's trailblazing career as an independent journalist and co-founder and co-host of Democracy Now!.

We are discussing two documentaries from this year's International Ocean Film Festival that explore the complex and troubled relationship between humans and sharks.

Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed more than 1,500 people, including at least 130 children, and have forced more than 1.2 million people to flee their homes.

The recent conviction of nine anti-ICE protesters has raised concerns among activists, protesters, and NGOs that have aligned themselves with anti-fascist organizing.

Over 2,000 people have been killed and over 26,000 have been injured in Iran as Trump escalates his threats ahead of his 5pm PT deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The festival, which features films about the blue heart of our planet, runs from April 10-12 at the Cowell Theater in the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture.

Feminist scholar Carol Adams argues that the oppression of women and animals is inextricably linked. She asks: What can meat eating tell us about Western authoritarians?

In "The Middle-Class New Deal," law professor Mechele Dickerson argues the erosion of the middle class wasn't inevitable, but a policy choice. How can it be restored?

In his new book, biologist David George Haskell explores the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today.

ProPublica's Patricia Callahan writes that RFK Jr.'s spread of misinformation could prompt vaccine manufacturers to flee the US market, further limiting access.

Journalist Jacob Silverman writes that companies from Google to SpaceX have embraced war and lined up for lucrative contracts amidst the US-Israeli assault on Iran.

Every year, 46,000 people die from gun violence in the US. The Trump administration cut funding for violence prevention programs, but California filled the gap.

The Nation's Sasha Abramsky argues that from ICE detention centers in San Diego to the US-Israeli war on Iran, Trump is making the lives of many miserable.

One in five women in the US has experienced an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. How can we reach boys and men to end this cycle of violence?

Climate crisis enablers expected more resistance to Trump's extreme rollback of environmental policies. They are privately celebrating the silence of Democrats.

The 2026 Bioneers Conference, which begins on Thursday in Berkeley, brings climate activists together to discuss how to build a more just, life-honoring world.

In the second season of his podcast Master Plan, host David Sirota asks: if the founders wrote the Constitution to prevent a king, how did Trump gain so much power?

More than 1,200 Iranians, 1,000 Lebanese, 14 Israelis, and 13 US soldiers have been killed. Is anyone in Washington calling for an end to this devastating war?

In his book, "The Know-It-Alls," journalist Noam Cohen says Silicon Valley billionaires have taken a wrecking ball to many facets of society all in the name of profit.

Katherine Stewart argues that the moral collapse of conservatism enabled the rise of authoritarianism under Trump. What will it take to restore democracy for all?

As the Trump administration erases Native history ahead of the 250th, they are denying the crucial – and often erased – role of tribal nations in the making of the US.

The Nation's Mark Hertsgaard argues the climate implications of the war in the Middle East are essential context for understanding what's at stake.

As the US–Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon enters its second week, more than 1,700 people have been killed across the region, bringing widespread death and destruction.

The US and Israel are facing global condemnation for attacking Iran. Human Rights Watch says the deadly attack on a girls' school must be investigated as a war crime.

As Trump calls on Republicans to "take over the voting in at least 15 places," right-wing extremists are urging him to use federal power to control the 2026 election.

In her new book, Amy Littlefield interviews those in the anti-abortion and pro-abortion movements to find out how conservatives successfully overturned Roe.

A bill in New Zealand aims to legally recognize the rights of whales, drawing on Indigenous stewardship and aligning with the global rights of nature movement.

An investigation by ProPublica and High Country News shows wealthy ranchers and corporations profiting from federal animal grazing subsidies.

More than 1,000 civilians, including 181 children under the age of 10, have been killed in the US–Israel war on Iran, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.

On Your Call's new series, Native historians, activists, and elders will share the stories and histories of these lands and the resilience of its first peoples.

Trump has launched an assault on Iran with Israel, seized Venezuela's president in a surprise air raid, said the US will "own" Gaza, and is threatening to takeover Cuba.

According to the Iran human rights group HRANA, at least 740 people have been killed in Iran so far in the ongoing US–Israeli airstrikes.

In her new book, Laura Mauldin argues that we need to reimagine our care systems to ensure those with disabilities and their caregivers don't have to do it all alone.

Jessica Valenti writes that this plan is "a how-to guide for subjugating girls and women" by pushing them out of college and forcing them into marriage and motherhood.

Anand Giridharadas writes that when Epstein needed friends to rehabilitate him, he knew where to turn: a power elite practiced at disregarding pain.

"Ruin Their Crops on the Ground" traces the history of food politics from colonization to the alliance between the federal government and corporate food industries.

Police departments across the US are quietly using school district security cameras to assist Trump's mass immigration crackdown, an investigation by The 74 reveals.

February 24 marks the four-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The war has claimed thousands of civilian lives and displaced millions of families.

In his new book, historian Aaron Fountain uncovers the vital, yet forgotten role high school student activists played in reshaping the American education system.

As the Trump administration attacks unions and strips members of protections, unions are organizing workers to defend their rights. How are they fighting back?