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Democrats are refusing to budge on the government shutdown until Republicans agree to extend tax credits for healthcare premiums. Meantime, millions are struggling.

Randi Weingarten's new book is a love letter to public school educators and an expose of the well-funded campaign behind attacks on teachers and the war on knowledge.

Peter Beinart's new book "is about the story Jews tell ourselves to block out the screams. My hope is that we will one day see Gaza's obliteration as a turning point."

In 2024, the removal of four dams on the Klamath River marked a historic victory for an Indigenous-led movement, achieving the largest river restoration project in history.

Protests begin in the Bay Area as federal agents arrive at Coast Guard Island in Alameda. We'll open the lines and find out how communities are preparing.

Over 59,000 people are in ICE detention. Sixty-five percent had no convictions and 93 percent had no violent convictions, according to data obtained by Cato.

Former assistance secretary of education Diane Ravitch discusses her new book, "An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else.”

Surging electricity demand from data centers across the US is outpacing the supply of new clean energy sources, helping to sustain the fossil fuel industry.

Trump's 2026 budget proposes a $4.5B cut, about 30 percent, targeting programs related to climate research, including the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

Trump is escalating immigration crackdowns. ICE raids are terrorizing communities in Chicago and California's newest ICE facility is described as “hell on earth.”

On November 4, Californians will vote on Prop 50, a ballot measure Democrats say is necessary to counter gerrymandering in Texas and other Republican-led states.

Lisa Graves discusses her new book, "Without Precedent: How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights."

The GOP's sweeping spending and tax bill, which is now law, funds $4.5 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthy through the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in US history.

Washington Post reporter Dana Hedgpeth has extensively covered the 523 Indian boarding schools established in the US, where 3,104 students died between 1828 and 1970.

The Supreme Court's new term includes cases on presidential power, voting rights, immigrants, campaign finance, and LGBTQ youth.

Will Potter's new book exposes the powerful forces working to obscure reality and suppress protest, and animal agriculture's role in accelerating climate collapse.

Raoul Peck, the acclaimed Haitian filmmaker, discusses his new film, which examines how George Orwell "foretold a chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future."

Trump has barred new solar and wind projects from federal land and waters, eliminated incentives for clean energy, and called for an entire industry to be stopped.

Dr. Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace, and the world's most beloved primatologist, environmentalist, and humanitarian, passed away on October 1 at the age of 91.

A New York Times investigation reveals how the United Arab Emirates invested $2 billion in the Trump family's crypto business days before receiving access to AI chips.

The Israeli Defense Minister issued a final warning to Palestinians in Gaza City, saying those who remain will be considered "terrorists and terror supporters."

Given that it's impossible to keep up with daily shootings and deaths, where is the conversation about gun control?

Trump says Smithsonian museums promote "divisive, race-centered ideology," and focus too much on "how bad slavery was." How is the public responding?

The documentary, No Place to Grow Old, focuses on the fastest growing population entering homelessness across the country: adults ages 55 and older.

In his new book, "Rising Waters," Tony Bartelme reveals the science, urgency, and hope behind our warming world.

Stripped for Parts tells the story of Alden Global Capital, a secretive hedge fund that is gutting US newspapers — and the journalists fighting to save them.

Trump's 2026 budget, which is set to be debated by Congress this fall, proposes eliminating all funding for the MEP, a program that has been in place for nearly 60 years.

The Center for Biological Diversity says Trump's actions on environmental protections could lead to irreversible climate catastrophe if they go unchallenged.

The Peoples' Climate Vote shows 80 percent of people globally want their governments to take stronger action to tackle the climate crisis.

State officials promised high-speed rail by 2020. Instead, costs have doubled, little track is built, and service isn't expected to begin before 2030.

A decade ago, about 20 percent of the long-term unemployed were college graduates. Today it's about one-third, according to The New York Times.

Trump says that the FCC, which regulates all broadcasts in the US, should consider revoking the licenses of broadcasters who cover him negatively.

Trump and his allies immediately responded to Kirk's murder by blaming the "far-left" and left-wing extremism without knowing who did it or what the motivation was.

Donald Trump and his allies immediately responded by blaming the "far left" for Kirk's murder. A number of people have lost their jobs for speaking out.

This week, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court allowed racially profiling federal immigration raids in Southern California to continue.

Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 64,656 Palestinians and wounded 163,503 since October 2023. Thousands more are believed to be under the rubble.

Historian Kevin Kruse will discuss the ramifications of the Trump administration rewriting, whitewashing, and erasing history. How are educators responding?

Kathleen DuVal's book begins in the year 1,000, long before Europeans arrived. One of the goals of this book is to reinsert Native American history into world history.

Mariah Blake investigates the chemical industry's decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals and the citizens working to hold them accountable.

In his book, Clay Risen examines the history of the 1950s anti-Communist witch hunt and connects it to Donald Trump and Elon Musk's anti-DEI and intellectual purges.

Mahmoud Muna and Matthew Teller write, "In many cases, we don't know what has happened to our contributors since they spoke to us. We can only hope they have survived.'

More than 150,000 federal workers have resigned, according to The New York Times. That number does not include the thousands of people who were laid off or fired.