A network of right wing “pink slime” faux news sites is targeting “anti-American” classes at colleges & universities nationwide. #DefendHigherEd

Books by Kiran Desai, Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura Lead Booker Prize Shortlist The nominees for the prestigious award also include novels by David Szalay, Benjamin Markovits and Andrew Miller www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/b...

The vaccine situation in the U.S. has become confusing and chaotic. Here are some of the most common vaccine questions we received from readers, answered by New York Times health and science reporters.

NYT Editorial Board - No President Should Have This Kind of Power www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Fossil fuel burning poses threat to health of 1.6bn people, data shows

Margaret Sullivan - Legacy media's destructive addiction to describing Trump's 'winning' One of the worst habits of the mainstream media is seeing politics and government as a game. Or maybe a horserace, but definitely something with clear winners and losers. open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land. The women of Holy Wisdom Monastery have restored 170 acres of native prairie and oak savanna. “Humans need creation to find ourselves,” one said. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View. And Their Lives, for the Better. Offshore turbines let Block Island shut down soot-spewing, earsplitting diesel generators. There were other benefits, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

The president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said Monday that suggestions that Tylenol use in pregnancy causes autism are “irresponsible when considering the harmful, confusing message they send to pregnant patients” www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

That is not a denial.

Brazil’s Lula pushes for ‘civilized relationship’ with U.S. amid tensions with Trump www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Just a reminder that, despite what these freaks would have you think, antivaxx is extremely unpopular and we need to attack them relentlessly for putting insane dipshittery over our health

there is no 'group' called 'antifa'.... this is all fearmongering and a way to call anyone who disagrees with the admin's line a terrorist. this is dangerous bs.

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Not a solitary citation to law. Any law. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

A tiny fraction of the TV-watching audience was aware of who Sinclair Broadcasting is and I think Sinclair Broadcasting was, in the medium and long terms, much better suited by this arrangement. But Sinclair wants to change that in the least favorable possible context for them

Health experts respond to Trump's claims linking autism to acetaminophen -- please listen to people who actually know what they're talking about.... www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Ex-DOJ official weighs in on Trump pressuring Bondi to prosecute political opponents www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Yup.

Charlie Kirk’s death underscores a disturbing truth — this administration weaponizes lies to justify racist rhetoric aimed at qualified Black women. Tom Joscelyn and Susan Corke unpack the broader pattern.

Judge Says Work on Wind Farm Off Rhode Island Can Proceed, for Now The Trump administration had halted construction on the $6.2 billion Revolution Wind project, prompting its developer to sue. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

Li Yuan - How to Silence Dissent, Bit by Bit Until Fear Takes Over In China, journalism and public debate were opening up, and then a leader took over and used a series of steps to dictate speech. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

The Firing of Educators Over Kirk Comments Follows a Familiar Playbook Conservative efforts to call out and punish educators over liberal ideas have grown for years, led in part by Charlie Kirk himself. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Peter Beinart: The Other Political Violence open.substack.com/pub/peterbei...

Jon Allsop - Freedom and/or speech www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Hillary Clinton Sees a Dangerous Moment for Women’s Rights, and Democracy With her rallying cry for gender equality turning 30 this year, Mrs. Clinton says President Trump and autocratic leaders abroad are steadily dismantling decades of progress www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Chicagoans Avoided Their ‘Filthy’ River for Years. On Sunday, They Swam in It. www.nytimes.com/card/2025/09...

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.I. in disguise. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

Mustafa Barghouti - Palestinians Need More Than the Gesture of Statehood 'Any recognition of Palestinian statehood should be accompanied by concrete action to hold Israel accountable for its illegal, destructive policies.' www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

HCR tracking the slide to authoritarian suppression of data, manipulation of journalists and much more.... September 21, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Cool news from Virginia Woolf studies! early fiction recently discovered to be published Oct 7 by Princeton UP archive.ph/PZaaX

How West Virginians are navigating the state’s new artificial food dye ban.... and cuts to programs to address food insecurity www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Sharaa to become first Syrian leader to attend UN meetings since 1967 reut.rs/3W2gLwQ

Why the planet is drying out much faster than before, according to a new study Researchers at ASU found that “continental drying is having profound global impacts” that “threaten water availability” across the globe, presenting a critical threat to humanity. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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the funny thing about the constant misappropriation of MLK is that the guy left a massive body of writing specifically aimed at explaining his views of those of the movement he represented to the broad public. it is extremely easy to know what the guy thought on a variety of subjects and yet

yet another manipulation of truth and data Trump ends annual report on US hunger amid rising food insecurity The administration is ending a decades-long report on US hunger, calling it “politicized.” Last year, the USDA report warned of rising food insecurity. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

there's a recording!? and they still closed it. Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash Mr. Homan came under scrutiny after he was said to be recorded last year taking $50,000 in cash from undercover F.B.I. agents. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

@anneapplebaum2000 on the current moment of political violence: For the first time, “we have a social-media system that encourages the most outrageous, the most extreme statements, and then rewards them financially.” #TAF25 Watch here: bit.ly/46lDaLT

This is your Republican Congress. It is exactly what their response is to every abuse of power by Trump. Vote every one of these sycophantic cultists up for reelection out of office in 2026. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Something that makes me truly sad about this moment is that it's a missed opportunity to come together for real gun reform. But the White House isn't interested in doing that.

Britain, Australia and Canada Recognize a Palestinian State www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes His demand came a day after he ousted the federal prosecutor who failed to charge two of his most-reviled adversaries, Letitia James and James B. Comey. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

In Detroit, a public garden thrives with help from an army of volunteers As the end of summer nears, we visit a public garden in Michigan that evolves with the seasons, thanks to its meticulous design and an army of volunteer gardeners www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

A look at the future of DEI on college campuses as hundreds of programs disappear At more than 400 campuses across the country, programs and centers that promote diversity, equity and inclusion have been eliminated or rebranded www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster