As Senate leaders say President Biden will have to wait until next year to negotiate a deal with Republicans on immigration as…
Israel is deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food and fuel in Gaza, prompting Human Rights Watch to accuse the occupation of…
We speak with the acclaimed Russian American writer Masha Gessen, whose latest article for The New Yorker looks at the politics of Holocaust commemoration…
We discuss President Joe Bidenās āfull support for a scorched-earth campaignā in Gaza with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill, who says the U.S. is…
As the United Nations climate summit ends with nations pledging to transition away from fossil fuels instead of explicitly calling for a…
The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza: 153 U.N. members approved the…
University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill voluntarily resigned her position Saturday after a House Education Committee hearing last Tuesday on how colleges…
Broadcasting from COP28 in Dubai, we speak with Jacob Johns, a Hopi and Akimel Oāodham environmental defender who is leading the Indigenous…
We go to Gaza for an update on Israelās attack, which is now being described as one of the worst assaults on…
Former U.S. secretary of state and national security adviser Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100. He leaves behind a…
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