Laurels and Sugar Daddies
On wrestling's homoerotic origins, sex trafficking, and the 92-foot Pride installation on the South Lawn.
Wide Awake America with Nadine Smith
Wide Awake America is an engaging, insightful, and solution-oriented program that explores urgent political, social, and cultural issues affecting democracy and civil rights.
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When “Help” Becomes a Weapon
Facebook "Suicide Prevention" Tool Sends Ominous Message
Whistles, Witnesses, and the Power of Showing Up
From George Floyd’s murder to ICE raids in subzero streets, Minneapolis neighbors are teaching the country how sustained, neighbor‑driven resistance can thwart state violence.
The Heroes of Jan 6
Trump pardoned his accomplices but we cannot allow him to erase the truth
Invading Greenland
Any American who isn’t issuing a full-throated condemnation of the Trump invasion of Venezuela and seizure of its resources, understand you are enabling the next domino to fall. This was posted by the wife of Stephen Miller, Trump’s most trusted advisor It shows Greenland covered by an American flag with one word: “SOON.” Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress alone has the power to authorize war.…
Trump’s Mobster Shakedown in Venezuela
A U.S. president just toppled a foreign government to “run” its oil‑rich country like a seized casino and every autocrat on Earth is watching.
What Tyrants Actually Want When They Erase Things
What historian and novelist Ada Palmer taught me about censorship, fear, and the long-term power of resistance.
You Made Wide Awake America A Bestseller
We are now in the Top 100 and rising in US Political Substacks
Smart People Can Believe Dangerous Things. Here's Why.
And here is how to test whether you have slipped into the same trap.
Wily Susie Wiles Heads For The Lifeboat
The Vanity Fair article begins the rewrite of history as Trump and MAGA implode
A Certain Kind of Hero
Tina Certain didn’t flinch, and Florida’s phony “free speech” enforcers couldn’t handle it.
Let Them Eat Hate
The Gilded Age corruption returns, and so does the rage that ended it
Politics and the Cockroach in the Kale
A Halloween Meditation on the ties that bind us
A Modest Proposal: Restore the People’s House
A plan to rid our democracy of gold leaf, false idols, and one man’s waste
Black Coffee and The White Man's Closet
How anticipatory humiliation became the engine of white male grievance and the politics of dominance
From COVID Quackery to Groyper Conspiracy: Malone’s Latest Descent
How Conspiracy Theories Shield the Far Right from Accountabilty
J.D. Vance: A Heartbeat from Power, Soulless and Owned
More calculating than Trump, more ruthless in ambition — and just a heartbeat away from ultimate power.
"SWAT by Proxy": Trump Turns a Criminal Tactic Into a Federal Hit on an Entire City
Trump is not rescuing Washington, D.C. He is staging a public spectacle in which an entire city is treated as the target of a SWAT call.
Human Safari: Inside Russia Drone Attacks
How Russian soldiers turned Ukrainian civilians into video game prey—and what their resilience teaches us about resistance
The Gospel According to Cruelty
While 42% of Florida Republicans don't care if legal immigrants are hurt by harsh new laws, most Floridians are rejecting the Everglades concentration camp