DOGE cuts staff responsible for FOIA requests By: Reshma Ramachandran Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency makes good on its intention, announced on March 27, 2025,…
Citizenship Interview By Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Mohsen Mahdawi showed up for what he thought was his citizenship interview. After 10 years of living, studying, and building a life in the U.S., this was supposed to be…
If We Don’t Stop Them By Hamilton Nolan The worst thing that the federal government has done to labor unions in my lifetime happened last night. Donald Trump signed an executive order saying that the…
It needs control over its critical minerals Commentary by Maxwell Gomera The decision of US President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend foreign aid and shut down the USAID agency has sent shockwaves across the development…
The rising danger of the global submarine nuclear arms race By Lynda Williams Right now, beneath the world’s oceans, approximately 30 nuclear-armed submarines patrol silently, virtually undetectable. These submarines represent humanity’s deadliest doomsday machines: stealthy,…