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America’s public libraries are facing an epidemic of censorship

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Jonathan Friedman of PEN America tells how far-right activists are trying to silence LGBT and progressive authors


After envisioning themselves as centrists, tech billionaires like Elon Musk have moved to the far right

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Writers Jacob Silverman and Chris Lehmann discuss Twitter, cryptocurrency, and libertarian radicalization


Will defamation lawsuits be the apocalypse of (Alex) Jones?

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Legal analyst Liz Dye discusses how the U.S. legal system is finally holding conspiracy millionaire Alex Jones to account


Many Black Americans don’t actually like Democrats, what does that mean for politics in the long-term?

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Author Brandi Collins-Dexter discusses her book Black Skinhead and the varieties of Black political experience


EWTN, a TV channel founded by a cloistered nun, has quietly become a right-wing media juggernaut

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Slate writer Molly Olmstead on how EWTN and the Catholic right are spending big to shift public opinion


Politics has changed drastically in the past 10 years, why are Democrats still running the same plays?

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New Republic writer Alex Shephard discusses the larger implications of Joe Biden’s low approval ratings


Americans want progressive change, but to be able to deliver it, progressives will need to change first

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Progressive strategist Max Berger on why the American left needs to focus on building institutions and making its case


Extremist groups are targeting state and local officials for harassment and intimidation

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Right-wing extremism researcher David Neiwert discloses how groups are trying to force their viewpoints in cities and schools


Big finance and corporate monopolies have blocked the original promise of the internet

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Technology activist and author Cory Doctorow discusses 30 years of the Worldwide Web


How right-wing media became the glue that holds the Republican party together

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Historian Nicole Hemmer discusses how reactionary media have radicalized millions of Americans since the 1940s


 

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