Genocide Doesn’t Happen Without Language to Incite It
This is a lightly edited excerpt from Robin Andersen’s The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza, published by OR Books.
‘It’s All About Keeping Wages at Poverty Levels to Overpay Their CEOs’: CounterSpin interview with Sarah Anderson on poverty wages
Janine Jackson interviewed Institute for Policy Studies’ Sarah Anderson about “successful” corporations paying poverty wages for the April 17, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
The Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks at a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel following the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center for money laundering, at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
The administration’s vindictive targeting of the Southern Poverty Law Center is yet another mask-off moment.
Trump’s Morbidly Rich Machine Is Crushing Democracy
Behind the noise is a ruthless, coordinated effort to dismantle the American system and rebuild it for the ultra-wealthy…
Trump is making insane proclamations about Iran again today, sabotaging efforts at peace by his unqualified, incompetent negotiating team. He’s lying to his supporters about obvious things like the price of gasoline. He’s not sleeping, up all night shouting in all-caps at anybody who will listen and, during the day, literally screaming at his aides.
MAY DAY AND NO KINGS 2026
This year May Day will continue the historic mass mobilizations for social and economic justice of recent historic No Kings rallies. The original May Day was designed to remember the May 1, 1886 rally in Chicago for the 8-hour day. At that rally more than 300,000 workers from 13,000 businesses walked off their jobs to demand justice for workers.
Trump Invokes Wartime Law to Fulfill ‘Wish List for Oil, Gas, and Coal Industries’
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and President Donald Trump appear at an event in Washington, DC on March 4, 2026.
AI Technology Policy
Several months ago, I grabbed a coffee with a source of mine whose expertise is technology policy. We talked about how bonkers it is that the billionaire leaders of AI companies say they aren’t positive their machines won’t eventually harm humans.
A Beacon of Hope for 55 Years
For 55 years, the Southern Poverty Law Center has stood as a beacon of hope, fighting white supremacy and various forms of injustice to help create a multiracial democracy where we can all live and thrive. Today calls for us to maintain our resolve in the face of another fight for justice. We are confident that we will embrace any challenge, and we trust that the many people and organizations who share our commitment to defending civil society will stand with us
Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women
Photographs show Hope and Porsha Ngumezi, left, and Nevaeh Crain. Photos by Danielle Villasana for ProPublica
Iran Says It Won’t Negotiate With ‘Erratic’ Trump After Genocidal Threat to ‘Blow Up’ Whole Country
Jared Kushner and Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan.