Real estate agent brothers Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander – known as ‘closers’ – are on trial in New York for sex traffickingIn their time as real estate brokers, the Israeli-American Alexander brothers – twins Alon and Oren and older brother Tal – were …
Progressive Texas organizers hail shock win as far-right Republicans left reeling
Elation as anti-extremists fight back against influence of billionaire megadonors through grassroots organizingChris Tackett started tracking extremism in Texas politics about a decade ago, whenever his schedule as a Little League coach and school boar…
When It’s Finally Cold Enough to Race Ice Yachts
On the Navesink River, a long and frigid winter has allowed a 135-year-old rivalry to be renewed.
We have to look right in the face of what we have become
There is power inherent in giving victims of wrongdoing a chance to tell their stories, not as one perspective among many but as part of the official record.
The real threat to Arctic security
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought Arctic diplomacy to a grinding halt and prompted long-neutral Sweden and Finland to join NATO.
Here’s what it’s like arguing an asylum case in our broken system
As immigration enforcement toughened, I felt a moral responsibility to act. As I contemplated retirement, I accepted my first pro bono asylum case as a lawyer.
Fix out-of-whack tax sending some WA residents packing
The Legislature must undo a hastily passed estate tax increase that pushed Washington’s rate far beyond any other state in the country.
Saving local news and strengthening democracy in Washington
Journalism is a public good, and its survival is essential if we want our communities to have access to quality news and information.
IDF links Hamas command activity to Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza
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UK far right lines up behind Rupert Lowe in challenge to Reform
MP who fell out with Nigel Farage and has backing of Elon Musk launches anti-immigration party in Great YarmouthOn a cold night in a dilapidated theatre tucked away at the end of Great Yarmouth’s Britannia Pier, Rupert Lowe was launching a far-right re…