Last night, reports indicated that President Trump, his family, and private businesses are suing the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion. This lawsuit follows a troubling pattern in which Trump and his ideological allies file massive lawsuits against the media and federal government with little chance of success in the courtroom, only to settle out of court for millions because…Read More

Sometimes they take the law into their own hands! At the age of 7, Blaska became the editor and publisher of The Blaskie Paper, the leading journal of BugTown. A map of the imaginary country resembled the platbook’s rectangular delineation of our farm east of Sun Prairie WI.  The publication took its name from the […] Source linkRead More

I got a lot of feedback about my last post about Thom Tillis. Both in replies and in personal emails, people took me to task. But I am going to stand by what I wrote.Most of the criticism implies that I’ve been taken in by Tillis. Many warned, “See how he votes.” I don’t expect Tillis to vote the way…Read More

A response to “The Demise of Conflict Studies” from our winter issue, followed by a reply by the authors. Source linkRead More

Maine People’s Alliance (MPA), a member organization of People’s Action, is Maine’s largest progressive community action organization. MPA brings Mainers together across lines of difference to find solidarity in fighting for a better world.  As of January 2026, the organization is focused on responding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s operations in the state. ICE’s surge in mid-January in the Portland…Read More

I am never the first person to arrive at an ICE raid. I am never the last person to leave. Source linkRead More

One of the first major decisions of the Supreme Court under John Roberts’s tenure as Chief Justice came in 2007 in Gonzales v. Carhart, a landmark case that upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. But Roberts had been on the (undisclosed) record as critical of Roe v. Wade since at least 1981. That year, when he was working…Read More

President Donald Trump has said on multiple occasions in recent months that he takes a “large” dose of aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease. His comments could perpetuate a common misperception, so we wanted to clarify the current science and what the recommendations are. Low-dose aspirin is recommended for people who have already experienced a cardiovascular event, but it generally isn’t…Read More

This week in OtherWords, our contributors grapple with the latest wave of ICE violence, including the killings of Minneapolis activists Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The Rev. William J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, two faith leaders, compare the killings to lynchings during the last century’s civil rights movement. And like the countless regular people who joined those movements despite the…Read More

Cliquez ici pour lire la version française de cet article. We’re excited to announce that Michael Aubry has joined the Action Network team to provide dedicated support to Canadian partners. With more than a decade of experience in Canada’s labour movement, most recently with the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Michael has extensive knowledge of the tools and strategies behind effective campaigns.…Read More