June 20, 2025 How Is This Better? Erasing Jackie Robinson: Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade Baseball legend Jackie Robinson broke barriers on the field—but his legacy off the field is under attack. In this episode, Akilah Hughes explores how the Trump administration is trying to…
national news & analysis June 16, 2025 The woman who Democrats are counting on to end the GOP trifecta in 2026 COURIER's congressional correspondent Michael Jones sat down with Rep. Suzan DelBene, chair of the DCCC, to discuss how she's approaching the 2026 midterms.
op-ed June 16, 2025 Annell: In The Face of Fear, We Must Stand Together What’s happening in Los Angeles is proof that only by coming together can we survive what’s ahead.
national news & analysis June 16, 2025 American Freakshow A Monster in Minnesota Another Episode in the All-American Horror Show of White Christian Nationalism
op-ed June 16, 2025 Rob Sand: Taking Iowa Beyond Red or Blue The idea of “red” states and “blue” states misses the whole point: people want actual public servants, not just politicians.
national news & analysis June 16, 2025 Stop the Presses National media yawn when millions protest peacefully Journalists gravitate toward conflict, but civilized engagement matters too.
national news & analysis June 13, 2025 American Freakshow Peak Freak U.S. Troops in the Blue Cities and a Handcuffed U.S. Senator
local June 13, 2025 Arizona After 25 years in US, Arizona father detained by ICE while on way to job repairing homes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents pulled Gutierrez over. According to his 19-year-old daughter, Denise Gutierrez, the agents racially profiled her father and stopped him because he was Latino and driving a white work van.
June 13, 2025 How Is This Better? Don’t Blame Canada: How Trump Blew It With Our Besties America and Canada have always been close — like cousins who share a border and a love for maple syrup. But lately, the relationship has gone south.
op-ed June 13, 2025 Juliana Stratton: I was my Mom’s Primary Caretaker – and Trump’s Health Care Cuts are Personal. They’re paying for these handouts to the rich on the backs of the most vulnerable – and they have the audacity to call it “big and beautiful.”
op-ed June 13, 2025 Javier Hidalgo: An open letter to JD Vance on Father’s Day In your colleagues’ vision for America, people who look like they might be an immigrant – non-white kids like yours and mine – are inherently suspicious and lesser-than.
op-ed June 12, 2025 Barbara Comstock: Charitable Organizations Benefit the Public Good – and The GOP’s Tax Bill Will Cost Us. Raising taxes on charitable giving to fund the government is not the future that anyone who celebrates our charitable history and spirit wants – left, right, or center.
