Late on Friday night, President Donald J. Trump took to social media. At 11:03 he posted an AI-generated image of himself, alongside Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, all shirtless, along with an unidentifiable woman in a bikini, appearing to be relaxing in a swimming pool. But the “swimming pool” was the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

May Day is for the workers. In some beautiful future, every worker will get May Day off. One day. But not yet. For now, it can also serve as a day when you remember the workers who are still working, and think about how you could make their lives better.

What are the indicators of a presumed democracy either faltering or fortifying itself against the buffeting or destructive forces of dictatorial autocracy, plutocracy, and oligarchy?

An aerial view of the construction of a second "smart" wall along a section of the U.S.-Mexico border between New Mexico and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Construction of the second wall in Arizona led to the destruction of a 1,000-year-old archeological artifact. Photo:

DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.

Trump and his family make billions off the presidency, and we pay more

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

A Beacon of Hope in the Fight Against Hate and Extremism

Photographs show Hope and Porsha Ngumezi, left, and Nevaeh Crain. Photos by Danielle Villasana for ProPublica

A woman walks with jerrycans loaded with water past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, in 2025. Credit: EYAD BABA/AFP

An analysis of global energy markets indicates that the U.S.-led war in Iran has generated substantial financial gains for the world’s largest fossil fuel companies, with the top 100 oil and gas producers collectively earning an estimated $30 million per hour in windfall profits as petroleum prices surged following the outbreak of hostilities.

In 2025, the federal minimum wage is officially a “poverty wage.” The annual earnings of a single adult working full-time, year-round at $7.25 an hour now fall below the poverty threshold of $15,650 (established by the Department of Health and Human Services guidelines). The limitations of how the federal government calculates poverty understate how far the minimum wage is from economic security for workers and their families. Click for the complete article

Trump’s draconian immigration enforcement is harming all workers

During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance promised that mass deportations and a crackdown on immigration would open up jobs for unemployed U.S. citizens. The theory was simple: remove immigrant workers, and native-born U.S. citizens would fill those open positions. Well, the results are in, and the opposite is happening.

Several attacks involving OpenAI’s chatbot—including Tumbler Ridge and FSU—raise urgent questions about the technology

President Donald Trump pretends to aim a sniper rifle while speaking with reporters at the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)