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San Juan archbishop condemns racist jokes at Trump's New York rally, demands Trump apologize

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER | By Jack Jenkins
October 29, 2024
7 MIN READ

Editorial: Hope in a time of darkness

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
By NCR Editorial Staff
November 6, 2024
5 MIN READ

The Dangers of Donald Trump, From Those Who Know Him

NY TIMES
By The Editorial Board
October 26, 2024
8 MIN READ

In This Biography, Mitch McConnell Hates Trump but Loves Power More

NY TIMES
By Jennifer Szalai
October 24, 2024
7 MIN READ

As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator

NY TIMES
By Michael S. Schmidt
October 22, 2024
10 MIN READ

“Violence does not and must never determine who rules us. Voters do.” 

Liz Cheney

How Tech Billionaires Became the G.O.P.’s New Donor Class

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
By Jonathan Mahler, Ryan Mac & Theodore Schleifer
October 18, 2024
32 MIN READ

Trump clarifies that his ‘enemy within’ comment was about evil Democrats

THE WASHINGTON POST
By Philip Bump
October 16, 2024
6 MIN READ

“[Mr. Trump] never accepted the fact that he wasn’t the most powerful man in the world—and by power, I mean an ability to do anything he wanted, anytime he wanted."

Letters from an American

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
By Heather Cox Richardson
October 16, 2024
9 MIN READ

“[Trump has] been taking Americans and his followers on a journey since really 2015 conditioning them… step by step instilling hatred in a group, and then escalating."

Project 2025 dietary rollbacks would limit fight against ultra-processed foods

THE GUARDIAN
By Cecilia Nowell
October 15, 2024
5 MIN READ

“The harsh reality is that Donald is a serious national security threat to the American people. This is a life-or-death election. And my uncle is the death candidate. Let’s choose life, shall we?"

How Trump warped and weaponized a small Pennsylvania town’s immigration story

THE WASHINGTON POST
By Hannah Knowles & Josh Dawsey
October 9, 2024
11 MIN READ

How Trump’s Speeches Raise Questions About Age

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
By Michael Sean Winters
October 9, 2024
4 MIN READ

Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age

NY TIMES
By Peter Baker & Dylan Freedman
October 6, 2024
19 MIN READ

How Trump’s Speeches Raise Questions About Age

NY TIMES
By Peter Baker, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Christina Shaman, and Laura Salaberry
October 6, 2024
3:48 MIN VIDEO

A devout Catholic reflects on education and Amendment 2

KENTUCKY LANTERN
By Jim Wayne
October 4, 2024
4 MIN READ

In a Year of Elections, Democracies Face Threats as Extremist Parties Surge

NY TIMES
By Steven Erlanger
October 3, 2024
12 MIN READ

Letters from an American

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
By Heather Cox Richardson
October 2, 2024
10 MIN READ

“Certainly the former president is in the far-right area, he’s certainly an authoritarian, admires people who are dictators—he has said that. So he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.” 

Jews and Catholics warn against Trump’s latest loyalty test for religious voters

LOS ANGELES TIMES
By David Crary & Holly Meyer
September 29, 2024
7 MIN READ

Austrian election: hard right on course for victory

THE TIMES
By Oliver Moody
September 29, 2024
6 MIN READ

Trump Plans Massive Shake-Up of Justice Department, Critics are alarmed by his threats of retribution

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
By Alex Leary & Sadie Gurman
September 28, 2024
2 MIN READ

Project 2025: The MAGA Plan to Take Your Freedom

FILMS FOR ACTION
By Robert Reich
6:25 MIN VIDEO

Project 2025 Explained in Schoolhouse Rock Style!

FILMS FOR ACTION
By Jason Kravits
4:33 MIN VIDEO

READ: Harris-Trump presidential debate transcript

ABC
By Riley Hoffman
September 10, 2024
90 MIN READ

The Dark Money Defunding Rural Schools

BARN RAISING MEDIA
By Maurice Cunningham
September 5, 2024
9 MIN READ

Trump’s Visit to Arlington

KFF
September 4, 2024

Trump’s Visit to Arlington

POLITICO
By Ben Kesling
September 3, 2024
9 MIN READ

J.D. Vance Keeps Selling His Soul. He’s Got Plenty of Buyers.

NY TIMES
By Ed Simon
July 17, 2024
5 MIN READ

Teamsters slam Trump on union comments

ABC NEWS
August 14, 2024
3:58 MIN VIDEO

Why Vance is scarier than Trump on the issue of immigration

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
by Michael Sean Winters
August 14, 2024
5 MIN READ

What 'Project 2025' Would Mean for Health and Healthcare

MEDSCAPE
by George Lundberg, MD
August 12, 2024
6 MIN READ

To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris

NY TIMES
by David French
August 11, 2024
8 MIN READ

Trump Q&A at NABJ convention in Chicago

ASSOCIATED PRESS
July 31, 2024
36:05 MIN VIDEO

JD Vance: Mega MAGA Misogynist

THE SENECA PROJECT
July 17, 2024
1:30 MIN VIDEO

No, Trump and GOP Have Not ‘Softened’ on Abortion, Women’s Rights

THE AMERICAN PROSPECT
By Hassan Ali Kanu
July 12, 2024
8 MIN READ

With Orban in China and Modi in Russia, Putin's multipolar world takes shape

NY TIMES
By Christian Shepherd & Gerry Shih
July 8, 2024
7 MIN READ

“The only title in our democracy superior to that of President [is] the title of citizen.” 

Louis Brandeis, 1937

The Major Supreme Court Decisions in 2024

NY TIMES
By Adam Liptak, Abbie VanSickle & Alicia Parlapiano
July 2, 2024
20 MIN READ

Promises Donald Trump has made so far in his campaign for a second term

CNN
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Abby Turner, Way Mullery & Kenneth Uzquiano
Published April 20, 2024 | Updated June 26, 2024
5 MIN READ

All the ex-president’s men: Trump aides in legal peril

FINANCIAL TIMES
By Stefania Palma
June 30, 2024
8 MIN READ

The Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started

NY TIMES
By Charlie Savage, Reid J. Epstein, Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan
June 18, 2024
18 MIN READ

The appeal of an American Caesar

FINANCIAL TIMES
By Edward Luce
June 12, 2024
4 MIN READ

Is the Media Failing to Protect Democracy?

DEMOCRACY DOCKET
with Dan Pfeiffer
42:41 MIN VIDEO

“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free."

Clarence Darrow

Trump loyalist pushes 'post-Constitutional' vision for second term

WASHINGTON POST
By Beth Reinhard
16 MIN READ

Why scientists fear a second Trump term, and what they are doing about it

WASHINGTON POST
By Maxine Joselow & Scott Dance
June 8, 2024
10 MIN READ

Election workers are committed to 2024--despite threats, harrassment and turnover

THE 19TH NEWS
By Barbara Rodriguez
April 17, 2024
6 MIN READ

How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation

NY TIMES
By Jim Rutenberg & Steven Lee Myers
March 17, 2024
20 MIN READ

Disinformation Is Tearing America Apart

TIME
By Barbara McQuadee
March 4, 2024
12 MIN READ

How Far Trump Would Go

TIME
By Eric Cortellessa
26 MIN READ

How Trump has become angrier and more isolated on Truth Social

THE WASHINGTON POST
By Derek Hawkins, Clara Ence Morse, Drew Harwell, Irfan Uraizee, and Adrián Blanco
15 MIN READ

What 17 of Trump’s ‘Best People’ Said About Him

NY TIMES
By Sarah Longwell
8 MIN READ

If Trump Wins

THE ATLANTIC
By Jeffrey Goldberg

“Someone who engaged in that kind of bullying about a process that is fundamental to our system and to our self-government shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.”

Unfit (2020) | Donald Trump Documentary

A gallery of mental health professionals deliver a devastating diagnosis of our current chief executive in Dan Partland's documentary, '#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump.'"
- The Hollywood Reporter

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1 HOUR, 24 MINUTE DOCUMENTARY FILM