The impact of Trump’s rapid-fire signing of executive orders is overwhelming. The US-Mexico border emerges as a site of civilization-ending crisis one day, then disappears altogether on the next, as our attention boomerangs from Ukraine to the Post Office to the courts. What is happening? Where should we look for trustworthy news and in-depth analysis in these crazy times?
Like us, do you worry that corporate, profit-driven networks cannot share the daily news without bias, whether from the right or the left? Independent journalism is hard to find and it can be difficult to sort through. Free and public sources depend on donations for their work product.
Below are some of the newspapers, magazines, and podcasts, from the US and abroad, that we’ve been reading and listening to as we try to unravel the sometimes-shocking effects of Trump’s Project 2025 agenda. Some pertain directly to the border, others to more general cultural and political analysis. We hope they will be useful to you. Most are free to the public.
La Jornada in English (online translators)
Podcasts, Blogs and Newsletters
Letters from an American (Heather Cox Richardson)
Huddled Masses-The Bulwark (Adrian Carrasquillo)
Autocracy in America (Anne Applebaum)