Best Of: Jason Segel / Lisa Kudrow

Jason Segel returns to talk with Terry Gross about his Emmy-nominated series Shrinking, in which he plays a therapist who suffered a nervous breakdown in…

Trump Returns to D.C. as His Iran Strategy Unravels

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump returning to Washington, D.C. after his disastrous trip to Houston as things continue to unravel, with Trump…

334: He’s Like A Little Baby

Jill Wine-Banks hosts #SistersInLaw to discuss the State Department’s war on immigrants, the revocation of B1 and B2 visas, how it affects asylum seekers, and…

Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by US immigration enforcement

Trump Accidentally Let One Slip

Trump’s War on Iran, Canada, and Us | The Coffee Klatch for August 29, 2026

With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich

Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars to nearly 3,000

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris…

Opinion: Killing wolves in Colorado is not management, and it’s not a solution for anyone

Colorado can be national leader in wolf-livestock conflict prevention if officials are honest about what “lethal removal” really represents

China removes high-ranking officers Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from key military body

China removed two high-ranking officers from the country’s main military body on Friday, state media reported, seven months after it was announced that Zhang Youxia…

Bank Weekend Holiday Special

openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 22 August 2026

How Trump is turning America into ‘Putin’s Russia’ | Simon Marks

Becoming Justice Gorsuch | 3. A Lunch Room for Life

With Amicus on a brief summer break, we’re bringing you the final installment of Slow Burn’s latest season, Becoming Justice Gorsuch. Host Susan Matthews enlists…

Commander Reveals SHOCK ADMISSION from U.S. NAVY

The McConnell Problem Just Got MUCH Worse!

Nepal glacial disaster and the new geography of climate risk

On August 26, the Himalayas seemed to move. An enormous mass of ice and rock broke loose near the Nepal-Tibet border, plunging into the Lhende…

AP reporter shows the aftermath of the deadly flash floods in Nepal

Two explanations. Both concerning. | Simon Marks’ American Week

India-China competition in the Indian Ocean: stability is not a reset

This article first appeared in Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. There are multiple interpretations of where the India-China relationship…

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell – Aug. 28 | Audio Only

The geopolitical imperative for a self-reliant South Korea

US President Donald Trump’s abrupt directive on August 16, 2026, to drastically scale back the joint “Ulchi Freedom Shield” (UFS) military exercises sent shockwaves across…