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Liberal YouTubers I Broke Down Iran War Profiteering in 4 Minutes - Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock 117,603 156

Foreign Affairs More than half of Latin Americans deported from US to Congo are now back home 57,221 221

Environment & Energy A floating solar plant using vertical panels is flipping the usual solar curve 190,483 551

Cable News Clips Hasan Piker on Being Banned from U.K., Traveling to Cuba & Supporting Candidates Critical of Israel 73,606 99

Health Vitamin A poisonings rose almost 40% as measles misinformation spread in 2025 39,298 272

Economy Productivity increases 0.3% in Q1 2026; unit labor costs increase 1.8% (annual rates) 102,151 393

National Security & Defense Army's plan for military death row executions is named 'Operation Resolute Justice' 17,749 139

Religion Reverend Joseph Yoo, Mosaic Episcopal Church on Luke 21 328,478 318

Activist Headquarters Authoritarians have studied protests. They've adapted, and the effectiveness of protests has dropped. 5,143 255

Media Will Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker Exit '60 Minutes' After Scott Pelley's Firing? Everyone at CBS Wants to Know 5,558 138

Omaha Steve's Labor Group Teamsters Celebrate Pride Month 18,081 261

Israel/Palestine Seizing the West Bank: Extremist Israeli settlers in control - BBC World Service Documentaries 145,654 236

Women's Rights & Issues What is sexting and what dangers does it pose? 17,166 278

Poverty On poor people using SNAP benefits for simple pleasures. . . 1,332 111

Civil Liberties "It's no big surprise that Trump's DOJ is deleting all of the January 6th press releases from its website." 6,725 245

Disability (D) Disability Rights At Risk, 7 States Back Case Attacking Protections, Warehoused Institutions, TX v. Kennedy 1,884 108

Public Transportation and Smart Growth Atlanta: First new MARTA CQ400 trains set to carry passengers in days. 4,871 102

Occupy Underground Indiana's lt governor says you have his permission to hate Islam. Maybe hate they are #4 in foreclosure rates instead? 11,235 318

Education The 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee takes place May 26, May 27, and May 28. 15,402 251

Race & Ethnicity Trump Education Ally Faces Criticism (and Hawks Her Book) - Now This Impact 1,306 83

Campaigns OSSOFF makes astounding new ad! 8,458 140

Veterans HUD Moves to Limit Assistance Animals for Disabled Tenants 12,488 163

Cannabis Update on Cannabis Experiment... 12,369 314

Drug Policy Is pot legal in the US? Kind of, sort of ... not really. 3,618 119

Gun Control Reform Activism Trump and protection from shooters: arm himself like teachers are told to do 14,586 196

Congress GUARD Act: A bill that bans kids from using AI chatbots is gaining momentum 5,229 117

Gun Control & RKBA Happy Day 214,068 369

Single Payer Health Systems Report for the month of April for "Unacceptable" 1,136 93

LGBT Civil Rights and Activism Representation Matters 🌈🏳️‍🌈💕 2,086 168

Pro-Choice Nearly 1 in 4 people seeking abortions out of state chose Illinois. Here's why. 3,824 134

Democrats SCOTUS 8,016 160

Social Security & Medicare Anyone here been on SSDI and then signed up for SSA retirement? 2,124 137

Election Reform What Happens If They Don't Accept the Election? 3,117 190

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