Strange Fruit In 2026: Two Black Deaths and the Questions Mississippi Has Yet to Answer
Two young Black men died in Mississippi within a year. Their families sought independent autopsies, federal scrutiny and answers beyond the initial public accounts. In both cases, important parts of the record remain unresolved.
Meet the Little Free Bookshop, the Nonprofit Mailing Free Books to Readers Nationwide
This nonprofit mails used books to readers at no cost, creating a new route to reading for people who live far from libraries, cannot afford to buy books or face other barriers to accessing them.
The Cost of the Cloud: Big Tech’s Water Use Is Growing Beyond the Public’s View
The public is paying to build private computing power, and it is paying in electricity, water and money.
Let's Imagine a Future Where AI Oligarchs Don't Destroy Rare Books to Feed Their Models
The pursuit of ‘high-quality training data’ at any cost is a window into the psychoses that drive modern tech oligarchs who view all as subservient to profit and ‘progress.’
The White House Is Working to End Decades of American Leadership in Science and Research
New Trump rules place political appointees between researchers and federal grant money. They’re forbidden from appealing to peer review, which is to say ‘science.’
For Anita Tension, Burlesque Is a Place to Test the Limits of Beauty and Belonging
Meet Anita Tension, the New England-based performer who uses ‘feral burlesque’, costume engineering and queer spectacle to challenge beauty standards while building new spaces for creative access and exchange.
The Cost of the Cloud: Big Tech’s Extractive Energy Demand Is Becoming Everyone Else’s Problem
The public is paying to build private computing power, and it is paying in electricity, in water and in money.
WATCH: Official Statement From Sister of Daniel ‘Des’ Sanchez-Estrada, the Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Moving a Box of Zines
On July 7, 2026, Hyvemind received an official statement and video from Ana Bell following the conviction of her brother, Daniel Sanchez-Estrada.
An Inside Look at American Resiliency, Dr. Emily Schoerning’s Mission to Prepare Us for a Climate We Aren’t Ready For
Dr. Emily Schoerning’s American Resiliency transforms anxieties about a rapidly changing climate into functional communities working to brace for what’s coming.
How AJ Hawkins Turned Her Death-Positive Shop, KALMA, Into a Gathering Place for Grief, Disability and Collective Care
In Port Townsend, Washington, artist and grief worker AJ Hawkins is pairing retail with peer support, disability education and mutual aid to build a more caring community around grief and mortality.
Iran War Spending Could Have Funded Child Care, Housing and Food—Instead, We Bombed Schoolchildren
What else could the money spent on the Iran War have been used for to benefit the American public? Why does no one in power seem to even be asking?
The ‘Trillion Dollar’ Man: SpaceX and the Great Passive Wealth Transfer
This first installment of The Trillion Dollar Man examines SpaceX’s public listing as a case study in how retirement defaults, index rules and founder-controlled governance can place ordinary workers’ savings inside companies they may never choose or meaningfully influence
Inside the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Long Fight for Digital Freedom
For 36 years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has challenged the surveillance, censorship and corporate control shaping modern life online.
The Cage Fight On the White House Lawn: A Masterclass In Stupidity
Trump’s ‘UFC Freedom 250’ celebration felt like a hyperreal living satire in an age where pointing out that things feel like satire has become tiresome.
Gen Z Filmmaker Givan Onuaguluchi-May Is Expanding the Frame for Black Stories
With SPACE and his feature project LIFE INSURANCE, the young filmmaker is pushing for Black characters to exist across romance, horror, comedy and everything in between.
Why ‘Backrooms’ Became the Horror Story of Neoliberalism’s Youth
Backrooms evokes younger generations' sense of wandering in a failing society, lost somewhere between its glory days and its inevitable demise.
9 Rising Independent Filmmakers Redefining the Future of Cinema
Meet the New Class of Indie Filmmakers We Can’t Stop Watching.
Missouri Is Cutting Dolly Parton’s Library at a Time When Children's Literacy Is in Crisis
At a time of deep concern over children’s reading, Missouri is preparing to cut a low-cost program that sends books directly to preschoolers’ homes.