The Handbasket LIVE in NYC
Wednesday, July 29th at 6:30pm in Brooklyn. Tickets required.
How a former HUD civil rights lawyer courageously challenged Trump
Read an exclusive excerpt from the new book ‘On Courage’ by Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer
Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book
Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"
From Selma to Montgomery, Alabama marches for civil rights once again
In a guest post, local journalist Solomon Crenshaw Jr. describes emotional marches on Saturday and the bloody past they evoked.
From Haymarket to Prairieland: How dissent has unleashed the long arm of the law
The Prairieland sentencing has dark historical parallels, Kim Kelly writes. But we can change the end of the current story.
Starved, smashed and bloodied: The violence at ICE’s Delaney Hall
Brutality towards detainees and protesters continues to unfold in Newark, NJ. The Handbasket was on-site to report.
NY school district pays $125k settlement to HS student whose Palestine-related art they erased
Half Hollow Hills Central School District has finally resolved a case that stemmed from a September 2024 incident.
Subpoena of NYU Langone trans youth health records pierces ‘bubble’ of safety for patients & families
The Handbasket spoke to some of the people impacted.
Kat Abughazaleh shows us how to fight fascists
Q+A with one of the Broadview Six, who had all charges dropped against them after grand jury misconduct.
Elon Musk alone isn’t responsible for Belfast's racist pogrom
The violent response to an attempted murder would have happened regardless of Musk, Lee Hurley writes.
Living through Trump's time bomb
A whole civilization may not have died, but something within us certainly did.
Hating AI is good, actually
LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.
A new narrative for progressive Jewish New Yorkers
Judaism divorced from Zionism is now a winning political stance.
A tale of two media women
On Bari Weiss and me, and what journalists owe this world.
ICE is offloading seven concentration camp warehouses. What does it really mean?
A Q+A with Michael Wriston of Project Salt Box
We didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfit
Despite months of red flags, his allies insisted he was the vision of positive masculinity the party needed.
The night the letters came down
A marathon livestream of Trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center was a rare moment of monoculture.
Virtual event THIS THURSDAY: Behind the scenes of Kabas v. DC
A conversation between Marisa and attorney Adam Marshall of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Fascist Vacation
The Handbasket's very first original editorial cartoon by artist Christian Dawson.