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.
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.
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.
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.
Airports on ICE
Federal immigration agents popped up around the country on Monday to do seemingly nothing.
Subpoena of NYU Langone trans youth health records pierces ‘bubble’ of safety for patients & families
The Handbasket spoke to some of the people impacted.
US Mint takes down video of meeting criticizing proposed Trump 24K gold coin
A coin advisory committee called the design for the America 250 coin something only produced by "kings or dictators."
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.
How Kansas Republicans weaponized the law to target 300 trans driver's license holders
SB 244 was put into effect virtually overnight, causing chaos, panic and fear in the trans community.
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.
Refusing to accept an AI-poisoned future of journalism
There is no pride in relying on a machine to do deeply human work.
A tale of two media women
On Bari Weiss and me, and what journalists owe this world.
We won our FOIA lawsuit for body cam footage of DOGE raid on US Institute of Peace
The judge ruled DC Metropolitan Police must share all un-redacted footage from the March 2025 raid.
Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid
Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.
State Dept. staff—including Noem—will move into Institute of Peace building despite ongoing legal dispute
After the 2025 DOGE raid, a court ruling on ownership of the building remains in limbo.
Fascist Vacation
The Handbasket's very first original editorial cartoon by artist Christian Dawson.
Why now is the time to be loudly anti-war
We don't need the clarity of hindsight to know war in Iran—or anywhere—will end in physical, moral and financial ruin.