• Tech workers protest Microsoft’s ties to ICE terror and Israel's war crimes
    Feb 26 2026
    In just six months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) more than tripled the amount of data stored on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform,The Guardian reports, “at the same time that its arsenal of surveillance technology ballooned.” This week, tech workers with the No Azure for Apartheid (NOAA) campaign staged a protest and informational picket at Microsoft’s global headquarters in Redmond, WA, demanding that Microsoft cancel all contracts that provide technological support for Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and ICE’s campaign of terror in the US. We speak with Ibtihal, a former software engineer at Microsoft and an organizer with the NOAA campaign.

    Additional links/info:

    • No Azure for Apartheid Instagram and Linktree
    • Harry Davies & Yuval Abraham, The Guardian, “ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown, documents show”
    • Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, “‘Microsoft workers refuse to be complicit in the genocide’”
    • Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, “Microsoft cancels Israeli spy unit access after tech worker revolt”
    • Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, “The biggest labor story in the US right now is happening at Microsoft”

    Featured Music:

    • Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song

    Credits:

    • Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor


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    25 mins
  • Jeremy Scahill: Prospects for avoiding US-Iran war ‘remain fragile’
    Feb 25 2026
    With President Trump marshaling the largest buildup of US military forces in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the threat of an imminent conflict—or even a major war—between the US and Iran is ever present. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with journalist Jeremy Scahill of DropSite news about where things stand now, the fragile state of this week’s talks between the US and Iran, and all that hangs in the balance.

    Guest:
    • Jeremy Scahill is an independent journalist, author and filmmaker. He is co-founder of the investigative news organization Drop Site News. Scahill is author of the international best-selling books Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army and Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield. His film, Dirty Wars, won widespread acclaim and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013 for Best Documentary Feature.

    Additional links/info:
    • Jeremy Scahill & Murtaza Hussain, DropSite News, “Iranian officials to Drop Site: Tehran is showing “unbelievable level of flexibility" in talks to prevent US war”

    Credits:
    • Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich


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    21 mins
  • Columbia University Is Doing Trump’s Anti-Constitutional Dirty Work
    Feb 24 2026
    Bending to economic coercion and political pressure from the Trump administration, once-venerable institutions like Columbia University have compliantly become third-party collaborators in the assault on our constitutional rights. In this episode of the Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Amy E. Greer and Zal K. Shroff, two members of former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team, about how the persecution of Khalil and other Palestine solidarity protestors is reshaping the future of free speech in America.

    Guests:
    • Amy E. Greer is an associate attorney at Dratel & Lewis, and a member of Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team. Greer is a lawyer and archivist by training, and an advocate and storyteller by nature. As an attorney at Dratel & Lewis, she works on a variety of cases, including international extradition, RICO, terrorism, and drug trafficking. She previously served as an assistant public defender on a remote island in Alaska, defending people charged with misdemeanors, and as a research and writing attorney on capital habeas cases with clients who have been sentenced to death.
    • Zal K. Shroff is an assistant professor at CUNY School of Law and director of the Equality & Justice In-House & Practice Clinic. Shroff is a civil rights lawyer and has been a lead attorney in more than two dozen impact cases across the United States spanning police and prosecutorial accountability, voting rights, First Amendment protest/political speech, race and religious discrimination, conditions of confinement, and poverty discrimination.

    Additional links/info:
    • Marc Steiner, The Marc Steiner Show / TRNN, “Trump’s government hasn’t won its case against Mahmoud Khalil—yet”
    • Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, “‘Call Amy!’: Lawyer for Mahmoud Khalil reveals how he won his freedom”

    Credits:
    • Producer: Rosette Sewali
    • Studio Production: David Hebden
    • Audio Post-Production: Stephen Frank


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    32 mins
  • Dr. Wolff explains the secret ingredient to economic fascism
    Feb 24 2026
    In this episode of Inequality Watch, investigative journalists Taya Graham and Stephen Janis are joined by renowned economist Dr. Richard Wolff to break down how extreme wealth inequality is reshaping politics, economics, and democracy itself. First, Dr. Wolff explains how extractive economies concentrate wealth, fuel authoritarianism, and lock societies into destructive systems that benefit the ultra-rich while leaving working people behind. He then examines questions about the future of AI—can an economy still survive when millions are displaced from work? Who benefits and who pays the price?

    Credits:
    • Written by: Stephen Janis
    • Produced by: Taya Graham, Stephen Janis
    • Post-Production: David Hebden


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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Texas’ one-of-a-kind concentration camp for children & families
    Feb 23 2026
    Hundreds of children are currently incarcerated at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, TX, and the stories leaking out to the public about the conditions inside are shocking. We speak with Stephanie Koithan, journalist and Digital Content Editor of the San Antonio Current.

    Additional links/info:
    • Stephanie Koithan, San Antonio Current, “Two-month-old baby ‘choking on his own vomit’ while detained in Dilley”
    • Stephanie Koithan, San Antonio Current, “Staff at Dilley raiding cells to confiscate kids’ letters and drawings detailing conditions inside”
    • Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, “The children of Dilley”
    • Austin Kocher, Substack, “Dilley Family Detention Center triples in size amid growing controversy over conditions”

    Credits:
    • Audio Post-Production: Alina Nehlich


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    32 mins
  • Homeland Empire: ICE & Border Patrol Killings in Minneapolis to US Strikes in Venezuela
    Feb 19 2026
    Since the beginning of 2026, US forces have killed people in Caracas, Venezuela, on boat strikes in the Pacific, and in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is a new era, where US law enforcement kill people in plain sight and then blame it on the victims, accusing them of being agitators or terrorists — domestic or foreign — whether they are in fishing boats in the Caribbean and Pacific or protesting on the streets of Minneapolis.Today's episode turns the lens back on the United States. Because the shadow of the United States itself is hanging dangerously over US cities and communities like never before.This is episode 6 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration’s onslaught on Latin America.Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.Theme music by Michael Fox’s band, Monte Perdido. Monte Perdido's 2024 album Ofrenda is available on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, YouTube or wherever you listen to music. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.Guests: Nikhil SinghAlexander AvinaSarah LazareGreg WilpertScript editing by Heather Gies. Hosted, written, produced, mixed and edited by Michael Fox.Please consider supporting this podcast and Michael Fox’s reporting on his Patreon account: patreon.com/mfox. There, you can also see exclusive pictures, video, and interviews.Resources: Notes From The Palestine-Mexico Border | NACLAThe 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago | In These Times“You Could Be Arrested,” ICE Agent Confronts Minneapolis Resident as ICE Continues Arrest | AC1NFrom Minneapolis To Baltimore, Anti-Ice Protests Explode | TRNNU.S. Citizens Describe Surviving Violent Attacks by Immigration Agents | Democracy Now!De-ICEing The Big Easy (Documentary Report) | TRNNUNSEEN VIDEO: ICE Agents SURROUNDED by Furious Crowd After Stopping Man in Minneapolis | AC1GTrump Seizes Control of DC Police, Activates National Guard | TODAYTrump declares D.C. ‘Liberation Day’ as he orders National Guard takeover | ABC10Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota"Homeland Empire" by Nikhil Singh | EquatorUnder the Shadow, Season 1:You can check out the first season of Under the Shadow by clicking hereThe Beginning: Monroe and migration | Under the Shadow, Episode 1Panama. US Invasion. | Under the Shadow, Episode 13The legacy of Monroe | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 4 Michael Fox’s recent reporting on the boat strikes and the ramp-up for war in Venezuela: With the strike on a ‘drug-carrying boat,’ Trump returns to a dangerous US policy for Latin AmericaCaribbean leaders call for unified Latin American resistance to US attacksTrump’s Monroe Doctrine 2.0 outlines imperial intentions for Latin AmericaYou can check out Michael’s recent episode of Stories of Resistance about the protests against US intervention in Venezuela.NACLA’s Curated Guide to the US Attack on Venezuela Truthout’s ongoing reporting on War and Peace and the US invasion of VenezuelaVisit TRNN for all of TRNN’s coverage on this and so much moreBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!
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    49 mins
  • They won their strike fair and square. Now their rich bosses are closing up shop.
    Feb 18 2026
    On Nov. 24, 2025, in a major and hardwon victory, Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh members finally returned to work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after more than three years on strike. Then, on Jan. 7, 2026, workers were notified that Block Communications Inc.—the company that owns the Post-Gazette as well as the Toledo Blade, the Buckeye Sports Network, and a number of TV stations in Ohio and Kentucky—said that it will be ceasing operations at the Post-Gazette on May 3 of this year. We speak with Steve Mellon, a veteran photographer and writer who was on strike for over three years at the Post-Gazette, about how workers are processing this devastating news, and about their push to launch a new news source by and for working people.

    Additional links/info:
    • Pittsburgh Alliance for People-Empowered Reporting (PAPER) website
    • Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh website, Facebook page, and Instagram
    • Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette owners couldn’t bust the union, so they shut down the paper”
    • Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, “The longest-running strike in the US is over—and the workers won”
    • Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3”

    Featured Music:
    • Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song

    Credits: Audio Post-Production:

    • Jules Taylor


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    33 mins
  • SOS: The US is manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba
    Feb 17 2026
    The Trump administration is deliberately plunging Cuba into a national and humanitarian crisis, and the US-imposed blockade of oil imports is wreaking havoc on daily life for Cubans. In this urgent episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Cuban journalist and documentary filmmaker Liz Oliva Fernández about the unfolding nightmare in Cuba and what the international community can do to stop it.

    Guest:
    • Liz Oliva Fernández is a Cuban journalist with the outlet Belly of the Beast, and she is the presenter of documentary series The War on Cuba, for which she won a Gracie Award. Apart from her journalism and filmmaking, Oliva Fernández is a dedicated anti-racist and feminist activist.
    Additional links/info:
    • Belly of the Beast website, Facebook page, Instagram, and YouTube channel
    • Belly of the Beast, The War on Cuba
    • Al Jazeera Staff & Reuters, Al Jazeera, “Waste piles up in Cuba as US-imposed fuel blockade halts collection trucks”
    • Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, ““Policy of aggression”: Cuba’s U.N. ambassador denounces U.S. oil blockade, push to topple government”
    Credits:
    • Producer: Rosette Sewali
    • Studio Production: Cameron Granadino
    • Audio Post-Production: Stephen Frank


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    24 mins