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No Holiday Spirit in Gaza

No Holiday Spirit in Gaza No Holiday Spirit in Gaza

Jesus was from Palestine.

Dec 25, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Reginald Owen, playing Scrooge, speaks with his dead business partner Marley, played by Leo G. Carroll, during the 1938 MGM production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Trump and Musk’s Cruelty Put Scrooge and Marley to Shame Trump and Musk’s Cruelty Put Scrooge and Marley to Shame

The president-elect and his un-elected mega-billionaire buddy have gone full Dickensian in their attempts to make greed great again.

Dec 25, 2024 / John Nichols

Hot Air Rises

Hot Air Rises Hot Air Rises

The GOP’s fealty to Trump.

Dec 24, 2024 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

The exterior of a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St Louis, Missouri

The Supreme Court Prepares to Take Its First Shot at Contraception The Supreme Court Prepares to Take Its First Shot at Contraception

A case just added to the high court’s docket takes on the question of whether Medicaid can be used to pay for services at medical providers that also perform abortions.

Dec 24, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Kash Patel’s First Day

Kash Patel’s First Day Kash Patel’s First Day

J. Edgar Chutzpah.

Dec 23, 2024 / OppArt / Stan Mack

Trump China Tariffs

What to Expect With Trump’s Future China Policy What to Expect With Trump’s Future China Policy

China is considered the Big One by those in Trump’s entourage responsible for devising foreign policy.

Dec 23, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

Mourners hug in front of a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles for the victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 23, 2024.

A Far-Right Attacker Kills 5 in a Christmas Market. The German Far Right Takes Advantage. A Far-Right Attacker Kills 5 in a Christmas Market. The German Far Right Takes Advantage.

The eastern German city of Magdeburg mourns as the Alternative für Deutschland party sees an opportunity after one of its supporters plowed into a fairy-tale Christmas market.

Dec 23, 2024 / Carol Schaeffer

Barry Malzberg at ReaderCon in 2010.

Novelist on a Deadline: Barry Malzberg, 1939–2024 Novelist on a Deadline: Barry Malzberg, 1939–2024

A speed demon at the typewriter, Malzberg wrote quickly and brilliantly in a variety of genres including mystery, thrillers, and erotica, but his core work was in science fiction....

Dec 23, 2024 / Jeet Heer

These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness

These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness

Without a doubt, 2025 is going to be tough—but these visionaries give us hope in this uncertain time.

Dec 23, 2024 / Feature / John Nichols

When Our Orgy of Gun Violence Came to My Hometown

When Our Orgy of Gun Violence Came to My Hometown When Our Orgy of Gun Violence Came to My Hometown

After Columbine and Sandy Hook, after the AME Church in Charleston and the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, we stopped saying "It can't happen here." And then it did.

Dec 23, 2024 / Feature / Eric Orner

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