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Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference on July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Trump’s Crackpot Crypto Scheme to Reduce Inflation Would Be a Financial Catastrophe Trump’s Crackpot Crypto Scheme to Reduce Inflation Would Be a Financial Catastrophe

A federal crypto reserve would only benefit the scoundrels and scammers who helped fund Trump’s presidential campaign.

Dec 31, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

President-elect Donald Trump arrives to watch SpaceX's rocket Starship lift off for a test flight with Elon Musk from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 19, 2024.

The DOGE Bros Win a Battle Against the MAGA Faithful The DOGE Bros Win a Battle Against the MAGA Faithful

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy champion the educated immigrants who fuel tech-sector growth. Trump just decided he does, too. We’ll see if that lasts.

Dec 30, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Jimmy Carter with his wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter, Amy, at the Baptist church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, 1976.

How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right

The Baptist Georgia governor won a majority of evangelical Christian voters in the 1976 presidential election. Next time around, those voters had changed sides—for the long haul.

Dec 30, 2024 / Obituary / Chris Lehmann

Navidad

Navidad Navidad

Red sky.

Dec 30, 2024 / Steve Brodner

The Face of Courage and Dignity

The Face of Courage and Dignity The Face of Courage and Dignity

Gisèle Pelicot is a survivor of a horrific mass rape case in France. Fifty men were convicted, including her former husband, Dominique Pelicot, who received a 20-year sentence.

Dec 30, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

, who received a 20-year sentence

The Misunderstood Vision of KAWS The Misunderstood Vision of KAWS

An exhibition of his impressive collection compels our art critic to ask if we should start taking the world famous street artist’s project more seriously.

Dec 30, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Medical Technology Makes Doctors Less Skillful. Should You Care?

Medical Technology Makes Doctors Less Skillful. Should You Care? Medical Technology Makes Doctors Less Skillful. Should You Care?

Technological advances are transforming medicine, but it may be making your physician less creative.

Dec 30, 2024 / Zoya Qureshi

Jimmy Carter at a press conference

As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace

He did more to advocate for peace as an ex-president than most politicians did in their entire career.

Dec 29, 2024 / Obituary / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter waves to a crowd of supporters at a rally in his honor in front of the Americana Hotel in Manhattan, New York City, on July 10, 1976.

Jimmy Carter’s Improbable Road to the Presidency Jimmy Carter’s Improbable Road to the Presidency

The Southern president, who kept his head down directly following Brown v. Board of Education, would eventually declare that “the time for discrimination is over.”

Dec 29, 2024 / Obituary / Joseph Crespino

Representative Kay Granger during a news conference with other Republican members of the House of Representatives at the Capitol on July 21, 2020.

Elder Abuse Is No Way to Run a Government Elder Abuse Is No Way to Run a Government

The corridors of power increasingly resemble a nursing home—if not a hospice.

Dec 27, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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