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How to Solve a Suicide How to Solve a Suicide

Step one: I certainly didn’t do it.

Aug 20, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

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The Vast Conspiracy Behind Jeffrey Epstein’s Death The Vast Conspiracy Behind Jeffrey Epstein’s Death

No, Epstein was not killed by a cabal of powerful men who wanted to silence him. But his death was part of a larger plot: the US prison system.

Aug 20, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie

Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie

How far-right operatives manufactured the “crisis” of free speech with books, think tanks—and billions of dollars.

Aug 20, 2019 / P.E. Moskowitz

How the US Exported Its Border Around the World

How the US Exported Its Border Around the World How the US Exported Its Border Around the World

Todd Miller’s new book examines the massive industrial complex that sustains and influences the lines that divide the globe.

Aug 20, 2019 / Aaron Bady

Epstein’s Death and Conspiracy Theories

Epstein’s Death and Conspiracy Theories Epstein’s Death and Conspiracy Theories

So many questions, what’s the truth?

Aug 20, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Jay-Z Isn’t a Sellout, He’s a Capitalist

Jay-Z Isn’t a Sellout, He’s a Capitalist Jay-Z Isn’t a Sellout, He’s a Capitalist

He’s a billionaire who wants to be an NFL team owner, and erasing Colin Kaepernick is the price of admission.

Aug 19, 2019 / Dave Zirin

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Stephen Miller Is a Perfectly Mainstream Republican Stephen Miller Is a Perfectly Mainstream Republican

His cruelty is all-American—and it’s shared by millions of others who make up the GOP’s base.

Aug 19, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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White Supremacy Is Terrorism, Not a Difference of Opinion White Supremacy Is Terrorism, Not a Difference of Opinion

An Indiana city learns that a weak response to white supremacists has predictable consequences.

Aug 19, 2019 / Ed Burmila

Graydon Carter’s E-mail Newsletter for the Rich and Boring

Graydon Carter’s E-mail Newsletter for the Rich and Boring Graydon Carter’s E-mail Newsletter for the Rich and Boring

His latest media venture, Air Mail, is an exercise in misplaced nostalgia for the heyday of glossy magazines.

Aug 19, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Chayka

Death Doesn’t Take a Holiday

Death Doesn’t Take a Holiday Death Doesn’t Take a Holiday

So far in 2019: 8,574 gun deaths in the US: gunviolencearchive.org.

Aug 19, 2019 / OppArt / Thomas Kerr

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