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Members of the Original Big Seven Social Aid & Pleasure Club march in the 7th Ward on June 1, 2013, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The second line parade was rescheduled after 19 people were shot and one more injured fleeing the scene on Mother's Day.

Racism Can Kill Black People Even When a Black Finger Pulls the Trigger Racism Can Kill Black People Even When a Black Finger Pulls the Trigger

Wounded in the biggest mass shooting in modern New Orleans history, African American activist Deborah Cotton embodied a true-crime parable of America’s Obama-Trump era.

May 10, 2024 / Mark Hertsgaard

Students wrap Palestinian flag and Keffiye around the statue of George Washington at the George Washington University encampment protest.

Palestine Is Everywhere, and It Is Making Us More Free Palestine Is Everywhere, and It Is Making Us More Free

More letters from the apocalypse.

May 10, 2024 / George Abraham and Sarah Aziza

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Became the Diet of Worms

How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Became the Diet of Worms How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Became the Diet of Worms

Can a presidential candidate afford to lose gray matter to parasites?

May 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Palestinians collect belongings from the rubble of destroyed houses after Israeli attacks on Rafah on May 9, 2024.

It’s Clearer Than Ever: Israel’s War Has Failed Catastrophically It’s Clearer Than Ever: Israel’s War Has Failed Catastrophically

The invasion of Rafah is not a sign of strength. It’s a sign of desperation from a flailing government.

May 9, 2024 / Mohammad Alsaafin

An abortion-rights protester holding a “No MO Abortion Bans” sign at a pro-choice rally in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 30, 2019.

Could an Abortion Rights Referendum in Missouri Give Democratic Candidates a Chance? Could an Abortion Rights Referendum in Missouri Give Democratic Candidates a Chance?

The party has strong candidates up and down the ballot, and a referendum could bring out enough young voters to turn this red state purple.

May 9, 2024 / John Nichols

A campus police officer stand stands at the ready as protesters demonstrate at the University of Chicago on May 3, 2024.

Campus Police Are Among the Armed Heavies Cracking Down on Students Campus Police Are Among the Armed Heavies Cracking Down on Students

While some of the worst behavior has come from local and state police, university police have shown themselves to be just as capable of brutality.

May 9, 2024 / Alex S. Vitale

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May 9, 2024 / OppArt / Jack Ohman

Lara Trump, co-chair of the Republican National Committee, appears on

The GOP Campaign to Sow Chaos at the Ballot Box Has Already Begun The GOP Campaign to Sow Chaos at the Ballot Box Has Already Begun

A new lawsuit filed against the state of Nevada by the Trump team and its friends in the RNC says a lot about how they plan to suppress the vote in November.

May 9, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023.

Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court? Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?

In two decades, the ICC has never indicted a Western official. But a warrant may be coming for Benjamin Netanyahu.

May 9, 2024 / Reed Brody

Yale University students reoccupy a central lawn on campus and establish a second Gaza Solidarity camp after the first tents were taken down by campus police, April 26, 2024, in New Haven, Connecticut.

Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump Universities Like Mine Are Providing an Authoritarian Blueprint for Trump

The potential next president and his allies are looking at the campus-led crackdown on free speech as a perfect dress rehearsal.

May 9, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

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