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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

Stephen Miller cabinet meeting

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

Bloomington Farmers’ Market

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

Mike Pompeo Iran

How the US Media Demonizes Iran How the US Media Demonizes Iran

Lesson 1: When the missile is American, use the passive voice.

Aug 19, 2019 / Serge Halimi and Pierre Rimbert

The New York Times building

I Don’t Want ‘The New York Times’ to Join the Resistance. I Want It to Tell the Truth. I Don’t Want ‘The New York Times’ to Join the Resistance. I Want It to Tell the Truth.

I’m not trying to drive a boycott. I’m trying to get the paper of record to listen.

Aug 16, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Did Netanyahu Just Kill Washington’s ‘Pro-Israel’ Consensus?

Did Netanyahu Just Kill Washington’s ‘Pro-Israel’ Consensus? Did Netanyahu Just Kill Washington’s ‘Pro-Israel’ Consensus?

The ban against Representatives Tlaib and Omar has angered even those who can’t find their voices when Israel bombs kids in Gaza. 

Aug 16, 2019 / M.J. Rosenberg

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