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A projected picture of President Joe Biden with the text reading “Genocide Joe” on the wall of the African American Civil War Memorial Museum during in a Pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington, D.C. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at Thomas Circle to hold a rally with Palestinian flags and banners, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.

The Empire Strikes Back The Empire Strikes Back

Once more, wars abroad threaten domestic reform.

Jan 4, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage

A woman standing with a shopping cart between tall aisles of a grocery store.

The Freedom Caucus Is Coming for SNAP The Freedom Caucus Is Coming for SNAP

Food stamps have a problematic place in progressive views of the social welfare safety net. But the program works, and it needs our support.

Jan 4, 2024 / Christopher Bosso

Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) greets staffers and members while conducting a photo-op in the US Capitol’s Rayburn Room on Thursday, December 14, 2023.

Kevin McCarthy’s Final Act of Retribution Totally Screws Over the House GOP Kevin McCarthy’s Final Act of Retribution Totally Screws Over the House GOP

With his exit from the House, the embittered former speaker leaves his caucus with a collapsed majority that may not be able to govern.

Jan 4, 2024 / John Nichols

“Night,” 1897.

Susan Taubes’s Uncanny Chronicles of Domestic Hell Susan Taubes’s Uncanny Chronicles of Domestic Hell

Her previously unreleased fiction—a novella and short stories—in Lament for Julia peek into the banal and nightmarish travails of married life.

Jan 4, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kathy Chow

An Israeli drone struck a Hamas office as smoke rises in Beirut, Lebanon, on January 2, 2024. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has declared the Beirut explosion to be a “new Israeli crime” with the alleged intention of pushing Lebanon into a fresh phase of confrontations.

Will Israel Drag the US Into Another Ruinous War? Will Israel Drag the US Into Another Ruinous War?

President Biden refuses to pursue the most obvious way of de-escalating tensions and avoid American deaths: a cease-fire in Gaza.

Jan 3, 2024 / Trita Parsi

Harvard, Penn, MIT Heads Face Congress Over Antisemitism

Even Elite Institutions Like Harvard Aren’t Free From the Culture War Even Elite Institutions Like Harvard Aren’t Free From the Culture War

In the wake of congressional hearings on antisemitism, a right-wing campaign to oust Harvard President Claudine Gay maneuvered its pretext into victory.

Jan 3, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

A merchandising display at a 2022 crypto convention in Denver.

Rocky Mountain Lie Rocky Mountain Lie

The inside story of a scam nestled inside Colorado’s booming crypto trade

Jan 3, 2024 / James Block and Jacob Silverman

Mickey Mouse Loses It!

Mickey Mouse Loses It! Mickey Mouse Loses It!

Disney’s famed character out of ©.

Jan 3, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

John Roberts, chief justice of the US Supreme Court, during a State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

John Roberts Thinks Judges Like Him Are Too Important to Be Replaced by AI John Roberts Thinks Judges Like Him Are Too Important to Be Replaced by AI

In his year-end report, the chief justice avoided the many elephants in the room—including Supreme Court corruption—to reassure judges that they’re superior to bots.

Jan 3, 2024 / Elie Mystal

A child eats amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli bombardment in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A Palestinian Whose Childhood Was Destroyed by War Pleads for Peace A Palestinian Whose Childhood Was Destroyed by War Pleads for Peace

Never letting children endure war again is the “never again” that might actually heal our wounded humanity.

Jan 3, 2024 / Ibtisam Barakat

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