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Brown University Protest for Divestment

“You’re Profiting From Palestinian Deaths”: Student Protesters Confront Brown University’s President “You’re Profiting From Palestinian Deaths”: Student Protesters Confront Brown University’s President

Days after the attempted murder of three Palestinian students in Vermont, Brown University asked the city to drop the charges against members of Jews for Ceasefire Now, but remain...

Nov 29, 2023 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller

Veronica Johnson, chief meteorologist at WJLA, gives the weather forecast on air at the station on January 10, 2023, in Arlington, Va.

How TV News Can Help Save the Planet How TV News Can Help Save the Planet

Television stations should take the lead on transforming the global climate story into a local one.

Nov 29, 2023 / Kyle Pope and Elena González

Nikki Haley is illuminated from behind while speaking with a microphone to a crowd in an event room.

“Americans for Prosperity” and Nikki Haley Should Blame Themselves for Donald Trump “Americans for Prosperity” and Nikki Haley Should Blame Themselves for Donald Trump

AFP Action’s Haley endorsement is too little, too late. We’re likely in for a 2016 rerun, with vain politicians again splintering the anti-Trump vote and handing him the GOP nomina...

Nov 28, 2023 / Joan Walsh

George Santos

George Santos, Social Critic George Santos, Social Critic

The New York representative seems like Congress’s biggest liar. But he’s got plenty of company.

Nov 28, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Former speaker of the House Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) listens during a press conference with members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party at the Cannon House Office Building on November 15, 2023.

Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies

The former House speaker is currently spouting a wildly inaccurate take on the history of American empire.

Nov 28, 2023 / John Nichols

A Historic March in London

A Historic March in London A Historic March in London

“A statement from millions moving as one affirming a single truth: that what is done to one, must be felt by us all.” —Ru Freeman

Nov 28, 2023 / OppArt / Ru Freeman

An adult with two children pastes paper onto a wall covered in graffiti

The Humanitarian Pause Is a Chance to Pull Back From a Mindless War The Humanitarian Pause Is a Chance to Pull Back From a Mindless War

The extended hostage exchange offers the opportunity to move from war to cease-fire to negotiations.

Nov 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Close up photograph of Amber Hollibaugh looking up into camerca

Revolution? Hell Yes!  Remembering Amber Hollibaugh Revolution? Hell Yes!  Remembering Amber Hollibaugh

The writer, who died last month, spent a lifetime breaking silences around sex.

Nov 28, 2023 / Obituary / JoAnn Wypijewski

Mike Pence Ends His Presidential Campaign

Mike Pence Ends His Presidential Campaign Mike Pence Ends His Presidential Campaign

Nov 28, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Berlin, December 22, 1989.

Can the European Union Be Salvaged? Can the European Union Be Salvaged?

New books by Timothy Garton Ash and Loukas Tsoukalis document the moral and political exhaustion of the “EU” generation.

Nov 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower

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