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Attorney for former US president Donald Trump John Lauro (R) departs the E. Barrett Prettyman US Court House, October 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s Lawyers Should Be Laughed Out of Court Trump’s Lawyers Should Be Laughed Out of Court

The latest attempt by the former president’s legal team to get his election subversion case dismissed is a case study in desperate legal maneuvering.

Oct 25, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Dennis Prager, conservative radio talk show host and writer, speaks at a Turning Point USA summit.

Yes, Prager U Wants to Indoctrinate Your Kids. But That’s Not Really the Point. Yes, Prager U Wants to Indoctrinate Your Kids. But That’s Not Really the Point.

The aim isn’t just to change what gets taught but to transform how we understand ourselves, the public realm, and the common good.

Oct 25, 2023 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire

Cuomo’s Top Defender Inadvertently Validates Victims of Sexual Harassment

Cuomo’s Top Defender Inadvertently Validates Victims of Sexual Harassment Cuomo’s Top Defender Inadvertently Validates Victims of Sexual Harassment

Melissa DeRosa’s new memoir attacks the women her former employer preyed on. Why can’t she see what she has in common with them? 

Oct 25, 2023 / Alexis Grenell

The Dark Message of “Killers of the Flower Moon”

The Dark Message of “Killers of the Flower Moon” The Dark Message of “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Unlike the visions of unbounded freedom found in traditional westerns, Martin Scorsese’s new film is a study of a West bounded by the vertical geometry of oil rigs and the violent...

Oct 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

A scene from the day Princess Isabel abolished slavery in Brazil, 1888.

In Brazil, a Best-Selling Novel Confronts the Brutal Afterlife of Slavery In Brazil, a Best-Selling Novel Confronts the Brutal Afterlife of Slavery

Crooked Plow made Itamar Vieira Junior an essential voice in Brazilian letters.

Oct 25, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jimin Kang

Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont and 2020 presidential candidate, left, listens as Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, speaks during the Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast in Selma, Alabama, U.S., on Sunday, March 3, 2019.

Bernie Sanders and Sherrod Brown Ask the Senate: Which Side Are You On? Bernie Sanders and Sherrod Brown Ask the Senate: Which Side Are You On?

The pro-labor stalwarts want the Senate to pass a resolution declaring solidarity with striking UAW members.

Oct 24, 2023 / John Nichols

Students hold rainbow LGBTQ flags and a sign saying

Playing a Moderate, Antonin Scalia’s Daughter Wants a Virginia School Board Seat Playing a Moderate, Antonin Scalia’s Daughter Wants a Virginia School Board Seat

But her progressive opponent is making sure voters know the truth.

Oct 24, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Supreme Injustice

Supreme Injustice Supreme Injustice

SCOTUS’s wrong right turn.

Oct 24, 2023 / OppArt / Robbie Conal

Osage folks on the red carpet NY premiere of Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon

How Osage Nation Members Struck Back at Decades of Indigenous Misrepresentation in the Media How Osage Nation Members Struck Back at Decades of Indigenous Misrepresentation in the Media

Killers of the Flower Moon Embeds Members on Both Sides of the Camera

Oct 24, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Pioneer Natural Resources equipment near Midland, Tex., on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.

In Exxon’s Orwellian World, Lower Emissions Means More Oil Production In Exxon’s Orwellian World, Lower Emissions Means More Oil Production

In the corporation's version of Newspeak, "carbon emissions" means whatever it wants—and any investment in renewables is just a facade.

Oct 24, 2023 / Brad Swanson

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