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Attendees at the 2024 Republican National Convention look at a map of the US Electoral College.

A Lesson in Basic Civics for People Who Stubbornly Defend the Electoral College A Lesson in Basic Civics for People Who Stubbornly Defend the Electoral College

All the problems with all the reasons some people claim the Electoral College is a good thing.

Oct 10, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, speaks during a press conference at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, on Monday, July 13, 2020.

Republicans Are Hazardous to Your Health Republicans Are Hazardous to Your Health

A new study shows that states dominated by conservatives have markedly worse health outcomes.

Oct 10, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

My House Isn’t

My House Isn’t My House Isn’t

In the flood zone!

Oct 10, 2024 / OppArt / Matt Davies

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers his general policy statement to the French National Assembly in Paris on October 1, 2024.

Austerity for Immigration Austerity for Immigration

Emmanuel Macron’s unofficial pact with Marine Le Pen.

Oct 10, 2024 / Harrison Stetler

Brown University Palestine Protest

Brown Voted Against Divestment From Israel, but Students Will Keep Fighting Brown Voted Against Divestment From Israel, but Students Will Keep Fighting

The vote, originally expected later this month, came as a shock to the campus community.

Oct 10, 2024 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks ahead of the arrival of Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024, in Savannah, Georgia.

The MAGA Maniacs Are Going All In on Deranged Hurricane Conspiracies The MAGA Maniacs Are Going All In on Deranged Hurricane Conspiracies

It’s the Jews! It’s the deep state! It’s anything but a natural weather occurrence made much worse by climate change!

Oct 10, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews Kenneth C. Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel, at the CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference on July 18, 2018, in New York City.

If You Don’t Know Who Ken Griffin Is, You Should If You Don’t Know Who Ken Griffin Is, You Should

How the press keeps us in the dark about the new Gilded Age.

Oct 10, 2024 / Michael Massing

Kamala Harris visits the US-Mexico border with US Border Patrol Tucson sector chief John Modlin (R) in Douglas, Arizona, on September 27, 2024.

“Tough” Border Policies Don’t Work. It’s Time Harris and Trump Accepted That. “Tough” Border Policies Don’t Work. It’s Time Harris and Trump Accepted That.

Both parties are competing to see who can keep propping up the same old failed myths about immigration.

Oct 10, 2024 / Vicki B. Gaubeca

Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement on the evolving situation in the Middle East at 10 Downing Street on October 1, 2024, in London, England.

The UK’s New Prime Minister Seems Horrible at His Job The UK’s New Prime Minister Seems Horrible at His Job

Keir Starmer has been comically terrible in his first few months in office.

Oct 10, 2024 / Evan Robins

Anna Nordlander, “Sami Woman and her Child” (1870s).

A Swedish Poet Comes Face to Face With the Epic A Swedish Poet Comes Face to Face With the Epic

Sámi writer Linnea Axelsson’s AEdnan uses the ancient form to critique Sweden’s historical mistreatment of its indigenous people.

Oct 10, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Ariel Porte

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