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Armed French police use force against civilian, force him on to the ground

After the Riots, the Police Terrorize Marseille After the Riots, the Police Terrorize Marseille

Two days after police killed Nahel Merzouk, the poorest big city in France exploded with anger. By Sunday, a crackdown had smothered the protests—and made residents even more fearf...

Jul 6, 2023 / M. Jesuthasan

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers displays a two-year budget that he signed, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Madison, Wis.

Wisconsin’s Governor Is Teaching a Master Class on How to Outmaneuver the GOP Wisconsin’s Governor Is Teaching a Master Class on How to Outmaneuver the GOP

Employing the most sweeping and creative line-item veto power in the nation, Democrat Tony Evers reworked a budget plan to score an epic win for public education.

Jul 6, 2023 / John Nichols

A Federal Ruling Restricts Oversight of Social Media

A Federal Ruling Restricts Oversight of Social Media A Federal Ruling Restricts Oversight of Social Media

A Trump-appointed judge imposed limits on the Biden administration's contact with online platforms, potentially opening the floodgates for unregulated misinformation.

Jul 6, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Wagner group tank and Russian flag

After the Prigozhin Rebellion After the Prigozhin Rebellion

The next months will bring a battle for power and property.

Jul 6, 2023 / Boris Kagarlitsky

I Want My Own Judge

I Want My Own Judge I Want My Own Judge

OK?

Jul 6, 2023 / OppArt / Ron Hauge

A Palestinian woman in Jenin on July 5, 2023.

Israel Wanted to Eliminate Palestinian Resistance in Jenin. It Failed. Israel Wanted to Eliminate Palestinian Resistance in Jenin. It Failed.

Today, we mourn the tragic loss of our loved ones who were killed by this aggression. But we know that the Palestinian spirit cannot be dimmed.

Jul 6, 2023 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Cornel West

Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat

If he wants to go beyond preaching to the converted, he needs to take his socialist politics into the Democratic primaries.

Jul 6, 2023 / D.D. Guttenplan and Bhaskar Sunkara

Anti–affirmative action activists with the Asian American Coalition for Education protest outside the US Supreme Court Building on June 29, 2023.

Asian American Conservatives Have Become Key Allies of White Supremacy Asian American Conservatives Have Become Key Allies of White Supremacy

As the death of affirmative action showed, Asian American conservatives are active, militant co-conspirators with white conservatives.

Jul 6, 2023 / Promise Li

Orizaba, Veracruz State, Mexico.

A Dark Tour Through Fernanda Melchor’s Veracruz A Dark Tour Through Fernanda Melchor’s Veracruz

Before she was a novelist, she covered crime and human interest for Mexican magazines. A collection of her nonfiction, This Is Not Miami,shows the building blocks of her fiction.&n...

Jul 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Laura Adamczyk

Remembering Marvin Kitman

Remembering Marvin Kitman Remembering Marvin Kitman

He ran for president of the United States in 1964—as the candidate of Monocle magazine. 

Jul 5, 2023 / Richard Lingeman

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