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Caldor Fire

How Do We Deal With Our Planet’s Unprecedented Decline? How Do We Deal With Our Planet’s Unprecedented Decline?

Across the planet, horrifying “natural” fire, flood, and heat records were set this summer.

Sep 14, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt

US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

The Future of the Voting Rights Act Depends on... Brett Kavanaugh The Future of the Voting Rights Act Depends on... Brett Kavanaugh

A new effort by Alabama to gut the VRA was clearly inspired by a recent Kavanaugh opinion. Now the state is appealing to the Supreme Court—and Kavanaugh—to help seal the deal.

Sep 14, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, center, takes a 'selfie' photograph with supporters during a caucus night watch party in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.

Democrats Need to Have an Honest Talk About White People Democrats Need to Have an Honest Talk About White People

The party needs a sober, empirically grounded analysis of what we really know—and don’t know—about how best to expand support among white voters.

Sep 14, 2023 / Steve Phillips

A close-up shot of Kevin McCarthy in a hallway speaking to reporters.

Kevin McCarthy Isn’t Up to This Battle. But Neither Is Anyone Else. Kevin McCarthy Isn’t Up to This Battle. But Neither Is Anyone Else.

All that protects McCarthy right now is the tiny but effective coat of armor he wore in January: No one else can get a majority vote.

Sep 14, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Mar-a-Lago Crop

Mar-a-Lago Crop Mar-a-Lago Crop

Unappealing.

Sep 14, 2023 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez

How Stephen A. Smith Got His Revenge

How Stephen A. Smith Got His Revenge How Stephen A. Smith Got His Revenge

His memoir, Straight Shooter—a reflection on his life, his victories, and his defeats—gives an inside look into how the ESPN personality remade sports journalism in his image.

Sep 14, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Zito Madu

- Activists from the

These Activists Have One Simple Goal: Abolish the Cruise Industry These Activists Have One Simple Goal: Abolish the Cruise Industry

A group of environmental activists in France is gaining traction with a bold argument: Cruises shouldn’t exist.

Sep 14, 2023 / Cole Stangler

Cop City and the Silencing of Dissent

Cop City and the Silencing of Dissent Cop City and the Silencing of Dissent

Officials in Georgia are covering up the police killing of a protester and waging a chilling assault on the right to protest.

Sep 14, 2023 / Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) leaves the Senate Chamber with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) following a vote in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021

It’s Now Clearer Than Ever: The US Is Choosing to Impoverish Children It’s Now Clearer Than Ever: The US Is Choosing to Impoverish Children

Robert Reich has been telling us for years that policymakers have the power to end—or increase—poverty. New Census data proves him right.

Sep 13, 2023 / John Nichols

Kevin McCarthy shutdown

Is Kevin McCarthy Burning Down the House? Is Kevin McCarthy Burning Down the House?

The Republican speaker has caved to the party’s right flank by greenlighting impeachment hearings against President Biden. But an impasse over spending legislation may trigger a s...

Sep 13, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

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