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Jeffrey Epstein is photographed wearing a Harvard sweatshirt.

Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man

Why a horrific criminal found elite universities so congenial.

May 8, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Lauren Boebert Spitting Bullets

Lauren Boebert Spitting Bullets Lauren Boebert Spitting Bullets

Promoting guns in the face of weekly mass shootings.

May 8, 2023 / OppArt / Robbie Conal

Striking writers outside the set for the Showtime series

AI and the Hollywood Writers’ Strike AI and the Hollywood Writers’ Strike

Creative workers are fighting to preserve the human factor in the entertainment industry. 

May 8, 2023 / Ben Schwartz

Buenos Aires, in the evening light, circa 1940

Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America

In The Ghetto Within, the Argentine novelist considers the dark shadow that the Holocaust has cast not only on Europe but also on Latin America.

May 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Ilan Stavans

Joe Louis

How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis

A never-before-published tranche of letters reveals the white-collar racism that prevented the world’s most popular athlete from selling Fords.

May 8, 2023 / Silke-Maria Weineck

The Anarchism of the Catholic Worker

The Anarchism of the Catholic Worker The Anarchism of the Catholic Worker

In its 90th year, the radical peace movement is reinvigorating itself by going hyper-local.

May 8, 2023 / Feature / Renée Darline Roden

The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats The Aristocrats

Merry Krishna.

May 5, 2023 / Steve Brodner

An oil pumpjack works in the Permian Basin oil field

The Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn’t Want This Climate Charter to Succeed The Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn’t Want This Climate Charter to Succeed

El Paso is holding a special election on Saturday for one of the most important pieces of climate policy you’ve likely never heard of.

May 5, 2023 / Matthew Miles Goodrich

E. Jean Carroll outside Manhattan federal court house surrounded by a scrum of people, one holding a sign saying

Donald Trump Is Proud of Being a Sexual Predator Donald Trump Is Proud of Being a Sexual Predator

In his video deposition for E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit, he displayed an arrogant misogyny that didn’t help his defense. He doesn’t care.

May 5, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Beat Biden RNC AI ad

The RNC’s Embarrassing AI-Generated Attack Ad The RNC’s Embarrassing AI-Generated Attack Ad

In response to President Biden’s announcement that he would seek reelection, both the Republican National Committee and Donald Trump have shown signs of desperation.

May 5, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

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