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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackso

Lamar Jackson Made the Billionaires Blink Lamar Jackson Made the Billionaires Blink

After a two-year odyssey, the MVP quarterback scores a contract that was even more about power than about money.

May 2, 2023 / Dave Zirin

Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power

Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power

Workers at the company’s Iowa City store are on the cusp of making some history.

May 2, 2023 / Dave Leshtz

This Could Be the Most Important Democratic Primary of 2023

This Could Be the Most Important Democratic Primary of 2023 This Could Be the Most Important Democratic Primary of 2023

A scandal-scarred, anti-abortion state senator could help crush reproductive freedom in Virginia—unless his progressive challenger defeats him.

May 2, 2023 / John Nichols

A child holds a flag at a demonstration in support of Russia and China's presence in the Central African Republic.

A New Form of Propaganda Has Targeted the Central African Republic A New Form of Propaganda Has Targeted the Central African Republic

A report from Meta shows that groups in Russia and France are battling for political influence over one of Africa’s largest diamond and uranium exporters.

May 2, 2023 / Nanjala Nyabola

soldier leads prisoner in Guant´namo Bay

Emptying Guantánamo Is Not the Same as Closing Guantánamo Emptying Guantánamo Is Not the Same as Closing Guantánamo

Unless the post-9/11 forever prison is permanently shuttered, it’s only a matter of time before one of Biden’s successors takes up Trump’s unrealized call to fill it back up with “...

May 2, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman

Tucker Carlson

Exit Tucker Carlson Exit Tucker Carlson

May 2, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake

The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has never let a crisis go to waste, hopes to use money and the need for reconstruction after the quake—not jail sentences—to prevail in this mon...

May 2, 2023 / Feature / Kaya Genç

Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument

Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument

While in many ways their careers ran parallel to each other, the two philosophers disagreed about whether liberalism could—and should—be saved.

May 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Sochie Nnaemeka

New York’s Working Families Party Came Back From the Brink. Its Departing Leader Recalls the Battle. New York’s Working Families Party Came Back From the Brink. Its Departing Leader Recalls the Battle.

Andrew Cuomo declared war. Sochie Nnaemeka and allies fought back. She shares her thoughts on his successor and the state of the New York left.

May 1, 2023 / Joan Walsh

State Representative Zooey Zephyr walks into the state capitol on her first day of remote voting

The GOP’s War Against Trans People Is a War Against Democracy The GOP’s War Against Trans People Is a War Against Democracy

In censuring Zooey Zephyr, a trans state representative, even some Montana Republicans are worried that the party has gone too far.

May 1, 2023 / Gabriel Furshong

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