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Flowers and candles at a memorial outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California.

Huu Can Tran’s American Dream Huu Can Tran’s American Dream

The Monterey Park shooter lost his wife and his home. But one totem of assimilation remained within easy reach.

Feb 6, 2023 / Mari Uyehara

US President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the State of the Union address on March 1, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Biden, Go Bold in the State of the Union Biden, Go Bold in the State of the Union

What he needs to say.

Feb 6, 2023 / Robert L. Borosage

The Radicalization of Édouard Louis

The Radicalization of Édouard Louis The Radicalization of Édouard Louis

Two new books by the French novelist mark a political turn in his writing.

Feb 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Tara K. Menon

QAnon Is the Latest American Conspiracy Theory

QAnon Is the Latest American Conspiracy Theory QAnon Is the Latest American Conspiracy Theory

The rise of the right-wing paranoid fantasy, egged on by Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene, reflects deep currents in American politics.

Feb 6, 2023 / Feature / Chris Lehmann

“Revolutionary” Housing: How Colleges Aim to Support Formerly Incarcerated Students

“Revolutionary” Housing: How Colleges Aim to Support Formerly Incarcerated Students “Revolutionary” Housing: How Colleges Aim to Support Formerly Incarcerated Students

The number of formerly incarcerated people heading to college is sure to grow. Designing supportive housing for these students could be key to ensuring that they graduate.

Feb 6, 2023 / Feature / Gail Cornwall

THHWAAP!!

THHWAAP!! THHWAAP!!

Bag of chips.

Feb 3, 2023 / Steve Brodner

A photo of Tyre Nichols is positioned prior to a press conference on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee.

You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America” You Cannot Stop Us From Proclaiming “I, Too, Am America”

Watching Tyre Nichols sent home too soon, by the mean and the murderous.

Feb 3, 2023 / Maya Wiley

The back of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady's football jersey.

So Who Was Tom Brady? So Who Was Tom Brady?

After a quarter-century in the public eye, the future Hall of Famer is retiring, and we somehow know even less about him now than when he started.

Feb 3, 2023 / Dave Zirin

Josh Hawley holding pencil in front of microphone

The GOP’s Phony Class War The GOP’s Phony Class War

Racist resentment plus plutocratic economics don’t equal a “working-class party.”

Feb 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Today’s GOP Is the Totalitarian Force It Claims to Oppose

Today’s GOP Is the Totalitarian Force It Claims to Oppose Today’s GOP Is the Totalitarian Force It Claims to Oppose

The right’s intrusion into private life is exactly the characteristic of modern authoritarianism decried by 20th-century conservatives.

Feb 3, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

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