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Anti-government surveillance protest sign in front of the US capitol

The Supreme Court Needs to Rein In the Surveillance State The Supreme Court Needs to Rein In the Surveillance State

If new technologies lead us toward a surveillance state, it will be in part because the courts failed to check the power of the executive branch.

Feb 23, 2023 / Patrick C. Toomey

John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency

John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency

On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we talk about this week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court primary, and Joe Biden’s public health disaster.

Feb 23, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Leadership, Kevin McCarthy–Style

Leadership, Kevin McCarthy–Style Leadership, Kevin McCarthy–Style

He bowed to the wackos’ demands. He’d needed their votes. Those were vital To winning the office he craved. Now all he has left is the title.

Feb 23, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Voters at the Tenney Park polling place in Madison, Wisconsin

Progressives Score a Major Win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary Progressives Score a Major Win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary

In a race that will determine the balance of power on a key court, liberal candidates just won a combined 54 percent of the vote.

Feb 22, 2023 / John Nichols

Television executive and Chairman of Fox News Roger Ailes in front of logo of recently launched Fox News Channel at Television Critics Association press event, January 14, 1997.

Crazy Like a Fox (Satire Alert) Crazy Like a Fox (Satire Alert)

How Roger Ailes made Fox News the place to find subjective objectivity.

Feb 22, 2023 / Richard Lingeman and Marvin Kitman

Rosa Parks, Courage and Leadership

Rosa Parks, Courage and Leadership Rosa Parks, Courage and Leadership

Rosa Parks was arrested first on December 1, 1955, and again on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott.

Feb 22, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The Tragedy of “Till” Is Our Failure to Grasp Its Radical Politics

The Tragedy of “Till” Is Our Failure to Grasp Its Radical Politics The Tragedy of “Till” Is Our Failure to Grasp Its Radical Politics

Director Chinonye Chukwu shifts the lens from Emmett Till’s tortured body to Mamie Till-Mobley’s vibrant mind and the movement she helped spawn.

Feb 22, 2023 / Robin D.G. Kelley

Carlos Berger's memorial

Chile’s Battle for Memory: A Report From the Latest Front Chile’s Battle for Memory: A Report From the Latest Front

The fight over a memorial to my friend Carlos Berger and other victims of the Caravan of Death reveals that there are still many in Chile who resist the lessons of our country’s tr...

Feb 22, 2023 / Ariel Dorfman

Trugoy of De La Soul performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre

Remembering David Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy of De La Soul Remembering David Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy of De La Soul

On this week’s episode of Edge of Sports, we speak to Dave Ashton about the legacy of a hip-hop legend. 

Feb 22, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

The Black Panthers’ Liberation School

Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction Why the United States Needs a New Reconstruction

In The Third Reconstruction, historian Peniel Joseph examines how how the broken promises of racial equality in the past might be fulfilled in the future.

Feb 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

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