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House Speaker Mike Johnson with fellow Republican members of the House at a news conference at the Capitol in July.

How the Freedom Caucus Bomb Throwers Guarantee Bloated Spending Bills How the Freedom Caucus Bomb Throwers Guarantee Bloated Spending Bills

By rejecting the appropriations process, House Republicans fuel the opaque, last-minute adoption of continuing resolutions and messy omnibus packages.

Aug 5, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Imane Khelif of Algeria celebrates victory against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary in the Olympic women's quarterfinal 66kg boxing match on August 3, 2024, in Paris.

We Must Defend Imane Khelif We Must Defend Imane Khelif

Transphobia also hurts cisgender women like the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif who don’t conform to a narrow, Eurocentric vision of womanhood.

Aug 5, 2024 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

Kamala Harris looking at Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World

A lame-duck president averse to diplomacy poses grave dangers at home and abroad.

Aug 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Cori Bush attends a news conference outside the US Capitol on May 8, 2024.

I’m a St. Louis Jew. Here’s Why I’m Backing Cori Bush. I’m a St. Louis Jew. Here’s Why I’m Backing Cori Bush.

If AIPAC and its donors defeat her, we won’t just be losing one of Palestine’s staunchest allies but also one of the climate movement’s most effective champions.

Aug 5, 2024 / Michael Berg

Marine Le Pen at the podium of the Rassemblement National meeting at the Palais des Congres in Perpignan in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales on May 1, 2024.

To See How the Far Right Might Run France, See How They Run This City To See How the Far Right Might Run France, See How They Run This City

The National Rally has been governing Perpignan for years. They want much more.

Aug 5, 2024 / Rebecca Nathanson

Divine Intervention

Divine Intervention Divine Intervention

Really?

Aug 5, 2024 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

The International Court of Justice begins presenting its advisory rule regarding legal consequences arising from policies, practices of Israel in Occupied Palestinian Territory on July 19, 2024, in The Hague, Netherlands.

International Law Strikes Back International Law Strikes Back

The World Court’s ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal rewards growing judicial activism by states of the Global South.

Aug 5, 2024 / Reed Brody

“Opus 40,” the environmental sculpture park created by Harvey Fite in Saugerties, New York.

Hari Kunzru’s Novels of Creative Destruction Hari Kunzru’s Novels of Creative Destruction

Like his prior two, his latest tells a story of artistic and political frustration.

Aug 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nawal Arjini

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Redefining What It Means to Be a Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Redefining What It Means to Be a Liberal Justice

During her short time on the Supreme Court, Jackson has articulated a skepticism toward judicial power that feels particularly urgent in a post-Roe world.

Aug 5, 2024 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Palestinians try to get away from the area as smoke and dust rise following the Israeli army attack a building in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza,

On Surviving a Massacre in One of Gaza’s “Safe Zones” On Surviving a Massacre in One of Gaza’s “Safe Zones”

The Nuseirat refugee camp was supposed to be a place of relative safety for Gaza’s besieged residents. Then the skies filled with Apache helicopters.

Aug 5, 2024 / Heba Alhaddad

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