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Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the Ass, Tucker Carlson! Don’t Let the Door Hit You in the Ass, Tucker Carlson!

The racist misogynist Fox host lost his show. It’s a great day for democracy—and women.

Apr 24, 2023 / Joan Walsh

People demonstrate in Paris, France, on March 30, 2023

The Protests in France Are About to Collide With the 2024 Paris Olympics The Protests in France Are About to Collide With the 2024 Paris Olympics

Rage over Macron’s pension raids is feeding into anti-Olympic activism. But who will benefit: the French left or the racist right?

Apr 24, 2023 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

A group of people protested in front of the British Embassy, in Paris, to demand the release of Ernest Moret, on April 18, 2023 in Paris, France. The french publisher was taken into custody when he arrived in London to attended to a book fair. (Photo by Telmo Pinto/NurPhoto via AP)

What the UK’s Arrest of a French Publisher Means for Public Intellectuals the World Over What the UK’s Arrest of a French Publisher Means for Public Intellectuals the World Over

The detention of Ernest Moret raises urgent questions about British authorities’ targeting public intellectuals at the request of other nations.

Apr 24, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

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Democrats Should Make Abortion a Cornerstone Issue Democrats Should Make Abortion a Cornerstone Issue

As the Republican Party keeps radicalizing, Democrats need to elevate reproductive freedom.

Apr 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer

What the GOP Is Dying to Ban…

What the GOP Is Dying to Ban… What the GOP Is Dying to Ban…

But don’t mind Americans dying.

Apr 24, 2023 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

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There Is No Future for a Labor Movement That Fails to Organize at Amazon There Is No Future for a Labor Movement That Fails to Organize at Amazon

In the 20th century, organizing basic industries like coal, steel, and manufacturing automobiles was key to reviving the labor movement. Today, Amazon workers occupy the same strat...

Apr 24, 2023 / Jonathan Rosenblum

A woman on a couch at a therapist's office, 1949.

What’s Life Like for the Child of a Psychoanalyst? What’s Life Like for the Child of a Psychoanalyst?

Alice Wexler’s The Analyst explores the complicated life of her father, Milton Wexler, whose work courted controversy in the public and within in his family

Apr 24, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Alana Pockros

Outside Kyiv, Ukraine, locals stand atop and examine a destroyed Russian tank.

The Lasting Devastation of Global Atomic War The Lasting Devastation of Global Atomic War

The decision to send depleted-uranium shells to Ukraine will have a debilitating, radioactive impact that will linger in the country for years to come.

Apr 24, 2023 / Joshua Frank

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis

The Zombie Populism of Today’s GOP The Zombie Populism of Today’s GOP

The right’s crass appropriation of anti-elitist rhetoric makes less sense than ever. That doesn’t mean it’s going away.

Apr 24, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Asylum seekers from Sudan at a camp in the desert near Agadez, Niger.

One Runner’s Journey to Freedom One Runner’s Journey to Freedom

For 14-year-old Adam, who is waiting at a Libyan shelter for a clear path to safety, running might be his only way to escape.

Apr 24, 2023 / Feature / Jérôme Tubiana

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