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President Joe Biden speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at Sherman Middle School on July 05, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin.

When Will the Biden Dead-Enders Admit They Were Wrong? When Will the Biden Dead-Enders Admit They Were Wrong?

Hey, can we circle back to when many supposedly intelligent people were making one of the most obviously ridiculous political arguments of all time?

Aug 16, 2024 / Joshua A. Cohen

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the White House on July 14, 2024.

I Left Biden’s Campaign Over Gaza. Here’s How Harris Can Earn My Trust Again. I Left Biden’s Campaign Over Gaza. Here’s How Harris Can Earn My Trust Again.

The president’s foreign policy choices in the Middle East and Ukraine have been disasters. Harris needs to make a decisive break.

Aug 16, 2024 / Amed Khan

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris speak about lowering prescription drug costs at an event at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland.

A Biden-Harris Lovefest A Biden-Harris Lovefest

The were celebrating a landmark Medicare price reduction, but they were really putting their partnership back on display.

Aug 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Fireworks illuminate the sky at the end of the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France on August 12, 2024, in Paris, France.

What Was the Paris Olympics? What Was the Paris Olympics?

The Olympic Games supercharge the problems that already exist in a host city. We saw that in Paris—but what will happen in LA?

Aug 15, 2024 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

Jack Posobiec

Jack Posobiec Calls Leftists “Unhuman.” JD Vance Seems to Agree. Jack Posobiec Calls Leftists “Unhuman.” JD Vance Seems to Agree.

The alt-right grifter’s new book echoes and endorses fascist rhetoric. And the Republican vice presidential candidate blurbed it.

Aug 15, 2024 / Katha Pollitt

Colombian President Gustavo Petro looks on before the 2024 Colombia Independence Day Parade on July 20, 2024, in Bogotá.

It’s Hard to Be a Leftist Leader in Colombia It’s Hard to Be a Leftist Leader in Colombia

Since taking office in August 2022, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has pursued an ambitious agenda—with mixed results.

Aug 15, 2024 / Gabriel Hetland

Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis (L) and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai open the tech titan's annual I/O developers conference focusing on how artificial intelligence is being woven into search, email, virtual meetings and more in Mountain View, California, on May 14, 2024.

California’s AI Safety Bill Is a Mask-Off Moment for the Industry California’s AI Safety Bill Is a Mask-Off Moment for the Industry

AI’s top industrialists say they want regulation—until someone tries to regulate them.

Aug 15, 2024 / Garrison Lovely

Indian policemen stand guard as Kashmiri Pandits participate in a procession to mark the Ramnavmi festival on April 17, 2024, in Srinagar, Kashmir.

To Understand India, Listen to the Pandits of Kashmir To Understand India, Listen to the Pandits of Kashmir

They have been lionized, targeted, exploited, and oppressed for decades. And they have stories to tell.

Aug 15, 2024 / Nevin Kallepalli

Project 2025, Going Backward

Project 2025, Going Backward Project 2025, Going Backward

Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller is trying to distance himself and his organization from Project 2025. (Painting inspired by Philip Guston’s KKK Paintings.)

Aug 15, 2024 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn

Let Us Not Praise Infamous Men

Let Us Not Praise Infamous Men Let Us Not Praise Infamous Men

Or: One morning in the war.

Aug 15, 2024 / Feature / Peter Davis

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