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Social media activist, Gul Bukhari, wearing a blue and white printed shirt and pink lip stick, while speaking. She is sitting on a gray couch.

Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in Pakistan Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in Pakistan

The country’s famously boisterous press is sinking into the silence of the grave.

Aug 5, 2021 / Hasan Ali

Susan Collins

Susan Collins, Master of Obfuscation Susan Collins, Master of Obfuscation

On the January 6 inquiry, the Republican senator from Maine is providing cover for Donald Trump, Jim Jordan, and her other partisan allies.

Aug 5, 2021 / John Nichols

Cheerleader Brandi Levy

From a High-School Cheerleader, a Lesson in Free Speech From a High-School Cheerleader, a Lesson in Free Speech

As school resumes, the Supreme Court’s decision in the most significant student free speech case in decades reverberates across the country.

Aug 5, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal

ZOLA

“Zola” and the Limits of the Internet Movie “Zola” and the Limits of the Internet Movie

An adaptation of a viral Twitter thread only scratches the surface of how film storytelling might intersect with life online.

Aug 5, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Cuomo angry face

The Case Against Cuomo—and Those Who Enabled Him The Case Against Cuomo—and Those Who Enabled Him

The devastating investigation into sexual harassment allegations against the governor confirms what many already knew: It’s time for him to go.

Aug 4, 2021 / Alexis Grenell

Bourdain’s Wake

Bourdain’s Wake Bourdain’s Wake

How to tell the story of Anthony Bourdain? 

Aug 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer

Mural

Your Crown Won’t Fall Your Crown Won’t Fall

Mural seen in Wicker Park, Ill.

Aug 4, 2021 / OppArt / Robyn Krakkem

College student gets a Covid vaccine

A Quick Reminder That Mandating Vaccines Is Totally Constitutional A Quick Reminder That Mandating Vaccines Is Totally Constitutional

No, the Bill of Rights does not block vaccine mandates. Neither does HIPAA. Just ask the three Republican judges who ruled that Indiana University can require students to be vaccin...

Aug 4, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Marines

War Is Anything but Sacred. Ask Those Who Fought. War Is Anything but Sacred. Ask Those Who Fought.

Stark realities haunt our troops, even as we glorify and celebrate their regrets.

Aug 4, 2021 / Kelly Denton-Borhaug

Luchita Hurtado, 1940 / Untitled (1971) Courtesy The Estate of Luchita Hurtado and Hauser & Wirth

Luchita Hurtado’s Spiritual Modernism Luchita Hurtado’s Spiritual Modernism

Her paintings strove to convey the ways sublime experience could be found in nature and the body.  

Aug 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Max Pearl

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