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Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright arrives for a hearing at US District Court, October 17, 2016 in Washington, DC. Cartwright was charged with making false statements during a federal investigation.

If Donald Trump Went to Jail for Violating the Espionage Act, He’d Be an Exception If Donald Trump Went to Jail for Violating the Espionage Act, He’d Be an Exception

It’s only whistleblowers who do hard time. Generals and high officials typically get just a slap on the wrist.

Jun 20, 2023 / James Bamford

Juneteenth!

Juneteenth! Juneteenth!

Juneteenth is observed on June 19, and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the USA.

Jun 19, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Jesse Hagopian, his father, and his brother in Morgantown, Miss.

Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History Celebrating Juneteenth by Emancipating History

A Black family’s pilgrimage to Mississippi.

Jun 19, 2023 / Jesse Hagopian

Daniel Ellsberg at a podium

Daniel Ellsberg’s Heroism Began With Listening to the Anti-War Left Daniel Ellsberg’s Heroism Began With Listening to the Anti-War Left

The whistleblower confronted his complicity in the Vietnam-era war machine. His successors within it prefer to show up at Henry Kissinger’s gala.

Jun 16, 2023 / Spencer Ackerman

The 8th Wonder of the World!

The 8th Wonder of the World! The 8th Wonder of the World!

I'm good with tacos.

Jun 16, 2023 / Steve Brodner

Former Treasury secretary and current Harvard professor Larry Summers listens to remarks during a discussion on low-income developing countries at the annual IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, April 13, 2016, in Washington, DC. / AFP / Mike Theiler (Photo credit should read MIKE THEILER/AFP via Getty Images)

Larry Summers and the Crisis of Economic Orthodoxy Larry Summers and the Crisis of Economic Orthodoxy

The establishment’s repeated failures are creating room for heterodox ideas.

Jun 16, 2023 / Jeet Heer

In Our Nature

In Our Nature In Our Nature

The healing power of the natural world.

Jun 16, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Riot police stand by as protesters brandish a placard for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement during a May Day march in Montpellier, France, on May 1, 2023.

We Shouldn’t Fear Being “Divisive” in Pursuit of Justice We Shouldn’t Fear Being “Divisive” in Pursuit of Justice

We shouldn’t pretend that movements like BDS aren’t “divisive.” Instead, we need to make the moral and ethical case for why that divisiveness is necessary.

Jun 16, 2023 / Omar Barghouti

LGBTQI+ Pride

LGBTQI+ Pride LGBTQI+ Pride

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) rights are human rights.

Jun 15, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

William Spriggs, chief economist at the AFL-CIO, speaks during the National Association of Business Economics (NABE) economic policy conference in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 30, 2023.

William Spriggs Was the Economist Who Fought for the Entire Working Class William Spriggs Was the Economist Who Fought for the Entire Working Class

From his days as a graduate student union leader, he championed an intersectional vision of economic, social, and racial justice.

Jun 15, 2023 / John Nichols

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