The Right

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It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign It’s Not Just Corporate Pride Boycotts—Right-Wingers Are Escalating Their Anti-LGBTQ Campaign

As the far-right backlash has become more emboldened, belligerent, dangerous, and hysterical, so has its war on the LGBT community.

Jun 23, 2023 / Kali Holloway

Supporters of affirmative action rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on October 31, 2022.

Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs

And the man who got it there is not, as he likes to claim, an iconoclastic one-person organization.

Jun 22, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway

Narendra Modi and Joe Biden meeting

Modi’s Visit to the US Whitewashes India’s Far-Right Violence Modi’s Visit to the US Whitewashes India’s Far-Right Violence

Young Indian-Americans—and Americans at large—cannot ignore President Biden’s tacit endorsement of repression, authoritarianism, and religious intolerance.

Jun 21, 2023 / StudentNation / Shraddha Joshi

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The Right’s War on Fun The Right’s War on Fun

In their hunt for new grievances, conservatives are now targeting ordinary pleasures like having a drink and taking a day off work.

Jun 20, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Berlusconi

The Damage Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) Leaves Behind The Damage Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) Leaves Behind

The notorious tycoon and former Italian prime minister is gone, but his toxic legacy remains.

Jun 15, 2023 / Niccolò Barca and Tommaso Grossi

A sign calling for protection of the Clean Water Act hung outside the Supreme Court Building

The Supreme Court Has Done Us Dirty on the Clean Water Act The Supreme Court Has Done Us Dirty on the Clean Water Act

The recent ruling in Sackett v. EPA drastically weakens the Clean Water Act.

Jun 13, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal

US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) hits the gavel after being elected Speaker in the House Chamber at the US Capitol on January 7, 2023.

Kevin McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Deal Gets Approval From the Billionaire Class Kevin McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Deal Gets Approval From the Billionaire Class

Within hours of the vote on a deal that protected tax cuts for the rich, the Republican speaker was off raising funds from… the rich.

Jun 9, 2023 / John Nichols

Pat Robertson

Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home

The political preacher who made the religion look bad.

Jun 9, 2023 / Obituary / Jeet Heer

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New CNN Logo/Tattoo New CNN Logo/Tattoo

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Jun 8, 2023 / OppArt / RJ Matson and Ron Hauge

America’s Suburbs Are Breeding Grounds for Fascism

America’s Suburbs Are Breeding Grounds for Fascism America’s Suburbs Are Breeding Grounds for Fascism

Hate against trans people is rising, but the suburbs are what gives this hate its fervor and popularity.

Jun 8, 2023 / P.E. Moskowitz

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