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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the funeral for Sgt. Maj. Gal Meir Eisenkot at the Herzliya cemetery on December 8, 2023.

Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas

The Israeli prime minister followed a decades-old divide-and-rule strategy that fuels endless war.

Dec 11, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Around the World, Authoritarians Are Rising

Around the World, Authoritarians Are Rising Around the World, Authoritarians Are Rising

From Argentina to the Netherlands, democracies are crumbling.

Dec 11, 2023 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Kate Cox.

For the First Time in 50 Years, a Judge Has Decided Whether One Woman Could Get an Abortion For the First Time in 50 Years, a Judge Has Decided Whether One Woman Could Get an Abortion

Kate Cox, whose fetus is fatally diseased and threatening her life, had to ask a Texas judge to allow her to terminate her pregnancy. The judge agreed.

Dec 8, 2023 / Mary Tuma

Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, oval office 2018

Nikki Haley’s Fake Moderation Should Fool No One Nikki Haley’s Fake Moderation Should Fool No One

The favorite of plutocrats and the mainstream media is running a deeply deceptive campaign.

Dec 8, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump in 2016

The Catastrophe of a Second Trump Presidency The Catastrophe of a Second Trump Presidency

Should he somehow, despite four criminal indictments and multiple trials, return to the White House, we can’t say we weren’t warned.

Dec 8, 2023 / Clarence Lusane

mural depicting the Australian activist Julian Assange, by street artist Trisha Palma, in the Scampia neighborhood of Naples.

Biden Is Overseeing the Silent Death of the First Amendment Biden Is Overseeing the Silent Death of the First Amendment

By continuing the persecution of Julian Assange, the US government is signaling how little it cares about press freedom.

Dec 8, 2023 / Yanis Varoufakis, Lina Attalah, and John Kiriakou

On the debate stage, Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis gesture and point toward each other while Nikki Haley looks on between them.

In the GOP Debate, It’s the Lost Cause Redux In the GOP Debate, It’s the Lost Cause Redux

Fighting in Alabama, capital of the Confederacy, Jim Crow, and Donald Trump, the final four GOP presidential candidates fought to be the nominee in case Trump gets sent to jail or ...

Dec 7, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Trump Bons Mots

Trump Bons Mots Trump Bons Mots

Stable genius.

Dec 7, 2023 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

A supporter holds a print depicting Donald Trump’s mug shot as he waits for him to arrive at the Whiskey River bar on December 2, 2023, in Ankeny, Iowa.

Unfortunately for Donald Trump, I’m Not His Alibi Unfortunately for Donald Trump, I’m Not His Alibi

Trump’s lawyers are bizarrely trying to link me (yes, me) to January 6. It’s a sign that the former president’s case is less than airtight.

Dec 6, 2023 / John Nichols

Donald Trump speaks to a crowd animatedly in front of a

A Trump Dictatorship Is Not “Inevitable”—as Long as We Step Up Now A Trump Dictatorship Is Not “Inevitable”—as Long as We Step Up Now

The disgraced former president almost surely has a lock on the GOP nomination. But that doesn’t mean he’ll win in 2024.

Dec 6, 2023 / Joan Walsh

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