What the Super Bowl Parade Shooting Has to Do With the Empire of the Gun What the Super Bowl Parade Shooting Has to Do With the Empire of the Gun
A mass shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ championship celebration reveals something dark about this country and the violence it exports around the world.
Feb 15, 2024 / Dave Zirin
Donald Trump Makes a Mockery of the Constitution Donald Trump Makes a Mockery of the Constitution
His determination to put the 14th Amendment in the trash can of history should draw the most concern.
Feb 15, 2024 / Clarence Lusane
Democrats Are Helping Make the US Border Look More and More Like Gaza Democrats Are Helping Make the US Border Look More and More Like Gaza
The party is embracing the idea of the border as a bulwark against a savage horde. As it happens, that’s exactly how Israel talks about Gaza.
Feb 15, 2024 / Dylan Saba
Tom Suozzi Takes Back the Seat He Never Should Have Given Up Tom Suozzi Takes Back the Seat He Never Should Have Given Up
A bad candidate and a bumbling GOP hand the Democrats another House seat. The biggest loser? House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Feb 14, 2024 / Joan Walsh
The #NeverAgain Movement Six Years Later The #NeverAgain Movement Six Years Later
After a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., on February 14, 2018, hundreds of thousands of young people pushed for stronger gun control measures. How has their advocacy changed sin...
Feb 14, 2024 / StudentNation / Zachariah Sippy and Marie-Rose Sheinerman
Merrick Garland Must Go Merrick Garland Must Go
In his timidity and determination to be “apolitical,” the attorney general has failed to do the very thing he was appointed to do—pursue justice and accountability.
Feb 14, 2024 / Elie Mystal
This Valentine’s Day, It’s Not Just Love That’s on the Ballot This Valentine’s Day, It’s Not Just Love That’s on the Ballot
Basic dignity is threatened as LGBTQ+ freedoms are increasingly endangered.
Feb 13, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clarence Thomas Broke the Law. Why Is He Not Being Prosecuted? Clarence Thomas Broke the Law. Why Is He Not Being Prosecuted?
The debate about whether Supreme Court justices are bound by ethics rules drew attention away from the fact that Clarence Thomas’s conduct violated federal laws.
Feb 12, 2024 / William W. Taylor III
All Crumbley Now All Crumbley Now
The soft fascism of false equivalencies.
Feb 9, 2024 / Steve Brodner
The Race to Take Over George Santos’s Seat Heats Up The Race to Take Over George Santos’s Seat Heats Up
Polls show Democrat Tom Suozzi up by four points over Republican Mazi Pilip, which is not a great sign for the former incumbent. But Suozzi has the money to take over the airwaves.
Feb 9, 2024 / Joan Walsh