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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.

Students Deserve Better Than Active-Shooter Drills Students Deserve Better Than Active-Shooter Drills

Until lawmakers decide that protecting our children is more important than protecting access to guns, we’ll continue to see students and their teachers die too soon.

Sep 20, 2024 / Kimberly Lawson

The GOP Effort to Disrupt the Election Has Already Begun

The GOP Effort to Disrupt the Election Has Already Begun The GOP Effort to Disrupt the Election Has Already Begun

From Georgia to Nevada, Republicans are trying to undermine and delay early voting.

Sep 19, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Donald Trump and JD Vance during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, 2024, in St Cloud, Minnesota.

Trump and Vance Are Using One of America's Oldest Racist Playbooks Trump and Vance Are Using One of America's Oldest Racist Playbooks

By falsely linking Haitians in Springfield to the spread of infectious diseases, the GOP candidates are joining a long, terrible history.

Sep 19, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

A woman wearing a T-shirt reading

An Abortion Ban Killed Amber Thurman—and Likely Many More An Abortion Ban Killed Amber Thurman—and Likely Many More

Will the law that killed this vibrant young woman, a mother and medical assistant, be allowed to stand?

Sep 18, 2024 / Amy Littlefield

Cease Fire!

Cease Fire! Cease Fire!

Bombing the road to peace negotiations.

Sep 18, 2024 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Kamala Harris speaks during a discussion hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2024.

Kamala Harris Needs to Meet the Moment and Reframe Our Poisonous Immigration Debate Kamala Harris Needs to Meet the Moment and Reframe Our Poisonous Immigration Debate

The vice president has a chance to break the fever that has gripped US politics by giving a major speech defending Haitian Americans.

Sep 18, 2024 / John Nichols

Former general and Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo during his trial.

The Hypocrisies of International Justice The Hypocrisies of International Justice

A recent history revisits the Tokyo trial.

Sep 18, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Colin Jones

Tall trees line a highway with police cars and police officers in the foreground.

Should We Call the Threat to Trump an “Assassination Attempt”? Should We Call the Threat to Trump an “Assassination Attempt”?

The gunman never had him in his line of sight nor fired a shot. Trump ignored Secret Service warnings about security at his golf course. Yet he’s blaming Democrats and raising mon...

Sep 17, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Former president Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts.

How John Roberts Went Full MAGA How John Roberts Went Full MAGA

A revealing article in The New York Times details how the chief justice put his thumb on the scale for Trump to keep him on the ballot and out of jail.

Sep 17, 2024 / Elie Mystal

A September 16 Remembrance

A September 16 Remembrance A September 16 Remembrance

of Mahsa Amini on the anniversary of her murder.

Sep 17, 2024 / OppArt / Nasrin Sheykhi

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