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People gather at a makeshift memorial for victims of the shooting at the Covenant School campus in Nashville, Tenn., on March 28, 2023.

Republicans Want You to Forget Their Complicity in the Nashville Shooting Republicans Want You to Forget Their Complicity in the Nashville Shooting

Conservatives want to make the massacre about trans people or religion—anything but the blood-soaked murder factory they’ve forced us all to live in.

Mar 29, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Roe v. Wade protest

Gen Z and Baby Boomers Need to Work Together Gen Z and Baby Boomers Need to Work Together

By forming intergenerational coalitions that focus on shared values rather than divisive stereotypes, young people can learn from the fights that came before them. “We are not the ...

Mar 29, 2023 / StudentNation / Rania Soetirto

Bicyclists Deserve the Right to Free Movement

Bicyclists Deserve the Right to Free Movement Bicyclists Deserve the Right to Free Movement

US infrastructure is unnecessarily dangerous for bike riders. There’s a better way.

Mar 28, 2023 / Kate Wagner

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

The War Against Abortion Rights Is Also a War Against Democracy The War Against Abortion Rights Is Also a War Against Democracy

Facing a ballot backlash, the anti-choice movement is now resorting to lawfare and to limiting voter initiative.

Mar 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Participant seen holding a sign at a protest of current US immigration policy

The DHS and Its Legacy of Terrorizing Immigrants The DHS and Its Legacy of Terrorizing Immigrants

Since its creation after 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security has criminalized immigrants living in the United States as well as those newly arriving or seeking safety here.

Mar 27, 2023 / Azadeh Shahshahani and Setareh Ghandehari

Dr. Giovannina Anthony, an Ob-Gyn challenging Wyoming's new law banning most abortions, hugs her attorne

The GOP’s War on Obamacare Is Screwing Up Its War on Abortion The GOP’s War on Obamacare Is Screwing Up Its War on Abortion

It’s an irony so delicious I hope Alanis Morissette writes a song about it.

Mar 24, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Former US vice president Mike Pence

Pious Pence and Sanctimonious Ron Take a Pounding Pious Pence and Sanctimonious Ron Take a Pounding

The recent poor showing by both of Trump’s leading rivals show he’s a hard act to imitate.

Mar 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer

A protester holds up a long, rectangular banner that reads

Women Are Waiting to Cheer the Misogynist’s Indictment Women Are Waiting to Cheer the Misogynist’s Indictment

Donald Trump’s fall at the hands of proud porn actor Stormy Daniels would signal a rough but delightful kind of justice for millions of us.

Mar 23, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Reporters outside the front doors of the Los Angeles Criminal court.

What Justice Really Means for Sexual Assault Survivors What Justice Really Means for Sexual Assault Survivors

Making an example of Harvey Weinstein, recently sentenced to prison, sends a message to the community that tolerated such abuses for years. But it may provide cold comfort to survi...

Mar 21, 2023 / Judith L. Herman

Ras Baraka in front a large group of uniformed fire fighters

The Future of Public Safety Is Here in Newark The Future of Public Safety Is Here in Newark

The New Jersey city is now home to an ecosystem of funded programs that reduce violence while tackling the factors that drive violence and criminalized behavior—and it’s working.

Mar 20, 2023 / Jamila Hodge

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