Politics

Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter waves to a crowd of supporters at a rally in his honor in front of the Americana Hotel in Manhattan, New York City, on July 10, 1976.

Jimmy Carter’s Improbable Road to the Presidency Jimmy Carter’s Improbable Road to the Presidency

The Southern president, who kept his head down directly following Brown v. Board of Education, would eventually declare that “the time for discrimination is over.”

Dec 29, 2024 / Obituary / Joseph Crespino

Representative Kay Granger during a news conference with other Republican members of the House of Representatives at the Capitol on July 21, 2020.

Elder Abuse Is No Way to Run a Government Elder Abuse Is No Way to Run a Government

The corridors of power increasingly resemble a nursing home—if not a hospice.

Dec 27, 2024 / Jeet Heer

2024: Hottest Year on Record

2024: Hottest Year on Record 2024: Hottest Year on Record

The gamble of denying climate change.

Dec 27, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier Leonard Peltier

Pardon him now.

Dec 26, 2024 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

No Holiday Spirit in Gaza

No Holiday Spirit in Gaza No Holiday Spirit in Gaza

Jesus was from Palestine.

Dec 25, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Reginald Owen, playing Scrooge, speaks with his dead business partner Marley, played by Leo G. Carroll, during the 1938 MGM production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Trump and Musk’s Cruelty Put Scrooge and Marley to Shame Trump and Musk’s Cruelty Put Scrooge and Marley to Shame

The president-elect and his un-elected mega-billionaire buddy have gone full Dickensian in their attempts to make greed great again.

Dec 25, 2024 / John Nichols

Hot Air Rises

Hot Air Rises Hot Air Rises

The GOP’s fealty to Trump.

Dec 24, 2024 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

The exterior of a Planned Parenthood Reproductive Health Services Center in St Louis, Missouri

The Supreme Court Prepares to Take Its First Shot at Contraception The Supreme Court Prepares to Take Its First Shot at Contraception

A case just added to the high court’s docket takes on the question of whether Medicaid can be used to pay for services at medical providers that also perform abortions.

Dec 24, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Kash Patel’s First Day

Kash Patel’s First Day Kash Patel’s First Day

J. Edgar Chutzpah.

Dec 23, 2024 / OppArt / Stan Mack

Mourners hug in front of a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles for the victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 23, 2024.

A Far-Right Attacker Kills 5 in a Christmas Market. The German Far Right Takes Advantage. A Far-Right Attacker Kills 5 in a Christmas Market. The German Far Right Takes Advantage.

The eastern German city of Magdeburg mourns as the Alternative für Deutschland party sees an opportunity after one of its supporters plowed into a fairy-tale Christmas market.

Dec 23, 2024 / Carol Schaeffer

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