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Pete Hegseth, Belligerent Drunk, May Be Too Much Even for Trump Pete Hegseth, Belligerent Drunk, May Be Too Much Even for Trump

The Fox News pundit—an alleged sexual assaulter with a drinking problem—has moved into Matt Gaetz territory.

Dec 4, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the Supreme Court Building before the start of the United States v. Skrmetti case on December 4, 2024.

Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt” Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt”

There is plenty of uncertainty involved in gender-affirming care—as in most aspects of medicine. But the groups behind the Tennessee ban aren’t driven by science—or patient care.

Dec 4, 2024 / Joanna Wuest

Former US president Donald Trump during a campaign event at Alro Steel in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024.

Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever

"Your body, my choice" is only the beginning.

Dec 4, 2024 / Rebecca Gordon

President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden stepping out of a bookstore while shopping in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on November 29, 2024. Biden on Sunday issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who is facing sentencing for two criminal cases related to tax evasion and the purchase of a firearm.

Hunter Biden and the Future of Clemency Hunter Biden and the Future of Clemency

Biden knows there is a better way to use it—other people’s children also deserve mercy.

Dec 4, 2024 / Rachel E. Barkow and Mark Osler

Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) speaks at a press conference at the US Capitol on December 14, 2021 in Washington, DC.

In Defense of Teachers and Public Education In Defense of Teachers and Public Education

The attacks aim to undermine trust with scapegoat politics.

Dec 4, 2024 / Rep. Gwen Moore

Les Mis

Les Mis Les Mis

The grovel pit.

Dec 4, 2024 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Protesters holding Georgian and European flags clash with police during a demonstration against the government's decision to delay European Union membership talks amid a postelection crisis, in Tbilisi, early on December 1, 2024.

Protests Engulf Georgia Protests Engulf Georgia

The political crisis is escalating.

Dec 4, 2024 / Vadim Nikitin

Former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker arrives to speak during a campaign rally for former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Dane Manufacturing in Waunakee, Wisconsin, October 1, 2024.

A Wisconsin Judge Just Ripped Up Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law A Wisconsin Judge Just Ripped Up Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law

In a major win for labor, the judge determined that Walker’s assault on worker rights was wildly unconstitutional.

Dec 4, 2024 / John Nichols

Three people in a parking lot outside a residential building look at and sign tenant union cards and materials.

In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That? In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That?

The Tenant Union Federation is fostering a wave of tenant leaders who have been pushed to the margins—many of them elderly, disabled, low-income—as they aim to transform renters i...

Dec 4, 2024 / Thomas Birmingham

Apartheid

Apartheid Apartheid

And worse.

Dec 3, 2024 / OppArt / André Carrilho

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