Echoes of East Palestine in the Key Bridge Collapse Echoes of East Palestine in the Key Bridge Collapse
How unregulated capitalism continues stoking disasters and menacing our communal well-being
Mar 28, 2024 / Maximillian Alvarez
Trump’s New Line of Work: Bible Salesman Trump’s New Line of Work: Bible Salesman
In a quick cash-grab to foot the bill for his legal troubles, the former president has teamed up with country singer Lee Greenwood to peddle branded scripture.
Mar 28, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene… Loath as I Am to Agree With Marjorie Taylor Greene…
How the effort to bank TikTok is a fascinating case study in transpartisan politics.
Mar 28, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Conservatives Wasted No Time Getting Wildly Racist About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse Conservatives Wasted No Time Getting Wildly Racist About the Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Even as the search continued for survivors, the right-wing ecosystem was using the tragedy to smear immigrants and Black people.
Mar 28, 2024 / Rebekah Entralgo
Ronna’s Out. But the Folks Who Hired Her Remain at NBC News. Ronna’s Out. But the Folks Who Hired Her Remain at NBC News.
How did they think this hire was smart? The network’s accounting for this mess is unfinished.
Mar 27, 2024 / Joan Walsh
How Much of Our Humanity Are We Willing to Outsource to AI? How Much of Our Humanity Are We Willing to Outsource to AI?
Tech companies claim artificial general intelligence systems will propel our society forward. But the cost to our humanity may not be worth the risk.
Mar 27, 2024 / Sage Cammers-Goodwin and Rosalie Waelen
Bearing Arms Bearing Arms
Firearms have been the leading cause of death for US children and teens since 2020, representing 19% of all deaths for children 18 years and younger in 2021.
Mar 27, 2024 / OppArt / Michèle Colburn
Bidenomics and Its Discontents Bidenomics and Its Discontents
The White House believes American workers have seldom had it so good. And lots of prestigious economists agree. But the voters aren’t buying. Maybe they know something?
Mar 27, 2024 / James K. Galbraith
Online Gambling Has Swallowed Professional Sports Online Gambling Has Swallowed Professional Sports
Sports leagues partnered with legal gambling operations to fill their coffers. The deals are bringing in millions, but now they threaten to undermine what makes sports special.
Mar 27, 2024 / Dave Zirin
The Forced-Birthers Finally Went Too Far Even for This Supreme Court The Forced-Birthers Finally Went Too Far Even for This Supreme Court
A majority of the justices seemed highly skeptical of the ridiculous legal case against mifepristone.
Mar 27, 2024 / Elie Mystal