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Soldier walks through Abu Ghraib

This Isn’t the First Time the United States Has Kidnapped People This Isn’t the First Time the United States Has Kidnapped People

The current administration is not simply an aberration but reflects past practices from periods in our history with which Americans were once comfortable.

May 27, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino

Tran To Nga in Bretigny sur Orge, France on September 13, 2024.

Why Is an 83-Year-Old Vietnamese Woman Fighting Against Agent Orange and US Corporations in a French Court? Why Is an 83-Year-Old Vietnamese Woman Fighting Against Agent Orange and US Corporations in a French Court?

Vietnam is still plagued by the toxic legacy of chemical warfare.

May 27, 2025 / Tom Fawthrop

Palestinians, including children, fill and carry water distributed by a water tanker into containers in port area of Gaza City, Gaza, on May 27, 2025.

For Kids With Autism, Gaza Is Hell Upon Hell For Kids With Autism, Gaza Is Hell Upon Hell

Areej Alkhateab’s four children all have autism. Life during the genocide has been a continual nightmare.

May 27, 2025 / Shahad Ali

Solidarity With Palestine, Istanbul, Turkey

Solidarity With Palestine, Istanbul, Turkey Solidarity With Palestine, Istanbul, Turkey

“When your brother is murdered, something in you dies too.”

May 27, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp speaks at the US Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium in Washington, DC, 2025.

Palantir’s Idea of Peace Palantir’s Idea of Peace

Alex Karp uses his company and his platform to advocate for a world in which big tech is the defense industry's most willing collaborator.

May 27, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Michael Eby

President Donald Trump gestures on stage as he tours the Al Udeid Air Base on May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.

Who Will Protect Judges From Trump’s Incitement? Who Will Protect Judges From Trump’s Incitement?

A threatened judiciary cannot rely on cops controlled by the White House.

May 26, 2025 / Jeet Heer

MAGA

MAGA MAGA

Donald's.

May 26, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

The west façade of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC, at dusk.

The Supreme Court Gifts Trump Even More Power The Supreme Court Gifts Trump Even More Power

The court seems ready to give the president extraordinary power over what had been independent worker- and consumer-protection agencies.

May 26, 2025 / Lynn Rhinehart

How Should We Remember  Attica?

How Should We Remember Attica? How Should We Remember Attica?

Orisanmi Burton’s Tip of the Spear uncovers the obscured and radical demands of the inmates who staged the 1971 prison uprising—a world without prisons.

May 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Rosen

Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage

In its quest to wreak vengeance on Harvard, the administration may ultimately fail at punishing the university—but it will harm thousands of young people.

May 23, 2025 / Elie Mystal

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