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Why ‘You’ Is So Terrifying

Why ‘You’ Is So Terrifying Why ‘You’ Is So Terrifying

The Netflix show turns Internet obsession and the need for attention when we’re online all the time into a horror story.

Mar 2, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Inside Trump’s Divisive Mission to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists

Inside Trump’s Divisive Mission to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists Inside Trump’s Divisive Mission to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists

Marginalized minorities targeted by the DHS’s counter-extremism program say it lacked transparency and deepened their mistrust of government.

Mar 2, 2020 / Feature / Julia Harte

Joe Biden Finally Gets a Big Win

Joe Biden Finally Gets a Big Win Joe Biden Finally Gets a Big Win

One billionaire is out, one to go. But is Biden’s win too late?

Mar 1, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Omar Rezika and Hunnan Butt kneel before a game against Yeshiva University.

Athletes Take a Knee Against Israel’s Occupation Athletes Take a Knee Against Israel’s Occupation

Two volleyball players at Brooklyn College are facing a torrent of abuse for protesting during the Israeli national anthem.

Feb 28, 2020 / Dave Zirin

The Hollywood sign now reads

In California Before the Democratic Primary, ‘Nobody Knows Anything’ In California Before the Democratic Primary, ‘Nobody Knows Anything’

Early voting has already begun, but, without a clear industry favorite, the film colony is all over the place.

Feb 28, 2020 / Danny Goldberg

Paradise Lost

Will the Democratic Establishment Destroy the Party to Stop Sanders? Will the Democratic Establishment Destroy the Party to Stop Sanders?

Talk of thwarting the front-runner at a brokered convention comes from an elite that distrusts democracy.

Feb 28, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court

Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court

But the media got distracted by Trump’s tweets and missed her message.

Feb 28, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Joe Biden Is Having His Best Week Ever. Will It Matter?

Joe Biden Is Having His Best Week Ever. Will It Matter? Joe Biden Is Having His Best Week Ever. Will It Matter?

Billionaires are still getting in his way—and ours—in South Carolina.

Feb 28, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now

Trump races to dismantle environmental laws.  

Feb 28, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Trump Puerto Rico

Donald Trump’s Climate Policy: ‘Get Your Mops and Buckets Ready’ Donald Trump’s Climate Policy: ‘Get Your Mops and Buckets Ready’

Election Day is eight months away. It’s time for national and local news to step up and give the climate crisis the visibility that the science demands.

Feb 28, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

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