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How to Answer the Stupidest Questions About Palestinians How to Answer the Stupidest Questions About Palestinians

A guide to fielding even the most ridiculous anti-Palestinian smears.

Jul 1, 2025 / Mohammed El-Kurd

This piece is an edited excerpt from Mohammed El-Kurd’s book Perfect Victims.

The Supreme Court Just Handed the States More Power to Gut Healthcare The Supreme Court Just Handed the States More Power to Gut Healthcare

The court’s ruling on Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic undermines the Medicaid program and puts reproductive health care in peril.

Jun 30, 2025 / Rachel Rebouché

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference on May 1, 2025, in Miramar, Florida.

The Abominable Sadism of “Alligator Auschwitz” The Abominable Sadism of “Alligator Auschwitz”

Slated to open this week, Florida’s new detention center will have more than a little in common with a Nazi concentration camp.

Jun 30, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Bill Moyers in 2012.

Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence

When Bill Moyers helped launch the Covering Climate Now media collaboration, he urged fellow journalists to “tell the story so people get it.”

Jun 30, 2025 / Obituary / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Peter Thiel speaks at a lectern, holding microphone in front of audience at The Cambridge Union.

The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity

Peter Thiel and his friends feel they no longer belong to our species.

Jun 30, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Gay Pride Year-Round

Gay Pride Year-Round Gay Pride Year-Round

Support for gay rights can’t be just one month.

Jun 30, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Protesters carry a banner representing the Preamble to the US Constitution in downtown Los Angeles during an anti-Trump “No Kings Day” demonstration on June 14, 2025.

How QR Codes and Demonstrations Can Expand the Circle of Opposition  How QR Codes and Demonstrations Can Expand the Circle of Opposition 

Codes can also be used to register voters.

Jun 30, 2025 / Paul Rogat Loeb

Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett greet President Donald Trump after his address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe

In Trump v. CASA, the court hands the president yet more unaccountable authority—and yanks us into a neo-Confederate legal nightmare.

Jun 27, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Migrants from Guatemala are deported to their country with a United States military plane at the Fort Bliss facility in El Paso, Texas, on January 30, 2025.

The Supreme Court Allows Trump Officials to Deport Migrants to “Third Countries” The Supreme Court Allows Trump Officials to Deport Migrants to “Third Countries”

The Supreme Court ruled from its emergency docket that the Trump administration could temporarily send immigrants to third-party countries with which they have no connection.

Jun 27, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Zohran-pocalypse

Zohran-pocalypse Zohran-pocalypse

In the Cuomocon.

Jun 27, 2025 / Steve Brodner

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