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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

Bill Moyers in 2002.

Bill Moyers Kept the Faith in Democracy. We Need His Example More Than Ever. Bill Moyers Kept the Faith in Democracy. We Need His Example More Than Ever.

The legendary journalist believed that speaking truth to power was the essential underpinning of an embattled American experiment.

Jun 27, 2025 / Obituary / John Nichols

Lyin’ Tamer?

Lyin’ Tamer? Lyin’ Tamer?

America responds to Trump’s overreach.

Jun 27, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A pro-choice demonstrator holds a sign in front of the US Supreme Court Building as the “Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic” case is heard on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

The Supreme Court Has Dealt Another Devastating Blow to Women The Supreme Court Has Dealt Another Devastating Blow to Women

The court’s ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood twists logic, common sense, and the law to further the right-wing assault on bodily autonomy.

Jun 26, 2025 / Elie Mystal

“Washington Post” publisher Katharine Graham and executive editor Ben Bradlee leave US District Court in Washington on June 21, 1971, happy with Judge Gerhard A. Gesell's ruling the the paper could publish further articles about a Pentagon report on Vietnam. Later however, the US Court of Appeals extended for one more day a ban against publishing the secret documents.

My Grandmother Stood Up to Nixon—Jeff Bezos Should Take Note  My Grandmother Stood Up to Nixon—Jeff Bezos Should Take Note 

Fifty-four years ago, Katharine Graham defended The Washington Post against presidential threats. Her granddaughter now fears its soul is being sold.

Jun 26, 2025 / Pamela Alma Weymouth

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