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Laughing Brett Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh Remains As Incorrigible as Ever Brett Kavanaugh Remains As Incorrigible as Ever

In a recent decision, the man who argued he shouldn’t be judged by his youthful indiscretions had no problem sending young people to prison for life without parole.

May 21, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal

Bill Gates

The Fall of the House of Gates? The Fall of the House of Gates?

Fully reckoning with Bill Gates means not just focusing on how he treats women—vital as that is—but also confronting our own deep-seated worship of wealth and hardwired belief in h...

May 20, 2021 / Tim Schwab

Unvaxxed

Unvaxxed Unvaxxed

Unsafe at any speed.

May 20, 2021 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

Kyrie Irving Press

Kyrie Irving’s Comments on Palestine Are a Big Deal Kyrie Irving’s Comments on Palestine Are a Big Deal

The basketball savant has called for the bombs to stop as well as a new internationalist humanism.

May 20, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Palestine-solidarity-protest

I Will Not Be Silenced Because I Demand Justice for Palestine I Will Not Be Silenced Because I Demand Justice for Palestine

Like many Palestinians, I have been attacked and punished for criticizing Israel. Now I’m filing a civil rights complaint against my university for encouraging those attacks.

May 20, 2021 / Ahmad Omar Daraldik

Gaza damage

Palestinians’ ‘Second Front’—Inside Israel Palestinians’ ‘Second Front’—Inside Israel

Saree Makdisi on the Mideast plus Eric Foner on The Underground Railroad.

May 20, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib hosted a press conference on travel restrictions to Palestine and Israel.

AIPAC Targets Ilhan Omar AIPAC Targets Ilhan Omar

The pro-Israel lobbying group is running ads associating the Minnesota representative with Hamas.

May 19, 2021 / Aída Chávez

DA Larry Krasner

The Police Union Failed Miserably in Its Attempt to Beat Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner The Police Union Failed Miserably in Its Attempt to Beat Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner

Across the country, police unions are trying to defeat progressive reformers. Tuesday’s hotly contested election shows voters remain committed to changing an unjust system.

May 19, 2021 / John Nichols

Andrew Womble DA

This Is How Police Get Away With Murdering Black People This Is How Police Get Away With Murdering Black People

Andrew Brown Jr. was killed by cops last month, but the local prosecutor refuses to bring charges because he says the killing was “justified.”

May 19, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Surveillance

Surveillance Surveillance

Over-policing in Black and brown communities.

May 19, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill

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