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Two new films—Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door and Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend—attempt to adapt her work. Do they succeed?

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Trump and RFK Jr. Are Making Cancer Great Again Trump and RFK Jr. Are Making Cancer Great Again

Public health funding cuts are risking the progress the nation has made in fighting and preventing many forms of the dreaded disease. But few people know it yet.

Joan Walsh

The Rapid and Dubious Rise of the Internet’s New Favorite Therapy The Rapid and Dubious Rise of the Internet’s New Favorite Therapy

Internal Family Systems has been wholeheartedly embraced by celebrities and desperate patients alike. But is it a science—or a scam?

Feature / Jess McAllen

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Cornell University student and pro-Palestine activist Momodou Taal.

A Pro-Palestinian Activist Lost His Case, but the “Fight From Below” Continues A Pro-Palestinian Activist Lost His Case, but the “Fight From Below” Continues

Cornell University student Momodou Taal self-deported just weeks after he sued the federal government in response to Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protest.

StudentNation / Benjamin Leynse and Avery Wang

Laura Loomer, a right-wing pundit and supporter of former president Donald Trump, outside the United States Federal Courthouse where Trump is scheduled to be arraigned later in the day on June 13, 2023, in Miami, Florida.

Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration  Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration 

The ongoing internal witch hunt led by the far-right provocateur is a sign of a GOP crack-up.

Jeet Heer

Donald Trump pumps his fist as he boards Air Force One before departing Miami International Airport, in Miami, Florida, on April 3, 2025.

Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs Will Not Renew US Manufacturing Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs Will Not Renew US Manufacturing

Gimmicks like Trump’s economically ignorant, politically jingoistic, and personally self-serving tariff agenda won’t help workers in the US or abroad.

John Nichols

Books & the Arts

A worker sifts through sand at the in the Municipality of Nordestina, State of Bahia, Brazil, 2017.

The Blood Diamonds of Brazil The Blood Diamonds of Brazil

When an Amazonian tribe tried to regulate the mines on their territory, they invited the violence of modern life into their homeland.

Books & the Arts / Jimin Kang

Thomas Mallon’s Theory of the Diary

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The New York writer and editor’s diaries of the AIDS era presents a curious case of what we are supposed to expect from private documents that become historical sources.

Books & the Arts / Sheila McClear

Toni Morrison, 1977.

“To Free Someone Else”: Toni Morrison the Book Editor “To Free Someone Else”: Toni Morrison the Book Editor

A recent book on her career in publishing makes the case that the great American novelist should also be seen as a pathbreaking editor.

Books & the Arts / Marina Magloire

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Democracy

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Kimmel Canceled

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Corporations bow to an autocrat’s whims.

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World

The flags of all EU member states fly outside the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, on November 20, 2024.

Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy? Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy?

At the moment, unfortunately, it seems more likely that Europe will be the last powerful holdout in a world entering a new political Dark Age.

John Feffer

A displaced Palestinian woman holds her child while sitting in front of her tent on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City, on March 30, 2025.

A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World

As Ramadan comes to an end, a mother prays that she can safely break her fast with their children, with sufficient food and clean water, without fear of being torn to pieces by bo…

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Right-wing leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom early, sentenced to imprisonment and disqualified from holding office for embezzlement charges.

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A French court rules to bar Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years.

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Internal Family Systems has been wholeheartedly embraced by celebrities and desperate patients alike. But is it a science—or a scam?

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The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

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After mobilizing to defend democracy and meet people’s immediate needs, the radical Marxist organization emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.

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Shanette Williams at the Abortion in America conference in February.

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Across the country, abortion storytellers are putting the struggle for reproductive freedom into powerful new words.

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