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Former US president Donald Trump speaks to members of the media after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City on November 6, 2023.

There’s No Stopping Donald Trump’s Courtroom Soliloquy There’s No Stopping Donald Trump’s Courtroom Soliloquy

In his testimony at his New York civil trial yesterday, the former president’s ramblings tried the judge’s patience.

Nov 7, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Demonstrators are detained by US Capitol Police after they staged a sit-in inside the Cannon House Office Building to demand a cease-fire against Palestinians in Gaza October 18, 2023, on Independence Avenue in Washington, DC.

The Left Is Not “Anti-Jewish” The Left Is Not “Anti-Jewish”

What we are witnessing is an effort to get people to see slogans like “Free Palestine” as antisemitic and the protests as threats to Jewish existence.

Nov 6, 2023 / Dave Zirin

Track and field athlete Selina Soule speaks during an event celebrating the House of Representatives’ passing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act outside the US Capitol on April 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C. President Joe Biden has promised to veto the legislation, which defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth” and would ban all transgender women and girls from competing in female school sports.

Trans Athletes Fight for Inclusion in Sports Trans Athletes Fight for Inclusion in Sports

On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, Katie Barnes and Tracie Canada join the show.

Nov 6, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Kevin McCarthy House of Representatives

The Republican Party Has Devolved Into Utter Incoherence The Republican Party Has Devolved Into Utter Incoherence

As we face so many crises globally, the legislative branch of the world’s (theoretically) most powerful country has ceased to function.

Nov 6, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon

Former crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried outside Manhattan Federal Court.

The SBF Verdict and Crypto’s Unindicted Scam Network The SBF Verdict and Crypto’s Unindicted Scam Network

The high-profile trial leaves many questions unanswered, chiefly about FTX’s apparent role as a money-laundering operation.

Nov 6, 2023 / Jacob Silverman

Senators Burton K. Wheeler of Montana and Robert Taft of Ohio study a globe.

This Isn’t Your Father’s GOP. It’s Your Grandfather’s GOP. This Isn’t Your Father’s GOP. It’s Your Grandfather’s GOP.

Today's Republicans aren’t isolationists; they are hawks targeting Latin America and Asia.

Nov 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Cease-Fire! Children Are Dying

Cease-Fire! Children Are Dying Cease-Fire! Children Are Dying

Humanitarian aid is desperately needed.

Nov 6, 2023 / OppArt / Eric Drooker

Coenties Slip in New York, 1850–1900.

How the New York Waterfront Shaped American Modernism How the New York Waterfront Shaped American Modernism

In The Slip, Prudence Peiffer looks at the role an overlooked neighborhood played in the lives and work of an eclectic set of postwar artists.

Nov 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Tausif Noor

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To Win Big, Progressives Need to Up Their Strategy Game To Win Big, Progressives Need to Up Their Strategy Game

Practical radicals offer strategies that play to our strengths.

Nov 6, 2023 / Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce

The Pentagon's Flailing Campaign Against Hate

The Pentagon's Flailing Campaign Against Hate The Pentagon's Flailing Campaign Against Hate

How the military continues to downplay the spread of extremism in its ranks.

Nov 6, 2023 / Feature / Jasper Craven

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