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Image created by merging two photographs, showing presidential candidate John Kerry and actress Jane Fonda, who campaigned against the Vietnam War in the 1970s.

What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI

In 2004, a doctored political image caused outrage and confusion. Twenty years later, why hasn’t visual literacy improved?

Sep 15, 2025 / Morgan Barrie

A group of men engaged in illegal gold mining look for specks of gold in Kibi in southern Ghana.

The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush The Other Side of Trump’s Tariffs: Ghana’s Toxic Gold Rush

As gold prices spike across the globe, illegal mining is exploding—and driving the west African country toward ecological collapse.

Sep 15, 2025 / Feature / Jocelyn C. Zuckerman

Economics building on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Vanderbilt Uses “Institutional Neutrality” to Protect Against Trump. But Is It Truly Neutral? Vanderbilt Uses “Institutional Neutrality” to Protect Against Trump. But Is It Truly Neutral?

The university has largely complied to the government’s efforts to reshape higher education as critics on campus question the role of neutrality altogether.

Sep 15, 2025 / StudentNation / Arman Amin

The Failures of the Foreign Policy Elite

The Failures of the Foreign Policy Elite The Failures of the Foreign Policy Elite

On The Time of Monsters: Matt Duss on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Sep 14, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Charlie Kirk speaks at Turning Point USA’s America Fest in Phoenix in December 2024.

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division.

Sep 12, 2025 / Elizabeth Spiers

A makeshift memorial is set up at Turning Point USA headquarters after the shooting death at a Utah college on Wednesday, of Charlie Kirk.

How to Canonize a White Supremacist How to Canonize a White Supremacist

On the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk, the certain blowback, and this country’s raging gun problem.

Sep 12, 2025 / Elie Mystal

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025.

Israel Bombs Qatar, Nepal Protests, Russian Drones Enter Polish Airspace Israel Bombs Qatar, Nepal Protests, Russian Drones Enter Polish Airspace

The news, on American Prestige.

Sep 12, 2025 / Podcast / Derek Davison

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs after a press conference following the House Republicans weekly caucus meetings on Capitol Hill on September 09, 2025

The GOP’s Bloated Pentagon Budget Is Indefensible The GOP’s Bloated Pentagon Budget Is Indefensible

The House just approved $892.6 billion in military spending—continuing the march toward $1 trillion defense budgets.

Sep 12, 2025 / John Nichols

Where Are the Epstein Files??

Where Are the Epstein Files?? Where Are the Epstein Files??

Trump wants to bury his history.

Sep 12, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A masked ICE agent stalks the corridors on the 12th floor of Lower Manhattan’s immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, New York City on September 8, 2025.

Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy

Federal agents are essentially acting as paramilitaries to fulfill the administration’s violent fantasies. After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, they will be empowered.

Sep 12, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

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