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Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and musician Michael Bolton pose for a portrait during a party at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000.

Why Did So Many People in Epstein’s Circle Look the Other Way? Why Did So Many People in Epstein’s Circle Look the Other Way?

First of all, in order to ask questions about the young women he preyed on, they’d need to see them as people.

Nov 25, 2025 / Katha Pollitt

Reporter Olivia Nuzzi arrives for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, April 29, 2023.

The Nuzzi Seizure of Power The Nuzzi Seizure of Power

The journalist’s rise and fall and rise again looks like a performance of tabloid drama. But really, it’s Beltway access reporting taken to its natural extreme.

Nov 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Trump speaking to reporters

A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist? A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist?

While he has been more reluctant than some presidents to put US troops in harm’s way, Trump has dismissed checks on his use of military force, saying, “We’re just gonna kill peopl...

Nov 25, 2025 / Stephen Zunes

A man is detained by CBP officers

How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Crackdown

“Operation Charlotte’s Web” may mobilize North Carolina’s working-class Latino members and allies to shift the political balance of power at the local, state, and national levels....

Nov 25, 2025 / Chris Kromm

Stand Up!

Stand Up! Stand Up!

Believe in science.

Nov 25, 2025 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Zohran Mamdani poses for a group photo at “The Cost of Living Classic” soccer tournament on October 19, 2025, in New York City.

How Zohran Mamdani Can Build a More Civic New York How Zohran Mamdani Can Build a More Civic New York

Zohran Mamdani needs a civic program to complement his affordability agenda

Nov 25, 2025 / Daniel Napsha

Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable

Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable

An interview with the author of a new book documenting the brutalities of childbirth in the post-Dobbs era.

Nov 25, 2025 / Regina Mahone

Students pass through the Sample Gates at Indiana University in Bloomington.

She Gave a Lecture on White Supremacy. IU Removed Her From the Class. She Gave a Lecture on White Supremacy. IU Removed Her From the Class.

Jessica Adams was barred from teaching a course on social justice for six weeks after showing a graphic that listed MAGA and Columbus Day as forms of “covert white supremacy.”

Nov 25, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin

Richard Siken

The Return of Richard Siken The Return of Richard Siken

After achieving a rare crossover hit with 2005’s Crush, the poet rebelled against public attention. With I Do Know Some Things, he splays himself open for his readers.

Nov 25, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Yvonne Kim

An illustration of Boris Kagarlitsky, part of a traveling political prisoner exhibit organized by the Zone of Freedom organization.

Boris Kagarlitsky on the Trump Administration’s 28-Point Plan to End the Ukraine War Boris Kagarlitsky on the Trump Administration’s 28-Point Plan to End the Ukraine War


From prison, the eminent critic of Putin and the war calls for the conflict to end.

Nov 24, 2025 / Boris Kagarlitsky

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