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Relatives of slain Mayor Alejandro Arcos carry his coffin during his funeral service, one week after he took office, in Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Mexico, Monday, October 7, 2024.

Why Are So Many Mexican Mayors Getting Murdered? Why Are So Many Mexican Mayors Getting Murdered?

A staggering number of mayors have been brutally killed in the past few years—and there’s no end in sight. What's going on?

Aug 8, 2025 / Oscar Lopez

A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein files. July 23, 2025, in New York City.

Trump Can’t Stop Blabbing About Jeffrey Epstein Trump Can’t Stop Blabbing About Jeffrey Epstein

There’s no way for Republicans to tamp down the Epstein-Maxwell scandal if the president keeps telling on himself.

Aug 8, 2025 / Joan Walsh

LA can expect a lot more lurid tabloid coverage in its media future, to judge by the New York Post's track record.

Can Rupert Murdoch Conquer LA? Can Rupert Murdoch Conquer LA?

The tabloid baron will launch a West Coast version of the New York Post next year.

Aug 7, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

In this photo illustration, a Google AI logo is seen displayed on a smartphone with an Apple Siri logo in the background.

What Google Zero Means for Journalism What Google Zero Means for Journalism

On Tech Won't Save Us: the AI monster comes for the news. With guest Matt Pearce.

Aug 7, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Homegrown

Homegrown Homegrown

Bon Appétit!

Aug 7, 2025 / OppArt / Stan Mack

A New Era of Reproductive Coercion: A Conversation With Kylie Cheung

A New Era of Reproductive Coercion: A Conversation With Kylie Cheung A New Era of Reproductive Coercion: A Conversation With Kylie Cheung

The author’s new book explores how the Dobbs decision “created new avenues through which the state and abusive figures can collaboratively punish and control their victims.”

Aug 7, 2025 / Q&A / Amy Littlefield

Fifty-year-old Libyan asylum seeker Mohamed Naser was detained in a privately run immigrant detention facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, an eight-hour drive from his home.

We’ve Officially Entered Kafka’s America We’ve Officially Entered Kafka’s America

Stephen Miller’s dystopian immigrant-hunting system is picking up pace, and asylum seekers like Mohamed Naser are increasingly vulnerable.

Aug 6, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

A Florida Highway Patrol officer looks on as protesters gather to demand the closure of the immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida, on July 22, 2025.

With Alligator Alcatraz, Empire’s Tyranny Has Come Home With Alligator Alcatraz, Empire’s Tyranny Has Come Home

The Florida migrant gulag is what happens when the depravities of colonialist foreign policy are turned inward.

Aug 6, 2025 / Donté L. Stallworth

An advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney outside an American Eagle store in New York City, on August 4. American Eagle Outfitters Inc. shares surged after US President Donald Trump came out in support of a controversial ad from the company featuring actress Sydney Sweeney.

Why the Right Is So Giddy About Sydney Sweeney’s Blue Jeans Campaign Why the Right Is So Giddy About Sydney Sweeney’s Blue Jeans Campaign

At first, they wanted to claim progressives were delusional for seeing a slide back into white supremacy in the American Eagle ad. Now they’re boasting about it.

Aug 6, 2025 / Joan Walsh

A pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike sits near Judiciary Square on August 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump Wants to Make the Confederacy Great Again Trump Wants to Make the Confederacy Great Again

The president is making a big push to rewrite the past in favor of some of America's top historical traitors, racists, and scumbags.

Aug 6, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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