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Henry Kissinger, War Criminal—Still at Large at 100

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal—Still at Large at 100 Henry Kissinger, War Criminal—Still at Large at 100

We now know a great deal about the crimes he committed while in office, from helping Nixon derail the Paris Peace Talks and prolong the Vietnam War to green-lighting the invasion o...

May 15, 2023 / Feature / Greg Grandin

Emmett Louis Till, 14, with his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, at home in Chicago. (Chicago Tribune file photo/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

He Called for His Mother He Called for His Mother

Mamie Till-Mobley was one of the first in a far-too-long line of Black mothers to seek justice for their sons.

May 14, 2023 / Lottie Joiner

Former president Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.

The Suits at CNN Have Always Loved Trump The Suits at CNN Have Always Loved Trump

Despite a recent fake public fight, the network is happy to continue profiting from promoting Trump.

May 12, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Laura Les of 100 Gecs

The Playful Pop of 100 gecs The Playful Pop of 100 gecs

The band’s new album is absurd but that is part of the point.

May 11, 2023 / Bijan Stephen

Evgeniya Berkovich speaks at Snob magazine's Made in Russia 2021 awards ceremony at the Yermolova Moscow Drama Theater.

Hunt Murderers, Not Poets Hunt Murderers, Not Poets

In support of arrested Russian poet Evgenia Berkovich.

May 10, 2023 / The Nation and Katrina vanden Heuvel

Another Side of W.E.B. Du Bois

Another Side of W.E.B. Du Bois Another Side of W.E.B. Du Bois

A conversation with Adom Getachew and Jennifer Pitts about Du Bois's thinking on imperialism, transnational solidarity, and their recent collection, W.E.B. Du Bois: International T...

May 10, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Chuck Klosterman, illustration by Diane Zhou

Chuck Klosterman’s Decade of Ambivalence Chuck Klosterman’s Decade of Ambivalence

In The Nineties, he confronts an era that defined his career as a critic and waxes nostalgic for a mythic, pre-polarization America. 

May 9, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Gordon

Then-FCC chair Newton Minow appearing before a Senate subcommittee in 1961

Newton Minow Sought to Lead Us Out of the Vast Wasteland Newton Minow Sought to Lead Us Out of the Vast Wasteland

The Kennedy-era FCC chair who inspired reformers to demand media that served the public interest has died at age 97.

May 9, 2023 / John Nichols

You Don’t Need a Script to Speak to Your Child

You Don’t Need a Script to Speak to Your Child You Don’t Need a Script to Speak to Your Child

"Gentle parenting" aims to protect children from harm, but in whittling acceptable language down to a handful of phrases, the movement not only distrusts parents, but also disallow...

May 9, 2023 / Kate Shannon Jenkins

Jeffrey Epstein is photographed wearing a Harvard sweatshirt.

Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man Jeffrey Epstein, Harvard Man

Why a horrific criminal found elite universities so congenial.

May 8, 2023 / Jeet Heer

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