Politics

Hostage Situation

Hostage Situation Hostage Situation

America and the Second Amendment.

Mar 29, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time

The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time

Weakened and bankrupt, the NRA is no longer the insurmountable wall it once was.

Mar 29, 2021 / Shannon Watts

Echo Park Protest

The Olympic Battle for Echo Park The Olympic Battle for Echo Park

An LAPD crackdown on an encampment of the unhoused augurs more conflicts in the lead-up to the 2028 Olympics.

Mar 26, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Spring Fascions

Spring Fascions Spring Fascions

Unhappy Kempers. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of March 22.

Mar 26, 2021 / Steve Brodner

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Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form

While progressives urge the administration to curb punitive sanctions, its new deputy Iran envoy was an architect of Obama-era sanctions policy.

Mar 26, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Yemen war destruction

In Yemen, 6 Years of Suffering and Death in an Ill-Fated War In Yemen, 6 Years of Suffering and Death in an Ill-Fated War

Biden must do more to force Saudi Arabia to end its cruel blockade.

Mar 26, 2021 / William D. Hartung

Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press

Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press

The president should postpone future news conferences. Not because he can’t handle them—but because the White House press corps can’t.

Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh

US-Mexico Border

Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020? Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020?

The 13 top border contractors for CBP and ICE donated three times as much money to the Biden campaign than they did to Trump.

Mar 25, 2021 / Todd Miller

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The Supreme Court May Be About to Blast Another Hole in Gun Control The Supreme Court May Be About to Blast Another Hole in Gun Control

As the country reels from two mass shootings in a single week, the Supreme Court is considering taking on a case that could vastly expand gun “rights.”

Mar 25, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Insurrection

Insurrection Insurrection

GOP wholesale and retail.

Mar 25, 2021 / OppArt / Rob Rogers and Pat Bagley

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