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Trump Wants More Violence. That’s Fine With Kevin McCarthy.

Trump Wants More Violence. That’s Fine With Kevin McCarthy. Trump Wants More Violence. That’s Fine With Kevin McCarthy.

As the disgraced ex-president race-baits Manhattan’s district attorney and riles up his followers against him, the House speaker has Trump’s back.

Mar 19, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Willow Weep for Me

Willow Weep for Me Willow Weep for Me

Slaughterhouse kids.

Mar 18, 2023 / Steve Brodner

DALL-E's passable attempt at a modernist apartment block.

No, AI Is Not “Disrupting” Architecture No, AI Is Not “Disrupting” Architecture

It’s just making it that much less interesting.

Mar 17, 2023 / Kate Wagner

Are We Manufacturing a Taiwan Crisis Over Nothing?

Are We Manufacturing a Taiwan Crisis Over Nothing? Are We Manufacturing a Taiwan Crisis Over Nothing?

Concluding that an invasion is not likely under current circumstances is absolutely reasonable—but you wouldn’t know it in Washington.

Mar 17, 2023 / Michael T. Klare

Barney Frank at news conference

Democrats Face a Terrible Reckoning on Bank Bailouts  Democrats Face a Terrible Reckoning on Bank Bailouts 

Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, and a phalanx of senators are way too cozy with finance capital.

Mar 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Mother Earth

Mother Earth Mother Earth

Women nurture and protect the planet.

Mar 17, 2023 / OppArt / Iviva Olenick

Donald Trump talks on the phone in the Oval Office.

Trump Might Face Criminal Charges—But He’s Unlikely to Face Justice Trump Might Face Criminal Charges—But He’s Unlikely to Face Justice

Georgia DA Fani Willis is expected to announce whether she’ll bring charges against Trump any day. The only question—what happens after that?

Mar 17, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Sir Francis Bacon

Just Because ChatBots Can’t Think Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Lie Just Because ChatBots Can’t Think Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Lie

Or that they haven’t already started to pollute Google searches. And if publishers win their lawsuit against the Internet Archive, verifying facts and quotes will get a lot harder.

Mar 17, 2023 / Maria Bustillos

Duke Graduate Students Union

To Keep Grad Students From Unionizing, Duke University Wants to Change the Rules To Keep Grad Students From Unionizing, Duke University Wants to Change the Rules

After the Duke Graduate Students Union filed for an election, the university announced that it would challenge the NLRB decision from 2016 that granted graduate workers across the ...

Mar 17, 2023 / StudentNation / Anita Simha

Biden Has Now Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration

Biden Has Now Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration Biden Has Now Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration

The administration is enshrining several Trump-era border policies—even though Biden promised to undo the damage that Trump had done to the immigration system.

Mar 17, 2023 / Gaby Del Valle

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