Twitter Just Banned Political Ads. Hold Your Applause. Twitter Just Banned Political Ads. Hold Your Applause.
Being better than Facebook is not good enough.
Nov 1, 2019 / Jeet Heer
The GOP’s Crony Capitalism Is Racing Full-Steam Ahead The GOP’s Crony Capitalism Is Racing Full-Steam Ahead
Special favors for student-loan fraudsters, tax breaks favoring junk-bond crook Michael Milken, continuing purges of voter rolls—this party’s MO is pillage and plunder.
Nov 1, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
The World Series Winners Should Not Visit the White House The World Series Winners Should Not Visit the White House
The Washington Nationals’ values are not Trump values.
Nov 1, 2019 / Peter Dreier
Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest
Catholic activists argued that their faith, and international law, allowed them to stage a protest at a nuclear facility in Georgia. But last week they were convicted in a US distr...
Oct 31, 2019 / Sam Husseini
Impeachment Just Got Real Impeachment Just Got Real
In a 232 to 196 vote, the House endorsed a formal impeachment process—because the facts compel it.
Oct 31, 2019 / John Nichols
How Staples Center Kicked LA Gentrification Into Overdrive How Staples Center Kicked LA Gentrification Into Overdrive
It was hailed as a turning point for a depressed downtown, but its construction helped start a wildfire of displacement.
Oct 31, 2019 / Jonny Coleman and Jacob Woocher
The Problem With Dressing Up as a Witch for Halloween The Problem With Dressing Up as a Witch for Halloween
There is a rebellious power in the idea of being a witch, but it is not a cosmetic rebellion.
Oct 31, 2019 / Alice Markham-Cantor
The Journalists of ‘Deadspin’ Refused to Bow Down The Journalists of ‘Deadspin’ Refused to Bow Down
The bulk of the staff has resigned in response to G/O Media’s efforts to sabotage a sacred publication.
Oct 31, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Colleges Should Not Have to Have Food Pantries Colleges Should Not Have to Have Food Pantries
With no federal assistance in sight, colleges are scrambling to fill the void with food pantries, loans, vouchers and other interventions. But the patchwork approach only goes so f...
Oct 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Bridget Huber
History’s Greatest Victim History’s Greatest Victim
Republicans are racking their brains trying to think of anyone who’s had it worse than President Donald J. Trump, and they’re coming up short.
Oct 30, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow