The Vast Conspiracy Behind Jeffrey Epstein’s Death The Vast Conspiracy Behind Jeffrey Epstein’s Death
No, Epstein was not killed by a cabal of powerful men who wanted to silence him. But his death was part of a larger plot: the US prison system.
Aug 20, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie
How far-right operatives manufactured the “crisis” of free speech with books, think tanks—and billions of dollars.
Aug 20, 2019 / P.E. Moskowitz
Epstein’s Death and Conspiracy Theories Epstein’s Death and Conspiracy Theories
So many questions, what’s the truth?
Aug 20, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Jay-Z Isn’t a Sellout, He’s a Capitalist Jay-Z Isn’t a Sellout, He’s a Capitalist
He’s a billionaire who wants to be an NFL team owner, and erasing Colin Kaepernick is the price of admission.
Aug 19, 2019 / Dave Zirin
White Supremacy Is Terrorism, Not a Difference of Opinion White Supremacy Is Terrorism, Not a Difference of Opinion
An Indiana city learns that a weak response to white supremacists has predictable consequences.
Aug 19, 2019 / Ed Burmila
Graydon Carter’s E-mail Newsletter for the Rich and Boring Graydon Carter’s E-mail Newsletter for the Rich and Boring
His latest media venture, Air Mail, is an exercise in misplaced nostalgia for the heyday of glossy magazines.
Aug 19, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Chayka
Death Doesn’t Take a Holiday Death Doesn’t Take a Holiday
So far in 2019: 8,574 gun deaths in the US: gunviolencearchive.org.
Aug 19, 2019 / OppArt / Thomas Kerr
How the US Media Demonizes Iran How the US Media Demonizes Iran
Lesson 1: When the missile is American, use the passive voice.
Aug 19, 2019 / Serge Halimi and Pierre Rimbert
I Don’t Want ‘The New York Times’ to Join the Resistance. I Want It to Tell the Truth. I Don’t Want ‘The New York Times’ to Join the Resistance. I Want It to Tell the Truth.
I’m not trying to drive a boycott. I’m trying to get the paper of record to listen.
Aug 16, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Undoing the Promise of the Statue of Liberty Undoing the Promise of the Statue of Liberty
Attempts to rewrite the poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty are an attack on immigrants like me and my family.
Aug 16, 2019 / George Atallah