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Unredacted NIH E-mails Show Efforts to Rule Out a Lab Origin of Covid

Unredacted NIH E-mails Show Efforts to Rule Out a Lab Origin of Covid Unredacted NIH E-mails Show Efforts to Rule Out a Lab Origin of Covid

In early 2020, top scientists told Anthony Fauci they were concerned that SARS-CoV-2 appeared potentially "engineered." Here’s a look at what happened next.

Jan 19, 2023 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias

Hagel speaks with Afghanistan troops

When It Comes to the US Military, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure When It Comes to the US Military, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure

Constant warfare and preparations for more of it overseas have led only to costly defeats, and the budget just keeps getting bigger.

Jan 19, 2023 / William Astore

Political Butchers

Political Butchers Political Butchers

Putin’s bloody reign.

Jan 18, 2023 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Lula’s New Mandate for Change in Brazil

Lula’s New Mandate for Change in Brazil Lula’s New Mandate for Change in Brazil

Though his country’s democracy survived the recent assault on the capitol complex, the newly reelected president’s efforts to deliver on his promises are likely to face strong resi...

Jan 18, 2023 / Andrew Pasquier

Mideast Bahrain US Military

Military Families Are Going Hungry While the Pentagon Budget Skyrockets Military Families Are Going Hungry While the Pentagon Budget Skyrockets

That hunger is an issue at all in a military so wildly well-funded by Congress should be a grim reminder of our country’s priorities.

Jan 18, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino

France’s Pension Reform Battle Will Be Decided in the Streets

France’s Pension Reform Battle Will Be Decided in the Streets France’s Pension Reform Battle Will Be Decided in the Streets

Macron is trying to push through cuts to the retirement system, looking to generate savings on the backs of the working class.

Jan 18, 2023 / Cole Stangler

Merrick Garland at press conference

Why Biden and Trump Are Both Trapped in Secret-Document Scandals Why Biden and Trump Are Both Trapped in Secret-Document Scandals

The real problem is the national security state’s love of classification.

Jan 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Pro-democracy demonstrators with a banner declaring

The Surprising Strength of Brazil’s Democracy The Surprising Strength of Brazil’s Democracy

Seeming similarities between the attack on the presidential palace in Brasília and the US Capitol abound. But Brazilian democracy has proved more resilient.

Jan 17, 2023 / Omar G. Encarnación

Trump on a screen during the January 6 hearings

The Failures of the January 6 Report The Failures of the January 6 Report

Historian Jill Lepore’s effective critique in The New Yorker is marred by a lazy counternarrative.

Jan 13, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Chinese military march in front of missile

A Pentagon Report on China Fuels a Military Spending Frenzy in the US A Pentagon Report on China Fuels a Military Spending Frenzy in the US

How the media is misrepresenting what’s in the document.

Jan 12, 2023 / Michael T. Klare

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