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May 21, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Associated Press Gives in to Right-Wing Trolls
A bad-faith smear campaign over college activism cost a news associate her job.
May 21, 2021
Jason Colavito
How Washington Got Hooked on Flying Saucers
A collection of well-funded UFO obsessives are using their Capitol Hill connections to launder some outré, and potentially dangerous, ideas.
May 21, 2021
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John Patrick Leary
Why “Social Justice” Triggers Conservatives
They loathe any words that imply an obligation to their fellow human beings.
May 21, 2021
Timothy Noah
It Shouldn’t Take a Pandemic to Boost Worker Wages
From the Black Death to Covid-19, deadly plagues have a tendency to raise hourly earnings—for the grisliest of reasons.
May 20, 2021
Nina Luo
The American Victims of Washington’s Anti-China Hysteria
The “Yellow Peril” tropes that may pave the way for a new war abroad have historically fueled anti-Asian hate on these shores.
May 20, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
Bill Gates and Matt Gaetz Reveal the Shallow, Dangerous Truth About the American War on Sex Trafficking
There’s no great conspiracy at play in the crises unfolding around the philanthropist and the congressman—just the banal myopias of power.
May 20, 2021
Matt Ford
The Republicans Would Like You to Please Forget That January 6 Ever Happened
Party leaders, taking their cues from Donald Trump, are trying to shove the violence he instigated into the memory hole.
May 19, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Bitcoin Keeps Falling, but Everything Is Fine Among the Crypto True Believers
As Bitcoin’s price fell by up to 30 percent, its partisans went on Clubhouse and Twitter to offer reassurances and advice to “go outside, go exercise—just don’t follow the swings.”
May 19, 2021
Matt Ford
Brett Kavanaugh Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
His recent ruling shreds a precedent that offered criminal defendants a chance to challenge unjust sentences—and reveals how the court’s conservative bloc has no boundaries.
May 18, 2021
Alex Shephard
Apple Cares More About Appeasing China Than It Does About Protecting Your Privacy
It turns out that the tech company with a commitment to civil liberties is really just committed to profits.
May 18, 2021
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Hannah Gais
A New “War on Terrorism” Is the Wrong Way to Fight Domestic Extremists
One was a State Department official. The other was in the Army. Their stories show why we don’t need post-9/11 tactics to root out far-right threats.
May 18, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Great Streaming Rebundling Is Here
The deal between AT&T, Time Warner, and Discovery is just the latest shift toward consolidation as media companies fight hopelessly for market supremacy.
May 17, 2021
Matt Ford
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh Will Get Their Chance to End
Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court’s most recent additions, like their conservative brethren, are no friends to abortion rights.
May 17, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
Joe Biden Unexpectedly Wades Back Into the D.C. Statehood Fight
The White House’s quiet campaign to tweak the D.C. Admission Act also provides the first hint that the president is open to reforming the Electoral College.
May 17, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Will Israel’s Bombing of the AP Expose the Fake Neutrality of the U.S. Media’s Coverage?
By hitting foreign media bureaus in Gaza, Israel has revealed something about its view of a free press—even if objectivity-obsessed reporters won’t believe it.
May 17, 2021
Matt Ford
Abolish the Debt Ceiling—by Raising It to One Googolplex Dollars
Democrats can end the insane tradition of holding the global economy hostage now and forever.
May 17, 2021
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Vivian Ho
Can a Hate Crimes Bill Stop the Rising Violence Against Asian Americans?
Representative Grace Meng of New York wants to curb anti-Asian racism, but activists for defunding the police say her bill won’t solve anything.
May 17, 2021
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Matt Ford
Our 250-Year Fight for Multiracial Democracy
We say we’re for it. We’ve never truly had it. These next few years will determine its fate.
May 17, 2021
Tal Lavin
The U.S. Military Has a White Supremacy Problem
What is the Biden administration going to do about it?
May 14, 2021
Alex Shephard
Simon & Schuster Staffers Are Still Very Pissed About Mike Pence’s Book Deal
Tensions boiled over at a town hall meeting with CEO Jonathan Karp about the company’s decision to publish former Trump officials.
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