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May 25, 2023
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Ted Genoways
How a Refugee’s American Dream Ended in a Police Killing
A massive pork plant known for labor violations called the police on a disgruntled employee. Then a co-worker started filming.
May 25, 2023
Alex Shephard
CNN Is Tanking After Its Unforgivable Trump Town Hall
Chris Licht’s master plan has already run aground—as have the news channel’s ratings.
May 25, 2023
Jasmine Liu
How to Save a Community College
The City University of New York has long exemplified the teeming possibilities of higher education. Now its devotees are fighting for its survival.
May 24, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
House Progressives Tear Into McCarthy, GOP Over Debt Limit Negotiations
“Sorry, bud,” AOC clapped back at McCarthy after he took a shot at her. “The only person here holding the entire U.S. economy hostage because they’ve completely lost control is you.”
May 24, 2023
Alex Shephard
Ron DeSantis’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Donald Trump
An ever-increasing field of candidates is circling the fray—and smelling the Florida governor’s blood.
May 24, 2023
Matt Ford
The Lawsuit That Might Force Biden to Ignore the Debt Ceiling
An organization representing government workers is making a preemptive strike against the mounting default crisis.
May 24, 2023
Grace Segers
Childless Adults Will Bear the Brunt of Republican Cuts to the Safety Net
The GOP wants additional work requirements for SNAP and Medicaid beneficiaries in the debt ceiling deal, despite evidence that shows they are ineffective.
May 23, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Ron DeSantis Is Plotting a 7–2 Supreme Court
And it’s entirely possible if he becomes president.
May 23, 2023
Walter Shapiro
We’re Being Terrorized Every Day—but Not How We Imagined
9/11 was supposed to usher in an era of catastrophic jihadist attacks. Instead, we’re living in fear of a different kind of mass violence.
May 23, 2023
Brynn Tannehill
What Donald Trump Really Means When He Says He Wants “Peace”
He means a world in which Putin is on top and abandoned U.S. allies potentially start arming themselves with nukes. Some “peace.”
May 23, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Trans Prom Is the Reminder This Country Needs
Trans kids are kids—and they deserve to be able to dress up and dance.
May 22, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Democrats Have Already Lost the Debt Ceiling Fight
Party leaders thought they had set a trap for Republicans. It hasn’t worked out that way at all.
May 22, 2023
Matt Ford
What Neil Gorsuch Got Wrong About the Pandemic
The justice’s vision of the judiciary’s role in public health may be more dangerous than any Covid-era restriction.
May 22, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Ron DeSantis Wants a Referendum on “Freedom.” Fine—It’s a Fight He’ll Lose.
The Florida governor is a true believer. It makes him dangerous. But it also makes him vulnerable.
May 22, 2023
Ana Marie Cox
Ted Cruz’s Uncoolness Is His Secret Weapon
Maybe it’s time to stop making fun of the Texas senator and start taking him seriously.
May 19, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Christian Nationalism Has Prevailed in Texas. Trans Teens Will Suffer.
As Governor Greg Abbott prepares to sign a law banning gender-affirming care, teens face the possibility of being detransitioned against their will.
May 19, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Did Donald Trump Seriously Sell Pardons?
The sexual assault lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani is chock-full of other shocking allegations.
May 19, 2023
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Walter Shapiro
Tim Scott Is Sure to Rise—and Surer to Fade
The South Carolina senator’s presidential run will allow Republicans to demonstrate—briefly—that they aren’t racists.
May 19, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
Why Has Only One Senator’s Staff Unionized?
Last year, the staffs of 17 House Democrats unionized. Things are moving much, much slower in the Senate—and now that the GOP has the House, things are weird there too.
May 19, 2023
Lillian Perlmutter
The Dismal Reality Behind the Migrant “Surge” That Never Arrived
Asylum-seekers barely noticed the end of Title 42. But that’s only because the rules seem to change every day.
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