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May 8, 2023
Thomas Geoghegan
The Best Safeguard Against Artificial Intelligence Is the Constitution
The president has the power to step in now before A.I. becomes a threat to national security.
May 7, 2023
Michael Tomasky
The Gun Industry Wants America’s Malls and Schools to Be War Zones
The bodies pile up. Republicans say it’s in God’s hands. And the new weapons coming to market are even deadlier. There’s only one logical conclusion.
May 5, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Remember “Defund the Police”? Well, Guess Who’s Actually Proposing Doing It.
The House Republican’s debt ceiling bill has several nasty surprises for anyone who “backs the blue.”
May 5, 2023
Joanna Rothkopf
Yes, You Should Care About This Writers’ Strike, and Here’s Why
Hollywood writers are striking in part to preserve an endangered profession. The studios’ response? Quit whining.
May 5, 2023
Matt Ford
Laugh All You Want at King Charles, but He Will Wield Very Real Power
Many dismiss the royals as an arcane sideshow built to manufacture tabloid fodder, but the monarchy is more than it seems.
May 5, 2023
Ana Marie Cox
Tucker Carlson Has Won the Cancel Culture Lottery
The banished host’s gravy train will likely keep on rolling—and he’ll continue to provide Fox News with fodder.
May 5, 2023
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
He’s Finally Got the Throne. Here’s How He Should Use It.
British monarchs aren’t supposed to weigh in on public affairs. King Charles should break with that tradition.
May 4, 2023
Audrey Clare Farley
The Far Right’s Dangerous Fertility Myths
Conservatives such as Candace Owens pitch “trad life” as the only safe harbor for women who fear abusive men. The truth is anything but.
May 4, 2023
Alex Shephard
Will the Media Blow Their Second Chance With Trump?
A CNN town hall raises difficult questions—and horrible memories.
May 4, 2023
Timothy Noah
This Is How Biden Gets Kevin McCarthy to Wilt Like a Hothouse Flower
The president has the upper hand. He just has to use it. Here’s the play.
May 4, 2023
David Masciotra
Who Are These Supposed Lefties Who Love Robert F. Kennedy Jr.?
The anti-vaxxer is challenging Biden for the Democratic nomination, and some far-left media personalities are as giddy about his candidacy as Tucker Carlson is.
May 3, 2023
Jonathan Alter
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Gary Sick
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Kai Bird
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Stuart Eizenstat
It’s All but Settled: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian Hostages
Suspicions have long swirled around unscrupulous campaign manager William Casey. We believe the evidence is now overwhelming.
May 3, 2023
Matt Ford
A Republican Attorney General Is Asking the Supreme Court to Save Richard Glossip’s Life. It May Not Be Enough.
He has the evidence on his side, but the high court usually can’t be dissuaded from upholding a death penalty conviction.
May 2, 2023
Grace Segers
Democrats Are Making a High-Stakes Bet on the Debt Ceiling
They might not fully appreciate what House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would be willing to do to keep his speakership.
May 2, 2023
Daniel Strauss
How 18 Republicans Just Made Democratic Recapture of the House More Likely
They’re Republicans who represent districts Joe Biden carried. And they voted to cut popular domestic programs by 22 percent.
May 2, 2023
Alex Shephard
We’ve Solved the Mystery of Kyrsten Sinema
Two new magazine profiles attempt to explain the Arizona senator. Here’s our own theory.
May 2, 2023
Michael Tomasky
The Supreme Court Is Out of Control
Join us in an urgent project to track the dangerous ideas and decisions of this activist court.
May 2, 2023
Timothy Noah
The Executives Who Got Rich While Their Banks Collapsed
Captains go down with the ship, but not these guys at First Republic, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank.
May 2, 2023
Tori Otten
The Lie at the Heart of the States’ Case Against Student Debt Relief
A new investigation has found that the numbers submitted by the plaintiffs simply don’t add up.
May 1, 2023
Matt Ford
Is This the Supreme Court Case That Kills the “Administrative State”?
The justices have agreed to hear a case that could make it easier to kneecap federal agencies.
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