Biden Is Selling Weapons to the Majority of the World’s Autocracies
Despite the White House’s rhetoric about supporting global democracy, the U.S. sold weapons in 2022 to 57 percent of the world’s authoritarian regimes.
Politics
Rep. Rashida Tlaib Asks Congress to Condemn “Israel’s Ongoing Nakba” Against Palestine
Tlaib’s resolution commemorates 75 years since Palestinians were violently expelled from their homes.
Origins of Covid
The Rise and Fall of the Raccoon Dog Theory of Covid-19
Media reports created a false impression of a major breakthrough linking animals to Covid’s origins.
How the Murder of a CIA Officer Was Used to Silence the Agency’s Greatest Critic
A new account sheds light on the Ford administration's war against Sen. Frank Church and his landmark effort to rein in a lawless intelligence community.
Why St. Louis's Reform DA Kim Gardner Quit
“I don’t think we’ve spoken enough about what Black women have had to endure here,” said Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx, a Gardner ally.
Voices
What the Debt Limit Fight Is Actually About
It’s not about debt at all. It’s about turning back the political clock 100 years.
The War on Immigrants
Ban on Property Sales to Citizens of China, Iran, and Others Is Cruising Through Texas Legislature
Whether the bill, which Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to sign, ends up as law or not, the discrimination is already stinging marginalized communities.
How to Not Get Arrested After Killing Someone in Public
The NYPD’s treatment of a white man who strangled Jordan Neely, an unhoused Black man, on the subway is not how things usually go down.
Ron DeSantis Has Raked in $3.9 Million From Insurance Industry, New Report Reveals
The governor has overseen a dramatic rise in home insurance premiums and legislative giveaways to insurance companies.
French Police Are Sweeping Up Protesters and Bystanders in Crackdown on Dissent
French authorities are detaining demonstrators without filing charges as public anger persists over President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular hike in the retirement age.