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The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech
The paper published a long recounting of Trump’s attacks on the press, without ever mentioning Israel, Gaza, or ICE.
Alain Stephens
Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement. A two-branch military vet and former law enforcement officer, Stephens has earned national recognition as a Livingston Award finalist, and recipient of the First Amendment Coalition’s Free Speech & Open Government Award. His podcast The Gun Machine, tracking the history of America’s arms industry, won a national Edward R. Murrow Award. Stephens’s reporting has been the catalyst for multiple federal, congressional, and legal policy actions to public safety.
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Sophie Cunningham Is the Anti-Trans Right's New White Woman Mascot
The WNBA star has become the latest symbol in the right’s campaign to define which women deserve protecting — and which do not.
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It’s Scary As Hell Being Black in America Right Now
The deaths of Nolan Wells and Kohen Wiley are symptoms of a nation retreating from any pretense of equal rights.
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Chud the Builder Fantasized About “Race War.” Now He’s Charged With Attempted Murder.
Dalton Eatherly streams his racist provocations online. It was only a matter of time before the violence rhetoric entered the real world.
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The End of the Voting Rights Act Isn’t Just a “Black Problem”
Preserving racial hierarchy remains one of most animating impulses in American political life.
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Clavicular and the Right-Wing Project to Radicalize Young Men
The popular streamer offers easy answers for why the world has left young men feeling unhappy and alone.
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Far-Right Religious Leaders Advising Trump See Iran as an End Times Holy War
By making Iran into a religious crusade, Trump’s spiritual advisers are making the war that much more difficult to end.
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Made-in-America Guns Are Fueling Death and Destruction in Mexico
The killing of drug cartel kingpin El Mencho has led to retaliatory violence in Mexico — much of it carried out with American-made guns.
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It’s Correct and Moral to Use the Olympics to Speak Out About Politics
Sports can't be separated from politics, and athletes are well within their rights to criticize Trump on the world stage.
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The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone
After the killing of Alex Pretti, white America is realizing what Black gun owners have always known: Rights are conditional.