I Experienced Jack Smith's Zeal Firsthand. Will Trump Get the Same Treatment?
His handling of the ex-president will show whether Smith really is an aggressive prosecutor — or just aggressive against the powerless.
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10 Things for Americans to Be Grateful for at Thanksgiving 2022
Elon Musk, functioning elections, “Andor,” and death — Americans can genuinely give thanks for all these things and more this holiday.
Elon Musk Would Have Done Better With Twitter If He’d Read Noam Chomsky
Musk is impaled on the horns of a corporate dilemma described in radical critiques of the media.
Black Liberation Elder to Be Freed From Prison — but Only on His Deathbed
Mutulu Shakur should have been released long ago, but the cruelties of carceral system know no bounds.
U.S. Government Quietly Declassifies Post-9/11 Interview With Bush and Cheney
In a newly declassified interview conducted in 2004, Bush shows not a glimmer of awareness of the destruction and carnage he had unleashed on the world.
Midterms Show Republican Anti-Abortion Agenda Relies on Minority Rule
But that doesn’t mean we can rest easy in the fight for reproductive justice.
Georgia's Turnout Boss, Stacey Abrams, Had a Turnout Problem
Georgia’s election this year was supposed to be a turnout game, just like 2018 and 2020. You wouldn’t know it from last night's results.
Midterms Will Determine Republicans' Stance on Ukraine — and America
Christian nationalists see Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a key step in his campaign to crush the global woke left.
America's 9/11 Wars Created the Foot Soldiers of Far-Right Violence at Home
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan radicalized a generation of veterans, many of whom face trials for sedition and other crimes.
New Justice Department Media Rules Won’t Help if Trump Wins Again
Merrick Garland’s latest policy includes plenty of vague language that could still make it relatively easy for prosecutors to go after reporters’ sources.