The U.K. Wanted to Extradite Julian Assange to the U.S. From the Start
In a 2016 meeting, Britain's deputy minister of foreign affairs removed the diplomatic mask.
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How Putin's Designs on Ukraine Reflect the "Dangerous Nostalgia" of a Lost Empire
At a U.N. Security Council meeting, a speech by Kenyan Ambassador Martin Kimani struck at the heart of the crisis set off by Russia's aggression.
Democrats Have a Bill to Expand Social Security. Here's What It Would Mean for You.
Americans love the idea of increasing Social Security benefits. Now is the time to educate ourselves about how that could happen.
Can the Left Learn From Canada’s “Freedom Convoy”?
The left should seek to employ the disruptive power on display in Canadian protests — but only on its own anti-racist, antifascist terms.
Farewell to P.J. O’Rourke, America’s Only (Semi-)Funny Conservative
O'Rourke, who died Tuesday, had a lot of worthwhile things to say. But he was always graded on a curve.
Supreme Court’s Alabama Ruling Is Major Step Toward Dismantling Voting Rights Act
The attacks on voting rights go hand in hand with current assaults on Black history and exposing histories of foundational American white supremacism.
Killing of ISIS Leader Shows That U.S. Forever Wars Will Never End
Biden’s claim that the world has been made safer by the killing of yet another terrorist leader is hard to credit.
Anti-Trans Bills Are Moving Through State Legislatures With Remarkable Speed
South Dakota’s anti-trans sports ban is the first bill to pass among a record number targeting trans children this year.
Prosecutors Silence Evidence of Cruel Factory Farm Practices in Animal Rights Cases
The government wants to keep juries from seeing gruesome evidence of animals in distress — the very reason activists are going into farms.
Pentagon Professes Shock That U.S. Airstrikes Frequently Kill Civilians
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's promises to curb civilian casualties are as empty as the military's vows to stop sexual harassment.