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May 2, 2024
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Julian E. Zelizer
The Illiberalism at America’s Core
A new history argues that illiberalism is not a backlash but a central feature from the founding to today.
May 2, 2024
Catherine Caruso
Pennsylvania Taxpayers Are Funding Discriminatory Religious Schools
Private schools can reject disabled applicants, expel LGBTQ students, and teach creationism all they want—even though hundreds of millions of public dollars flow to them every year.
May 2, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Stop Reading Tea Leaves. We Know What Trump Intends on Abortion.
A Time magazine interview includes all of the former president’s usual evasion. But, as ever, there’s a through line.
May 2, 2024
Lydia Millet
If Corporations Are People, Then Animals Should Be Too
Enshrining the rights of nonhuman entities in law would help us protect them before it’s too late.
May 2, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump’s Polling Lead Just Got Scarier. This Dem Has a Plan to Stop Him
If Donald Trump loses Wisconsin, he almost certainly won't win the White House. The state's Democratic Party chair explains how years of hard work are laying the groundwork to stop him there.
May 1, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Matt Gaetz Had Weirdest Reason Ever to Vote Against Antisemitism Bill
Gaetz and at least one other colleague suggested the bill was too mean to Christians.
May 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Arizona Can Repeal Abortion Ban After Shocking Defection
Two Republican state senators broke ranks to overturn the 160-year-old law.
May 1, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
House Republicans Suffer Major Loss as They Hurtle Toward More Chaos
A special election in New York has narrowed the party’s already thin House majority.
May 1, 2024
Alex Shephard
Why Biden Needs
The New York Times
He’s angry about its coverage of his age, but sitting down for a lengthy interview with the paper of record could do the struggling president a lot of good.
May 1, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
UAW President Expertly Skewers Response to University Protests
Shawn Fain made his stance on the war in Gaza clear.
May 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
NYPD Pushes Ridiculous Conspiracy About Columbia University Protests
New York police officers’ wild claims about student protesters that could put them at risk
May 1, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Actual Violence Broke Out at University Protests. Police Just Stood By
Law enforcement was nowhere to be seen when protesters on the UCLA campus were attacked.
May 1, 2024
Matt Ford
Can Copyright Law Save Journalism From A.I.?
A group of newspapers is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of effectively stealing—and profiting from—journalists’ work. This could well be an existential legal fight.
May 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Florida Republicans Just Wrecked Abortion Access for the Whole South
The Sunshine State has implemented a six-week abortion ban.
May 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s New Comments on Gaza Protests Make No Sense Whatsoever
The Republican presidential nominee offered up a word salad when asked about the university protests.
May 1, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Mitt Romney Brutally Takes Down Kristi Noem Over Puppy Murder
Republicans have finally found something to unify them: trashing Kristi Noem.
May 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Finally Making Good on Her Johnson Threats
The Georgia Republican is preparing to unleash chaos on the House of Representatives.
May 1, 2024
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Felipe De La Hoz
The Racist Origins of America’s Broken Immigration System
How a little-known, century-old law perpetuated the odious notion that certain types of immigrants degrade our nation’s character
May 1, 2024
Stephanie Gorton
The Power of the Single-Parent Family
Two new books propose we quit idealizing the married-with-kids configuration and overhaul the single-parent household’s cultural status.
May 1, 2024
Greg Sargent
Trump Is Now Raging at His Own Lawyer—and Wrecking a Big MAGA Fantasy
Over on Fox News, even Trump’s naps are a power move. The reality is different—and no one knows it more than Trump himself.
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