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Why the Way We Understand the South Matters — Especially in Criminal Justice

In a special edition of Closing Argument, Jamiles Lartey reflects on the region as the nation’s 250th celebration approaches.

‘This is oligarchy’: Nearly 100 billionaires are funding Susan Collins’ reelection bid

Spain Has The Best, Is The Best

Bari Weiss Reportedly Set to Oversee CNN After Paramount Takeover — Media Tries to Paint Her as a Trump Ally

Epstein file says Trump "knew and funded underage sex parties" at his golf course

The ‘thunderous’ boos tell the story of Trump’s politics of hate

Subordinating the Humanities’ Scholarly Enterprise to Political Goals

A Flower Traveled in My Blood

Historical nonfiction like A Flower Traveled in My Blood can feel uncomfortably voyeuristic. I wasn't aware of the military dictatorship in Argentina — Chile under Pinochet, yes, but Argentina no. For…

How The Supreme Court Is Tightening Early Prison Release

In recent decisions, the justices restricted the bipartisan First Step Act that President Donald Trump signed in his first term.

All Politics is Gamergate

How righteous grievance made us all follow Steve Bannon and Vivian James down the rabbit hole.

Leonard Cohen on the Antidote to Anger and the Meaning of Resistance

Tony Gilroy Accepts Award for Andor: “Fuck the Empire!”

Marco Rubio Snaps When Told Trump Iran Deal Is Just Obama’s but Worse

Václav Havel, Writing from Prison, on How to Hold Your Failure

Nice Politics vs. Asshole Politics

The rise of the Age of Assholes doesn’t mean we should give up on niceness.

More than half of Americans say the cost of living is worse under Trump than at any other point in their lives

Russia’s Political Persecution of a Philosopher: Further Details (guest post)

'I was dumb as a rock': Hardcore MAGA couple ditches Trump after getting 'kick in teeth'

'I was dumb as a rock': Hardcore MAGA couple ditches Trump after getting 'kick in teeth'

Crooked Media co-founder Jon Lovett got hitched

Bourbon’s Global Soft Power Is Fading as Trump Tariffs Reshape the Industry

American History as Fandom Lore

On MAGA canon and cosplay.

Irish councilor proposes tiny statue of mosquito blamed for killing invader Oliver Cromwell

Footnotes from a Flyer Dropped from a Drone Announcing the Forthcoming Arrival of the Great Trans Ark, Which Will Shepherd All of Us to Safe, Welcoming Lands Prior to the Emperor’s Emigration Deadline and the Subsequent Cleansing

Scottish politician illegally used party funds to pay for camper van, fancy pencil sharpener, toilet seat, and curry sauce

Russian Government Investigating Institute of Philosophy

Emergency Brake

Clarence Thomas Could Be Charged With Felony Tax Fraud in Virginia on Monday

Trump to skip son’s wedding that he labeled a ‘no-win’ for him: report

Good Morning, News! Centrist Dems Seem To Have Lost; Oregonians Cool With Taxes, Actually; Ebola; And Stephen Colbert Signs Off

Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Our Mob Boss President

US justice department ‘forever’ bars IRS from auditing Trump’s past tax returns

bell hooks on the Power of Being in the Margins

Out Now: Liberalism's Inner Life

The first episode of The Inner Life of Liberalism podcast.

When Will Americans Realize the Truth? Republicans Wreck the Economy.

Long Beach Pride festival collapsed hours before opening — then the blame game started

A Pyrrhic Defeat - Margins on Power and the Iran War

To comprehend the ongoing upheavals in Iran, one must grasp the underlying nature of class struggle in the country over the past half century.Before 1953, Iran possessed a democratic government under …

The age of corridors

The role of the Venezuelan people in the political crisis of the past decade is ironic. The legitimacy of a leader, in principle, can only be recognized by the people. The paradox here is not so much …

Pluralistic: No one wants a permanent gerontocracy (15 May 2026)