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Mass denaturalization could be used to move the country toward the MAGA movement’s larger goal of a white Christian nationalist United States.

Rafia Zakaria

They All Signed the “Harper’s” Letter. Where Are They Now? They All Signed the “Harper’s” Letter. Where Are They Now?

Many of those who were loudest in denouncing cancel culture then are now curiously silent in the face of Donald Trump’s assaults on free speech.

Column / David Klion

The Biden Scandal Goes Well Beyond the Aging Cover-Up The Biden Scandal Goes Well Beyond the Aging Cover-Up

The former president’s stubbornness and narcissism led to disastrous Trump victory.

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David Horowitz spoke on the CU Boulder campus on February 14, 2005, about what's wrong with academic thought in US universities today.

I Thought David Horowitz Was a Joke—but He Foreshadowed the Trump Coalition I Thought David Horowitz Was a Joke—but He Foreshadowed the Trump Coalition

As an undergrad, I mocked the radical leftist turned reactionary. But with his cruel, vindictive politics taking over the government, he had the last laugh.

David Klion

In Toxic Detention

In Toxic Detention In Toxic Detention

Investigating the alleged contaminated water crisis at the Northwest Detention Center.

Photo Essay / Rico Moore

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The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again The Right Is Trying to Make the N-Word OK Again

Conservatives don’t just want white dominance. They want to be able to abuse Black people in the worst ways possible—and get rewarded for it.

Kali Holloway

Books & the Arts

Lady Gaga performing this spring.

The Retro Pop of Lady Gaga and Baths The Retro Pop of Lady Gaga and Baths

In their new albums, the musicians look backward as much as forward.

Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Katie Kitamura’s Divided Selves

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Her fiction are studies of fragmentation and ambivalence.

Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye

Is Criticism Really in Crisis?

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Andrea Long Chu and the politics of critical life.

Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano

World

Relatives mourn after the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes were brought to a hospital.

The Nakba Has Never Ended The Nakba Has Never Ended

In Gaza, the boundary marking past and present has become indistinct. Nineteen forty-eight is not over—it is unfolding again, and in more violent and destructive ways.

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Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting in Jerusalem on May 11, 2025.

Israel Is Spiraling Israel Is Spiraling

The government’s genocidal fervor is ripping through the carefully constructed layers of self-delusion that power this country.

Ori Goldberg

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd on the main balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square.

Pope Leo XIV: A Less Reformist Version of Francis? Pope Leo XIV: A Less Reformist Version of Francis?

All signs point to the newly elected pontiff’s continuing in much the same vein as his predecessor, but with a more moderate approach.

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Rise of the Crypto Keepers

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The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

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After mobilizing to defend democracy and meet people’s immediate needs, the radical Marxist organization emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.

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The Rapid and Dubious Rise of the Internet’s New Favorite Therapy

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Internal Family Systems has been wholeheartedly embraced by celebrities and desperate patients alike. But is it a science—or a scam?

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