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May 20, 2021
Nina Luo
The American Victims of Washington’s Anti-China Hysteria
The “Yellow Peril” tropes that may pave the way for a new war abroad have historically fueled anti-Asian hate on these shores.
May 19, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Bitcoin Keeps Falling, but Everything Is Fine Among the Crypto True Believers
As Bitcoin’s price fell by up to 30 percent, its partisans went on Clubhouse and Twitter to offer reassurances and advice to “go outside, go exercise—just don’t follow the swings.”
May 19, 2021
Matt Ford
Brett Kavanaugh Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
His recent ruling shreds a precedent that offered criminal defendants a chance to challenge unjust sentences—and reveals how the court’s conservative bloc has no boundaries.
May 18, 2021
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Hannah Gais
A New “War on Terrorism” Is the Wrong Way to Fight Domestic Extremists
One was a State Department official. The other was in the Army. Their stories show why we don’t need post-9/11 tactics to root out far-right threats.
May 17, 2021
Matt Ford
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh Will Get Their Chance to End
Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court’s most recent additions, like their conservative brethren, are no friends to abortion rights.
May 17, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
Joe Biden Unexpectedly Wades Back Into the D.C. Statehood Fight
The White House’s quiet campaign to tweak the D.C. Admission Act also provides the first hint that the president is open to reforming the Electoral College.
May 17, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Will Israel’s Bombing of the AP Expose the Fake Neutrality of the U.S. Media’s Coverage?
By hitting foreign media bureaus in Gaza, Israel has revealed something about its view of a free press—even if objectivity-obsessed reporters won’t believe it.
May 17, 2021
Matt Ford
Abolish the Debt Ceiling—by Raising It to One Googolplex Dollars
Democrats can end the insane tradition of holding the global economy hostage now and forever.
May 17, 2021
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Vivian Ho
Can a Hate Crimes Bill Stop the Rising Violence Against Asian Americans?
Representative Grace Meng of New York wants to curb anti-Asian racism, but activists for defunding the police say her bill won’t solve anything.
May 17, 2021
Magazine
Matt Ford
Our 250-Year Fight for Multiracial Democracy
We say we’re for it. We’ve never truly had it. These next few years will determine its fate.
May 17, 2021
Tal Lavin
The U.S. Military Has a White Supremacy Problem
What is the Biden administration going to do about it?
May 14, 2021
Alex Shephard
Simon & Schuster Staffers Are Still Very Pissed About Mike Pence’s Book Deal
Tensions boiled over at a town hall meeting with CEO Jonathan Karp about the company’s decision to publish former Trump officials.
May 14, 2021
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Nikhil Pal Singh
Are Liberal Cities Turning Against Their Progressive Prosecutors?
District attorneys in San Francisco and Philadelphia promised to overturn decades of tough-on-crime policies. Now, as violent crime rises, they may be kicked out of office.
May 14, 2021
Matt Ford
Joe Manchin Finally Has a Good Idea
The key vote of the Senate might have a way to preserve voting rights from the GOP’s assaults and John Roberts’ legal opinions.
May 14, 2021
Alex Shephard
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Really Great at Her Job: Professional Troll
With the GOP giving up on governing, the future belongs to the cranks.
May 13, 2021
Jacob Silverman
Can Elon Musk’s Bitcoin Betrayal Expose the Grift of Cryptocurrency?
The Tesla executive’s reversal affirms that Bitcoin is an environmentally wasteful multilevel marketing scheme. But the true believers won’t hear it.
May 13, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
The Democrats’ Majority Is Hanging By a Thread. They Don’t Seem to Care.
With its razor-thin margins in Congress and an aging caucus, why isn’t the party acting with more urgency to protect voting rights from Republican assault?
May 13, 2021
Magazine
Osita Nwanevu
Democracy’s Moment of Reckoning
If we lose the fight to protect voting rights, we'll lose everything else, too.
May 12, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Republican “Civil War” Is Actually Just the Trump GOP Against a Few Losers
Liz Cheney and Miles Taylor refuse to accept the obvious truth: They lost their battle for the soul of the party years ago.
May 12, 2021
Josh Sklar
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Jacob Silverman
I Was a Facebook Content Moderator. I Quit in Disgust.
Facebook is driving content moderators toward despair through mismanagement, vague policies, and overwork. I’d had enough.
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