Category: North America

Following decades of unprecedented expansion in security, detention, and surveillance, the United States government’s competence in militancy and punishment is now so dominant that it […]

Science educator Bill Nye came out swinging at President Donald Trump on Friday, blasting his administration’s proposed cuts to NASA as “surprising, illogical and very […]

Vice President JD Vance is increasingly finding himself “walking on eggshells” around President Donald Trump as he takes on a central role in high-stakes negotiations […]

Last June, at a conference and retreat center not far from downtown Berkeley, California, around 100 people gathered to mull a new, techno-centric future of human […]

It’s easy to underestimate how much the Democratic Party has changed in this century. In particular, you can miss how white liberals have changed from […]

On Thursday, first lady Melania Trump made a public appearance to deny she had any amicable connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Now multiple […]

Matt and Sam are joined by Molly Crabapple to discuss her new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish […]

As expected, Aly Richards has declared her candidacy for governor, becoming the second person willing to take on S.S. Phil Scott, the Nimitz class aircraft […]

On April 10, 2006, millions of immigrants took the streets across the United States in one of the largest days of protest in modern history.

When you see a measurement or a dollar figure that is in the millions, billions, or trillions, what sense does your mind make of it? […]

His name is “Fossi.” He’s depicted as a swirl of gray smoke. And he’s liable to lose his temper whenever his classmates blame him for […]

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor leveled serious criticism at fellow Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his “Kavanaugh stops,” Slate legal experts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph […]

The White House is lashing out at Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) after he sent a letter to President Donald Trump’s doctor demanding he submit to […]

Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi play a guessing game involving metal music and military operations before they dive into an update on the ceasefire that […]

Less than three days after settling on a deal, the ceasefire agreement in the U.S and Israel’s war against Iran is already under strain, as […]

Early in Donald Trump’s second administration, officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement began making unannounced visits to the schools and homes of unaccompanied immigrant minors, […]

The Trump administration is lying about Lebanon’s inclusion in the Iran ceasefire deal that officials agreed to on Tuesday, as new reporting finds that U.S. […]

Acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Jay Bhattacharya, who also leads the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is reportedly delaying the publication […]

At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program […]

While some Democrats are calling for Trump to be impeached this year, House Democrats, even those who support impeaching Trump for a third time, know […]