Emergency rulings from the Supreme Court rarely offer a justification for the court’s decision, but that doesn’t...
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As the war with Iran enters its second week, questions of how long the conflict will last...
Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 satirical masterpiece “Dr. Strangelove” brilliantly parodied the lunacy of the nuclear threat during the...
Donald Trump imagines himself as a moral crusader fighting the forces of evil at home and abroad....
The right reforms can help the working class win transformational changes. These non-reformist reforms are a necessary...
Assuming that Trump doesn’t blunder us into a global thermonuclear war and get us all killed, I...
Israel’s decision to unilaterally recognize Somaliland as a separate country threatens to upend the fragile unity of...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. During the year she spent...
A Republican lawmaker who swore he had not been actively participating in stock exchange trades has undermined...
Trump’s ultimatum to block all legislation unless the Senate passes the Save America Act is creating “heartburn”...
It’s no secret that the center of gravity in the Democratic Party has shifted left over the...
The fault line of our current political landscape falls along educational lines, which should be a major...
When Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the intensification of U.S. combat operations against the Islamic State...
Because I usually finish what I start, the “Drafts” section of this site’s back office is mercifully...
Trump did not choose the best of the best people for his Cabinet. They either lack the...
Over the past week, thousands of students across Texas walked out of schools in protest against ICE...
Live Nation Entertainment and the federal government have reached an agreement to end a yearslong antitrust lawsuit....
The ongoing Trumpian plot to rig the midterms and end democracy is getting crazier and more dangerous...
A sure sign that things are going very wrong for Donald Trump is when he decides to...
President Donald Trump is delaying a pivotal endorsement in the Texas Republican Senate primary as he seeks...