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Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi
Official Mississippi doesn't really want to talk about the murder of Emmett Till—or teach about the murder of Emmett Till. Almost 71 years later, th…
4 months, 1 week ago
Sam Stein: Trump Is Trying to Instigate Unrest
For some reason, the president thinks he is winning the news cycle by occupying a great American city and ordering his agents to violently confront …
4 months, 1 week ago
Mark Hertling: The Cowards of ICE
To the people who have actually served in war zones—and been up close and personal in real do-or-die situations—the masked, heavily armed agents who…
4 months, 1 week ago
Susan Glasser and Jacob Soboroff: A Dangerous Lame Duck
Trump's low approval ratings may be giving people the idea that he is weak and disempowered. But Trump backed into a corner could well be more uncon…
4 months, 1 week ago
Bill Kristol: This Is Accelerationist Authoritarianism
Grandpa Trump looked like he was losing the pep in his step at the end of the year. But with him threatening the independence of the Fed, justifying…
4 months, 1 week ago
Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE descended on his city with hopes of rounding up undocumented Somalis. When agents couldn't find any, they star…
4 months, 1 week ago
Ryan Grim: An Unconscionable Reaction to a Summary Execution
Most law enforcement departments train officers not to stand in front of vehicles—or shoot at moving ones—but masked ICE agents in Minneapolis did j…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
George Conway: Trump Is a Vampire
Biden and Merrick Garland thought Trump would just go away, but malignant narcissists must be made to leave. And with Congress not fulfilling its co…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Jonathan Blitzer: The Stars Aligned Against Venezuela
Trump wanted to alpha male and take some oil, Hegseth wanted to bomb something, Rubio wanted Maduro gone, and aggrieved Stephen Miller wanted to bul…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Bill Kristol: A Stupid and Insane Foreign Intervention
Toppling the leader of Venezuela looks to be about greed and Trump's vanity. It's not about national security, and is likely to produce bad outcomes—…
4 months, 2 weeks ago