Fox News Gets Big Scoop Bad for Trump and Then Buries It
Even we thought that Fox wouldn’t bury the news of Mike Pence’s refusal to support Donald Trump. We were wrong.
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Night Mission to the Front Line in Eastern Ukraine
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Mitch McConnell Endorses a Devil He Knows
The GOP Minority Leader knows that Donald Trump is unfit to serve, yet he missed every chance to make it clear to his fellow Republicans. What is he afraid of?
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Ivermectin has fused with MAGA politics.
There Is Only One Person Who Can Stop Donald Trump… And It Ain’t Joe Biden
Stop looking for the courts to stop Donald Trump; now there’s only way to keep the former president out of the White House.
Bang for Your Buck: A Series on Election 2024’s Dragon Slayers and Don Quixotes
Why I’m not supporting a wonderful, fresh-faced Democrat — and why you shouldn’t either.
Pence Draws the Line at Almost Being Hanged, Withholds Trump Endorsement
Mike Pence is leaving Donald Trump out to hang by withholding his endorsement in this year’s presidential race.
Silicon Soldiers: The Military-Technology Complex
The Pentagon’s growing alliance with Silicon Valley, where AI and tech innovation are redefining warfare and morality.
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NY Dems Reject the Map They Asked For
Principle can seem like a house made of straw in the midst of today’s political maelstrom.
Introducing the New Guaranteed Successful Model for Journalism (2024 Edition)
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Secret Recipe
Katie Britt offers some spice, but it’s the same old meal the GOP is always dishing out.
The US Has Never Produced More Energy Than It Does Today
Oil, gas, and renewables are all growing.
Myth and Mystery in the Missing Overseas Vote
Expats say voting from abroad is easy, so why don’t they cast ballots?
What a Week! What a Week!
And we haven’t even reached the Ides of March yet. What next?
What Biden’s State of the Union Means for Science
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Imagining Joe Biden’s Whistle-Stop Tour Against the Do-Nothing Congress
“Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault here at home as they are today.” — President Joe Biden
Trump Cosplays President… and Too Many Journalists Are Playing Along
Pretending to still be commander in chief, and having others treat him as such, is one of Donald Trump’s favorite things.
Unmasking the Disinformation Playbook with Barbara McQuade
An examination of the dark world of political disinformation and its peril to democracy’s future.
The Stakes for the Climate Couldn’t Be Higher in 2024 Elections
From Biden vs. Trump to an oil well referendum in California, climate change debate is all over the ballot in federal, state, and local contests.
Searching for Normalcy in Ukraine Where Nothing Is Normal
A chess club and a zoo provide the illusion of normalcy in eastern Ukraine despite continuing missile attacks from Putin’s “special military operation.”
Mapping Sinking Land for Tribal Resilience in Louisiana
The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi Chitimacha Choctaw Tribe has been losing land to the sea, which could hamper efforts to gain federal recognition.
Super Bowl Ads and the American Dream. A Bowl Full of Junk?
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Racial Voter Turnout Gap Is on the Rise in US
The turnout gap between white and Black voters, which seemed to be lessening in 2008 and 2012, is again increasing.
Two Embryos Slide Into a Petri Dish
A conservative judge cited his religious beliefs in a court ruling about in vitro fertilization (IVF). For some conservatives, the goal seems to be to end the separation of church and state.
GOP Hopes Immigration Fear-Mongering Will Trump Reality
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Rush Hour for the Guts
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Donald Trump and the Dictator’s Doom Loop
Whether or not Trump is a psychopath, I leave to the medical profession; I am simply describing a clear pattern of behavior.
You Can’t Trust a Breakdancing Pope
Disinformation-as-art erodes our reality from the periphery.
America Last: The Right’s Enduring Romance With Dictators
The right’s love for dictators isn’t new. We reveal a century-long saga of conservatism’s authoritarian infatuation.
Will a Corrupt Court Enable the Trump Coup?
Absurd is nothing new to the bought-off Republicans on the Supreme Court.
How Oil Sands Undermine Canada’s Climate Goals
Canada is considered a leader in climate policy. But its emissions remain stubbornly high.
Timothy Mellon and the Political Peril of Dynastic Wealth
Like his forebears (and like Donald Trump), Mellon rages only against those handouts that go to those born without silver spoons.
Trump’s Legal Jeopardy Puts Us All in Jeopardy
A defeated Trump has literally nothing to lose.
Petrochemical Companies Have Known for 40 Years Plastic Recycling Wouldn’t Work
New documents show how they promoted it anyway.
Theocratic Norms
The Alabama Supreme Court’s stance on embryos tries to bring church into state.
Investigating Your Vaccine Concerns
Some think I’ve lost my ability to see “what’s really going on.”
Donald Trump: Vlad’s Impaler
Trump put a spear through the heart of US funding for Ukraine. If he gets elected, will he let his buddy Putin take Ukraine and then roll into NATO countries?
Donald Trump Is the Leeroy Jenkins of the Republican Party
What right-wing puppet masters have been trying to subtly accomplish from the shadows, Trump and his supporters have done in a brutish way and in plain sight.
Pull the Lever
Biden, Trump, and the looming election may not arouse our, ahem, democratic spirit.
Navigating Chaos: Insights on a World at War
Seismic shifts in global politics: wars escalate, authoritarianism rises, and democracy faces its toughest test in today’s turbulent world.
Ukraine Comes to Terms With the Change in Its Top Command
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy takes a gamble on replacing his top general who has a higher popularity rating than he does.
Antarctic Tipping Point That Occurred 8,000 Years Ago ‘Could Happen Again’
“We now have direct evidence that this ice sheet suffered rapid ice loss in the past,” said a Cambridge researcher.
Republicans and the Magnetic Attraction of Vladimir Putin
Republicans used to be violently anti-communist. Now they’re deciding that they have more in common with the Kremlin than they do with NATO.