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Trump’s Politicized Prosecutions May Hit a Roadblock

September 28, 2025

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What Republicans Can Do If They Really Want to Protect Free Speech

Conor Friedersdorf

September 25, 2025

An image of Senator Ted Cruz speaking.

So Much for Class-Based Affirmative Action

September 24, 2025

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How to Prevent Random Violence

Charles Fain Lehman and Rafael Mangual

September 16, 2025

A man speaks at a podium at a press conference in front of a train that is displaying the words "Our Community. Our Safety."

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Why This Administration Can’t Fill Its Jobs

David A. Graham

September 5, 2025

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The Trump Administration Gets a Serious Scolding

David A. Graham

September 2, 2025

California National Guard troops stand guard outside Glass House Farms during a federal immigration raid in Camarillo, California, July 10, 2025.

The Arrest That Demonstrates Europe’s Free-Speech Problem

September 2, 2025

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What I Learned From the Georgia Protests

Lauren Grodstein

September 1, 2025

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Trump Just Made Burning the Flag a Little Easier

August 30, 2025

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MAGA Has a New Favorite Slogan

August 29, 2025

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The States Where It’s Riskier to Have a Baby

August 22, 2025

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How Does Trump’s Federal Takeover End?

David A. Graham

August 18, 2025

National Guard troops in DC

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What Happened When Canada Gave Citizens the Right to Die

August 13, 2025

Trump’s Dreams for D.C. Could Soon Hit Reality

Toluse Olorunnipa

August 12, 2025

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Donald Trump Doesn’t Really Care About Crime

August 11, 2025

Photo diptych of police cars and Donald Trump

The Facial-Recognition Sham

Albert Fox Cahn

August 11, 2025

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Canada Is Killing Itself

Elaina Plott Calabro

September 2025 Issue

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The Texas GOP’s Disturbing Request for the FBI

Paul Rosenzweig

August 9, 2025

Collage of Senator John Cornyn, the Department of Justice seal, a partial outline of Texas, and a lone star

America Is Living in a Climate-Denial Fantasy

August 8, 2025

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A Political Game Could Redefine Voting in America

David A. Graham

August 7, 2025

U.S. Congressional Districts Map

Homes Still Aren’t Designed for a Body Like Mine

July 28, 2025

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Democracy Upside Down

July 22, 2025

An illustration of the U.S. map, with all of the states turning from grey to red one at a time.

‘We Voted for Retribution’

July 21, 2025

Photograph of Donald Trump in MAGA hat looking at rows of empty cots behind chain-link bars

Naturalized Citizens Are Scared

Chris Feliciano Arnold

July 20, 2025

A color photograph of a painted Statue of Liberty souvenir on a windowsill during a snowstorm

Just a Tiny, Minuscule Technicality About the People Held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Alexandra Petri

July 17, 2025

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The Court’s Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something

July 17, 2025

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The States Are Going Full RFK Jr.

Nicholas Florko

July 16, 2025

An illustration of RFK Jr. and a map of Texas and Louisiana

The Supreme Court Won’t Explain Itself

July 15, 2025

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I Left My Church—And Found Christianity

July 15, 2025

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An IRS Regulation Change That Could Sow Societal Division

July 15, 2025

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The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement

July 14, 2025

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The Inscrutable Supreme Court

Paul Rosenzweig

July 8, 2025

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A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin

Alan Z. Rozenshtein

July 8, 2025

An illustration of an unfilled birthdate box with a cursor hovering over it, against the backdrop of a chain link fence.

Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?

July 8, 2025

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Annoying People to Death

July 7, 2025

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Take Off the Mask, ICE

Brandon del Pozo

July 7, 2025

a black and white photo of a masked ICE agent detaining a man in immigration court.