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Politics
Meet Today’s Terrifying GOP: National Conservatives, Postliberals and the Nietzschean Right
Dec 18, 2023 The New Right is mad, organized and wholly unafraid to wield state power.
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The ISIS Prison Camps the World Forgot
Nov 6, 2023
TD Column
Book Banning Reaches Historic, Ominous Levels in the US
Oct 5, 2023 More than 3,300 cases were recorded in public schools and libraries during the last academic year.
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Ron DeSantis’ Blitzkrieg to Loserville
Sep 25, 2023 The epic flameout of Florida’s bullying and uniquely unlikeable governor shouldn’t have surprised anyone.
Book Excerpt
What Does Anchorman Have to Do With Democracy?
Aug 18, 2023 Could there be a connection between laughing at Ron Burgundy and the noxious politics of Jan. 6?
Opinion
Fighting Censorship Is an American Tradition
Jul 3, 2023
Business & Economy
GOP Weaponizes Debt Ceiling To Slash Welfare
Jan 18, 2023 The Treasury Department is prepared to take emergency measures to prevent the U.S. from breaching the debt ceiling.
Politics
Kevin McCarthy Allows Extreme Republicans To Hold the Climate Hostage
Jan 17, 2023 Kevin Mcarthy's capitulation shows that progress on climate isn’t going to happen with Republicans in the majority.
Book Excerpt
When Peace Had a Chance in Ukraine
Nov 1, 2022 "The Minsk II Accords", excerpt from "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict" by Media Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies. Looks at the backstory to the launch of Russia's war.
Africa Starts Decade Battling Hunger, Extremism, Ebola
Jan 1, 2020 Two major cyclones in Mozambique in 2019 also prompt worries that the country may be prone to more storms as a result of climate change.
