The president says he feels “badly” for the seven men accused of drugging and raping their Ivy League classmate.

By ending the independence of federal agencies, the Supreme Court has taken another step toward the creation of an elected presidential dictatorship.

“They were doing drugs, but they were doing the nuclear,” according to Trump.

As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.

DHS has tapped $20 million to pay for campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump.

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...

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In New York, the president ranted and raved about grabbing the ‘spoils,’ fully and further demeaning his office. In Maine, a bombshell report about a huge FBI bribery probe hit Senator Susan Collins.

Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism

Yesterday I wrote about a book I read as a college freshman, a novel that, as I now remember it, has more than passing relevance to this cultural moment. There were other books that made a serious imp...

His decision to shut the House down at a moment of crisis around AI is the act of a reckless charlatan.

I’m at an age where things I read long ago resurface. One book that has popped above the waves I read first at 18, Robert Heinlein’s “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”. Its.a science fiction classic. When...

I’m at an age where things I read long ago resurface. One book that has popped above the waves I read first at 18, Robert Heinlein’s “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”. Its.a science fiction classic. When...

It was the gods of chance  Brought me back here There’s no mistaking them They’re crippled also   ** Somewhere in the distance,  That old fashioned medicine…church bells…   ** I love you teddy bear Th...

Everywhere you look, the president is causing chaos and destruction.

Two halves of a life were debating like unhappy twins. Both had studied the classical methods of confession and so they were voluble but insincere. Neither one knew how to escape forward. Anyway, it w...

Exclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details

I’ve had a recurring dream for many years. My father returns from the dead. He’s seemingly unchanged but there’s a proviso to his re-birth, namely, he’s going to die again. Every moment is precious. H...

The Iran war marks the conclusion of eight decades of global dominance.

The United States is losing the conflict, stoking chaos in the region, and inviting economic calamity—all with no end in sight.

The president’s recent Truth Social barrage of fake images reflects the dangers—for all of us—of virtual self-aggrandizement.

From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade

In “End Times Fascism: And the Fight for a Living World” Klein and Taylor expand on their essay, arguing that three different but at times overlapping groups on the far right are actively pushing for ...

How Homeland Security has adopted the COINTELPRO playbook.

I was reading student essays when I came across the following sentence: “The Elephant Man was big in his day, but not because of his head.” This is folk art wisdom. ** Nothing scares human beings more...

In a piece at The Nation, “The Embarrassment of Trump’s Midterm Convention” Joan Walsh writes: “I have to say: I almost feel bad writing about Trump these days. Yes, he’s evil, and has been for decade...

The news for us disabled is not good. How do you like your optimism now little fella? Actor and film maker, and noted disability rights activist Steve Way has posted about the efforts to eliminate in ...

Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon said AI will become ‘superhuman systems’ that can cause human extinction by the end of the decade

If this is a notebook then why does it strive for sense? Because Kurt Schwitters made sense, bending to trash, making wheels of rocqueford wrappers. Fragments become cohesive. Example: Once, in the Mu...

The former “SNL" star and Lexington native opens up about her latest role as Pumpkin Spice, a forgotten and long-lost member of the Spice Girls.

In an adapted excerpt from the Sept. 3 episode of “All In.”  Chris Hayes pays tribute to Gloria Steinem. One line that stands out is a quote from Steinem herself: “You can’t let them take your hope aw...

The poem you are holding  Is the true story of what never happened. My bird, a finch, came back today  Though where she went  I’ll never know. She had once  A broken leg  Which has healed brokenly— Al...

There’s an opinion piece titled “The world is being driven to the brink by thugs and dictators, but there is a route to a brighter future” in today’s Guardian. Simon Tisdall writes: “The future lies n...

It’s no surprise some analysts say we are already in the midst of the third world war, but ordinary people have more power than we think, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Nietzsche: “All truth is simple…”  Is that not doubly a lie? Not if you can get away with it.  (As if “all truth” is what? A glass of water?) Can you imagine serving on a submarine with Friedrich? ** ...

Two Washington insiders are sounding the alarm about what could happen if Trump activates the top-secret Presidential Emergency Action Documents.

I like writing early in the morning. The day’s many entanglements haven’t gotten me. Things are still quiet in my neighborhood. Soon enough there will be the doorbell. The person on business from Porl...