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Politics

Here’s To Mike Davis, A Titan

For someone so committed to sketching out the contours of a dismal past and bleak present, Mike Davis has an ominous tendency to correctly predict the future.

Arts And Culture

Patrick Redford

Swapping Brittney Griner For Viktor Bout Should Be An Easy Call

US WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on June 27, 2022.

The Frail Saggy Body Of Rudy Giuliani Must Be Protected From The Political Violence Of My Infant Child

This Is So Stupid

Anita Hill Warned Us; Too Few Listened

Diana Moskovitz

US law professor Anita Hill takes oath, 12 October 1991, before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington D.C.. Hill filed sexual harassment charges against US Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.

Pennsylvania Lawmaker Wants To Be Sure Joe Paterno’s Statue Is Doing OK

The space where Joe Paterno's statue used to be outside Penn State's Beaver Stadium.

It All Came Together Against Chesa Boudin

Patrick Redford

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 10: San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks during a news conference on May 10, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Boudin announced an arrest made in an international fencing operation out of a boba tea store that was sending goods stolen from cars in San Francisco to other states and countries. He is facing a recall election that will take place on June 7. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Huge Annoying Dumbass Notes That Nobody Wants To Talk To Him About Being A Huge Annoying Dumbass

Marathon To The Mall And Other Public/Private Partnerships, With Adam Conover

The Los Angeles Marathon making its way down Hollywood Boulevard in 2021.

What It’s Like Here

Steve Kerr’s Anger Is A Starting Point

Steve Kerr

The Oppressor Always Gets The Benefit Of The Doubt

Israeli police beat Palestinian pallbearers at the funeral march of Shireen Abu Aqleh

The Difference Between Protest And Resistance

Kelsey McKinney

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Here Are Some Abortion Funds You Can Donate To

Rudy Giuliani Has Borrowed A Smaller Man’s Khakis And Is Ready To Talk Golf

Life's Rich Pageant

Rudy Giuliani looking weird on a golf course

The NYPD Can’t Protect Shit

Who Is The “Right” Kind Of Refugee?

Luisa Rollenhagen

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - MARCH 25: Ukrainian refugees queue at Immigration and Border Control, after arriving from Moldova at Frankfurt Airport on March 25, 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany. Moldova, one of the poorest countries in Europe, has taken in over 100,000 refugees from Ukraine. Germany is providing assistance to ease the burden. (Photo by Ronald Wittek - Pool/Getty Images)

Brett Favre And The Thin Line Between “Making Plays” And “Massive Fraud”

Brett Favre seated on a toilet next to Matt Hasselbeck as part of something called "All-Stars Drop By Poo-Pourri"

Fuck Joe Manchin

Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, departs after attending Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's video joint address to Congress in the Congressional Auditorium at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on March 16, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Former President Of The United States: “It Went CLANK Into The Hole”

Donald Trump walks very normally towards a helicopter at Trump National Golf Club in November of 2020.

New Jersey Woman Sued By Her Township For Filing Too Many Public Records Request

Diana Moskovitz

Elouise McDaniel walking down a walkway in a New Jersey park. She is carrying a tote bag in one hand, a pile of documents in the other.

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