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The Not-So-Sexy Origins of the Miniskirt
The fashion designer Mary Quant, who died at 93, recognized the power—and danger—of the mini.
Beau Is Afraid Is Your Worst Nightmare, and It’s Wonderful
Beau is cowardly, insecure, and full of psychosexual angst. He’s also a brilliant hero.
An Acute Attack of Trumpism in Tennessee
Shame is a toxic emotion, and it often causes people to direct hostility outward.
Trump Details Millions Made Via Truth Social, NFTs In Financial Disclosure Report
The report filed with the Federal Election Commission is the first glimpse into Trump’s finances since he left the White House.
Trump Puts Refrigerator Theft On Blast In Bizarre NRA Forum Remarks
Trump told an NRA convention crowd that “gangs of hundreds” storm stores and swipe fridges, but Twitter users aren’t feeling his big claim.
TikTok Ban Gets Final Approval By Montana’s GOP Legislature
Montana lawmakers have given final passage to a bill banning the social media app TikTok in the state.
Mike Pompeo Decides Not To Run For President: ‘This Isn’t Our Moment’
The former secretary of state suggested there “remain many more opportunities” for him in “which the timing might be more fitting.
Anheuser-Busch CEO Issues Lukewarm, Flat Statement Amid Dylan Mulvaney Controversy
Brendan Whitworth tried to defuse tensions with a message that appeared to have anything meaningful massaged out of it.
Cuban Journalist: U.S.-Cuba Talks on Migration Come as Ongoing Embargo Creates Economic Refugees
We look at U.S. policy toward Cuba as U.S. and Cuban officials met Wednesday to discuss migration from the island. This January, the U.S. Embassy in Havana began processing immigrant visas for the first time in more than five years in an attempt to control the extent of undocumented migration from the island. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to face pressure to lift the embargo that has severely limited trade and more with Cuba for decades.
Rutgers on Strike: Meet One of Thousands of Profs & Grad Workers Demanding Better Pay, Job Security
Faculty at the state-run Rutgers University in New Jersey have entered their fifth day of a historic strike — the first faculty strike in the school’s 257-year history. Organizers of three unions, representing more than 9,000 professors, lecturers and graduate assistants, are demanding increased pay and better job security, especially for poorly paid graduate workers and adjunct faculty.
Division Remains Deep in Northern Ireland as Biden Marks 25th Anniversary of Good Friday Agreement
President Biden was in Ireland this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the U.S.-brokered peace deal that ended three decades of fighting in Northern Ireland, known as the Troubles.
DeSantis Signs Six-Week Abortion Ban in Florida; Legal Fight Intensifies over Abortion Pill
We look at the state of abortion access in the United States with The Nation’s Amy Littlefield as the Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on a ruling set to take effect Saturday that effectively overrides the Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of the medication abortion pill mifepristone. Her most recent piece is headlined “A Conservative Christian Judge Rules Against Medication Abortion.
The abortion pill rulings are scaring the FDA and drugmakers. Here’s why.
The ramifications from Friday’s decision for the FDA and the drug industry could be felt for decades.
Fox News on Trial
The most influential media company in America is about to be tested like never before.
I Oversaw the Massachusetts Air National Guard. I Cannot Fathom How This Happened.
The government may classify too much intelligence, but that doesn’t mean a low-level employee should be able to see it.
Leaked Pentagon Docs Show U.S. & U.K. Special Forces Already in Ukraine as War Heads to Stalemate
We look more at what recently leaked Pentagon documents reveal about the war in Ukraine, and U.S. spying on both its adversaries and its allies, including Israel. In Part 2 of our interview with James Bamford, the longtime investigative journalist discusses how the leaks challenge the corporate media’s portrayal of the war in Ukraine, and more. Bamford’s latest book is Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Trashed For Cooking Up Wild Defense Of Alleged Leaker
Democrats and Republicans alike condemned the Georgia Republican’s latest hot take.
Reinstated Tennessee Lawmaker Goes Viral For Smacking Down Colleague’s ‘Bigotry’
“Stop using God to justify your bigotry. Stop using God to justify hatred and racism,” state Rep. Justin Jones told his Republican colleague.
As The Deaths Pile Up, Experts Ask: Why Are Police Involved In Mental Health Crises?
The recent deaths of Gershun Freeman and Irvo Otieno come amid a push to remove officers from handling crisis intervention.
Nebraska Advances Trans Care Ban For Minors — With A Twist
Lawmakers promised behind closed doors to hammer out a compromise between supporters and opponents of the bill before it’s passed.
2 Ex-LA Sheriff’s Deputies Accused Of Violating Skateboarder’s Civil Rights
Miguel Vega, 32, and Christopher Hernandez, 37, are accused of detaining a 23-year-old skateboarder in 2020 without cause and then covering up the man’s detention.
The Long Haul: Millions with COVID Face Chronic Illness as Biden Declares End to National Emergency
President Biden has declared an end to the COVID-19 national emergency, but people living with long COVID say the pandemic is far from over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found nearly one in five people infected with COVID-19 go on to experience symptoms of long COVID. We speak to science writer Ryan Prior about the movement to expand research and resources for those with long COVID, and his own experience living with the chronic illness.
Author Carol Anderson on How Anti-Blackness Drives U.S. Gun Culture & Right-Wing Assault on Democracy
We discuss the debate over gun control, as well as Republican attacks on democracy, with author and academic Carol Anderson, who says U.S. gun culture has always been connected to “the inherent, fundamental fear of Black people.
“Not Giving Up”: Expelled Black Tennessee Lawmakers Are Reinstated as Movement for Gun Control Grows
As the world watched, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to reappoint Justin Pearson to the Tennessee House of Representatives, less than a week after the Republican-led House voted to expel him and fellow state Representative Justin Jones from the body for joining peaceful protests against gun violence after the school massacre in Nashville. Pearson and Jones were the two youngest Black lawmakers in the Tennessee House.
The abortion pill rulings are scaring the FDA and drugmakers. Here’s why.
The ramifications from Friday’s decision for the FDA and the drug industry could be felt for decades.
“Spyfail” Author James Bamford: What Leaked Pentagon Docs Show About Ukraine War, U.S. Spying on Allies
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into a recent leak of highly classified Pentagon intelligence documents revealing secrets about the war in Ukraine, as well as details about the U.S. spying on a number of its adversaries, as well as its allies, including Israel and South Korea.