Anti-abortion forces broke the left’s post-Roe winning streak, but 7 more states enacted protections
Anti-abortion groups scored big victories Tuesday.
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Harris hoped to ride abortion to another post-Dobbs Democratic victory. It didn’t work.
The issue failed to stop Donald Trump, who on Tuesday overcame a large gender gap — and Democrats’ relentless focus on women’s reproductive health — to win back the White House.
The election’s stakes for global health
For international pandemic talks, abortion rights and funding for public health efforts, they’re huge.
Republicans are betting big on trans issues. Following through could prove harder.
A party faction that includes several GOP governors says government shouldn’t get involved.
It’s still the economy: What TV ads tell us about each campaign’s closing message
The final paid messages: Economy, culture wars and character.
Harris is pounding Trump on fascism. Some Dems think that’s a mistake.
Harris has ratcheted up her warnings about the dangers of a second Trump term in recent weeks.
There’s a Reason Harris’ Campaign Is Locked in on Quick Fixes
The Democratic nominee isn’t campaigning much on the Biden administration’s bigger, slower-moving policies.
Janet Yellen Defends Her Record – and Delivers a Warning
The Treasury secretary is defending her legacy — and warning that the stability of the U.S. economy is at stake.
Harris dismisses Trump as ‘not serious’ on the economy in MSNBC interview
It was her first solo interview with a national network as the Democratic presidential nominee.
“Communities Were Destroyed”: Mass Deportations of 1930s & ’50s Show Harm of Trump Plan, If Implemented
Donald Trump has made the mass deportation of immigrants a centerpiece of his plans for a second term, vowing to forcibly remove as many as 20 million people from the country. Historian Ana Raquel Minian, who studies the history of immigration, says earlier mass deportation programs in the 1930s and ’50s led to widespread abuse, tearing many families apart through violent means that also resulted in the expulsion of many U.S. citizens.
Taxonomy of the Trump Bro
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The MAGA hats were flying like Frisbees. It was two weeks before Election Day. Charlie Kirk, the Millennial right-wing influencer, had been touring college campuses. On this particular Tuesday, he’d brought his provocations to the University of Georgia.
Bad News
“You are the media now.” That’s the message that began to cohere among right-wing influencers shortly after Donald Trump won the election this week. Elon Musk first posted the phrase, and others followed. “The legacy media is dead. Hollywood is done. Truth telling is in. No more complaining about the media,” the right-wing activist James O’Keefe posted shortly after. “You are the media.
The Cases Against Trump: A Guide
The first former president to be convicted of a felony is now also the first convicted felon to be elected as president.
Donald Trump won reelection on November 5, paving the way for his return to the White House—as well as the end or postponement of the criminal cases against him. The extent to which those cases also paved the way for his return to the White House will be a topic for years of debate.
The Strange History Behind the Anti-Semitic Dutch Soccer Attacks
Among the bizarrest phenomena in the world of sports is Ajax, the most accomplished club in the storied history of Dutch soccer. Its fans—blond-haired men with beer guts, boys with blue eyes—sing “Hava Nagila” as they cram into the trams taking them to the stadium on the fringes of Amsterdam. Ajax fans tattoo the Star of David onto their forearms.
Political Comedy, With a Side of Desperation
When Donald Trump seemed poised to win the presidential election in 2016, Trevor Noah, then the host of The Daily Show, began the program’s live night-of special on a somber note. “It feels like the end of the world,” he said to a silent audience. “I’m not going to lie. I don’t know if you’ve come to the right place for jokes tonight, because this is the first time throughout this entire race where I’m officially shitting my pants.
Tech Billionaires Quickly Proved the Only Thing They Care About This Week
The only agenda item for tech titans is protecting their bottom lines.
End the Arms: Humanitarian Chief Jan Egeland Urges U.S. to Stop Arming Israel Before Trump Takes Office
Top U.N. officials are again warning that the entire Palestinian population in north Gaza is “at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence.” At least 1,800 Palestinians have been killed, many of them children, since October, when Israel imposed a draconian siege and began an intensified campaign of ethnic cleansing on northern Gaza. Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council recently spent several days in Gaza.
“Open Celebration of the Oligarchy”: Both Dems & GOP Sucked Up to Billionaires in 2024 Election
In the wake of the reelection of Donald Trump, some of the richest people in the world saw their net worths soar as stock prices rapidly shot up. “What was different about this election was how central billionaires were in the entire political discourse,” says The Lever’s David Sirota, who joins Democracy Now! to discuss the outsized role of the super-rich in U.
Democrats Deserted Working Poor: Bishop William Barber on Healthcare, Living Wages, Voting Rights
“Why is it that the issues that most of the public agrees with — healthcare, living wages, voting rights, democracy — why is it that those issues weren’t more up front?” We speak to Bishop William Barber about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s failed election campaigns, Donald Trump’s election as president and the urgent need to unite the poor and working class.
Unfortunately, the Vibe on Fox News Right Now Says It All
The network’s anchors and panelists are trying to be professional while also just waiting for the opportunity to gloat about Donald Trump.
It Was Supposed to Be Our Greatest Defense Against Trump. It’s Failed Spectacularly.
The foremost symbol of journalistic impotence in the Trump era.
The One Good Thing to Come Out of the Pandemic Is Disappearing. What Went Wrong?
It was a boon for restaurants, diners, and street life.
For 19 Days, It Was a Challenge to Even Flush Our Toilets. That Should Be a Warning for Everyone Else.
The immediate aftermath of Helene was only the beginning.
The Washington Post Boycott Won’t Hurt Jeff Bezos’ Bottom Line. So What Will It Accomplish?
Boycotts are about the message.
RFK Jr.: ‘We’re not gonna take vaccines away from anybody’
The former Democrat-turned-Trump-ally gave more details on the role the president-elect envisions for him.
Anti-abortion forces broke the left’s post-Roe winning streak, but 7 more states enacted protections
Anti-abortion groups scored big victories Tuesday.
Harris hoped to ride abortion to another post-Dobbs Democratic victory. It didn’t work.
The issue failed to stop Donald Trump, who on Tuesday overcame a large gender gap — and Democrats’ relentless focus on women’s reproductive health — to win back the White House.
The election’s stakes for global health
For international pandemic talks, abortion rights and funding for public health efforts, they’re huge.
Republicans are betting big on trans issues. Following through could prove harder.
A party faction that includes several GOP governors says government shouldn’t get involved.
It’s still the economy: What TV ads tell us about each campaign’s closing message
The final paid messages: Economy, culture wars and character.