The supreme court has gutted one of the strongest federal tools we had against the most effective weapon in US politics Maps can guide us home. They show us where we are, where we have been and where we might go. Electoral maps can do something even more sinister, though. They often tell us what … Read more
The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words I have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since 2017. Many of my students last wrote fiction in middle school, and very few have experienced a proper workshop, so at the start … Read more
Independent scientists who reviewed the results said most samples were contaminated with Pfas or phthalates The Trump administration announced earlier this month that hundreds of baby formula samples it tested for toxic chemicals “meet a high safety standard”, but public health advocates warn this claim contradicts data showing a majority were contaminated with dangerous substances, … Read more
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Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) tells Meet the Press the Democratic National Committee should release its report on the 2024 election but argued Democrats should stay focused on mobilizing voters in upcoming midterm elections and look ahead to a competitive 2028 Democratic primary.
My activist group is about 80% women. Where did all the men go – and how can we get them back? In Donald Trump’s first term, my Brooklyn-based activist group had the peculiar dynamic of being started by two men while being composed of about 65% women. Since November 2024, our group has doubled in … Read more
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is not quite ready to announce a run in the 2028 Democratic primary, because she said her ambition is far greater than that. “They assume that my ambition is positional; they assume that my ambition is a title or a seat,” Ocasio-Cortez told Democratic strategist David Axelrod at an event Friday … Read more
President Donald Trump and Republicans are hailing the blockbuster ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court to strike down the state’s congressional redistricting ballot measure, which was a major setback for Democrats in the battle for the U.S. House majority. “Huge win for the Republican Party,” the president proclaimed in a social media post on Friday … Read more
A change in New York’s post-season offense has made the team more precise, more urgent, and much harder to stop as it pushes toward the Eastern Conference Finals.
Mothers’ experiences often intersect with federal policy battles over gun violence, immigration and childcare Sarah spent the first months of the year following immigration agents around the Twin Cities to document arrests and violations of constitutional rights. On the day Renee Good was killed by a federal agent after dropping her son at school, she … Read more
