Trump’s “embarrassing” UN speech shocks critics
Joy Arnold U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday…
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“The Lowdown” puts a gritty spin on noir with Ethan Hawke’s dirty detective
“The Lowdown” introduces its scraggly detective Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke) by way of a visit…
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Read MoreAlways obvious, the Trump-Nixon parallels are now downright uncanny
Until very recently, the consensus among historians and political observers was that Richard Nixon was…
Read MoreEven under Trump, American democracy is not a lost cause — yet
In her latest book “The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies,” political scientist Susan…
Read More#RaptureTok predicts the world will end tomorrow
The end is nigh! Well, at least according to one corner of TikTok. Under the…
Read MoreGOP’s “free speech” law leaves students afraid to talk
A chilling effect has fallen over Ohio’s public college campuses. Both faculty and students are…
Read MorePredator drones are monitoring anti-ICE protests
The federal use of military drones at the Los Angeles anti-ICE protests in June has…
Read MoreGen X women don’t have the bandwidth to figure out why they feel so terrible
At the end of last year, I started to see a cognitive behavioral therapist. My…
Read MoreMeet the White House reporter egging on Trump’s crackdown
He isn’t a government official, but his questions shape government action. A curious and symbolic…
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