Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies, explained
Photo by Alex Livesey – Danehouse/Getty Images The FIFA World Cup has highlighted Qatar’s laws and attitudes towards homosexuality. Qatar’s anti-LGBTQ policies have become a flashpoint in a controversial World…
Biden and Putin just said they’re open to talks. Don’t count on it happening soon.
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images The president’s statements on talks with Russia aren’t that different from his previous positions. President Joe Biden’s comments on Thursday that he’d be open to…
The next Congress will be the most representative of Latino identity ever
(From left front) Representative-elects Maxwell Frost, Robert Garcia, and Delia Ramirez take a selfie with other newly elected incoming members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal, and…
The big stakes in the Supreme Court’s new LGBTQ rights case
People gather outside the Supreme Court to protest the decision on Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which ruled in favor of Colorado baker Jack Phillips, on June 4,…
Democrats go to war with Iowa and New Hampshire over 2024
The precinct captain of a Democrat caucus counts hand votes for Sen. John Kerry of fellow Democrats gathered in a Winterset, Iowa, living room. | Marlin Levison/Star Tribune via Getty…
Kanye West’s antisemitic spiral, explained
Kanye West at Paris Fashion Week, October 2022. | Edward Berthelot/GC Images Kanye West is dining with white supremacists and openly praising Hitler. How did we get here? Fake children,…
Joe Biden just threw the 2024 primary calendar into chaos
US President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference in the East Room of the White House during a state visit in Washington, DC, on December 1. | Al Drago/Bloomberg…
The economy just doesn’t make sense anymore
Getty Images How’s the economy doing? Depends where you look. Seriously. There’s no consistent story to tell about the economy right now. If you look at housing, everything’s a disaster.…
Democrats eye new legislation to rein in Wall Street landlords
Corporate ownership of single-family rental homes has grown 3 percent annually since 2010. | Getty Images/iStockphoto Lawmakers say it’s needed even if it doesn’t fix the housing supply shortage. Institutional…
The Twitter power users who can’t just quit
Twitter CEO Elon Musk at a Halloween party. | Taylor Hill/Getty Images Under Elon Musk’s leadership, journalists have even more of a love-hate relationship with the platform. As Twitter’s new…