Alex Murdaugh and defense attorney Dick Harpootlian review evidence during his trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in
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The overlooked message behind Republicans’ response to the East Palestine spill
Former President Donald Trump stands next to a pallet of water before delivering remarks at the East Palestine Fire Department station on February 22, 2023,
Why in the world do we hand out awards to adults?
Awards are a made-up thing. | DBenitostock/Getty Images From the Oscars to best in business, why do we do awards for adults? You’ve probably heard
How Israeli youth helped usher in the farthest right-wing government ever
Israelis have routinely come out to protest proposals by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government over the last two months. But one surprising demographic identifies
Biden’s big new immigration policy is inspired by Donald Trump
Then-President Donald Trump visiting the US-Mexico border fence in Otay Mesa, California, on September 18, 2019. | Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Biden is sunsetting
The Supreme Court is befuddled by whether Twitter is liable for ISIS’s terrorism
Justices Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan testify about the Court’s budget during a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
California’s Senate race is setting up an ideological battle for Democrats’ future
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) outside the US Capitol on January 26, 2023. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rep. Barbara Lee, a progressive
The new scientific review on masks and Covid isn’t what you think
A respiratory mask hangs on a coat hook outside a classroom in Germany, in April 2022. | Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images A meta-analysis
Ordinary Black lives should be remembered, too
Vox; Ten Speed Press/Penguin Random House In her new book, Black Archives: Photographic Celebration of Black Life, Renata Cherlise make the case for celebrating everyday
How Palo Alto created capitalism as we know it
The Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. | Getty Images From Stanford to Theranos, Malcolm Harris explains the weird, dark history of the mythic