Politics

Ross Douthat and I debate American decadence

President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and second lady Karen Pence watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket…

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Essential pandemic workers still don’t have enough masks and gloves

Health care workers converse at the Pro Health Urgent Care coronavirus testing site in Wantagh, New York, on April 30.…

4 years ago

The billionaire founder of Netflix is giving $120 million to black colleges

Reed Hastings, the founder of Netflix. | Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images/Netflix It’s the biggest gift so far by any individual…

4 years ago

How black people really feel about the police, explained

A man protests police violence outside a burned Wendy’s restaurant following the police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks by Atlanta…

4 years ago

College football players are taking a stand against racism — and taking a big risk

Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz watches his team warm up before a Big Ten Conference college football game between the…

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Imagining the nonviolent state

Anti-police brutality demonstrators lie on the pavement near the White House with the names of people killed by police written…

4 years ago

Facebook still won’t take down politicians’ misleading posts, but it’s trying to register 4 million new voters

In a new op-ed, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company is going to expand its efforts to register…

4 years ago

Sen. John Cornyn showed he has no idea what systemic racism is

Sen. John Cornyn uses hand sanitizer before a Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2020,…

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All eyes turn to Apple as antitrust investigations heat up

Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Debating Ethics event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, in 2018. | Dursun…

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Trump’s executive order on police reform, explained

US President Donald Trump. | Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images The order, which is narrower than House Democrats’ reform bill, will create…

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