Every fall, the American Library Association publishes a list of banned books during its Banned Books Week campaign. No book on this list is actually banned in the United States. Every single one can be bought “wherever books are sold,” as the slogan goes. So, why does the ALA publish it? The short answer, I […]
If 10 people had been arrested as part of a conspiracy to kill Internal Revenue Service agents or Environmental Protection Agency inspectors, and the crime scene had been littered with graffiti and flyers echoing Republican Party talking points, the New York Times would have made it front page news and would have immediately done detailed […]
It’s now been more than a decade since the death of Michael Brown, and half a decade since the death of George Floyd, two incidents that thrust police officers’ use of force into the national spotlight, led to protests and riots, and reinvigorated long-standing debates about whether police are biased against black people. And yet, […]
The NEA’s annual convention produced resolutions that read like a progressive battle plan — now, Congress should revoke the rare privilege the union has...
The New York Times’ lead headline Thursday, claiming 1.5 million New Yorkers could lose health insurance under President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, was...
President Donald Trump is facing a pivotal decision: whether to ease national restrictions on marijuana, a policy shift he hinted at during his 2024...
Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are spreading lies about the Trump administration — including that ICE is "kidnapping"...
Masked protesters march down city streets, specifically in Jewish neighborhoods, chanting in support of Hamas: It’s intimidation as twisted as a Klan rally in...
