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Trump’s Fans Loved the Tear-Gas Assault at the Border
This week's violence against migrants is an example of how violence and cruelty are normalized as a type of spectacle.
Only Donald Trump Can Make a Martyr Out of CNN
CNN caters to power, but Trump is too much for even that network to stomach.
The World’s Greatest Detective
The biggest mystery of all — why do reporters keep contradicting our president-detective?
Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border
Immigration lawyers say border agents are continuing to take children away from their parents.
California’s Climate Refugees
The US can deploy troops to the border, but can’t find money to meet the housing needs of people displaced by disasters.
Gay Emancipation Goes to Market
In this excerpt, Roderick A. Ferguson examines the beginnings of depoliticization in the LGBT movement.
Arctic Drilling Is “Ecocide on an Incredible Diversity of Wildlife”
The Arctic Wildlife Refuge is a biological nursery teeming with life, ecologically connected to places around the world.
Will There Be Justice as Berta Cáceres Murder Trial Nears End?
Eight men are on trial in Honduras for the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres.
How Tear Gas Became a Favorite Weapon of US Border Patrol
A look at the history of tear gas, which is banned in warfare but legal for federal authorities to use on civilians.
Senate Challenges Trump on Yemen War
The resolution is a sharp rebuke of President Trump's stance toward the Saudi crown.