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POLITICS

Will Nebraska Save Democracy’s Ass?

There's still time to make your donation gambles pay off.

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BOOKS

Steven Brill’s new book, ‘The Death of Truth,’ Warns That Internet Goliaths Are Anything But ‘Good Samaritans’

The online chaos of conspiracies and disinformation is making it impossible to distinguish fact from fiction, often purposefully. 

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Asking Ukrainians their opinions on the U.S. presidential election.

POLITICS

Citizens on the Street: What Ukrainians Think About the American Presidential Election

Kamala has the edge, but even in war-torn Ukraine, the divide is deep.

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POLITICS

Battleground States Are Not the Only Battlegrounds

We know New York will go for Harris, but flipping four of the state’s House seats could put some brakes on a President Trump. 

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The Big Lebowski stars John Goodman and Jeff Bridges

POLITICS

Celebs Want You – to Vote to Preserve Democracy

Let the stars be your guide to which U.S. Senate races you should place your bets on.

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POLITICS

Put Your Money – and/or Your Time – Where Your Vote Is, 2.0

A small donation to, say, the Anti-Psychopath PAC, can go a long way toward preserving democracy. 

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Photograph in the Village Voice of the 2024 Democratic national convention balloon drop.

POLITICS

If She Wins, Will Kamala Harris Continue Biden’s Robust Trust-Busting?

The Dems managed to avoid repeating the debacle of Chicago, 1968 — now, can a unified party seal the deal? 

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A picture of Trinitite used to illustrate an article on the 75th anniversary of "1984."

BOOKS

Heat Death – Or, That Time You Were Meant to Discuss ‘1984’ on Its Glorious Anniversary but Had Some Kind of Psychotic Break Instead

When you’re in the second person, who’s the paranoid?

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BOOKS

The Truth Is Out There: Rereading the Warren Commission Report and Re-Viewing Zapruder

Like so much else, the cyber toilet paper of posting boards, IM platforms, and blogs has ruined the good old American conspiracy theory. 

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memoir

The Way We Were – A Child’s Garden of Watergate

Fifty years after Richard Nixon resigned, America might find itself confronting another outlaw POTUS.

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