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The Atlanta Sex Toy Magnate Who Can't Stop Picking Fights

MICHAEL MORRISON USED TO BE A BOXER. NOW HE BRAWLS WITH ZONING BOARDS AND TAX COLLECTORS.

PETER NAVARRO'S NO-GOOD ECONOMIC NATIONALISM

PETER NAVARRO IS a loser. Literally.

The Guillotine Mystique

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION HAS LONG INSPIRED PROGRESSIVE RADICALS READY FOR CHANGE AT ANY COST.

The WeWork Guy's Guide to Striking It Rich

Adam Neumann may be out of a job, but his wild rise is standard operating procedure in Silicon Valley.

STILL FALLING FOR IT

In 1957, Elia Kazan’s A Face in the Crowd warned America that a populist demagogue could use mass media to accumulate dangerous quantities of power.

OH, IT WAS NOTHING

Why Kamala Harris is caught between self-effacement and self-assertion

To Serve America

We can tackle hunger and joblessness at the same time.

Basket of Disposables

Why is the Trump administration pushing restaurants to use more plastic?

Exile on Maine Street

If Susan Collins is forced into retirement in November, you can thank Maine’s oldest voters.

Raising Arizona

Latinx activists are closer than ever to flipping the state—if Democrats don’t take them for granted.

Building a Movement

Carroll Fife helped homeless moms take over an empty Oakland house. Now she’s trying to get inside a system she doesn’t trust.

The Bible Without Miracles

Thomas Jefferson preferred Jesus’s teachings to his supernatural acts—and edited his copy of the New Testament accordingly.

The Election That Could Break America

If the vote us close, Donald Trump could easily throw election into chaos. Who will stop him?

Fluffing Your Own Nest

Can happiness be found in home improvement?

Last Exit

Donald Trump’s first term was characterized by theft, lies, corruption, and the incitement of violence. A second term could spell the end of American democracy.

German Privacy Watchdog Fines H&M $41M For Spying On Workers

A German privacy watchdog said Thursday that it is fining clothing retailer H&M 35.3 million euros ($41 million) after the company was found to have spied on some of its employees in Germany.

The Case Against Biden | Joe Biden's Politics of Panic

THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF RECKLESS RESPONSES TO THE MENACES DU JOUR.

THE GAMES MUST GO ON

COVID-19 UPENDED THE NBA, THE NFL, THE NHL, AND MLB. HOW THE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES RESPONDED OFFERS A GLIMPSE INTO OUR FUTURE.

WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD CIVILIZATION

SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENED over the last few decades. For the first time in human history, a single global civilization emerged.

WHY CAN'T THEY BOTH LOSE?

THEY SAY IF you don’t vote you can’t complain.They’re wrong.

The Case Against Trump | Donald Trump Is an Enemy of Freedom

WHEN IT COMES TO LIMITING THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT AND PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES, AMERICA’S 45TH PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ACTIVELY MALIGN.

SHROOMS ARE ON THE D.C. BALLOT

RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON, D.C., will have a chance to vote for the decriminalization of certain psychedelic drugs this November. The reformers who canvassed for signatures for the initiative say they’re optimistic it will pass despite objections from Congress, which controls D.C. spending.

MEAT BILLS ARE ON THE MENU IN CONGRESS

AMERICA’S MEAT SUPPLY has been hammered by COVID-19 outbreaks at many of the nation’s largest meat processing plants, and consumer meat prices have spiked as a result.

Political Ignorance Is Bliss

COULD PAYING LESS ATTENTION TO POLITICS BE BETTER FOR YOU, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, AND SOCIETY?

PLEASE STAND BY

BE PATIENT: WE MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO WON THE ELECTION RIGHT AWAY

IS THE SENATE FILIBUSTER A ‘JIM CROW RELIC'?

DURING HIS JULY eulogy for Rep. JohnLewis (D–Ga.), a leading figure in the civil rights movement, former PresidentBarack Obama expressed support for eliminating the Senate filibuster, which he called a “Jim Crow relic.” That position contradicted the one Obama took as a senator in a chamber controlled by Republicans, and his historical framing was more than a little misleading.

Why Is the West So Powerful— And So Peculiar?

Cultural evolutionary theory has a startling answer: a marriage policy first pursued by the Catholic Church a millennium and a half ago.

The Beating Pulse of Donald Judd

I always thought his work was intimidatingly austere, until I discovered the plenitude at its core.

POWER SHORTAGE

Women’s rights are human rights. But rights are nothing without the power to claim them.

Marilynne Robinson's Lonely Souls

Her new novel, the latest installment of her Gilead series, explores the power of love and the legacy of race.