Plus, the bored D.C. press is ending its Biden honeymoon, and more...
Tuesday
May 25, 2021
The Exorcists Who Are Battling Black Lives Matter
Across the country, right-wing Catholic clerics are weaponizing their rites to own the libs.
by Audrey Clare Farley
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The Professor Who Became a Cop
Rosa Brooks wanted to fix law enforcement. She decided to become a police officer.
by Patrick Blanchfield
The Weak, Unconvincing Case Against Vaping
Has our collective concern over teen vaping led us to ignore the lives of millions and millions of smokers?
by Alex Norcia
Bored Reporters in Washington Declare an End to the Biden Honeymoon
Beltway pundits, finally wise to the fact that the president's agenda faces long odds, have decided that the narrative needs to be changed.
by Osita Nwanevu
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Academic Tenure Is Broken. Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Case Makes That Clear.
Even when tenure decisions aren’t influenced by politics, they often exacerbate deep inequalities. And professors who do get tenure are untouchable.
by William Egginton
Killing Coal, Keeping Dakota Access, and America’s Doomed Climate Politics
The Biden administration’s climate strategy is starting to look a lot like tepid incrementalism.
by Nick Martin
Will Europe Finally Stand Up to Belarus’s Plane-Hijacking Bully?
The forced landing of a Ryanair flight and arrest of journalist Roman Protasevich is President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s most brazen dare yet to the EU.
by Casey Michel
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