by Martin Schram The art and craft of investigative journalism often feels like a never ending work-in -progress. And that’s the way it was this week, after […]
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The folly of the criminal mind
by Gene Lyons People who focus upon the motives of alleged killers like Bryan Kohberger, the Ph.D. candidate arrested for slaughtering four college students in Moscow, Idaho, […]
Why misogynists like Andrew Tate are going mainstream
by Jared Yates Sexton Before Andrew Tate was arrested by Romanian authorities on charges of human trafficking, he was operating another problematic business: peddling toxic masculinity to […]
Dear Dry January, we need to have a talk
by Naomi Ishisaka A lot of people I know are weeks into what has now become an annual tradition: Dry January. The concept behind Dry January is […]
They never tire of abusing Dr. King
by Tom H. Hastings During the fight over the new House Speaker election, Congress member Chip Roy (R-Texas), who voted against the anti-lynching act last March, had […]
Congress has an ethics problem
by Julianna Goldman Republicans voted near-unanimously this week to weaken ethical oversight in Congress. It’s not the best look for the new House majority, but it doesn’t […]
Lessons from a rural state: School vouchers not conservative gov’t
by Scott McIntosh The debate over school vouchers this legislative session in Idaho very well could be “the most important debate we have had since statehood,” predicts […]
Embattled politicians’ strategy: brazenness
by Nicholas Goldberg It was highly amusing to watch then-Congressman-elect George Santos ducking and weaving to avoid the media scrum on his first day on Capitol Hill. […]
House GOP’s first order of business? Balloon the $31 trillion national debt
by Thomas Kahn Republicans have long claimed they are dedicated deficit hawks, blaming Democrats for growing deficits and debt. But two votes they cast after electing Kevin […]
Abortion pills in pharmacies are the future
by Ushma D. Upadhyay On Jan. 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a first step toward making abortion pills available at retail pharmacies. It released […]
