There is a deep disconnect between the Government's actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
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Renée Good and Alex Pretti were murdered for daring to interfere with the Trump administration’s efforts to normalize abductions and state violence.
The post The Crime of Witness appeared first on The New York Review of Books.
I’m obviously acting the same as I’ve always acted, and nothing about me has changed.
I FEEL FINE WEARING A HENLEY, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO LOOK AT ME.
I’m confident enough to wear it. I just have to feel confident, and I’ll be confident. Does my right shoulder seem lower than my left shoulder, like medically?
I’m in the vegetable aisle, and everyone can tell I’m taking way too long to make up my mind about what salad stuff to get. All of the terrible things going on in the world today, and all these people can do is undermine me? Wow.
‘All I ever wanted was to feel free’: a young woman puzzles over the peculiar social power of keeping her leg hair
- Directed by Andrea Dorfman
Despite associations with the idle rich, the fact that inheritances are rising is a sign of a healthy, growing economy
- by Daniel Waldenström
Stillness shouldn’t be something you only find in nature. Well-designed urban spaces can be good for the nervous system, too
- by Zsanett Ritli
Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) offers a compelling and robust framework for understanding how scientific knowledge advances. Moving beyond the traditional dichotomy between deduction and induction, IBE is not merely one instrument among many in the scientist’s toolkit, but a fundamental engine of scientific reasoning itself. Its significance lies in its capacity to model […]
Government and media organisations used the power of words to shift moral responsibility for the ICE killings, argues linguist Dan Clayton
In April 2012, I went to see Tony Herrington interview the musician Robert Wyatt at Café Oto in Dalston. All these years later I can still remember quite a lot of what he said, for example about his admiration of Miles Davis, who he often strived to imitate (‘Would Miles be trying to flog CDs […]
Even the intelligence services are gagged by the government when they try to tell the truth about our planetary crisis. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th January 2026 I know it’s almost impossible to turn your eyes away from the Trump show, but that’s the point. His antics, ever-grosser and more preposterous, are […]
Why the crypto industry spent $130 million buying the 2024 election.
Last week, I joined a clergy delegation to stand against ICE—a gathering convened by MARCH , a Minneapolis-based organization for Multifaith AntiRacism and Change. And we did march! As part of the January 23rd Minneapolis-wide General Strike—the nation’s first in…
These notes will serve as part of a briefing document that I will send off to some interested parties in Japan. Japan is about to go to the poll for a snap national election on February 8. The recently installed Prime Minister, Ms Takaichi is betting that her recent solid showing in the polls will…
The folk singer wrote the tune “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” about the same 1948 plane crash ICE is memorializing today.
The post Woody Guthrie Sang Against Dehumanizing the Immigrants Killed in a Plane Crash. ICE Is Doing It All Over Again. appeared first on The Intercept.
“The officer informed me that his director stepped in and told him that Maher would not be allowed to attend Wael’s burial.”
The post ICE Arrested Father Who Cared for His Ill Son — Then Denied His Request to Attend Son’s Funeral appeared first on The Intercept.
New regulatory guidance now blocks most shareholders from easily communicating before corporate votes.
As I have argued, explanations are not deductive proofs in any particularly interesting sense. Although they can always be presented in the form of deductive proofs, doing so seems not to capturing anything essential, or especially useful, and usually requires completing an incomplete explanation. Thinking of explanations as proofs tends to confuse causation with logical […]
The most notable difference between Tom Homan and Bovino is that Homan has deported a lot more people — and done it at a national scale.
The post While Minnesotans Rejoice Over Greg Bovino’s Ouster, His Replacement Is a Deportation Hard-Liner appeared first on The Intercept.
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
The post These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents appeared first on The Intercept.
After the killing of Alex Pretti, white America is realizing what Black gun owners have always known: Rights are conditional.
The post The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone appeared first on The Intercept.
The investor-lined Board of Peace’s plans for “New Gaza” include plans for coastal tourism zones and data centers.