How an obscure MAGA-linked firm lined up $1 billion in Balkan energy contracts
Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Banja Luka on April 7 to meet with Bosnian Serb leaders and businesspeople. AFP via...
New Jersey officials impose curfew to stifle anti-ICE protests at Delaney Hall
Officers target anti-ICE protesters outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, Saturday, May 30, 2026.Angelina Katsanis/AP Get...
Santos, Lindell, Proud Boys eye Trump’s $1.8B fund
A growing list of applicants for a Trump administration-backed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” compensation fund includes January 6 defendants, far-right activists,...
If what we say is true, the Shaolin and the Wu-Tang are unstoppable
But regardless of who’s on the mic, every Wu-Tang joint is designed to be the sonic equivalent of a film....
Trump Ag Secretary Shrugs Off Farmers’ Pain
Trump's gaslighting Agriculture Secretary downplayed the pain farmers are experiencing now due to Trump's Iran war while taking credit for...
Interior Secretary Falls Apart And Admits Trump Is Grifting Off America’s 250th Anniversary
The confusion over the past week that led to the majority of the musical acts withdrawing from the Great American...
A DNA test upended my family. Do I side with my grandmother — or her secret child?
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I asked a mining billionaire about his environmental philanthropy. It didn’t go well.
Vox reporter Benji Jones delves into the contradictions at the heart of big-money environmental philanthropy, inspired by a conversation with...
Is it “microcheating,” or just being online?
A few weeks ago, I was zoning out, scrolling through Instagram stories. Among the usual photos of dinner recipes, museum...
Tennessee’s attempt to whitewash “Roots” was stopped — for now
A few months ago I found a paperback copy of George Orwell’s “1984” on a city bus. I opened it...
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