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Two and half years in the making, special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment presents a devastating case laced with telling detail

Nearly 14,000 laws and regulations restrict people who have been convicted or even just arrested from getting professional licenses

Summer of our discontent

Documentary filmmakers sensitive to the unions aren’t quite sure how to navigate the delicate subject of continuing to work without dissing the unions in the process. “There’s no clear message for how the nonfiction space can be supportive."

The Shaky Foundations of U.S. School Funding

The civil rights icon speaks with TNR about the 2024 race, his legacy, and how he’s not actually retiring.

"Holding Trump accountable for his crimes pulls our democracy back from the precipice and prevents his criminal attempt to overturn an election from being forgotten or normalized," said one watchdog leader.

The settlement comes years after the American Federation of Government Employees filed a grievance against the Dept. of Veteran Affairs for carrying out mass firings in violation of the union's collective bargaining agreement.

The new film about Robert Oppenheimer leaves out some important facts and context.

One film can’t do it all, but I can’t help feeling that the retelling of this story, as it stands, is a missed opportunity.