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Anatomy of a Trump briefing, and other hot media messes

Netflix’s documentary 'Tiger King' is the apotheosis of extreme storytelling: The more unfathomable and ethically dubious, the better.

The White House is functionally waging a war against state leadership and the initiative of local hospitals to secure what they need to provide sufficient treatment.

New data from 29 states confirm the extent of the racial disparities.

Protests against COVID-19 restrictions, like the Tea Party protests, are corporate fronts.

The right-to-work law has been the centerpiece of a years-long, partisan-driven agenda by the anti-worker Republican majority in West Virginia to lower wages and benefits and eliminate workplace safety regulations.

Learning to cook Japanese food reminds me of uncomfortable links between the past and present—and renews my faith in small acts of resistance and heroism.

Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin tackle the questions of what lessons we can learn from this pandemic and how society may organize moving forward.

About a third of hospital emergency rooms are staffed by doctors on the payrolls of two physician staffing companies—TeamHealth and Envision Healthcare—owned by Wall Street investment firms.

Palestinians do not only have to fear loss of life, a collapsed health care system and economy: They also have to fear Israel’s daily actions in occupied territory.