Connor Echols / Responsible StatecraftThe president ushered in a bipartisan push for confrontation with Beijing in his first term. Is he now trying to usher it out?Environment
Naveena Sadasivam, Jake Bittle / GristAs tech giants find creative ways to generate electricity, they’re building a glut of new fossil fuel projects.Opinion
Yasha Levine / TruthdigWhile not a complete answer, Chomsky’s military-funded work in linguistics offers clues about how he could rationalize a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.Immigration
Amy Maxmen / KFF Health NewsWhile torture hasn’t been reported from the infamous facility, ICE shift reports note detainees are resorting to hunger strikes and self-harm.
Pratheek Rebala, Jeff Ernsthausen, Perla Trevizo / ProPublicaIn the last year, federal courts have received 18,000 habeas petitions, representing people who in the past would have been released on bond or not been detained in the first place.
Joe Fassler / DeSmogThe Environmental Protection Agency threw out Colorado’s entire haze reduction plan, a move critics called "illegal" and a possible warning to other states not to close fossil fuel plants.TD Original
Raina Lipsitz / FAIRFor decades, the columnist has defended the powerful, denigrated the vulnerable and decried a toxic political culture via tossed-off listicles.Sports
Siddhant Adlakha / TruthdigFilmmaker Hasan Hadi's “The President’s Cake,” Iraq's submission for the Academy Awards, explores Western sanctions through the eyes of a child on a fraught mission.
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Politics
The president ushered in a bipartisan push for confrontation with Beijing in his first term. Is he now trying to usher it out?
Environment
As tech giants find creative ways to generate electricity, they’re building a glut of new fossil fuel projects.
Opinion
While not a complete answer, Chomsky’s military-funded work in linguistics offers clues about how he could rationalize a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Immigration
While torture hasn’t been reported from the infamous facility, ICE shift reports note detainees are resorting to hunger strikes and self-harm.
Books
A new book explores rock ’n’ roll’s long and complicated infatuation with Nazi Germany.
Courts & Law
In the last year, federal courts have received 18,000 habeas petitions, representing people who in the past would have been released on bond or not been detained in the first place.
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency threw out Colorado’s entire haze reduction plan, a move critics called "illegal" and a possible warning to other states not to close fossil fuel plants.
TD Original
The abuses by ICE have produced thousands of first-time activists — and it’s easier than ever to resist locally.
Media
For decades, the columnist has defended the powerful, denigrated the vulnerable and decried a toxic political culture via tossed-off listicles.
Sports
The league proves that rules, referees, equality and “redistribution” are the only way any game actually works.
TD Column
It’s time for elected Democrats to seize the moment — and cease triangulating with nihilism.
TD Column
Schooled in the teachings of Roy Cohn and backed by a friendly Supreme Court, the mad king is poised to deploy the military.
Film
Filmmaker Hasan Hadi's “The President’s Cake,” Iraq's submission for the Academy Awards, explores Western sanctions through the eyes of a child on a fraught mission.
