Joel Suarez / n+1The Trump administration has unwittingly created the grounds for a powerful alliance among scientists and humanists, medieval literature students and assembly line workers.Race
Alexis Wray, Eden Turner, Sabreen Dawud / The 19thActivists were once hopeful that outrage over Floyd's death would improve racial equity for Black Americans. Now they worry the country is going in the opposite direction.Courts & Law
Conor Lynch / TruthdigThe proposed House budget bill should put to rest any talk about a Republican turn toward the interests and concerns of ordinary people.
Amy Zimmer / ChalkbeatA federal judge blocked plans to eliminate the Department of Education and ordered the agency to bring back hundreds of employees it laid off.Politics
Robert Faturechi, Pratheek Rebala, Brandon Roberts / ProPublicaRecords show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if coincidental, such trading undermines trust.TD Original
Lital Khaikin / TruthdigWith a threatening and unpredictable U.S. to the south and a mining scramble in the Arctic, Canada confronts a strange new security landscape.Ear to the Ground
Devin Nunnari / TruthdigIn Cleveland and other cities, the worst cases of lead exposure in drinking water are obscured from public view thanks to a decades-old federal rule.Middle East
Michael Arria / MondoweissAn Israeli-U.S. plan to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza is being called a "politicized sham." Meanwhile, the U.N. warns 14,000 babies could die within days without aid.
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TD Original
There are signs that the transhumanism of Elon Musk is merging with the traditionalism of Steve Bannon.
Activism
The Trump administration has unwittingly created the grounds for a powerful alliance among scientists and humanists, medieval literature students and assembly line workers.
Race
Activists were once hopeful that outrage over Floyd's death would improve racial equity for Black Americans. Now they worry the country is going in the opposite direction.
Courts & Law
Buried in the House-approved 1,000-page tax bill is a clause barring federal courts from enforcing contempt citations.
Global Voices
The return of power politics is forcing Switzerland to confront the limits of neutrality.
TD Column
The proposed House budget bill should put to rest any talk about a Republican turn toward the interests and concerns of ordinary people.
Education
A federal judge blocked plans to eliminate the Department of Education and ordered the agency to bring back hundreds of employees it laid off.
Politics
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if coincidental, such trading undermines trust.
TD Original
With a threatening and unpredictable U.S. to the south and a mining scramble in the Arctic, Canada confronts a strange new security landscape.
Ear to the Ground
The nominations, including for Best Website, are for work published in 2024.
TD Column
Pete Rose, Rob Manfred and the craven politics of Major League Baseball.
TD Original
In Cleveland and other cities, the worst cases of lead exposure in drinking water are obscured from public view thanks to a decades-old federal rule.
Middle East
An Israeli-U.S. plan to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza is being called a "politicized sham." Meanwhile, the U.N. warns 14,000 babies could die within days without aid.