Politics

reckoning with a reckoning 5/25/2021

White People Are Squirming Eight writers on what happens when the people around you are suddenly forced to confront race.

fashion 6/10/2021

What Did Jill Biden Really Mean With That Jacket? It’s hard not to read it as a dig at Melania.

power 6/10/2021

Huma Abedin Is Releasing a Memoir The book apparently includes “a candid and moving reckoning” of her marriage to Anthony Weiner.

The Tiger Mom and the Hornet’s Nest For two decades, Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld were Yale Law power brokers. A new generation wants to see them exiled.

A Student Gave an Impromptu Graduation Speech About Abortion Rights Paxton Smith delivered an impassioned critique of Texas’s extreme abortion ban.

By Olivia Evans

Ron DeSantis Has Banned Trans Girls in Florida From School Sports On the first day of Pride month, no less.

By Claire Lampen

Amy Cooper Is Suing … for Racial Discrimination? The white woman who gained notoriety after calling the police on a Black bird-watcher continues to insist she’s “not a racist.”

reckoning with a reckoning 5/24/2021

Stop Hustling Black Death Samaria Rice is the mother of Tamir, not a “mother of the movement.”

power 5/23/2021

The Matt Gaetz Scandal Keeps Getting Worse His ex-girlfriend has reportedly agreed to talk to investigators, which likely spells trouble for the Florida Republican.

By Amanda Arnold and Mia Mercado

abortion rights 5/19/2021

Texas Just Passed One of the Most Extreme Abortion Bans Yet The bill prohibits abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy and does not make exceptions in cases of rape or incest.