Early Wednesday, the Trump administration executed the only woman on federal death row, Lisa M. Montgomery, age 52. She was the first woman put to death in almost 70 years, according to The New York […]
Allen Ginsberg’s First Recorded Reading of ‘Howl’ to Be Released
The first recorded reading of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl,” which was lost for decades, will be finally be released on April 2nd, 2021. Ginsberg’s debut public reading of one of the greatest works of American […]
What It’s Like to See Your Mom Take Part in a MAGA Mob
Two weeks ago, Helena Duke says, her mom Therese told her that she was going out of town to take her aunt to have a procedure done. She was somewhat vague about the procedure in […]
‘Normal People’ Author Sally Rooney Announces New Novel ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’
Sally Rooney will publish her new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You on September 7th via Faber. The plot follows four characters in Ireland: Alice, a novelist; Felix, a warehouse worker; Eileen, Alice’s best friend; […]
Trump Administration Says the Inconvenience of Rescheduling Executions Outweighs the ‘Harm’ to Prisoners Set to Die
This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration is charging ahead with plans for […]
‘I Don’t Think She Deserved to Die’: Black Activist Who Filmed Ashli Babbitt Shooting Speaks Out
John Sullivan, aka Jayden X, is a civil rights activist and crowd-funded video journalist. On January 6th, he donned a bulletproof vest and embedded himself in the masses that president Trump had incited to storm […]
Parler Is Down. What Will Happen to the Far-Right Media Ecosystem?
On Saturday, after Apple and Google withdrew Parler from their app stores, Amazon provided the final blow when it announced it would be shutting off the servers for the “free speech” social-media app popular among […]
Apple and Google Ban Social Media Platform Parler From App Store
One day after Google banned Parler — the “free speech” social media app favored by Trump supporters — from its app store, Apple followed suit. Later that same night, BuzzFeed reported that Amazon plans to […]
‘QAnon Shaman,’ Man Carrying Pelosi’s Lectern Both Arrested Following Capitol Riot
A man photographed gleefully carrying Nancy Pelosi’s Speaker of the House lectern and the “QAnon Shaman” who featured prominently during the pro-Trump mob’s raid on the Capitol were both arrested on charges stemming from the […]
Is the ‘QAnon Shaman’ From the MAGA Capitol Riot Covered in Neo-Nazi Imagery?
Mere hours after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., forcing Congress to evacuate and giving every impression of staging an attempted coup, the right-wing propaganda machine whirred to life. […]
Country Music Wives Are Pushing Baseless Conspiracy Theories About Antifa, Election Fraud
On Wednesday night, just a few hours after a mob of Trump supporters, egged on by President Donald Trump, forcibly broke into the U.S. Capitol, Brittany Aldean shared an image of two of the rioters […]
He Was Assigned to Photograph a Joint Session of Congress. The MAGA Mob Had Other Plans
For the past 13 years, Saul Loeb, a Washington, D.C.-based staff photographer for the newswire service Agence France-Presse (AFP), has documented events at the White House and on Capitol Hill, in addition to traveling the […]