[ad_1] Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 5, 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP BOSTON, Mass. — Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Sen. Robert F. […]

[ad_1] The Milwaukee Running Group — OMG meets up on a rainy morning in Milwaukee recently. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption toggle caption Keren Carrión/NPR On a recent Tuesday morning, a team from NPR’s All Things Considered and member station WUWM embarked on a journey along one of Milwaukee’s most diverse streets: North Avenue. This 15-mile […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. They are squat, stationary and seemingly innocuous. But ever since the high drama of the 2020 presidential election, humble drop boxes have been […]

[ad_1] Taylor Lorenz, shown above in February in Los Angeles at a Galentine’s Day brunch thrown by a Los Angeles online influencer. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for TheRetaility.com/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for TheRetaility.com/Getty Images North America When tech columnist Taylor Lorenz left the Washington Post last week, she did […]

[ad_1] Jeremy Strong (left) as Roy Cohn and Sebastian Stan (right) as Donald Trump appear in Ali Abbasi’s film The Apprentice. Pief Weyman/Briarcliff Entertainment hide caption toggle caption Pief Weyman/Briarcliff Entertainment At first glance, Ali Abbasi might seem like the least likely candidate to make a film about former President Donald Trump’s origin story. The […]

[ad_1] References to God and Christianity are sprinkled throughout American life. Our money has “In God We Trust” printed on it. Most presidents have chosen to swear their oath of office on the Bible. Christian nationalists want more. Christian nationalist beliefs are rooted in the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian […]

[ad_1] Activism / October 9, 2024 On the 10th anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, victims’ families say the outgoing Mexican president has betrayed them. Ad Policy Parents of missing students protest on September 26, 2024, in Mexico City. (Cristopher Rogel / Getty) Mexico City—In the early evening of September 26, […]

[ad_1] Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, This is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener.  Later in the show: Marie Gleusenkamp Perez is a Democrat who won a House seat in a Trump district two years ago, pointing the way for others.  Marc Cooper will analyze her current reelection campaign in southwestern Washington State, starting […]

[ad_1] Politics / October 9, 2024 This year’s Pray Vote Stand summit revealed fissures around Trump’s refusal to support a nationwide abortion ban. Ad Policy It’s Splitsville for Donald Trump and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, picture at last year’s Pray Vote Stand summit. (Anna Moneymaker) Washington, DC—Tony Perkins, the clean-shaven, smooth-talking, dad-joking president […]

[ad_1] Politics / October 9, 2024 Democrat or Republican, the next presidency will still mean death for others in faraway places. Ad Policy Kamala Harris speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two after assessing the Hurricane Helene recovery response in North Carolina on October 5, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina.(Mario Tama / Getty […]