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Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen in "The Christophers" (Claudette Barius/NEON)

Steven Soderbergh's AI contradiction

Coleman Spilde
President Donald Trump (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Vance looms as Trump spirals

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump receives a DoorDash delivery at the Oval Office from Sharon Simmons (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

DoorDash Grandma deserves better

Amanda Marcotte
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff serve as President Donald Trump's special envoys for peace (Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)

Donald Trump's duplicitous duo

Heather Digby Parton
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President Donald Trump (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Don’t buy the MAGA civil war hype

Chauncey DeVega
Despite offenses, President Donald Trump still retains the strong support of his evangelical base (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is right: He is MAGA’s Jesus

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump displays a rendering of his White House ballroom project, which will feature references to Roman architecture. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Why the right is so obsessed with Rome

Curtis Dozier
Aubrey Plaza (TheStewartofNY/Getty Images)

Young widows don't owe us anything

Andi Zeisler
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A new study trumpeted by Fox News promotes a brand-new definition of "tradwife" that sounds like the worst of all worlds: women having to work and handle all domestic responsibilities without any help at all. (Deagreez/Getty Images)

Gen Z doesn't want to be tradwives

Amanda Marcotte
Technofascism is intruding into our sports and politics (Douglas Rissing/Getty Images)

To fight technofascism, be annoying

Alex Galbraith
"The End of Oak Street" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Dinosaur fans finally have their movie

Coleman Spilde
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Vice President JD Vance at a rally in Budapest, April 7, 2026. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

MAGA's big bet on Hungary backfires

Andrew O'Hehir
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Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

An anti-civil rights warrior as AG?

Heather Digby Parton
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has given tacit consent to President Donald Trump's threats against Iran (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Joint Chiefs Chair is enabling Trump

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

A coalition under constant strain

Brian Karem
President Donald Trump with Paula White, an evangelical leader who has compared him to Jesus Christ (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Christians aren’t the victims in Iran

Amanda Marcotte
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Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in "The Drama" (A24)

Movies should make us uncomfortable

Coleman Spilde
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made it clear his job is to serve the president (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Loyalty over law at DOJ

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump is seeing his support drop among Latino voters (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump policies shrink Latino wealth

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's betrayal of American values

Jason Kyle Howard
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Karla Crome and Camila Morrone in "Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen" (Netflix)

Horror makes sapphic love seem trivial

Kelly McClure
According to a new study, young men who favor the trad lifestyle don't honor and cherish tradwives — they hold them in contempt. (Getty Images)

Why MAGA men actually loathe tradwives

Amanda Marcotte
Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. (Image Credit: NASA)

It's OK to love the moon mission

Troy Farah
President Donald Trump (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump's 40-year-old Iran plot

Heather Digby Parton
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