Rupert Murdoch Leaves NewsCorp on His Own Terms

Politics Today 1:56 pm Rupert Murdoch Leaves NewsCorp on His Own Terms Rupert Murdoch Leaves NewsCorp on His Own Terms And that’s a disgrace. Joan Walsh September 21, 2023 Rupert Murdoch in London in June 2023. (Victoria Jones / PA Images via Getty Images) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2…

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Democrats Can Stand Up for Trans Kids—and Win

Politics / September 21, 2023 Democrats Can Stand Up for Trans Kids—and Win Here’s why the party shouldn’t be scared to speak up for trans rights. Pamela Shifman Ad Policy A sign at the Queer Liberation March on June 25, 2023, in New York City. (Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images) Over the past…

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Farewell to a Poor Bastard

Culture / September 21, 2023 Farewell to a Poor Bastard Joe Matt (1963–2023) made hilarious comedy of his own misery. Jeet Heer Ad Policy Joe Matt at San Diego Comic-Con in 2002. (courtesy of Drawn & Quarterly) It was impossible to love Joe Matt without also being intensely exasperated by him. The love and exasperation…

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Will the GOP’s Hard Right Dismantle PEPFAR?

Politics / September 21, 2023 Will the GOP’s Hard Right Dismantle PEPFAR? The AIDS relief program is helping to keep some 20 million people alive in Africa. Now a group of Republicans wants to sabotage it. James North Ad Policy A courier collects HIV viral load samples at a rural health clinic funded by PEPFAR…

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In the Country of the Blind

Culture / Books & the Arts / September 21, 2023 In the Country of the Blind A conversation with Andrew Leland about his provocative new book about vision loss, disability politics, and the ways in which blindness looms large in our cultural imagination. Rachel Kolb Ad Policy (Gregory Halpern / Penguin Random House) Like many…

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German Like Me

Culture / September 20, 2023 German Like Me How an Afro-German TV series about the GDR’s first Black police officer became an international hit. Linda Mannheim Ad Policy Malick Bauer as Samuel Meffire in Sam: A Saxon. (Disney+) The first thing I did when I finished watching Sam: A Saxon was watch the whole series…

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