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foreign policy Apr. 8, 2019

America Used to Have an Overseas Empire. What Happened to It?Daniel Immerwahr’s How to Hide an Empire serves both as a history of American empire, and a warning about the Trump administration’s bellicosity.

By Adrian Chen
jussie smollett Feb. 22, 2019

The Jussie Smollett Case Is Not a ParableIt is still good to extend sympathy toward alleged victims of tragedy — even if that tragedy ends up being fake.

By Zak Cheney-Rice
crime Feb. 19, 2019

Jussie Smollett Reportedly Rehearsed Attack Days Before It HappenedAccording to CBS, he paid the brothers $3,500 to carry out the attack.

By Bethy Squires
crime Jan. 29, 2019

Empire’s Jussie Smollett Hospitalized After Racist, Homophobic Attack in ChicagoPolice are investigating.

By Jackson McHenry
Sept. 18, 2017

Aides to Trump: U.S. Needs to Police the World to Protect Corporate InterestsTrump’s top advisers (reportedly) told him that America needs a globe-spanning army in order to “make the world safe” for U.S. businesses like his.

By Eric Levitz