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Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani What Happens Where Free Speech Is Unprotected
The case of a maverick polemicist who will go on trial in Germany for using a Nazi symbol is a timely reminder of the liberty we should cherish.
Ricardo Tomas / Getty How the Anti-war Camp Went Intellectually Bankrupt
Critics of U.S. foreign policy from both ends of the ideological spectrum have found common cause in supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty Being Gay Was the Gravest Sin in Washington
In the 1960s, the capital was an alluring but dangerous place for people with a secret.
Getty; LBJ Library; The Atlantic Mel Boozer Said What Pete Buttigieg Can’t
Before Buttigieg, Boozer compared the civil-rights struggle to the fight for gay and lesbian rights.
Associated Press Leave Jews Out of It
Trump erred by bringing Israel into his Twitter attack against the “squad.”
Leah Millis / Reuters The Struggle for Gay Rights Is Over
For those born into a form of adversity, sometimes the hardest thing to do is admitting that they’ve won.
Kostas Tsironis / Reuters Pete Buttigieg Offers America Double Relief
He can deliver us from a scandal-plagued presidency and transform the relationship between gay and straight America.
Elijah Nouvelage / Reuters Quit Harping on U.S. Aid to Israel
American commitments to Asian and European allies require more risk and sacrifice.
Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Germany’s Leading Magazine Published Falsehoods About American Life
A reporter with Der Spiegel fabricated information in more than a dozen articles—most of which were meant to reveal America’s brutality.
Christian Charisius / Reuters
