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Illustration of the wife of Napoleon, Joséphine de Beauharnais was Empress of the French.from 19th century.

Deconstructed

Who Was Napoleon’s Wife, Joséphine Bonaparte?

With “Napoleon” coming to theaters, we visit the fascinating life of his first wife, Josephine Bonaparte.

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2020 Policy Conference in Washington, DC, March 2, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Meet the Secret Donors Who Fund AIPAC’s Israel Trips for Congress

Murtaza Hussain

An unredacted 2019 tax filing reveals the donors to AIPAC’s charity arm — some of whom give to other hawkish, pro-Israel causes.

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2023/11/09: A protester waves a Palestinian flag as others march past during a student walkout calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Since October 7, the Israeli army's bombardment of the Palestinian enclave, in retaliation for the Hamas attack on Israel that killed over 1,400 people, has seen thousands of buildings razed to the ground, more than 10,000 people killed and 1.4 million displaced whilst Gaza remains besieged. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Public Defenders Get Restraining Order to Block Their Own Union From Voting on Gaza Statement

In a leaked tape of an all-staff meeting, the head of New York’s Legal Aid Society also said four law firms had threatened to pull funding over the statement.

A masked witness leaves the military court in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, during the trial against six soldiers accused of crimes against humanity and violating orders, on September 15, 2023. Six soldiers, including two officers of the elite Republican Guard, faced a military tribunal over the killing of nearly 50 people in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in Goma. Congolese soldiers had on August 30, 2023 stopped a religious sect from holding a demonstration against United Nations peacekeepers in the city. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images)

Online Atrocity Database Exposed Thousands of Vulnerable People in Congo

Robert Flummerfelt, Nick Turse

JENIN, OCCUPIED WEST BANK -- NOVEMBER 10, 2023: A cacophony of thunderous gunfire & sorrowful praise to the Almighty punctuate a mass funeral for 14 Palestinians killed after Israeli forces raided the refugee camp in Jenin, Occupied West Bank, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. Over a thousand Palestinians march and bear their slain on stretchers for the procession that moves the dead through 'Right of Return' square, which was destroyed by constant Israeli assault on Jenin, which they consider it a militant hotbed in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Different Tactics, Same War: The Perils of Treating Israel’s West Bank Offensive as Separate From Gaza

Mairav Zonszein

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - OCTOBER 19: Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder holds a press conference at the Pentagon on October 19, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Ryder spoke on the Israel–Hamas war, U.S. military aid to Israel and the recent drone attacks on U.S. military installations in the middle east. Ryder reaffirmed that the recent explosion at the Al-Ahli Hospital was a result from an errant rocket fired from within Gaza and not from an Israeli airstrike. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Pentagon Fails Sixth Audit in a Row, Claiming “Progress Sort of Beneath the Surface”

Ken Klippenstein

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party activists and supporters protest against the arrest of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Karachi on August 27, 2023. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP) (Photo by ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images)

House Democrats Press Biden to Block Military Aid to Pakistan Over Human Rights Abuses, Jailing of Imran Khan

Murtaza Hussain, Ryan Grim

Podcasts

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks before President Joe Biden at an event with UAW autoworkers at the Community Building Complex of Boone County, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Belvidere, Ill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Deconstructed

Shawn Fain on How the UAW Whipped the Big Three

Intercepted

Netanyahu’s Savage Game: Mass Killing Palestinians, Exploiting Israeli Grief

Voices

Hilary Clinton during an in-conversation with former US President Bill Clinton, the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, and the Vice-Chancellor of Swansea University, Professor Paul Boyle, about current global challenges and the importance of engaging young people in leadership roles at the Great Hall in Swansea University Bay Campus. Picture date: Thursday November 16, 2023. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)

Voices

Hillary Clinton Is Lying About the History Between Hamas and Israel

11 November 2023, Palestinian Territories, Gaza City: Palestinians families flee Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza towards the southern areas amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas Group. Photo by: Mohammed Talatene/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Voices

I Joined Gaza’s Trail of Tears and Displacement

Politics

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 14: Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech at Columbia University campus on November 14, 2023 in New York City. The university suspended two student organizations, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voices for Peace, for violating what was called university policies. The tense atmosphere at many college campuses has increased as student groups, activists and others have protested both in support of Israel and of Palestine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Student Protests for Gaza Targeted by Pro-Israel Groups for Alleged Civil Rights Violations

Schuyler Mitchell, Prem Thakker

Washington, DC - November 14 : Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

More Than 300 DNC Delegates for Bernie Sanders Push Senator to Call for Ceasefire in Gaza

Akela Lacy, Prem Thakker

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 03: Former President Barack Obama speaks to attendees at the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum on November 03, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama spoke about economic inclusion is fundamental to safeguarding and expanding democracies in countries around the world. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Obama Alumni Call on Former President to “Leverage” Influence for Gaza Ceasefire

TOPSHOT - (L-R) US Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US President Joe Biden, and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin look on during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestinians Sue Biden for Failing to Prevent Genocide in Gaza

Justice

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Julio Corro, right, helps a passenger navigate one of the new facial recognition kiosks at a United Airlines gate before boarding a flight to Tokyo, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. The Trump administration intends to require that American citizens boarding international flights submit to face scans, something Congress has not explicitly approved and privacy advocates consider an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LexisNexis Sold Powerful Spy Tools to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Police officers confront protesters in a gas cloud during a demonstration in opposition to a new police training center, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

The People vs. Cop City

Cop City Protesters Tried to Plant Trees. Atlanta Police Beat Them for It.

Natasha Lennard

Thousands of Jewish and Palestinians protesters take over the Grand Central lobby during protest demanding immediate ceasefire of attacks to Gaza by Israeli forces, on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in New York. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Anti-Defamation League Maps Jewish Peace Rallies With Antisemitic Attacks

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 24: Anti-abortion activists participate in a Celebrate Life Day Rally at the Lincoln Memorial on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. The rally, organized by pro-life organizations, was held to commemorate the first anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Supreme Court decision which reversed abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Voices

To Defeat Anti-Abortion “Moderation,” Mobilize Fear

National Security

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron take off from RAF Lakenheath, England, for a deployment to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Oct. 16, 2023. While deployed, the 494th FS will support 9th Air Force (Air Forces Central) and be an engaged, postured and ready partner, supporting coalition forces to assure, deter and defend in an increasingly complex and dynamic security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Olivia Gibson)

Pentagon Won’t Say Where It’s Sending U.S. Troops — to Avoid Embarrassing Host Nations

Ken Klippenstein

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - NOVEMBER 13: Palestinians including children are brought to Nasser Hospital for treatment aftermath of Israeli attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza on November 13, 2023. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Biden’s Legacy Should Be Forever Haunted by the Names of Gaza’s Dead Children

Drone Wars

Secret Pentagon Investigation Found No One at Fault in Drone Strike That Killed Woman and 4-Year-Old

Mourners at a mass funeral look up and weep as the roar of jet engines drown out their wails in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 30, 2021. Fighter jets circled the hilltop cemetery where members of the Ahmadi family were burying 10 of their own - seven of them children - all victims of a U.S. drone strike. A full day before the U.S. military withdrawal approached its conclusion, death continued to haunt the war-torn country. The airstrike came in the wake of an airport bombing on Aug. 26 carried out by ISIS-K militants. The United States military claimed initially that it was targeting an alleged Islamic extremist who posed the threat of carrying out a similar attack. A month later, it reversed its position, but the Pentagon decided no American troops would be punished. Left to grieve and wonder, Emal Ahmadi could not understand how it could be that a family could die and no one be held accountable.

Drone Wars

For a Century, the American Way of War Has Meant Killing Civilians

World

Google Activists Circulated Internal Petition on Israel Ties. Only the Muslim Got a Call from HR.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES - 2023/10/28: Protesters hold flags and placards expressing their opinion during a Cease Fire on Gaza rally. A massive gathering of over a thousand protesters from in and around Detroit attended the rally in solidarity with Palestine. The residents of Detroit and nearby communities have been organizing frequent rallies due to Israel's escalating bombardments and attacks on Gaza, which began after an attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023. Detroit is home to the largest Arab population in the United States, including many Palestinians. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Voices

GOP and Dems Unite to Smear Gaza Ceasefire Supporters as “Pro-Hamas”

Doctors examine an injured child at Al-Shifa Hospital after an Israeli attacks on Gaza City, Gaza on October 21, 2023.

What It’s Like to Give Birth in Gaza

Ibtisam Mahdi, Ruwaida Kamal Amer

Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine supporters burn photos of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, during a demonstration to protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Al Jazeera Censors Video of Critic Who Said Saudi–Israel Normalization Would Be “Suicide” for MBS

Technology

SAPIR, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 11: A view of the Israeli cyber company NSO Group branch in the Arava Desert on November 11, 2021 in Sapir, Israel. The company, which makes the spyware Pegasus, is being sued in the United States by WhatsApp, which alleges that NSO Group's spyware was used to hack 1,400 users of the popular messaging app. An US appeals court ruled this week that NSO Group is not protected under sovereign immunity laws. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Demands “Urgent” Meeting With Blinken Amid Gaza War Lobbying Effort

A Cruise vehicle in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022. Cruise LLC, the self-driving car startup that is majority owned by General Motors Co., said its offering free rides to non-employees in San Francisco for the first time, a move that triggers another $1.35 billion from investor SoftBank Vision Fund. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Cruise Knew Its Self-Driving Cars Had Problems Recognizing Children — and Kept Them on the Streets

Instagram Hid a Comment. It Was Just Three Palestinian Flag Emojis.

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla, speaks to members of the media following Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. The gathering is part of the Senate majority leader's strategy to give Congress more influence over the future of artificial intelligence as it takes on a growing role in the professional and personal lives of Americans. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Voices

One Year After Elon Musk Bought Twitter, His Hilarious Nightmare Continues

Environment

The Norlite hazardous waste-burning plant in Cohoes, New York, seen on October 1st, 2023. (Photo: Rebecca Redelmeier)

New Yorkers Voted to Put Environmental Rights in Their Constitution — but the Attorney General Is Fighting Back

Rebecca Redelmeier

Seal Beach, CA - December 13: Plastic bottles and other trash is piled up along the bank of the San Gabriel River just a few hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean in Seal Beach on Tuesday morning, December 13, 2022. Recent heavy rains have sent trash flowing down the river from many miles inland. (Photo by Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Unproven “Advanced Recycling” Facilities Have Received Millions in Public Subsidies

Schuyler Mitchell

NEW HAVEN, CT - OCTOBER 08: Yale Professor William Nordhaus speaks during a press conference after winning the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences at Yale University on October 8, 2018 in New Haven, Connecticut. Professor Nordhaus' research has been focused on the economics of climate change, economic growth and natural resources. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Voices

When Idiot Savants Do Climate Economics

Christopher Ketcham

BONN, GERMANY - JUNE 8: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, President-Designate of the UNFCCC COP28 climate conference and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, speaks at a side event at the UNFCCC SB58 Bonn Climate Change Conference on June 8, 2023 in Bonn, Germany. The conference, which lays the groundwork for the adoption of decisions at the upcoming COP28 climate conference in Dubai in December, will run until June 15. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images)

Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit

Ben Stockton, Amy Westervelt