December 2018 Archives
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Closing the Door
The Year That Was and Wasn’t
We asked more than two dozen of our favorite journalists, writers, and thinkers: What were the most important events of 2018, and what were the least?
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Albums of the Year
The Top Albums of 2018
Following a mid-year checkpoint, catching up on the rest of 2018 with picks from the year in music.
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Headlines edition
Saturday headlines: Giving.
TMN is going dark for the holidays and will resume publishing on January 2. As per custom, we post some of our favorite nonprofits and charities before we turn off the...
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Headlines Edition
Friday Headlines: Your friendly neighborhood fact-checker.
Bowing to Trump's threats of a government shutdown if his wall isn't funded, the House passes a stopgap measure that includes $5 billion for the wall. Today the House...
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Headlines Edition, Get It?
Thursday headlines: From “Donald is right” to “Anna Wintour.”
Trump stuns the rest of the government by declaring victory over ISIS and ordering a complete withdrawal from Syria. Such a move offers “a prime opportunity” for the...
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Headlines Edition
Wednesday Headlines: It’s the treason for the season.
In a bipartisan vote of 87–12, the Senate passed landmark criminal justice legislation, already endorsed by Trump, that will reform “three strikes” sentences, mandatory minimums, and early release...
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Headlines Edition!
Tuesday headlines: “Filter bubbles” aren’t a thing but “facial boarding” is.
A new report finds Russian disinformation teams targeting Robert S. Mueller with sweeping campaigns to discredit the special counsel’s investigation. One tactic employed by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research...
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Headlines Edition
Saturday Headlines: Fake meat is murdery.
The White House defends the Border Patrol in the exhaustion and dehydration death of a seven-year-old Guatemalan girl, placing blame on the child's father. Related: “US Border Patrol...
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Headlines Edition, Right?
Friday headlines: The performance cost of tweeting and the best safecracker in Los Angeles.
The Senate votes 56 to 41 to revoke—symbolically, mostly—American military support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. The United States suffered 94 school shooting incidents in 2018, a near 60%...
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The Rooster
Announcing the 2019 Tournament of Books
Here it is: the shortlist, judges, commentators, and Zombie poll for the 2019 edition of the Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
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Headlines Edition
Thursday Headlines: Baby, that’s the Arctic outside.
Michael Cohen is sentenced to three years in prison for his role in committing crimes at Trump's direction and on Trump's behalf. Law experts say a tabloid publisher'...
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That Headlines Edition Y'all!
Wednesday headlines: Bottomless lying and the woman who shatters men’s running records.
During an impromptu debate in the White House, Trump interrupts Nancy Pelosi 15 times (and still leaves angry over losing). Meanwhile Vice President Pence said nothing, prompting the best jokes. A...
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Headlines Edition
Tuesday Headlines: Brextension.
Responding to the yellow vest protests, Macron promises a minimum wage increase and other concessions, but many protestors view his speech as a charade. Ending days of assurance that a...
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Headlines Edition
Saturday Headlines: Merry hunga poppers.
Yesterday's filings in the Russia investigation show that Trump directed Cohen to break campaign finance laws by making hush payments to Stormy Daniels and others, and that Mueller's...
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Headlines Edition
Friday Headlines: Ever read the news (when you shouldn’t've).
With the race for California's 21st District now called for TJ Cox, Democrats secure a net gain of 40 House seats. Another midterm race yet to be called: North Carolina'...
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Headlines Edition
Thursday Headlines: Democracy dies in daylight.
In what's being viewed as a significant escalation of the US-China trade war, Canada has arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou—who is also the daughter of the company'...
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Headlines edition
Wednesday headlines: The Mueller siege and crypto’s death spiral.
Robert Mueller recommends that Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, not get jail time because of his “substantial assistance.” Anticipation builds for Mueller's document...
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Headlines edition
Tuesday headlines: Obstruction of justice and a rideshare mission.
The French government suspends a planned fuel tax increase in an effort to appease the yellow vests. A quick explainer on who are France’s yellow vest protesters, what...
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Headlines Edition
Saturday Headlines: Life during wartime.
Former US President George H.W. Bush has died at 94. Often known for presiding over the end of the Cold War, Bush also began America's large-scale military involvement in...