All Stories published by GEN on October 12, 2020

Did you know Amy Coney Barrett is the mother of seven children? It’s something Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, John Cornyn, Ted Cruz, Ben Sasse, and Josh Hawley wouldn’t let us forget at her confirmation hearing, which began today.

The GOP insists Democrats must focus on Barrett’s qualifications — not her private life or…


We should probably prepare ourselves for chaos after Election Night. According to a new Associated Press report, “Some Trump allies say their best bet is to hope that the results look close election night, before some of the mail-in ballots are counted, allowing Trump to declare victory and have the results thrown to the courts.” The scenario seems…


Violent misogyny is not just the mark of right-wing extremist groups — it’s gone mainstream. Members of a self-styled militia group out of Michigan were arrested and charged last week in a failed plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, hold her hostage, and storm the state capital. If that storyline isn’t horrific enough on its own, just look to the…


Is Christopher Columbus really a man worth celebrating? It’s a question posed every year on this day when the country pays homage to the Italian explorer’s arrival in the Americas in 1492. But our country’s commemorations conveniently ignore Columbus’ well-documented human rights atrocities.


The Only Black Guy In the Office faces his greatest workplace challenge yet: discovering his co-worker has gone full MAGA. The VP of marketing just shared a photo of herself on Instagram smiling next to Donald Trump, wishing him a speedy recovery from Covid. Now what? “Michelle Obama may have said, ‘When they go low, we go high,’ but I say, ‘When…

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