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The pundits straining to seek coherence in the new interventionist “Donroe doctrine” would do well to look back to Trump’s roots in New York real estate

Elizabeth Spiers

Meet Seattle’s New Mayor, Katie Wilson Meet Seattle’s New Mayor, Katie Wilson

Her victory was won by the precariat: renters, transit riders, and democratic socialists who rallied, doorbelled, created social media, and registered new voters.

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Did We Get the History of Modern American Art Wrong? Did We Get the History of Modern American Art Wrong?

The standard story of 1960s arts is one of Abstract Expressionism leading into Pop Art and minimalism. A Whitney show proposes an altogether different one centered on surrealism.

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A New Era Has Begun

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If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere…

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Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem flank Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office, on August 25, 2025.

It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power It Would Be Madness to Give Trump and His Toadies Even More Power

And yet, that’s what the Supreme Court appears prepared to do.

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President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at a press conference following US military actions in Venezuela, at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, on January 3, 2026.

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But the Navy veteran insists that he’ll continue to speak out against illegal military orders.

Joan Walsh

: Protesters participate in a rally near the U.S. embassy to denounce the U.S. attack on Venezuela on January 5, 2026, in Seoul, South Korea.

Donald Trump Is Drunk on War Donald Trump Is Drunk on War

The Venezuelan coup opens the gates to a new era of imperial plunder.

Jeet Heer

Books & the Arts

Shawn Walker’s “Man with Bubble, Central Park (near Bandshell),” c. 1960-79, printed 1989.

Did We Get the History of Modern American Art Wrong? Did We Get the History of Modern American Art Wrong?

The standard story of 1960s arts is one of Abstract Expressionism leading into Pop Art and minimalism. A Whitney show proposes an altogether different one centered on surrealism.

Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

A woman moves to comfort a coworker who is slumped over her desk in despair, circa 1940.

The Bleak History of the American Work Ethic The Bleak History of the American Work Ethic

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Has James Cameron’s epic sci-fi series run aground?

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Students in Khartoum hold up the Sudan flag during a protest on November 3, 2025, against atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces in El Fasher .

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Donald Trump is sowing division in the European Union, even as he calls on it to spend more on defense.

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Trump has made Los Angeles a testing ground for military intervention on our streets. Mayor Karen Bass says her city has become an example for how to fight back.

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A still from the video of the 1992 police beating of Rodney King. LAPD chief Daryl Gates defended the department’s racist police regime until he was forced out in the wake of King’s beating.

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