Rationing Dolls and Pencils: Trump’s Ramblings Preview the Economy He’s Wrecking Rationing Dolls and Pencils: Trump’s Ramblings Preview the Economy He’s Wrecking
The president spewed absolute nonsense on Sunday. It should spark speculation about his mental capacity.
May 5, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Thinking Like an Ancestor on a Burning Planet Thinking Like an Ancestor on a Burning Planet
A conversation with Olúfémi Táíwò about the struggle for racial and climate justice in the face of catastrophe.
May 5, 2025 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
Netanyahu Is Pushing for an Iran War, but Trump Holds Back for Now Netanyahu Is Pushing for an Iran War, but Trump Holds Back for Now
Michael Waltz’s demotion is a flashpoint in the MAGA civil war over foreign policy.
May 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket
Public officials are propping up a Texas Bitcoin boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.
May 5, 2025 / Candice Bernd
Trump’s Racist Attacks on Democracy, Up… Trump’s Racist Attacks on Democracy, Up…
Stock market, down.
May 5, 2025 / OppArt / Giulio Bonasera
Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week? Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week?
In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people. Today, the four-day week could do the same.
May 5, 2025 / StudentNation / Andrew Berka
The Wandering Souls of Caspar David Friedrich The Wandering Souls of Caspar David Friedrich
The German artist’s landscape paintings tried to capture the sublimity of a world that has vanished.
May 5, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Quinn Moreland
Trump’s Assault on PBS and NPR Chooses Oligarchy Over Press Freedom and Democracy Trump’s Assault on PBS and NPR Chooses Oligarchy Over Press Freedom and Democracy
As the supporters of speaking truth to power celebrate World Press Freedom Day, Trump seeks to defund public media in the United States.
May 2, 2025 / John Nichols
War on Terror Brain Rot Brought Us to This Point War on Terror Brain Rot Brought Us to This Point
After years of security theater, all too many Americans seem ready to accept Trump’s pledge to root out the vermin.
May 2, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon