Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
His speech was racist, homophobic, vindictive, and soul-crushingly unfunny—and the journalists in the crowd didn’t seem to care.
Jul 27, 2026 / Jeet Heer
AI Is Opening Pandora’s Box AI Is Opening Pandora’s Box
Anthropic and other AI companies’ race for profits.
Jul 27, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The War on the UAW The War on the UAW
The United Auto Workers called for a ceasefire in Gaza. The union’s federal monitor didn’t like it—and now he’s investigating Shawn Fain, just weeks before union elections.
Jul 27, 2026 / Ella Fanger
Dispatches From the First Great British CPAC Dispatches From the First Great British CPAC
Through conferences, media ventures, and fat public-affairs contracts, the MAGA industrial complex has spent 10 years trying to buy British politics.
Jul 27, 2026 / Stella Tsantekidou
What J.M. Coetzee Can Teach Us About ICE What J.M. Coetzee Can Teach Us About ICE
The world inside the South African novelist’s Waiting for the Barbarians bears striking resemblance to Trump’s racist empire.
Jul 25, 2026 / Pamela Newton
Protecting War Criminals Is As American as Apple Pie Protecting War Criminals Is As American as Apple Pie
In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent bemoans our long failure to prosecute war criminals. Plus: the death of Nolan wells and the nightmare so many Black parents fe...
Jul 24, 2026 / Elie Mystal
Andy Beshear Is What’s Wrong With the Democratic Party in the Trump Era Andy Beshear Is What’s Wrong With the Democratic Party in the Trump Era
The Kentucky governor isn’t doing what Mitch McConnell would do—and that’s the problem.
Jul 24, 2026 / Kali Holloway
Mamdani Can’t Arrest Netanyahu. But He Can Still Hold Israel Accountable. Mamdani Can’t Arrest Netanyahu. But He Can Still Hold Israel Accountable.
New York City’s ties with Israel go far deeper than one man, and there are concrete things Mamdani can do to break those ties.
Jul 24, 2026 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa
The Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Typical Trump Fiasco The Saudi Nuclear Deal Is a Typical Trump Fiasco
Yet again, the president trumpets a foreign-policy agreement steeped in recklessness, lies, and corruption.
Jul 24, 2026 / Jeet Heer