Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is a Huge Win for the Military-Industrial Complex Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is a Huge Win for the Military-Industrial Complex
While weapons contractors will gorge on a huge new infusion of cash, military personnel, past and present, are clearly going to be neglected.
Jul 3, 2025 / William D. Hartung
As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States
With Trump’s antitrust appointees more concerned with scoring points in MAGA culture wars than restraining corporate abuses, officials in the states are keeping up the fight.
Jul 2, 2025 / Ron Knox
Bezos Does Venice Bezos Does Venice
Back in New York City, Mamdani’s win shows even billionaires don’t always get what they want.
Jul 1, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity
Peter Thiel and his friends feel they no longer belong to our species.
Jun 30, 2025 / Jeet Heer
With Zohran Mamdani’s Surreal and Historic Victory, One City Died—and Another Was Born With Zohran Mamdani’s Surreal and Historic Victory, One City Died—and Another Was Born
Neither Bill Clinton nor Jim Clyburn nor all of Michael Bloomberg’s billions could save Andrew Cuomo from the defeat he deserved.
Jun 26, 2025 / Ross Barkan
Zohran Mamdani Won the Internet Zohran Mamdani Won the Internet
Amazingly, he then translated that into a real-life victory that will forever change the way elections are fought.
Jun 25, 2025 / Vanessa Ogle
The Math That Gave Us Trump The Math That Gave Us Trump
The party that built the New Deal now manages the raw deal. But there’s hope.
Jun 24, 2025 / Corbin Trent
The Death and Rebirth of New York City The Death and Rebirth of New York City
A new documentary about the 1975 fiscal crisis, Drop Dead City, is entertaining to watch but dangerously misleading as history—or politics.
Jun 24, 2025 / Doug Henwood
Economists Support Zohran Mamdani’s Plan for New York City Economists Support Zohran Mamdani’s Plan for New York City
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral platform is a practical blueprint to tackle some of New York City’s most pressing problems.
Jun 20, 2025 / Various Contributors
An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles
“Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo” (They fear us because we do not fear them).
Jun 18, 2025 / Roberto Lovato