Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy
Federal agents are essentially acting as paramilitaries to fulfill the administration’s violent fantasies. After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, they will be empowered.
Sep 12, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was
The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.
Sep 11, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Trump Could Soon Strip Student Loan Forgiveness From Millions of Borrowers Trump Could Soon Strip Student Loan Forgiveness From Millions of Borrowers
Changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program could deem organizations and governments “ineligible employers” if they don’t align themselves with the president’s agenda.
Sep 10, 2025 / StudentNation / Ángel Rentería
Trump’s Really Bad Week in Court—Plus, the New Film by China’s Top Director Trump’s Really Bad Week in Court—Plus, the New Film by China’s Top Director
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump losing four big cases, and John Powers on Caught by the Tides.
Sep 10, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.) What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.)
Trump is repaying rural voters’ loyalty by shafting them.
Sep 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why the Media Allows MAGA to Cover Up Their Lies With More Lies Why the Media Allows MAGA to Cover Up Their Lies With More Lies
The MAGA movement can “walk back” outrageous statements, and the press hardly asks a follow-up.
Sep 9, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront
The ruler of a dying empire inflicts mindless militarism on Venezuela and Chicago.
Sep 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer
With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America
The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.
Sep 8, 2025 / Michael Fox
Old, Wealthy Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Own Party Old, Wealthy Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Own Party
The problem of gerontocracy includes the donor class.
Sep 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh
The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.
Sep 5, 2025 / Q&A / Peter Lucas