A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power
Fifty years ago, lawmakers started lifting the lid on the shocking abuses of the new Bureau chief’s most famous predecessor. The trouble is, very little changed.
Feb 21, 2025 / Steve Howell
Trump’s Firing Frenzy Is Hitting the GOP Where It Hurts Trump’s Firing Frenzy Is Hitting the GOP Where It Hurts
As layoffs skyrocket, Trump’s own voters are feeling the pain. Will the backlash begin?
Feb 21, 2025 / Joan Walsh
How Donald Trump Dismantled a Worker Protection Agency With One Late-Night E-mail How Donald Trump Dismantled a Worker Protection Agency With One Late-Night E-mail
By firing Gwynne Wilcox, Trump is hoping the Supreme Court will overrule 90 years of legal precedent and give him the authority to fire members of independent boards.
Feb 19, 2025 / Lynn Rhinehart
If Trump Crushes Federal Workers, We’re All Next If Trump Crushes Federal Workers, We’re All Next
Bosses everywhere are itching to wage a DOGE-style war against their workers. That’s why it’s so important that Trump and Musk fail.
Feb 19, 2025 / Eric Blanc
Donald Trump’s Next Diversity Target: People With Disabilities Donald Trump’s Next Diversity Target: People With Disabilities
The president’s disdain for disabled people—and obsession with genetic superiority—harks back to a grim past.
Feb 18, 2025 / Sam Gustin
After a North Carolina Election Loss, Amazon Union Organizers Must Think Bigger, Bolder After a North Carolina Election Loss, Amazon Union Organizers Must Think Bigger, Bolder
Local organizers built a multiracial, multigenerational union with grassroots energy and tenacity. But Amazon is too big to beat through site-by-site organizing and striking.
Feb 17, 2025 / Jonathan Rosenblum
Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left
By ceding the space on antisemitism—responding when we are accused of it, but not taking up the fight against it as our cause—we’ve created a strategic opportunity for the right.
Feb 14, 2025 / Rachel Shabi
Mass Deportations Aren’t Just Evil. They’re Also Terrible Economics. Mass Deportations Aren’t Just Evil. They’re Also Terrible Economics.
Immigrants don’t steal citizens’ jobs and wages. They grow the economy for all.
Feb 14, 2025 / Column / Bryce Covert
To Go Big Is to Keep It Simple To Go Big Is to Keep It Simple
Reinventing the Democrats as a working-class party.
Feb 13, 2025 / Thomas Geoghegan
Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain
Musk’s machinations and Trump’s daily outrages are meant to be mesmerizing—and paralyzing. But there are plenty of ways to fight back effectively—starting with not panicking.
Feb 13, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout