Trump Has Destroyed Any Hope of National Healing Trump Has Destroyed Any Hope of National Healing
Charlie Kirk’s assassination is a pretext for a concerted attack on Trump’s enemies.
Sep 15, 2025 / Jeet Heer
How to Canonize a White Supremacist How to Canonize a White Supremacist
On the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk, the certain blowback, and this country’s raging gun problem.
Sep 12, 2025 / Elie Mystal
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
Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol
A conversation with the author about her new book, From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary.
Sep 12, 2025 / Amy Littlefield
In Arkansas, a Small Community Fights the Nation’s Next Mega Prison In Arkansas, a Small Community Fights the Nation’s Next Mega Prison
A secretive plan for a new state lockup angered people in a deep-red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.
Sep 11, 2025 / Lauren Gill
What Are Drugs For? What Are Drugs For?
A conversation with P.E. Moskowitz about the chemical imbalance theory of depression, the false schism between prescription and recreational drugs, and collective psychic pain.
Sep 11, 2025 / Emmeline Clein
The Killing of Charlie Kirk Is Part of a Terrible New Era of Political Violence The Killing of Charlie Kirk Is Part of a Terrible New Era of Political Violence
Wide-open gun culture and hyper-polarization are bringing the "years of lead" to the USA.
Sep 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer
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