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Elon Musk, with his son X, speaks as Donald Trump looks on at a victory rally at the Capital One Arena on January 19, 2025, in Washington, DC.

How the Internet Broke America How the Internet Broke America

On this episode of American Prestige: Garrett Graff discusses the failure of digital democracy and the polarization it unleashed in America.

Sep 30, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner

Trump stands in the Oval Office in front of US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

The Trump Regime Intensifies Its War on Activism—but Dissent Is Always Possible The Trump Regime Intensifies Its War on Activism—but Dissent Is Always Possible

The president is presiding over suppression unseen in the US for decades.

Sep 29, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Who Are the Shooters?

Who Are the Shooters? Who Are the Shooters?

On this episode of The Time of Monsters: Ken Klippenstein on the complexity of political violence.

Sep 28, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

MAGA Mouse

MAGA Mouse MAGA Mouse

Collective punishment comix.

Sep 26, 2025

The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism

The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism The World’s Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben’s Climate Journalism

Traditional journalists complain that he is an advocate—the same criticism Woodward and Bernstein faced during Watergate.

Sep 25, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Disney CEO Bob Iger holds a 2016 press conference at Disney’s Shanghai resort.

How the Kimmel Controversy Echoes Disney’s Dirty China Deal How the Kimmel Controversy Echoes Disney’s Dirty China Deal

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner berated the company’s capitulation before authoritarian MAGA threats, but in many ways, he set the example.

Sep 24, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

Jimmy Kimmel at The Walt Disney Company’s 77th Emmy Awards Party on September 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.

How We Defeated Trump on Jimmy Kimmel—Plus, the Attacks on Harvard, Past and Present How We Defeated Trump on Jimmy Kimmel—Plus, the Attacks on Harvard, Past and Present

On Start Making Sense: Bhaskar Sunkara analyzes the resistance to Trump’s attacks on freedom of speech, and Beverly Gage talks about Anti-intellectualism in American Life.

Sep 24, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

President Donald Trump displays his executive order establishing the Trump Card for HB-1 visa applicants at the Oval Office on September 19.

The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch

What would a Democratic presidency armed with Trump’s limitless power look like?

Sep 24, 2025 / David Faris

Kimmel Canceled

Kimmel Canceled Kimmel Canceled

Corporations bow to an autocrat’s whims.

Sep 23, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner and Peter Kuper

Bari Weiss hosts Ted Cruz at a live event on January 18, 2025, in Washington, DC.

What Bari Weiss Is Really Up To What Bari Weiss Is Really Up To

On The Time of Monsters: David Klion on Trump's ideological enforcer.

Sep 21, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

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