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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2025.

100 Days of Chaos and Calumnies 100 Days of Chaos and Calumnies

Where FDR used his radio addresses to reassure a distressed nation and
provide hope, Trump employs his bully pulpit and social media to shock
and appall.

Apr 29, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), accompanied by Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), speaks following a Democratic leadership meeting at the US Capitol on April 8, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Fatal Mistake That Democrats Keep Making The Fatal Mistake That Democrats Keep Making

The party can’t break its addiction to the politics of technocratic managerialism.

Apr 29, 2025 / Max Kiefel

President Donald Trump and White House senior adviser andTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shake hands while attending the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship on March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The First 100 Days of Self-Dealing Trump’s Thugocracy The First 100 Days of Self-Dealing Trump’s Thugocracy

This isn’t a government of, by, and for the people; it’s a government of, by, and for American oligarchs.

Apr 29, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Writing on the Floor

Writing on the Floor Writing on the Floor

A Visibility Brigade action, on a bridge over a highway in Paramus, New Jersey.

Apr 29, 2025 / OppArt / Karen Guancione and Kimberly Miller

The crew of “Missing” arriving for the screening at the 35th Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 1982.

Chile in Our Hearts Chile in Our Hearts

John Dinges’s revisionist account of Missing.

Apr 29, 2025 / Steven Volk

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (C) celebrates with supporters after signing a bill that raises the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour on June 3, 2014, in Seattle, Washington.

Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda

The American people can smell a rat. If we want to be trusted partners, we have to show we are worthy of the trust and be willing to do what it takes to engage, explain and bring ...

Apr 29, 2025 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Tom Morello and Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine perform as part of a free concert at Finsbury Park on June 6, 2010, in London, England.

MAGA Followers Think They’re Punk Rock—but Then Why Are They All Such Cowards? MAGA Followers Think They’re Punk Rock—but Then Why Are They All Such Cowards?

Trump supporters may think they’re hardcore, but they seem to be afraid of op-eds, books, and history they can’t even bear to read.

Apr 29, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Marc Andreessen attends the 10th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 13, 2024, in Los Angeles.

The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed

Marc Andreessen, Tucker Carlson, and a Winklevoss walk into a bar… and the rest of us run out of it screaming.

Apr 29, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Weike Wang’s Meticulous Satires of Identity Politics

Weike Wang’s Meticulous Satires of Identity Politics Weike Wang’s Meticulous Satires of Identity Politics

Rental House, a novel of marriage and manners, tries to make sense of how a blended family negotiates conflicts of race and class.

Apr 29, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Camille Bromley

New York Governor Kathy Hochul

Governor Hochul, Are You F’ing Kidding? Governor Hochul, Are You F’ing Kidding?

You can’t name Penn Station after Donald Trump. You can’t even joke about it.

Apr 28, 2025 / Joan Walsh

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