Trump’s Ballroom Isn’t Just a Farce Anymore—It’s a Threat Trump’s Ballroom Isn’t Just a Farce Anymore—It’s a Threat
In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explains how the ballroom could gut key environmental protections. Plus, the heartbreak of Jason Arday.
Aug 21, 2026 / Elie Mystal
Natalie Harp Is the High Priestess of the Cult of Trump Natalie Harp Is the High Priestess of the Cult of Trump
The controversial White House isn’t the only Trump sycophant—merely the most successful.
Aug 21, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Who’s Happy About War in Iran? Who’s Happy About War in Iran?
Lockheed Martin’s CEO Jim Taiclet, that’s who.
Aug 21, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
American Democracy Has Been Killed American Democracy Has Been Killed
The Supreme Court put the final nail in the coffin this summer. Now we have to raise democracy from the dead.
Aug 21, 2026 / Edward H. Williams
Trump Is Laying the Groundwork for the Mass Deportation of Migrant Children Trump Is Laying the Groundwork for the Mass Deportation of Migrant Children
Unaccompanied children have become a new front in Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Aug 21, 2026 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether
“A Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind” Mandates a Search for Peace in Ukraine “A Decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind” Mandates a Search for Peace in Ukraine
Why the new American left should take up the quest for peace if the Democratic Party wins control of Congress this November, and of the presidency in 2028.
Aug 20, 2026 / Anatol Lieven
The Hollywood Gerrymander The Hollywood Gerrymander
The proposed Paramount/Warner Bros. merger does not just represent media monopoly—it is another form of gerrymandering, of rigging the rules to limit who has power.
Aug 20, 2026 / Rashad Robinson
One of the Biggest Myths of the Trump Era Is Unraveling One of the Biggest Myths of the Trump Era Is Unraveling
It turns out that people don’t actually want a gestapo force rounding up immigrants all over America.
Aug 20, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
No, Woke 1 Was Not Crazy No, Woke 1 Was Not Crazy
AOC and others are laughing off 2020 as a wild, isolated moment. None of that is true.
Aug 20, 2026 / Zito Madu