Joan Didion Undone Joan Didion Undone
Notes to John, posthumously published journal entries chronicling Didion’s therapy sessions, is a peek into the myths and fears that animated her writing life.
Jul 2, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager
Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State Trump’s Big Bill Is Building a Big Police State
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party’s floundering over immigration leaves it without an opposition strategy.
Jul 1, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Thom Tillis Figured Out How to Tell the Truth in Trump’s GOP Cult: Quit Thom Tillis Figured Out How to Tell the Truth in Trump’s GOP Cult: Quit
The Republican senator dropped his reelection bid rather than lie about the devastating damage Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will do to Medicaid.
Jul 1, 2025 / John Nichols
Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing
With his majority opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.
Jul 1, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Bezos Does Venice Bezos Does Venice
Back in New York City, Mamdani’s win shows even billionaires don’t always get what they want.
Jul 1, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Inside One of the Largest Student Worker Strikes Ever Inside One of the Largest Student Worker Strikes Ever
Around 4,000 members of the University of Oregon Student Workers went on strike in April, winning the first contract that covers every undergraduate worker at a public university....
Jul 1, 2025 / StudentNation / Andrew Berka
How to Answer the Stupidest Questions About Palestinians How to Answer the Stupidest Questions About Palestinians
A guide to fielding even the most ridiculous anti-Palestinian smears.
Jul 1, 2025 / Mohammed El-Kurd
The Supreme Court Just Handed the States More Power to Gut Healthcare The Supreme Court Just Handed the States More Power to Gut Healthcare
The court’s ruling on Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic undermines the Medicaid program and puts reproductive health care in peril.
Jun 30, 2025 / Rachel Rebouché
The Abominable Sadism of “Alligator Auschwitz” The Abominable Sadism of “Alligator Auschwitz”
Slated to open this week, Florida’s new detention center will have more than a little in common with a Nazi concentration camp.
Jun 30, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence Bill Moyers Helped Break the Media’s Climate Silence
When Bill Moyers helped launch the Covering Climate Now media collaboration, he urged fellow journalists to “tell the story so people get it.”
Jun 30, 2025 / Obituary / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope