Richard Hofstadter’s Discontents Richard Hofstadter’s Discontents
Why did the historian come to fear the very movements he once would have celebrated?
Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer
America’s Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy America’s Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy
A new history charts the three-centuries long contest between elites seeking to uphold a racial and economic order that benefits them alone and the forces of democracy seeking to d...
Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Manisha Sinha
Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder
Trump boasted in 2016 that he could get away with murder. In the 4 years since, his administration has been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Oct 6, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
Trump May Be Infectious, but He’s Still Ignorant Trump May Be Infectious, but He’s Still Ignorant
Testing positive for Covid-19 has done nothing to change the president’s thinking about the pandemic.
Oct 5, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Today Marks the Start of a Truly Terrifying Supreme Court Term Today Marks the Start of a Truly Terrifying Supreme Court Term
The upcoming term always threatened to inflict serious harm on our nation. Then Ruth Bader Ginsburg died.
Oct 5, 2020 / Feature / Elie Mystal
31 Days Until the Election 31 Days Until the Election
Vanity UnFair: Trump dismantles democracy.
Oct 3, 2020 / OppArt / Mark Bryan
Positive! Trump’s Covid Bungling Now Takes a Personal Toll Positive! Trump’s Covid Bungling Now Takes a Personal Toll
Democrats should not shy away from using news of Trump’s Covid test to hammer home the lesson that he has bungled the crisis.
Oct 2, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Defunding the Police Is a Reparations Issue Defunding the Police Is a Reparations Issue
The United States should take a long look at UN guidance on police reform in post-conflict countries.
Oct 2, 2020 / Dreisen Heath
Environment Disaster Rings Environment Disaster Rings
The trees (and our) time on Earth?
Oct 2, 2020 / OppArt / Tom Arie Donch