Politics

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

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

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

Cory Booker

Cory Booker Cory Booker

In a record-breaking 25-hour speech, Senator Cory Booker criticized the Trump administration’s policies on Social Security, education, healthcare, and more.

Apr 28, 2025 / OppArt / Gia Ruiz

The future president in Trump Tower circa 1987.

Real Estate Is the Key to Trump’s Worldview Real Estate Is the Key to Trump’s Worldview

His policies and behavior may often baffle, but he is a developer at heart.

Apr 28, 2025 / Kate Wagner

Donavan McKinney.

Justice Democrats Launches Its First Primary Challenge in 4 Years Justice Democrats Launches Its First Primary Challenge in 4 Years

The group has recruited Donavan McKinney, a 32-year-old Detroiter, to unseat incumbent Representative Shri Thanedar.

Apr 28, 2025 / Elsie Carson-Holt

A restaurant receipt with Doordash printed in Lafayette, California, on March 3, 2021.

Did You Know Consumer Debt Has Reached an All-Time High? Did You Know Consumer Debt Has Reached an All-Time High?

And total household debt now exceeds $18 trillion.

Apr 28, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A woman wearing a sweatshirt for the QAnon conspiracy theory gestures during a pro-Trump rally on October 11, 2020, in Ronkonkoma, New York.

Why the Right Fantasizes About Death and Destruction Why the Right Fantasizes About Death and Destruction

In Richard Seymour’s Disaster Nationalism, he attempts to diagnose the apocalyptic nature of conservatism around the world.

Apr 28, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Nathan Taylor Pemberton

Construction continues on a mixed-use apartment complex that will hold more than 700 units of housing and 95,000 square feet of commercial space on August 20, 2024, in Los Angeles.

A YIMBY Theory of Power A YIMBY Theory of Power

Pro-housing advocates offer an analysis of class relations that is more sophisticated and has more explanatory power than the one held by many critics of the “abundance agenda.”

Apr 28, 2025 / Ned Resnikoff

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