This Week / September 26, 2025

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Pretty Please

Pretty Please Pretty Please

Graffiti near Union Square, New York City.

OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speak with members of the National Guard during a visit to Union Station on August 20, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Ugly Beast of American Authoritarianism The Ugly Beast of American Authoritarianism

Might is right is the philosophy behind the Trump administration’s decision to kidnap Nicolás Maduro.

Column / Sasha Abramsky

Donald Trump wringing hands around mouth during speech

D as in Donald and Decline D as in Donald and Decline

Living (dying?) with Donald Trump.

Tom Engelhardt

Jews for a Free Palestine

Jews for a Free Palestine Jews for a Free Palestine

Being anti-genocide isn’t antisemitic.

OppArt / Nicole Schulman

Donald Trump surveys the Manhattan skyline in 1987.

Trump's Mogul-First Model of Diplomacy Trump's Mogul-First Model of Diplomacy

The pundits straining to seek coherence in the new interventionist “Donroe doctrine” would do well to look back to Trump’s roots in New York real estate

Elizabeth Spiers

Meet Seattle’s New Mayor, Katie Wilson

Meet Seattle’s New Mayor, Katie Wilson Meet Seattle’s New Mayor, Katie Wilson

Her victory was won by the precariat: renters, transit riders, and democratic socialists who rallied, doorbelled, created social media, and registered new voters.

John Burbank