DOGE Is a Massive Scam—Even on Its Own Terms DOGE Is a Massive Scam—Even on Its Own Terms
Even if you believe that Musk is trying to root out waste and fraud (and you really shouldn't), he and his dweeby hatchet bros are only making things more corrupt and expensive.
Feb 18, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Beatriz Nascimento’s Histories of Afro-Brazilian Rebellion Beatriz Nascimento’s Histories of Afro-Brazilian Rebellion
The activist scholar devoted her life to sketching out a revisionist historiography of resistance in Latin America but also the world.
Feb 18, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Yasmina Price
NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Wants You to Have More Money in Your Pocket NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Wants You to Have More Money in Your Pocket
The New York State Assembly member explains how free buses, free childcare, a rent freeze, and city-run grocery stores would make life easier for working-class New Yorkers.
Feb 18, 2025 / Q&A / Sumaya Awad
USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending
Trump and Musk’s war against the agency should be opposed on principle. But we can’t overlook that USAID has been a destructive arm of American imperialism for decades.
Feb 17, 2025 / Aída Chávez
Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky
America’s greedy gangster president is forcing European elites to finally reckon with the high price of protection.
Feb 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco
The US government has begun to shuttle immigrants from the United States to Gitmo, post photos of them in shackles, and lock them away.
Feb 17, 2025 / Jeffrey S. Kahn
Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plans for Gaza Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plans for Gaza
A monstrous proposal: from the riviera to the sea.
Feb 17, 2025 / OppArt / Emanuele Del Rosso
A Subtle Power Grab in India A Subtle Power Grab in India
With a constitutional amendment that would transform elections, Narendra Modi wants to realize his vision of a centralized India.
Feb 17, 2025 / Wolf Hertzberg
Will Academia Survive the Criminalization of Dissent? Will Academia Survive the Criminalization of Dissent?
Professors are experiencing an overwhelming sense of fear and disillusionment amid the crackdown of pro-Palestine protests. “I don’t know anybody who’s not scared right now.”
Feb 17, 2025 / StudentNation / Lucy Tobier
What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like
Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis.
Feb 17, 2025 / Photo Essay / Tim Evans