Politics

Donald Trump applauds while delivering a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in 2018.

The Democrats Should Boycott Trump’s Speech to Congress This Week The Democrats Should Boycott Trump’s Speech to Congress This Week

Refusing to attend the speech would be the first indication that Democrats are not just playing politics—and playing them badly—but resisting.

Mar 3, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Art Spiegelman, “Self-Portrait With Maus Mask,” 1989.

Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Fascism Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Fascism

The creator of Maus has learned that the past is always present.

Mar 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Long Live the…

Long Live the… Long Live the…

KING!

Mar 3, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo arrives to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Rayburn House Office Building at the US Capitol on September 10, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Disgraced Former Governor Andrew Cuomo Is Running for Mayor Disgraced Former Governor Andrew Cuomo Is Running for Mayor

“Did I make mistakes, some painfully? Definitely, and I believe I learned from them and that I am a better person for it,” Cuomo said. His detractors don’t believe him.

Mar 3, 2025 / Joan Walsh

A woman passes by posters that read “Enough Vultures—Argentine united in a national cause” in Buenos Aires, 2014.

How the US Courts Rewrote the Rules of International Trade How the US Courts Rewrote the Rules of International Trade

Shaina Potts’s Judicial Territory examines how the American legal system created an economic environment that subordinated the entire world to domestic business interests.

Mar 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Brett Christophers

Donald Trump during a news conference with Emmanuel Macron, France's president, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, February 24.

Trump Upturns American Foreign Policy Trump Upturns American Foreign Policy

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Stephen Wertheim on how America First went from rhetoric to policy.

Mar 2, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Two men sitting in chairs facing each other.

The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History

Donald Trump and JD Vance tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday with the whole world watching.

Feb 28, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv on February 26, 2025.

PKK Disarmament, US/Ukraine Mineral Deal, German Election PKK Disarmament, US/Ukraine Mineral Deal, German Election

On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.

Feb 28, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Depraved Tyrant

Depraved Tyrant Depraved Tyrant

Your money and your life.

Feb 28, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Trump Undoes Environmental Protections

Trump Undoes Environmental Protections Trump Undoes Environmental Protections

Denying reality as climate disasters spread.

Feb 28, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

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