Politics

US Supreme Court Justice John Roberts at Donald Trump’s 2025 address to both chambers of Congress.

The Supreme Court’s Death Blow Against Voting Rights Is the Culmination of John Roberts’s 50-Year Crusade The Supreme Court’s Death Blow Against Voting Rights Is the Culmination of John Roberts’s 50-Year Crusade

Beginning with his first job in the Reagan Justice Department, the chief justice has been hell-bent on dismantling the Voting Rights Act.

Apr 29, 2026 / David Daley

Donald Trump looks out at the White House Ballroom construction site.

Trump’s Latest Ballroom Push Is His Nero Moment Trump’s Latest Ballroom Push Is His Nero Moment

The president’s decision to commandeer the DOJ to argue that his ballroom is a security necessity is the ultimate sign that this country is in decline.

Apr 29, 2026 / Elie Mystal

No Blood in Palestine

No Blood in Palestine No Blood in Palestine

Street poster, Barcelona.

Apr 29, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

President Donald Trump at an April press conference about the war in Iran.

Why Ending the Iran War May Be a Never-Ending Story Why Ending the Iran War May Be a Never-Ending Story

As Trump’s “excursion” veers into quagmire territory, he may just try to walk away amid a host of new distractions.

Apr 29, 2026 / David Faris

Hotel workers Alejandra Siciliano, Margarita Ramos, an organizer for Local 11, and Patricia De Rivera join a May Day rally in Los Angeles for International Workers’ Day and to protest Trump’s policies on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

May Day Action—Plus, a Confederate Monuments Takedown May Day Action—Plus, a Confederate Monuments Takedown

John Nichols explains why Trump may never succeed at building any of his ICE prison camps, and how this Friday’s May Day strike is a test of our power to resist.

Apr 29, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (left) and FBI Director Kash Patel appear at a press conference following the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center for money laundering at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2026.

The DOJ’s Bogus Allegations Against the SPLC Are a Dog Whistle to White Nationalists The DOJ’s Bogus Allegations Against the SPLC Are a Dog Whistle to White Nationalists

The case against the anti-hate organization will reassure racists that an organization that successfully tracks, exposes, and bankrupts them is now in the government’s crosshairs....

Apr 28, 2026 / Kali Holloway

Endless Gun Violence

Endless Gun Violence Endless Gun Violence

Endless inaction by Congress.

Apr 28, 2026 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller and his wife, Katie Miller, are taken out of the ballroom by security agents during a shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026, in Washington, DC.

There’s No Need to Reschedule the Correspondents’ Dinner There’s No Need to Reschedule the Correspondents’ Dinner

Or to ever hold another one again.

Apr 28, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, April 25, 2026.

Trump Can’t Stop Lying About the Attempts on His Life Trump Can’t Stop Lying About the Attempts on His Life

The president’s falsehoods about the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting continue a grim pattern.

Apr 27, 2026 / Jeet Heer

The Signature That Fenced a Nation

The Signature That Fenced a Nation The Signature That Fenced a Nation

As executive orders reshape the border, and Trump’s administration is trampling American laws and foundational values.

Apr 27, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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