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UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY!

UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY! UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Trump’s signature approach to Epstein.

Sep 25, 2025 / OppArt / Mark Kaplan, Ann Telnaes, and Peter Kuper

Donald Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday, September 22, 2025.

Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents

The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.

Sep 25, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Disney CEO Bob Iger holds a 2016 press conference at Disney’s Shanghai resort.

How the Kimmel Controversy Echoes Disney’s Dirty China Deal How the Kimmel Controversy Echoes Disney’s Dirty China Deal

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner berated the company’s capitulation before authoritarian MAGA threats, but in many ways, he set the example.

Sep 24, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

Donald Trump and his father, real estate developer Fred Trump.

Trump’s Slumlord Administration Is Gutting the Fair Housing Act Trump’s Slumlord Administration Is Gutting the Fair Housing Act

There can’t be true desegregation without ending discrimination in housing—which is precisely why the administration is rolling back enforcement of the FHA.

Sep 24, 2025 / Elie Mystal

President Donald Trump displays his executive order establishing the Trump Card for HB-1 visa applicants at the Oval Office on September 19.

The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch

What would a Democratic presidency armed with Trump’s limitless power look like?

Sep 24, 2025 / David Faris

Demonstrators hold photographs during a rally for Trans Day of Visibility in New York City on March 31, 2025.

The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping. The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.

Sep 24, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson

Adam Jentleson, center, appears with his boss, Senate minority leader Harry Reid before a ceremony in the Capitol on December 15, 2016.

The Latest New Democratic Think Tank Is a Dead End The Latest New Democratic Think Tank Is a Dead End

The Searchlight Institute, founded by former senate staffer Adam Jentelson, epitomizes the careerist tendencies of white-collar workers on the Hill.

Sep 23, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Kimmel Canceled

Kimmel Canceled Kimmel Canceled

Corporations bow to an autocrat’s whims.

Sep 23, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner and Peter Kuper

Members of the Mexican armed forces, in Mexican Revolution-era uniforms, parade to mark the 114th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 20, 2024.

A New History of the Americas, Part 2, With Greg Grandin A New History of the Americas, Part 2, With Greg Grandin

The second of a two-part American Prestige series, exploring US–Latin American relations from the Civil War to today, and why revolutionary currents still shape the region.

Sep 23, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Clashes between protesters and riot police during a demonstration against the ongoing genocide in Gaza during the general strike called by the USB (Sindacato Autonomo di Base) union in Milan, Italy, on September 22, 2025.

Can Revolution Survive in the 21st Century? Can Revolution Survive in the 21st Century?

Technology and the surveillance state have made it easier than ever to suppress popular uprisings. Will our movements adapt?

Sep 23, 2025 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa

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