Politics

Condoning Wrongdoing

Condoning Wrongdoing Condoning Wrongdoing

America voted against itself.

Jul 31, 2025 / OppArt / Gia Ruiz

Protesters from Fossil Free London demonstrate outside Barclays Canary Wharf to disrupt the Energy Intelligence Forum (EIF) summit.

How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial

But even the ad world isn’t immune to the groundswell of climate organizing.

Jul 31, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Saturday, July 27, 2024.

Trump’s Crypto Profiteering Is Worse Than You Think Trump’s Crypto Profiteering Is Worse Than You Think

On Tech Won't Save Us: Jacob Silverman on how Trump is enriching himself through crypto scams.

Jul 31, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington.

The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US The Rule of Law Is Dead in the US

The rule of law presupposes that there are rules that provide a consistent, repeatable, and knowable set of outcomes. That’s no longer the case.

Jul 30, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).

How Democrats Could Blow the Midterms How Democrats Could Blow the Midterms

With Trump’s popularity in freefall, 2026 should be a gimme for the opposition. But there are signs that the Dems could sleepwalk into disaster.

Jul 30, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

A sign in Alabama, 2018.

This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches

Local faith leaders are fighting back, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by extremists.

Jul 30, 2025 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back

Facing the Sixth Extinction

Facing the Sixth Extinction Facing the Sixth Extinction

Species are disappearing before our eyes.

Jul 30, 2025 / OppArt / Paula Hewitt Amram

Jay Leno at the 2021 Britweek Luxury Car Rally in Los Angeles.

Jay Leno’s Phony Case for Balanced Comedy Jay Leno’s Phony Case for Balanced Comedy

The former Tonight Show host thinks a dose of bothsidesism will punch up the late-night scene.

Jul 30, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

A man in a collared shirt and tie rides a motorcycle in Little Rock, Arkansas.

“Declared Intention”: My Immigration Story, and Ours “Declared Intention”: My Immigration Story, and Ours

Like many Americans, I may only be one generation away from birthright citizenship—a concept that defined this country’s promise for so many immigrants.

Jul 30, 2025 / Robert Pinsky

Kamala Harris pauses as she speaks at the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala in San Francisco, California, on April 30, 2025.

Dems Who Didn’t Vote in 2024—Plus, Mussolini and Trump Dems Who Didn’t Vote in 2024—Plus, Mussolini and Trump

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Celinda Lake on Biden voters who didn’t vote for Harris, and John Powers on a novel about the rise of Mussolini.

Jul 30, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

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