Politics

President Donald Trump gestures to members of the media after exiting Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on February 13, 2026

Election Protection in the Midterms—Plus Slaves Escaping by Sea Election Protection in the Midterms—Plus Slaves Escaping by Sea

Harold Meyerson explains Democrats’ preparations for Trump’s threats to voting, and Marcus Rediker talks about Black America in the 1850s.

Feb 18, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

CBS Surrenders to Trump CBS Surrenders to Trump

The network tried to bury an interview critical of Trump. Stephen Colbert made it an indictment of the administration’s assaults on the First Amendment.

Feb 17, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

Russell Vought (left), architect of the Mandate for Leadership, more commonly known as Project 2025, and director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), stands alongside Mark Paoletta (right), general counsel at the OMB, during the Trump administration's announcement of the rescission of the Obama-era endangerment finding in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2026.

The Right Had a Plan. We Need One Too. The Right Had a Plan. We Need One Too.

America should build things again, and we the people should own what we build.

Feb 17, 2026 / Corbin Trent

A press conference held by the Council on American–Islamic Relations.

Muslims in Texas Are Harassed and Surveilled. Greg Abbott Is Making It Worse. Muslims in Texas Are Harassed and Surveilled. Greg Abbott Is Making It Worse.

In November, the governor issued a proclamation declaring CAIR, the country’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, a terrorist organization. “It’s about sowing suspicio...

Feb 17, 2026 / StudentNation / Arman Amin

ICE Brings Shame to America

ICE Brings Shame to America ICE Brings Shame to America

Trump’s secret police force is a stain on our country.

Feb 16, 2026 / OppArt / Dario Castillejos

Sunnyside Yard circa 1971.

Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York

Constructing new residential buildings, let alone those with rental units that New Yorkers can afford, is never an easy task.

Feb 16, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

Keir Starmer chats with disgraced former UK ambassador to the United States and alleged Epstein associate Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2025.

The UK’s Epstein Crisis The UK’s Epstein Crisis

If Keir Starmer is safe for now, it’s only for lack of alternatives within his party.

Feb 16, 2026 / Rachel Shabi

Minnesota Made Trump Blink

Minnesota Made Trump Blink Minnesota Made Trump Blink

But Tom Homan is a lying liar, and the work’s not done. Plus, Gallup’s sketchy new polling policy (is the analytics firm in the Trump tank?), the law for deepfakes, and more in th...

Feb 13, 2026 / Elie Mystal

President Donald Trump departs after making an announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2026.

The Republican Crack-Up Has Begun The Republican Crack-Up Has Begun

Even conservatives are fleeing the GOP as more and more Americans turn against Trump’s authoritarian project.

Feb 13, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

The Antidemocratic Zealots Presiding Over Trump’s Makeover of US History

The Antidemocratic Zealots Presiding Over Trump’s Makeover of US History The Antidemocratic Zealots Presiding Over Trump’s Makeover of US History

The administration’s sketchily funded Freedom 250 project, which will oversee the celebration of America’s semiquincentennial, is a pageant of right-wing extremism.

Feb 13, 2026 / Toni Aguilar Rosenthal

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