Politics

Larry Krasner after winning the Democratic primary for Philadelphia District Attorney on May 20, 2025.

They F’ed Around With Philly DA Larry Krasner... and Found Out They F’ed Around With Philly DA Larry Krasner... and Found Out

Philadelphia’s progressive DA stood up to Trump, and to compromising Democrats. He just won his reelection primary by a 2–1 margin.

May 23, 2025 / John Nichols

Donald Trump attends a town hall, moderated by then–South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and Fairgrounds in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2024.

A Competitive Reality-TV Show for Citizenship? I Wouldn’t Put It Past Them. A Competitive Reality-TV Show for Citizenship? I Wouldn’t Put It Past Them.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson called the idea “a celebration of being an American.”

May 23, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

A tornado leveled the Harlem Tap Room, which has been in operation since 1946, on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in St. Louis.

In St. Louis, a Tornado Rips Across an Economic Disaster Area In St. Louis, a Tornado Rips Across an Economic Disaster Area

St. Louis can either use the disaster as an opportunity to commit to the safety of all its residents, or it can continue a barbaric cycle of neglect.

May 23, 2025 / Devin Thomas O’Shea

Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, speaks at the “Win With Workers” Rally and Press Conference at the DNC Midwestern Candidate Forum on January 16, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan.

A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party

The Nebraska city swung by 43 points to elect John Ewing Jr. Democrats should study the model he embraced.

May 22, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

President Trump Attends GOP House Caucus Meeting On Capitol Hill As Budget Bill Faces Resistance

Trump and Johnson’s Big Ugly Lie Trump and Johnson’s Big Ugly Lie

Last night, the president’s destructive spending bill passed the House by a single vote.

May 22, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Representative LaMonica McIver demands the release of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after his arrest while protesting outside an ICE detention prison, Friday, May 9, 2025. She was herself later charged by the Trump Department of Justice.

Progressives Need to Stand Up for LaMonica McIver Progressives Need to Stand Up for LaMonica McIver

The charges against McIver are a form of political intimidation directed with particular force against Black politicians—but it will work only if the people don’t have her back.

May 22, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Charles Kushner looks on at a White House meeting of US ambasadors.

Charlie and the Ambassadorship Factory Charlie and the Ambassadorship Factory

Charlie Kushner, the newly confirmed US ambassador to France, is a vindictive, felonious, and score-settling real estate mogul, not unlike a certain US president.

May 22, 2025 / Elizabeth Spiers

The $Trump memecoin with Bitcoin and other crypto coins.

Trump’s Big and Ugly Crypto Con Trump’s Big and Ugly Crypto Con

Why are 16 Democrats abetting this great sting?

May 22, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage

Heal a Divided America

Heal a Divided America Heal a Divided America

Working together to unite the country.

May 22, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Trump media microphones

We Can’t Afford to Let the Fourth Estate Topple We Can’t Afford to Let the Fourth Estate Topple

For all the deserved criticism of the American media, it remains one of the strongest pillars propping up what’s left of democracy in a time that’s been anything but good for the ...

May 21, 2025 / Nan Levinson

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