Politics

Evil Duo

Evil Duo Evil Duo

Fascist tendencies.

May 21, 2025 / OppArt / Becky Edmunds

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the White House Task Force for the 2026 World Cup on May 6, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s World Cup Will Endanger Foreign Guests. Boycott Now! Trump’s World Cup Will Endanger Foreign Guests. Boycott Now!

If you need to see the 2026 World Cup in person, stick to Canada and Mexico. The US isn’t safe for visitors.

May 20, 2025 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speaks during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

Democrats Are Greenlighting Trump’s Crypto Corruption Democrats Are Greenlighting Trump’s Crypto Corruption

Sixteen senators backed a disastrous bill that enshrines the crypto industry's flagrant abuses into law.

May 20, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

A woman holds a sign protesting NYC Mayor Eric Adams’s policy on mental health

People Across the Political Spectrum Agree: We Need to Address the Country’s Mental Health Crisis People Across the Political Spectrum Agree: We Need to Address the Country’s Mental Health Crisis

There is surprising agreement among people with divergent political beliefs that it’s time to expand services for those who are struggling.

May 20, 2025 / Mattea Kramer and Dr. Sean Fogler

Ken Martin, then the chair of the Minnesota DFL party and now the chair of the DNC, introduces Amy Klobuchar to an election watch party in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on November 5, 2024.

Democrats Are Overperforming in 2025 Thanks to Trump and a Fresh Focus on Grassroots Organizing Democrats Are Overperforming in 2025 Thanks to Trump and a Fresh Focus on Grassroots Organizing

More than 16,000 volunteers are already in the field, creating what DNC chair Ken Martin describes as an unprecedented organizing infrastructure for a non-presidential year.

May 20, 2025 / John Nichols

A memorial for the loss of funding for research and public health programs is placed in front of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Disaster Awaits Us if the NIH Dies Disaster Awaits Us if the NIH Dies

We need to be sending more federal research dollars to more people in more places. Instead, the government is doing the opposite.

May 20, 2025 / Abdullah Shihipar, Brandon Marshall, and Alexandra Skinner

Now and Then

Now and Then Now and Then

Joes new and old.

May 19, 2025 / OppArt / Adam Zyglis

Bruce Springsteen/Donald Trump

Springsteen Gets America in Ways Trump Never Will Springsteen Gets America in Ways Trump Never Will

And that reality has caused the president of the United States to lose it.

May 19, 2025 / John Nichols

Ken Martin, chair of the DNC, speaks to reporters during a press conference.

The DNC’s Latest Feud Is an Exercise in Futility The DNC’s Latest Feud Is an Exercise in Futility

Democrats are acting more like a bickering political science department than an opposition party.

May 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

President Donald J. Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Trump’s “Golden Age” Means No End to Palestinian Slaughter Trump’s “Golden Age” Means No End to Palestinian Slaughter

The president’s much-touted foreign policy shake-up is blighted by continued support for genocide.

May 19, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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