Donald Trump’s Niece Dishes the Dirt Donald Trump’s Niece Dishes the Dirt
According to Mary Trump’s tell-all book, the president is still a little boy throwing a tantrum.
Jul 17, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Donald Trump Is Living Proof of Osama bin Laden’s Success Donald Trump Is Living Proof of Osama bin Laden’s Success
The US’s militarized and nationalist response to 9/11 has accelerated the decline of the American empire.
Jul 17, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
US Intelligence Turns to the Boogaloo Movement US Intelligence Turns to the Boogaloo Movement
After downplaying the threat of right-wing domestic terrorism, top intelligence agencies take notice of a rising militia.
Jul 16, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Burning Down the House Burning Down the House
Trump’s mounting failures and corruption devastate the US.
Jul 16, 2020 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson
Austin, Texas, Just Voted to End the Drug War Austin, Texas, Just Voted to End the Drug War
Voters just nominated a candidate for DA who says, “On day one, we will end the prosecution of low-level drug offenses.”
Jul 16, 2020 / John Nichols
The New Lysenkoism in Washington The New Lysenkoism in Washington
At a time when we desperately need scientific leadership, what we’ve got is a rogues’ gallery of frauds and flatterers who see the pandemic as a career move.
Jul 16, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves
To Fight the Coronavirus, We Need a Massive Campaign of Disruption To Fight the Coronavirus, We Need a Massive Campaign of Disruption
Gregg Gonsalves on Covid-19, plus Meagan Day on the eviction crisis.
Jul 16, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story
And newsrooms need to cover the 2020 elections as a climate story.
Jul 15, 2020 / Andrew McCormick
Cannibalism Is No Cure for Covid-19 Cannibalism Is No Cure for Covid-19
Rush Limbaugh’s praise of the Donner Party is part of an old tradition of exalting unnecessary suffering rather than offering solutions.
Jul 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Even Nixon Didn’t Go As Far as Trump Even Nixon Didn’t Go As Far as Trump
I served on the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate. What Nixon tried to do in secret pales in comparison to what Trump does in the open.
Jul 15, 2020 / Elizabeth Holtzman