Politics

ICE’s Illegal Detentions and Deportations

ICE’s Illegal Detentions and Deportations ICE’s Illegal Detentions and Deportations

Trump’s attack on legal protests.

Apr 9, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A poster protests the arrest of pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil for leading demonstrations at Columbia University on March 13, 2025, in New York City.

The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals

As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.

Apr 9, 2025 / Column / Jeet Heer

Alternative Media, Trump 2.0, and the Moment in Politics

Alternative Media, Trump 2.0, and the Moment in Politics Alternative Media, Trump 2.0, and the Moment in Politics

On this episode of American Prestige, Katrina vanden Heuvel on the current state of politics, left journalism, Ukraine, and more.

Apr 8, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Tesla Takedown Day

Tesla Takedown Day Tesla Takedown Day

Signs and scenes from the Tesla Showroom, NYC, 2/29/25.

Apr 8, 2025 / Steve Brodner

DC: President Trump Departs White House for Mar-a-Lago

How Far Will 8 Years of Trump Set Back American Women? How Far Will 8 Years of Trump Set Back American Women?

The president and his cronies are committed to rolling progress back to the Stone Age. The effects could outlast his second term.

Apr 8, 2025 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A man holding up a US flag and a sign that reads,

The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within

What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.

Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation

The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow”

The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow” The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow”

“We cannot be at ease in America. History is pushing us; the present is demanding us; the future is calling us.”

Apr 8, 2025 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Agnes Callard and the Examined Life

Agnes Callard and the Examined Life Agnes Callard and the Examined Life

In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?

Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Olúfémi O. Táíwò

Facing the 2025 Project

Facing the 2025 Project Facing the 2025 Project

Musk, Trump, and Vance lead a fascist takeover of the US.

Apr 7, 2025 / OppArt / Grow Up Art

Laura Loomer, a right-wing pundit and supporter of former president Donald Trump, outside the United States Federal Courthouse where Trump is scheduled to be arraigned later in the day on June 13, 2023, in Miami, Florida.

Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration  Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration 

The ongoing internal witch hunt led by the far-right provocateur is a sign of a GOP crack-up.

Apr 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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