Why Losing Colbert Hurts So Much Why Losing Colbert Hurts So Much
Trump would have all his comedian critics fired if he could. But Colbert represents a particular loss.
May 22, 2026 / Ben Schwartz
For Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund, the Impunity Is the Point For Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund, the Impunity Is the Point
Nixon and his henchmen went to great lengths to conceal their slush-money crimes. Trump and his MAGA coterie don’t have to worry about that.
May 20, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
Government by Payback Squad Government by Payback Squad
The Trump White House has weaponized all the arms of federal law enforcement to intimidate its political enemies and critics, undermining the rule of law and democracy.
May 14, 2026 / David Faris
The Multipronged Red-State Attack on Voting Rights The Multipronged Red-State Attack on Voting Rights
Red states aren’t just gerrymandering away voting rights—they’re working overtime to suppress the vote in as many ways as possible.
May 14, 2026 / Column / Elie Mystal
The Democrats Are 5 Years Too Late to the Voting Rights Fight The Democrats Are 5 Years Too Late to the Voting Rights Fight
Virginia Democrats’ appeal to the Supreme Court to save their state’s new congressional map is a sad case in point.
May 13, 2026 / Elie Mystal
The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters
The Trump administration wields the full strength of its punitive power against immigrants, political opponents, and marginalized groups—and pardons January 6 offenders.
May 13, 2026 / Kali Holloway
On Redistricting, Will Virginia Democrats Surrender, or Get Creative? On Redistricting, Will Virginia Democrats Surrender, or Get Creative?
Democrats must stop conceding that the only answer for various racist voting laws is that Democrats just have to vote more and harder and better.
May 11, 2026 / Joan Walsh
As Trump’s Poll Numbers Fall, His Authoritarian Instincts Grow More Extreme As Trump’s Poll Numbers Fall, His Authoritarian Instincts Grow More Extreme
Increasingly unpopular and facing a fracturing coalition, Trump is using government power to punish his critics, take political revenge, and revel in his own cruelty.
May 1, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Don’t Give MAGA Defectors Credit They Haven’t Earned Don’t Give MAGA Defectors Credit They Haven’t Earned
They’ve seen the light and no longer support the president—but they still believe in his worst ideas and policies.
May 1, 2026 / Kali Holloway
The Supreme Court’s Death Blow Against Voting Rights Is the Culmination of John Roberts’s 50-Year Crusade The Supreme Court’s Death Blow Against Voting Rights Is the Culmination of John Roberts’s 50-Year Crusade
Beginning with his first job in the Reagan Justice Department, the chief justice has been hell-bent on dismantling the Voting Rights Act.
Apr 29, 2026 / David Daley