Society

andrew jackson trump

Trump Is Like a Cornered Animal Trump Is Like a Cornered Animal

Sasha Abramsky on our irrational president, David Cole on the courts, and Paul Mason on Corbyn.

Jun 1, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Twitter logo and silhouettes

The White House Assembles Its Defense The White House Assembles Its Defense

Though they’re thinking a war room might help To avoid all these stinging defeats, It seems clear that the aide they should add Is a special assistant for tweets.

Jun 1, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Letters Icon

Letters From the June 19-26, 2017, Issue Letters From the June 19-26, 2017, Issue

McCarthyism: past or present?… Implausible deniability… Lessons from Carrier… An admiring bog… Electing the future (web-only)…

Jun 1, 2017 / Our Readers

The Two Women’s Movements

The Two Women’s Movements The Two Women’s Movements

Feminism has been on the march since the 1970s, but so has the conservative backlash.

Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

J.M. Coetzee’s Essential Protestantism

J.M. Coetzee’s Essential Protestantism J.M. Coetzee’s Essential Protestantism

In his last two novels, Coetzee has tried to recover the scandal and strangeness of early Christianity.

Jun 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Adam Kirsch

A Brief History of Liberal Demonization

A Brief History of Liberal Demonization A Brief History of Liberal Demonization

ignore this…

Jun 1, 2017 / Jen Sorensen

Texas Sanctuary City SB 4 Protest

Texas’s SB 4 Is the Most Dramatic State Crackdown Yet on Sanctuary Cities Texas’s SB 4 Is the Most Dramatic State Crackdown Yet on Sanctuary Cities

The law is Texas’s acknowledgement that the federal government is dependent on local law enforcement to carry out its deportation agenda.

Jun 1, 2017 / StudentNation / Julianne Hing

President Donald Trump

Our President, the Little Big Man Our President, the Little Big Man

From his proposals on health care, to his tax plan, to his border wall, Trump is symptomatic of the nation he now “leads.”

May 31, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

roger ailes kingsman screening

Presidents Come and Go—the Legacy of Roger Ailes May Last Forever Presidents Come and Go—the Legacy of Roger Ailes May Last Forever

The Fox News founder is dead. So why does the rest of cable news look like an army of his monsters?

May 31, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

Greg Gianforte

Donald Trump Is Enabling Attacks on Journalists Donald Trump Is Enabling Attacks on Journalists

Republicans who demonize the press as the enemy are encouraging violence against reporters.

May 31, 2017 / Column / Laila Lalami

x