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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

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

Old Chapel Lane, Skibbereen, County Cork in 1846.

What Caused the Irish Famine? What Caused the Irish Famine?

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era.

Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / John Banville

The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

After mobilizing to defend democracy and meet people’s immediate needs, the radical Marxist organization emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.

Apr 8, 2025 / Feature / Vincent Bevins

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

The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Shara, waits to greet a Ukrainian delegation ahead of a meeting to help strengthen ties between the two countries in December 2024 in Damascus, Syria.

Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover

The country’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, has donned a suit, trimmed his beard, and dropped his nom de guerre. But Syrians are still afraid.

Apr 7, 2025 / Charles Glass

President Donald Trump holds a reciprocal tariffs poster during a tariff announcement in the White House on April 2, 2025.

A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy

The president’s tariff war is also a constitutional crisis.

Apr 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The flags of all EU member states fly outside the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, on November 20, 2024.

Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy? Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy?

At the moment, unfortunately, it seems more likely that Europe will be the last powerful holdout in a world entering a new political Dark Age.

Apr 4, 2025 / John Feffer

US and Iran Inch Toward Conflict, an Earthquake Rocks Myanmar, Trump Tariffs Hit Global Markets

US and Iran Inch Toward Conflict, an Earthquake Rocks Myanmar, Trump Tariffs Hit Global Markets US and Iran Inch Toward Conflict, an Earthquake Rocks Myanmar, Trump Tariffs Hit Global Markets

On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.

Apr 4, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

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