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Donald Trump, left, greets John Roberts, chief justice of the US Supreme Court, arrives for a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

Why the Supreme Court Will Never Stand Up to Trump Why the Supreme Court Will Never Stand Up to Trump

Podcast / The Nation Podcast / Nov 5, 2025 Why the Supreme Court Will Never Stand Up to Trump On The Nation Podcast: Elie Mystal on the Roberts court’s capitulation. D.D. Gu…

Nov 5, 2025 / Podcast

Donald Trump speaks in front of US Navy personnel on board the US Navy’s USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, on October 28, 2025.

After the American Empire After the American Empire

On this episode of The Time of Monsters: Trita Parsi on why Donald Trump’s retrenchment doesn’t go far enough.

Nov 2, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Memphis vs. Musk, With Representative Justin J. Pearson

Memphis vs. Musk, With Representative Justin J. Pearson Memphis vs. Musk, With Representative Justin J. Pearson

“No matter how many billions you have, you don't have enough to buy our lives.”

Nov 1, 2025 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025.

Trump’s Asia Tour and Xi Summit, Massacres in Sudan by the RFK, Bombings of Boats Off the South American Coast by the US Trump’s Asia Tour and Xi Summit, Massacres in Sudan by the RFK, Bombings of Boats Off the South American Coast by the US

The news from American Prestige.

Oct 31, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

People protest Apple as others line up for the release of iPhone 17 models outside the Apple store in New York on September 19, 2025.

We Need to Cut Our Dependence on US Tech. Here’s How to Start. We Need to Cut Our Dependence on US Tech. Here’s How to Start.

On episode 300 of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx on getting out from under American Big Tech's thumb.

Oct 30, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani (C) with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), left, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), right, during an election rally on October 26, 2025, in New York City.

Voters, Democrats, and Redistricting—Plus, Confederate Monuments in LA Voters, Democrats, and Redistricting—Plus, Confederate Monuments in LA

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson previews the elections next Tuesday, and Christopher Knight comments on the new art exhibit at MOCA.

Oct 29, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

An Indigenous woman waves a Venezuelan flag during a rally to commemorate Indigenous Resistance Day on October 12, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela.

The Rush to War With Venezuela The Rush to War With Venezuela

On The Time of Monsters: Van Jackson on Trump's reckless plunge into conflict in Latin America.

Oct 28, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

All Revolution Is Based on Land, with Leah Penniman

All Revolution Is Based on Land, with Leah Penniman All Revolution Is Based on Land, with Leah Penniman

On A People's Climate: What the soil can teach us in the fight for climate justice.

Oct 25, 2025 / Podcast / Shilpi Chhotray

Bodies of Palestinians killed during Israel's two-year-long attacks on the Gaza Strip and buried in temporary graves around Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City are being exhumed and reburied in family cemeteries, on October 24, 2025.

Gaza Ceasefire Tenuous, US Strikes More “Drug Boats,” Saudi State Visit Gaza Ceasefire Tenuous, US Strikes More “Drug Boats,” Saudi State Visit

American Prestige brings you the news.

Oct 24, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

An Amazon Zoox driverless robotaxi drives on the Las Vegas Strip on August 7, 2025.

Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City Silicon Valley Doesn’t Know What Makes a Good City

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us: Joanne McNeil unpacks Big Tech’s driverless transport fantasy.

Oct 23, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

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