
The Labyrinth of European Rearmament The Labyrinth of European Rearmament
The European Union’s rush to increase military spending is as much about appeasing Washington as achieving actual “strategic autonomy.”
Sigrid Nunez On and Off the Big Screen Sigrid Nunez On and Off the Big Screen
Two new films—Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door and Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend—attempt to adapt her work. Do they succeed?
Trump and RFK Jr. Are Making Cancer Great Again Trump and RFK Jr. Are Making Cancer Great Again
Public health funding cuts are risking the progress the nation has made in fighting and preventing many forms of the dreaded disease. But few people know it yet.
The Rapid and Dubious Rise of the Internet’s New Favorite Therapy The Rapid and Dubious Rise of the Internet’s New Favorite Therapy
Internal Family Systems has been wholeheartedly embraced by celebrities and desperate patients alike. But is it a science—or a scam?
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From the 1950s Red Scare to Trump, Plus the Alger Hiss Case From the 1950s Red Scare to Trump, Plus the Alger Hiss Case
Apr 30, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

The Bloody Blues of “Sinners” The Bloody Blues of “Sinners”
Apr 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
As Trump Goes After Protected Status, Venezuelan Students Are “Terrified” As Trump Goes After Protected Status, Venezuelan Students Are “Terrified”
Apr 30, 2025 / StudentNation / Shandra Back
We Can Run the World Without Fossil Fuels We Can Run the World Without Fossil Fuels
Apr 30, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard and Bill McKibben
In Canada’s Anti-Trump Election, Liberals Eke Out a Victory In Canada’s Anti-Trump Election, Liberals Eke Out a Victory
Apr 29, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Poll Numbers Have Collapsed Trump’s Poll Numbers Have Collapsed
Apr 29, 2025 / John Nichols
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The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed The Group Chat From Hell Has Been Exposed
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Why the Right Fantasizes About Death and Destruction Why the Right Fantasizes About Death and Destruction
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The Fatal Mistake That Democrats Keep Making The Fatal Mistake That Democrats Keep Making
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Trump’s Poll Numbers Have Collapsed Trump’s Poll Numbers Have Collapsed
From the Archive
May 13, 1968: Coupling and Uncoupling Coupling and Uncoupling
The most striking thing about Couples is the novelist’s attempt to break out of the intimist, unpolitical, miniaturist mold that had become his official bust.
Politics

A Pro-Palestinian Activist Lost His Case, but the “Fight From Below” Continues A Pro-Palestinian Activist Lost His Case, but the “Fight From Below” Continues
Cornell University student Momodou Taal self-deported just weeks after he sued the federal government in response to Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protest.

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.

Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs Will Not Renew US Manufacturing Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs Will Not Renew US Manufacturing
Gimmicks like Trump’s economically ignorant, politically jingoistic, and personally self-serving tariff agenda won’t help workers in the US or abroad.
Books & the Arts

The Bloody Blues of “Sinners” The Bloody Blues of “Sinners”
Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster horror period piece sets out to reinvent the creature feature—for better and for worse.

Weike Wang’s Meticulous Satires of Identity Politics Weike Wang’s Meticulous Satires of Identity Politics
Rental House, a novel of marriage and manners, tries to make sense of how a blended family negotiates conflicts of race and class.

Why the Right Fantasizes About Death and Destruction Why the Right Fantasizes About Death and Destruction
In Richard Seymour’s Disaster Nationalism, he attempts to diagnose the apocalyptic nature of conservatism around the world.
World

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.

A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World
As Ramadan comes to an end, a mother prays that she can safely break her fast with their children, with sufficient food and clean water, without fear of being torn to pieces by bo…

In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War
A French court rules to bar Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years.
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The Sino-Soviet Split, Part 2 The Sino-Soviet Split, Part 2
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Trump’s Trade War Is Also a Class War Trump’s Trade War Is Also a Class War
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