Philip Roth’s Dystopia Hits Awfully Close to Home Philip Roth’s Dystopia Hits Awfully Close to Home
HBO’s adaption of The Plot Against America is set in an alternative reality with the same anxieties as our own.
Apr 10, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Exclusive: Inside Trump’s Failed Plan to Surveil the Canadian Border Exclusive: Inside Trump’s Failed Plan to Surveil the Canadian Border
A leaked memo shows Customs and Border Protection requested millions of dollars to monitor the movements of Canadian citizens.
Apr 10, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace
In one week, he threatened to cut off US funding to the WHO, touted an unproven Covid-19 cure, and fired the watchdog overseeing the congressional bailout.
Apr 10, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Science Is Clear on How to Beat This Pandemic The Science Is Clear on How to Beat This Pandemic
But first Trump, Kushner, and the GOP have to stop playing politics with people’s lives.
Apr 9, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves
Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change
We can flatten the curve on climate change, too—but only by altering the balance of power in Washington.
Apr 8, 2020 / Ana María Archila, George Goehl, and Maurice Mitchell
China Is Going to Be a Republican Wedge Issue China Is Going to Be a Republican Wedge Issue
While Trump is already using China as a scapegoat for his failures on Covid-19, progressives have their own reasons to push for a new foreign policy.
Apr 8, 2020 / Jeet Heer
6 Ways Trump Is Exploiting This Pandemic For Political Gain 6 Ways Trump Is Exploiting This Pandemic For Political Gain
As the rest of the world scrambles to alleviate the effects of the coronavirus, President Trump is using it to advance his agenda.
Apr 8, 2020 / Karen J. Greenberg
Under Trump the NLRB Has Gone Completely Rogue Under Trump the NLRB Has Gone Completely Rogue
An agency founded to defend workers’ rights is dismantling them just when workers need them most.
Apr 7, 2020 / Lynn Rhinehart
Three Cheers Three Cheers
We give three cheers to Dr. Fauci. Quite old but hardly on the couch, he Confirmed that Fauci’s still no slouch. He Just gave the facts. That made Trump grouchy. So three cheers mo…
Apr 7, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
For Refugee Camps, Covid-19 Is a Death Sentence For Refugee Camps, Covid-19 Is a Death Sentence
So why did Trump propose a 35 percent cut in US aid to global health programs in February?
Apr 7, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky