Satire in the Age of Trump Satire in the Age of Trump
Cartooning under a caricature President.
Oct 3, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
The American Impulse to Equate Guns With Freedom and Masculinity With Violence Is Killing Us The American Impulse to Equate Guns With Freedom and Masculinity With Violence Is Killing Us
And Trump is exactly the wrong leader for this reality.
Oct 2, 2017 / Joan Walsh
The Donald Trump Inside Your Own Head The Donald Trump Inside Your Own Head
Here’s how to get him out.
Oct 2, 2017 / Mattea Kramer
Good Riddance, Tom Price. But What About the Other Grifters? Good Riddance, Tom Price. But What About the Other Grifters?
The secretary of health and human services is out. The Treasury secretary and the EPA administrator should go next.
Sep 29, 2017 / John Nichols
Oakland Catcher Bruce Maxwell Breaks Baseball’s Politics Line Oakland Catcher Bruce Maxwell Breaks Baseball’s Politics Line
There is a wall in baseball between sports and politics. One player just put a crack in it.
Sep 29, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Letters From the October 16, 2017, Issue Letters From the October 16, 2017, Issue
A peek inside the rogues’ gallery… A real Shonda… End of the line… Tending our rural roots…
Sep 28, 2017 / Our Readers and Eric Alterman
A Professional Athlete’s Reply to Trump A Professional Athlete’s Reply to Trump
Your insults to others reveal who you are. We wonder though, Donald, what we should call you. Until a more cutting rebuke comes along, “U Bum” from LeBron will just have to do.
Sep 28, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Trump Is Inviting America Into the Torture Chamber Trump Is Inviting America Into the Torture Chamber
Sasha Abramsky on Trump and fear, plus Katha Pollitt and D.D. Guttenplan on Hillary’s memoir.
Sep 28, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
How Fox Keeps Evading the Truth How Fox Keeps Evading the Truth
Even the Daily Mail sometimes admits it’s wrong. Why not Fox News?
Sep 28, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia? Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia?
“Russiagate” is abetting the possibility of direct military conflict with Moscow, and liberals, once opponents of such politics, are promoting it.
Sep 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen