How the Theatrics of Banning TikTok Enables Repression at Home How the Theatrics of Banning TikTok Enables Repression at Home
If US politicians were sincerely concerned about Chinese state violence, they would also be implicating the Silicon Valley companies that profit from the surveillance of Uighurs.
Oct 8, 2020 / Xiaowei Wang
Pence Looks Normal Only in Comparison to Trump Pence Looks Normal Only in Comparison to Trump
The vice president tried to give a more acceptable face to Trumpian politics, with partial success.
Oct 8, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The NFL Season Could Be Facing a Covid Collapse The NFL Season Could Be Facing a Covid Collapse
After years of scandals and PR disasters, Roger Goodell has finally put the league’s profits in jeopardy.
Oct 7, 2020 / Dave Zirin
This Is Your President on Drugs This Is Your President on Drugs
The president is infectious, medicated, and erratic while working with a depleted staff.
Oct 7, 2020 / Jeet Heer
How to Cope With Daily Life During a Pandemic How to Cope With Daily Life During a Pandemic
After all these months and 210,000 deaths, you’d think we’d be used to it all. I’m not. It doesn’t seem even a little normal yet.
Oct 7, 2020 / Frida Berrigan
How America Turned on Itself How America Turned on Itself
Amid talk of “civil war,” it’s impossible to imagine the violence of this moment in the absence of America’s forever wars abroad.
Oct 6, 2020 / Andrew McCormick
Will 2020 Be Trump’s Bay of Pigs? Will 2020 Be Trump’s Bay of Pigs?
To advance his political fortunes in Florida, Trump assaults the right to travel to Cuba.
Oct 6, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh
We Have a Covidiot in the White House We Have a Covidiot in the White House
Trump may be a super-spreader. But don’t get hung up on medical updates; in swing states, Republicans are plotting to steal this election.
Oct 6, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Why Trump Doesn’t Wear a Mask Why Trump Doesn’t Wear a Mask
“As any woman can tell you, the masks smear makeup. The president is afraid of makeup stains on his mask and unsightly smears on his photographed face.” —letter to The New York Ti…
Oct 6, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder
Trump boasted in 2016 that he could get away with murder. In the 4 years since, his administration has been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Oct 6, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt