The Slop of Things to Come The Slop of Things to Come
This past week boasted many overhyped AI breakthroughs, but the healthiest one was the fierce repudiation of a contemptuous McDonald’s ad.
Dec 12, 2025 / Matt Alston
Keeping the Police Out of Pregnancy Care Keeping the Police Out of Pregnancy Care
We must be vigilant in keeping law enforcement out of exam rooms.
Dec 12, 2025 / Lourdes A. Rivera and Dr. Jamila Perritt
Trump Is Dragging Republicans to Crushing Defeat After Crushing Defeat Trump Is Dragging Republicans to Crushing Defeat After Crushing Defeat
The president is deeply unpopular, his policies are failing, and Republicans are losing—everywhere.
Dec 12, 2025 / John Nichols
White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine
Trump’s tariffs and immigration raids are driving the latest farm crisis. White farmers have stood by him year after year—and still do.
Dec 12, 2025 / Kali Holloway
Europe’s Subservience to the United States Europe’s Subservience to the United States
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us: Ben Wray discusses the case of Nexperia, recently in the middle of a geopolitical firestorm.
Dec 11, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx
The US Is Looking More Like Putin’s Russia Every Day The US Is Looking More Like Putin’s Russia Every Day
We may already be on a superhighway to the sort of class- and race-stratified autocracy that it took Russia so many years to become after the Soviet Union collapsed.
Dec 11, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino
King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes
Since September 2, the US has carried out more than 20 strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking in both the southern Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. At least 83 people h...
Dec 11, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
The Stagecraft Behind the New Orleans Immigration Raids The Stagecraft Behind the New Orleans Immigration Raids
In a text exchange, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino calls his operation a “massive disturbance” in the making.
Dec 11, 2025 / Amanda Moore
Here’s What It Takes for a Democrat to Win in Texas Here’s What It Takes for a Democrat to Win in Texas
Jasmine Crockett can win the Texas Senate race—if voters of color get to the polls.
Dec 11, 2025 / Steve Phillips
Israel Wants to Destroy My Family's Way of Life. We'll Never Give In. Israel Wants to Destroy My Family's Way of Life. We'll Never Give In.
My family's olive trees have stood in Gaza for decades. Despite genocide, drought, pollution, toxic mines, uprooting, bulldozing, and burning, they're still here—and so are we.
Dec 11, 2025 / Hend Salama Abo Helow