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ABCs of a Coup

ABCs of a Coup ABCs of a Coup

Erection set.

Jun 13, 2025 / Steve Brodner

President Donald Trump wears a baseball cap with military insignia and holds up a fist. He faces away from a crowd of troops at Fort Bragg who wear camouflage-printed fatigues and maroon berets. Some troops hold up their phones or American flags.

Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord Donald Trump Is Running the Military Like a Warlord

The quickest way for the United States to become fascist is by politicizing the military.

Jun 13, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Former New York State governor Andrew Cuomo.

How Andrew Cuomo Made Homelessness Worse How Andrew Cuomo Made Homelessness Worse

Cuomo claims that “housing is a top priority.” A dig into his track record says something very different.

Jun 13, 2025 / Tracy Rosenthal

All Mothers Deserve to See Their Daughters Return

All Mothers Deserve to See Their Daughters Return All Mothers Deserve to See Their Daughters Return

A mural in Oaxaca honoring the disappeared women.

Jun 13, 2025 / OppArt / URTARTE

US Senator Alex Padilla speaks to reporters outside of the Wilshire Federal Building, after he was forcibly removed from a news conference being held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025.

Trump Lurches Us Toward a Police State Trump Lurches Us Toward a Police State

After law enforcement assaulted Senator Alex Padilla, we know: We are the only guardrails. Show up at a “No Kings” rally Saturday.

Jun 13, 2025 / Joan Walsh

A loader works at the scene of destroyed residential buildings due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025.

Tensions Rise with Iran, Sudan-Libya Border Clashes, Trump Creating Office of Remigration Tensions Rise with Iran, Sudan-Libya Border Clashes, Trump Creating Office of Remigration

On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.

Jun 13, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg speaks during the opening night of the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University on March 27, 2025.

How Jeffrey Goldberg and “The Atlantic” Blew “the Biggest Story of the Year” How Jeffrey Goldberg and “The Atlantic” Blew “the Biggest Story of the Year”

Given advance warning of an impending war crime, the former cheerleader for the Iraq war decided his priority was to protect his scoop.

Jun 13, 2025 / JoAnn Wypijewski

President Donald Trump smirks on the Truman balcony of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2025.

If an Authoritarian Trump Seizes More Power, Should Blue States Secede? If an Authoritarian Trump Seizes More Power, Should Blue States Secede?

Sanford Levinson maintains that a peaceful breakup would be preferable to a divided polity, while Tarence Ray argues that the working class must remain united across state lines.

Jun 13, 2025 / Column / Sanford Levinson and Tarence Ray

Signs are left on the ground including two that read “This was a kidnapping” and “Bring Kilmar home now!” as protesters break outside the US District Court for the District of Maryland on May 16, 2025, in Greenbelt, Maryland. Protesters rallied outside the court during a hearing for a Maryland resident from El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was detained in a notoriously violent maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is just the latest example of cases in which the administration is finding the flimsiest of reasons to label undocumented immigrants as “criminals.”

Jun 13, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

People in Chicago protesting against recent ICE raids and President Trump.

“Every Single Day I Pray”: Young People Protest ICE in Chicago “Every Single Day I Pray”: Young People Protest ICE in Chicago

Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in their city and President Trump’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles.

Jun 13, 2025 / StudentNation / Ava Menkes

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