Whom Is ICE Actually Recruiting? Whom Is ICE Actually Recruiting?
ICE has lowered standards to facilitate a massive hiring spree. Many of the new recruits are plainly unqualified. Are some also white supremacists or domestic terrorists?
Jan 27, 2026 / Kali Holloway
This Is the Perfect Moment for Democrats to Grow a Spine This Is the Perfect Moment for Democrats to Grow a Spine
After the murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents, the least national Democrats can do is dismantle ICE.
Jan 26, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
MAGA Is Proving How Little It Actually Cares About Gun Rights MAGA Is Proving How Little It Actually Cares About Gun Rights
The ability to kill dissidents at will is more important to Trump and his supporters than the Second Amendment.
Jan 26, 2026 / Jeet Heer
The Farmland Revolt The Farmland Revolt
America’s farmers are fuming over Trump’s tariffs. Democrats need to channel their anger.
Jan 26, 2026 / Column / Erica Etelson and Anthony Flaccavento
George Whitmore’s Unsparing Queer Fiction George Whitmore’s Unsparing Queer Fiction
Long out of print, his novel Nebraska is an enigmatic record of queer survival in midcentury America.
Jan 26, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jeremy Lybarger
If Something Happens to Me: A Letter to My Daughter If Something Happens to Me: A Letter to My Daughter
I want you to know why I chose to keep fighting for the world you deserve.
Jan 26, 2026 / Adrianne Wright
Alex Pretti Was a Good Man at a Time of Great Evil Alex Pretti Was a Good Man at a Time of Great Evil
The 37-year-old ICU nurse was killed helping another ICE victim. We must honor his sacrifice.
Jan 25, 2026 / Joan Walsh
Minneapolis Is an “Insurrection” of Trump’s Own Making Minneapolis Is an “Insurrection” of Trump’s Own Making
The city has become ground zero for the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and the growing resistance to it.
Jan 25, 2026 / Alyssa Oursler
Mark Carney Proclaims the End of American Hegemony Mark Carney Proclaims the End of American Hegemony
Stephen Maher on an unexpected speech at Davos.