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Why Only Republicans Have Free Speech Why Only Republicans Have Free Speech

The Supreme Court protects the rights of the rich and conservative—to heck with almost everyone else.

May 13, 2025 / Leah Litman

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Letters From the June 2025 Issue Letters From the June 2025 Issue

Boys don’t cry… A call to action… The war party… Traveling to Cuba… Bill vs. Hill… Burning questions… The best medicine… Correction…

May 13, 2025 / Our Readers

Will the Creative Class Go MAGA?

Will the Creative Class Go MAGA? Will the Creative Class Go MAGA?

It may be hard to resist the lure of power and patronage.

May 13, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan

Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2025.

Flattery Will Get You Everywhere Flattery Will Get You Everywhere

May 13, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A poster on a bus shelter for the Netflix drama “Adolescence.”

The “Crisis” of Male Adolescence Is Nothing New The “Crisis” of Male Adolescence Is Nothing New

Boys don't need special treatment—it's entitlement that's getting them into trouble.

May 13, 2025 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Chickens

Chickens Chickens

Come home.

May 12, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Pakistanis flash victory signs as they celebrate after the ceasefire between Pakistan and India on May 10, 2025.

India’s Attack on Pakistan Was a Strategic Flop India’s Attack on Pakistan Was a Strategic Flop

It was a conflict with no winners. But in the end, India lost.

May 12, 2025 / Hasan Ali

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia, the first stop on his four-day Middle East visit and the first international trip of his second term.

The Sky-High Corruption of Donald Trump The Sky-High Corruption of Donald Trump

The Democrats missed their first chance to spotlight Trump’s repeated violations of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. They shouldn’t miss their second.

May 12, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Children line up for a hot meal at a charity kitchen in Gaza City, on May 3, 2025.

What It Feels Like to Starve What It Feels Like to Starve

What we are witnessing now in Gaza is not a famine of nature. It is famine as a weapon of mass destruction.

May 12, 2025 / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Hiding in plain sight: Despite the epic scale of his crypto-linked corruption, Trump is unlikely to ever face justice. Especially with so many Democrats eager to take the industry’s (real) money.

Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished

The president is a brazen crook, but Democrats are too compromised to challenge him.

May 12, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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