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Donald Trump applauds while delivering a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in 2018.

The Democrats Should Boycott Trump’s Speech to Congress This Week The Democrats Should Boycott Trump’s Speech to Congress This Week

Refusing to attend the speech would be the first indication that Democrats are not just playing politics—and playing them badly—but resisting.

Mar 3, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Art Spiegelman, “Self-Portrait With Maus Mask,” 1989.

Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Fascism Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Fascism

The creator of Maus has learned that the past is always present.

Mar 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Clipper Shaun Livingston is taken off the court after getting injured at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday, February 26, 2007.

Sports Under Fascism & All-Time NBA Injury What-Ifs Sports Under Fascism & All-Time NBA Injury What-Ifs

On this episode of Edge of Sports, a talk from 2023 on sports during authoritarianism and Arya on NBA injury what-ifs.

Mar 3, 2025 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Long Live the…

Long Live the… Long Live the…

KING!

Mar 3, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Voice From the Past

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Voice From the Past Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Voice From the Past

The Pakistani qawwali icon sang words written centuries ago and died decades ago. He’s got a new album out.

Mar 3, 2025 / Feature / Hasan Ali

A woman passes by posters that read “Enough Vultures—Argentine united in a national cause” in Buenos Aires, 2014.

How the US Courts Rewrote the Rules of International Trade How the US Courts Rewrote the Rules of International Trade

Shaina Potts’s Judicial Territory examines how the American legal system created an economic environment that subordinated the entire world to domestic business interests.

Mar 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Brett Christophers

Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order on halting federal funds for schools and universities that impose coronavirus vaccine mandates in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2025.

Universities Are Under Attack. Silence Is Not an Option. Universities Are Under Attack. Silence Is Not an Option.

University presidents are staying quiet as Trump tries to destroy their institutions. It won't work.

Mar 3, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo arrives to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Rayburn House Office Building at the US Capitol on September 10, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Disgraced Former Governor Andrew Cuomo Is Running for Mayor Disgraced Former Governor Andrew Cuomo Is Running for Mayor

“Did I make mistakes, some painfully? Definitely, and I believe I learned from them and that I am a better person for it,” Cuomo said. His detractors don’t believe him.

Mar 3, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump during a news conference with Emmanuel Macron, France's president, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, February 24.

Trump Upturns American Foreign Policy Trump Upturns American Foreign Policy

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Stephen Wertheim on how America First went from rhetoric to policy.

Mar 2, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Two men sitting in chairs facing each other.

The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History

Donald Trump and JD Vance tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday with the whole world watching.

Feb 28, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

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