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A group of workers look on as President Donald Trump announces his new tarrifs plan at the White House Rose Garden

Trump’s Trade Wars Hark Back to an Economy That No Longer Exists Trump’s Trade Wars Hark Back to an Economy That No Longer Exists

The administration’s slapdash tariffs plan is an unworkable wish-fulfillment fantasy.

Apr 7, 2025 / Dean Baker

Shanette Williams at the Abortion in America conference in February.

Abortion Bans Upended Their Lives—Now They’re Fighting Back, One Story at a Time Abortion Bans Upended Their Lives—Now They’re Fighting Back, One Story at a Time

Across the country, abortion storytellers are putting the struggle for reproductive freedom into powerful new words.

Apr 7, 2025 / Feature / Regina Mahone

Kat Abughazaleh.

What’s Kat Abughazaleh’s Deal? What’s Kat Abughazaleh’s Deal?

She’s a 26-year-old social media star challenging a progressive stalwart in a congressional district she doesn’t live in yet. We asked her why.

Apr 7, 2025 / Elsie Carson-Holt

US Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference about the Trump administration's tariffs and budget plans, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 4, 2025.

The Making of Chuck Schumer The Making of Chuck Schumer

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, David Klion on the Senate minority leader’s revealing new book.

Apr 6, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

President Donald Trump holds a reciprocal tariffs poster during a tariff announcement in the White House on April 2, 2025.

A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy

The president’s tariff war is also a constitutional crisis.

Apr 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The flags of all EU member states fly outside the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, on November 20, 2024.

Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy? Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy?

At the moment, unfortunately, it seems more likely that Europe will be the last powerful holdout in a world entering a new political Dark Age.

Apr 4, 2025 / John Feffer

US and Iran Inch Toward Conflict, an Earthquake Rocks Myanmar, Trump Tariffs Hit Global Markets

US and Iran Inch Toward Conflict, an Earthquake Rocks Myanmar, Trump Tariffs Hit Global Markets US and Iran Inch Toward Conflict, an Earthquake Rocks Myanmar, Trump Tariffs Hit Global Markets

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

Apr 4, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Loot Hauley

Loot Hauley Loot Hauley

Not disappeared.

Apr 4, 2025 / Steve Brodner

California Governor Gavin Newsom looks on during a press conference on February 1, 2023, in Sacramento, California.

Governor Newsom, It’s Time to Get Off the Sidelines Governor Newsom, It’s Time to Get Off the Sidelines

The California governor was careful not to provoke Donald Trump after the election, but that didn’t stop the president from launching a full assault against his state.

Apr 4, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Billionaires Suck

Billionaires Suck Billionaires Suck

Public action, visibility brigade, Route 4, Paramus, New Jersey, January 2025.

Apr 4, 2025 / OppArt / Karen Guancione

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