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President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on September 19, 2025, in Washington, DC. Trump signed two executive orders, establishing the “Trump Gold Card” and introducing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.

Trump Dials Up the Authoritarianism to 11 Trump Dials Up the Authoritarianism to 11

When Trump asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute his enemies and she didn’t resign, it was a sign that we’ve already passed into strongman rule.

Sep 22, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Anti-government protesters in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 8.

Nepal’s Revolution Wasn’t Televised, but It Was on Discord Nepal’s Revolution Wasn’t Televised, but It Was on Discord

The country’s Gen Z uprising illustrates both the promise and limitations of online-brokered protest

Sep 22, 2025 / Corey Pein

A lithograph illustrating the discovery of iguanodon fossils in Bernissart, Belgium, 1878 (c. 1880).

The Fight Over the Meaning of Fossils The Fight Over the Meaning of Fossils

When the remains of prehistoric creatures were discovered in Europe and the United States, it opened up a vociferous debate on the nature of time and the purpose of science.

Sep 22, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Katzenstein

Tribute to Charlie Kirk

Tribute to Charlie Kirk Tribute to Charlie Kirk

Orbán Outfitters.

Sep 19, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he speaks to the press at the Federal Senate in Brasília on July 17, 2025.

Bolsonaro’s Conviction Was Decided by the Only Woman on the Brazilian Supreme Court Bolsonaro’s Conviction Was Decided by the Only Woman on the Brazilian Supreme Court

Minister Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha cast the deciding vote, defying the extreme right’s misogyny and sending a strong message to Bolsonaro ally US President Donald Trump.

Sep 19, 2025 / Nicole Froio

An AI rendering of the proposed statue of Charlie Kirk on the New College campus.

Charlie Kirk’s Campus Memorial Charlie Kirk’s Campus Memorial

Florida’s New College will seal its right-wing makeover with a statue of the slain influencer.

Sep 19, 2025 / Jeb Lund

An inmate looks out of his cell in the the Special Management Unit, known as high-max at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, December 1, 2015, in Jackson, Georgia.

“We Shouldn’t Torture People”: The Case Against Solitary Confinement “We Shouldn’t Torture People”: The Case Against Solitary Confinement

A conversation with incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell about his new book Ending Isolation.

Sep 19, 2025 / Q&A / Jack Mirkinson

Columnist Karen Attiah, who was fired from The Washington Post for a tweet about Charlie Kirk’s murder.

Threatening Vulnerable People Is No Way to Mourn Someone Who Was Murdered Threatening Vulnerable People Is No Way to Mourn Someone Who Was Murdered

Those who had nothing to do with the violence against Charlie Kirk are being menaced—just like always.

Sep 19, 2025 / Elie Mystal

A man rides a bicycle past a damaged residental building in Novodonets'ke, Donetsk region, on September 14, 2025.

Ukraine: The Trial Ukraine: The Trial

Debating the war.

Sep 19, 2025 / Robert Skidelsky

Maxwell’s House

Maxwell’s House Maxwell’s House

Good to the last leak.

Sep 19, 2025 / OppArt / Jack Ohman

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