Trump’s Costly Vanity Projects Trump’s Costly Vanity Projects
Reflecting on taxpayers’ stolen money.
Jul 29, 2026 / OppArt / Leonard Stokes
Election Protection for the Midterms, Plus “The Odyssey” for Filmgoers Election Protection for the Midterms, Plus “The Odyssey” for Filmgoers
Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward talks about free and fair elections, and John Powers of Fresh Air discusses the new Christopher Nolan film.
Jul 29, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
What Pope Leo Can Teach Liberals About Power What Pope Leo Can Teach Liberals About Power
The pontiff just excommunicated a reactionary splinter group committed to undermining the church. Democratic leaders could learn something.
Jul 29, 2026 / Felipe de la Hoz
The Logger Who Could Unseat Susan Collins The Logger Who Could Unseat Susan Collins
How Troy Jackson rose from wildcat striker to Democratic Senate nominee.
Jul 28, 2026 / Kyle Paoletta
Zohran Mamdani and the Politics of Joy Zohran Mamdani and the Politics of Joy
And it’s backed up by actions and initiatives that seem designed to genuinely foster a joyful city.
Jul 28, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The GOP’s New Red Scare The GOP’s New Red Scare
McCarthyism, the second time as farce.
Jul 28, 2026 / Chris Lehmann
Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
His speech was racist, homophobic, vindictive, and soul-crushingly unfunny—and the journalists in the crowd didn’t seem to care.
Jul 27, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Dispatches From the First Great British CPAC Dispatches From the First Great British CPAC
Through conferences, media ventures, and fat public-affairs contracts, the MAGA industrial complex has spent 10 years trying to buy British politics.
Jul 27, 2026 / Stella Tsantekidou
Protecting War Criminals Is As American as Apple Pie Protecting War Criminals Is As American as Apple Pie
In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent bemoans our long failure to prosecute war criminals. Plus: the death of Nolan wells and the nightmare so many Black ...
Jul 24, 2026 / Elie Mystal
Andy Beshear Is What’s Wrong With the Democratic Party in the Trump Era Andy Beshear Is What’s Wrong With the Democratic Party in the Trump Era
The Kentucky governor isn’t doing what Mitch McConnell would do—and that’s the problem.
Jul 24, 2026 / Kali Holloway