Politics

Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover

Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover

The man who threw his sandwich at a National Guardsman became a symbol of resistance.

Sep 16, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A protester holds portrait of Macron upside-down

Emmanuel Macron Is on His Last Legs Emmanuel Macron Is on His Last Legs

The French took to the streets en masse last week, days after the collapse of the latest Macron-aligned government. But the divided left-wing opposition is struggling to capitaliz...

Sep 16, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

A screenshot from Liam Elkind's campaign launch video.

Beware the Centrist Dweebs Trying to Ape Zohran Mamdani Beware the Centrist Dweebs Trying to Ape Zohran Mamdani

All over the country, young Democratic candidates are running seemingly Mamdani-style campaigns. But check the fine print.

Sep 16, 2025 / Aaron Narraph Fernando

Kirkland Discounts

Kirkland Discounts Kirkland Discounts

Freedom sells out cheap.

Sep 15, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Charlie Kirk at a podium against a dark background.

Alleged Free Speech Champions Are Campaigning Against Speech They Don’t Like Alleged Free Speech Champions Are Campaigning Against Speech They Don’t Like

Prominent Republicans are attacking anyone who insists on describing who the late Charlie Kirk and his movement really were, even trying to get them fired.

Sep 15, 2025 / Joan Walsh

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, on Sunday, September 14, 2025.

Trump Has Destroyed Any Hope of National Healing Trump Has Destroyed Any Hope of National Healing

Charlie Kirk’s assassination is a pretext for a concerted attack on Trump’s enemies.

Sep 15, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Wrecking Freedom of Expression

Wrecking Freedom of Expression Wrecking Freedom of Expression

The Trump administration has announced plans to audit exhibitions at eight Smithsonian museums. Among the works labeled “objectionable” is an artwork by cartoonist Felipe Galindo F...

Sep 15, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Image created by merging two photographs, showing presidential candidate John Kerry and actress Jane Fonda, who campaigned against the Vietnam War in the 1970s.

What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI What the Photoshop Panic Should Have Taught Us About AI

In 2004, a doctored political image caused outrage and confusion. Twenty years later, why hasn’t visual literacy improved?

Sep 15, 2025 / Morgan Barrie

Economics building on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Vanderbilt Uses “Institutional Neutrality” to Protect Against Trump. But Is It Truly Neutral? Vanderbilt Uses “Institutional Neutrality” to Protect Against Trump. But Is It Truly Neutral?

The university has largely complied to the government’s efforts to reshape higher education as critics on campus question the role of neutrality altogether.

Sep 15, 2025 / StudentNation / Arman Amin

The Failures of the Foreign Policy Elite

The Failures of the Foreign Policy Elite The Failures of the Foreign Policy Elite

On The Time of Monsters: Matt Duss on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Sep 14, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

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