The Supreme Court Returns on Monday, Stronger and More Terrible Than Ever The Supreme Court Returns on Monday, Stronger and More Terrible Than Ever
This term, the high court will cement its grip on political life in America, overturning affirmative action and other critical protections along the way.
Sep 29, 2022 / Feature / Elie Mystal
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally Has What It’s Always Wanted: Institutional Power Marine Le Pen’s National Rally Has What It’s Always Wanted: Institutional Power
The National Rally may fashion itself a movement, but it prefers that the people remain passive.
Sep 29, 2022 / Harrison Stetler
Brittney Griner Gets No Support From Former Coach Kim Mulkey Brittney Griner Gets No Support From Former Coach Kim Mulkey
The championship coach could not offer even a nod of solidarity to her former player languishing in a Russian prison.
Sep 28, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Sanders, Raskin Want Congress to Get Serious About Averting a Coup in Brazil Sanders, Raskin Want Congress to Get Serious About Averting a Coup in Brazil
Brazil’s “Tropical Trump” says “only God will remove me” if he loses Sunday.
Sep 28, 2022 / John Nichols
Trump’s Hate-Fest in North Carolina Reflects His Hold on the GOP Base Trump’s Hate-Fest in North Carolina Reflects His Hold on the GOP Base
More than half of all Americans now believe Donald Trump has threatened democracy. But he clearly remains the favorite for the GOP presidential nomination.
Sep 26, 2022 / Joan Walsh
NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Friend of the Reactionary Court NPR’s Nina Totenberg, Friend of the Reactionary Court
How the supposedly liberal media protected a right-wing Supreme Court.
Sep 26, 2022 / Jeet Heer
The Most Painful Episode of the January 6 Insurrection The Most Painful Episode of the January 6 Insurrection
…was watching Confederates take the Capitol. As the hearings resume, a Florida man reflects on his enemies—and ours.
Sep 26, 2022 / Feature / Stephen Berry
Republicans Are Ready to Declare the United States a Christian Nation Republicans Are Ready to Declare the United States a Christian Nation
Sixty-one percent of the party's base now favors ending the separation of church and state, as do a growing number of prominent Republicans.
Sep 23, 2022 / John Nichols
How American Exceptionalism Fueled Global Authoritarian Nationalism How American Exceptionalism Fueled Global Authoritarian Nationalism
Even as the West unites against the Russia that Putin built, it finds itself fighting homegrown variants of authoritarian exceptionalism, from Trump to Orbán.
Sep 23, 2022 / John Feffer
The Migrants Sent North Don’t Have a Happy Ending Yet The Migrants Sent North Don’t Have a Happy Ending Yet
The fact that asylum-seekers are being welcomed in the cities they’ve been sent to is good news, but they’ve still got immigration cases to win.
Sep 23, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle