The Cruel World According to Stephen Miller The Cruel World According to Stephen Miller
How did he become the Trump era’s architect of hate?
Mar 10, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David Klion
With Boasts, Threats, and Lies, Trump Proves He’s Always in Campaign Mode With Boasts, Threats, and Lies, Trump Proves He’s Always in Campaign Mode
The president understands that politics never stops. Democrats should do the same.
Mar 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Fascism Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Fascism
The creator of Maus has learned that the past is always present.
Mar 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer
February Storms in a Country That Still Works—for Now February Storms in a Country That Still Works—for Now
The reliable knot that pulls together the threads of basic human life in America is beginning to unravel, and there suddenly arises the possibility that the center will not hold.
Feb 26, 2025 / Susan Brind Morrow
Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza! Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza!
Manifest Destiny gets a reboot under President Donald Trump.
Feb 25, 2025 / William J. Astore
How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks How Healthcare Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks
As the Trump administration targets trans people, healthcare workers are mobilizing to support their patients’ ability to get the care they need.
Feb 25, 2025 / Sarah Lazare
This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame
A recent order aimed at destroying independent regulatory agencies isn’t just about taking control of the state—it’s a giant cash-grab in disguise.
Feb 21, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Trump’s Plan Is to Flood the Zone With Garbage Trump’s Plan Is to Flood the Zone With Garbage
All of it is meant to disorient and overwhelm us. The question is: How are we to navigate all that excrement?
Feb 21, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon
Trump Is Unpopular—and So Are the Do-Nothing Democrats Trump Is Unpopular—and So Are the Do-Nothing Democrats
The president is increasingly hated, but so is an opposition party that fails to oppose.
Feb 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer
A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power
Fifty years ago, lawmakers started lifting the lid on the shocking abuses of the new Bureau chief’s most famous predecessor. The trouble is, very little changed.
Feb 21, 2025 / Steve Howell