The Right

Still from campaign ad made by an anonymous Ron DeSantis supporter.

Ron DeSantis, American Psycho Ron DeSantis, American Psycho

The Florida governor’s irony-poisoned ad uses far-right memes to sanction homophobic and transphobic violence.

Jul 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Anti–affirmative action activists with the Asian American Coalition for Education protest outside the US Supreme Court Building on June 29, 2023.

Asian American Conservatives Have Become Key Allies of White Supremacy Asian American Conservatives Have Become Key Allies of White Supremacy

As the death of affirmative action showed, Asian American conservatives are active, militant co-conspirators with white conservatives.

Jul 6, 2023 / Promise Li

Remembering Marvin Kitman

Remembering Marvin Kitman Remembering Marvin Kitman

He ran for president of the United States in 1964—as the candidate of Monocle magazine. 

Jul 5, 2023 / Richard Lingeman

A protester holds a sign reading, “BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO FASCISTS IN PHILADELPHIA.”

Moms for Liberty Came to Philly. Philly Came for Them. Moms for Liberty Came to Philly. Philly Came for Them.

This city is welcoming to just about everyone—except hateful fascist bigots, as the Moms for Liberty found out.

Jul 5, 2023 / Kim Kelly

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis

The Right’s Attempted Extermination Campaign of Queer People Is Textbook Fascism The Right’s Attempted Extermination Campaign of Queer People Is Textbook Fascism

What does it mean to deprive a trans person of such care? It can, in fact, prove to be a death sentence.

Jul 4, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon

Republican Presidential Candidates Speak At The Moms For Liberty Summit

Moms for Liberty Is the Tea Party All Over Again Moms for Liberty Is the Tea Party All Over Again

The growing right-wing movement proved its influence at its recent Philadelphia summit. The political press is playing right into its hands.

Jul 3, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Scene from History of the World Part I

Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution

In John Roberts’s America, it’s good to be the king.

Jul 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer

A protester outside the Supreme Court holding a sign reading

The Supreme Court Has Kicked the Door Wide Open to Jim Crow–Style Bigotry The Supreme Court Has Kicked the Door Wide Open to Jim Crow–Style Bigotry

The court's conservatives used a case literally based on a homophobe’s fantasies to blow a huge hole in our antidiscrimination laws and revive the spirit of Plessy v. Ferguson.

Jul 3, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal

Pedro Gonzalez on Fox News

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Their Nazi Fanboys Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Their Nazi Fanboys

The DeSantis and Trump campaigns are hurling accusations of racism against each other. Both are right.

Jun 30, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump speaking in front of an American flag.

Trump Staffers Claim to Be Shocked That He Sexualized Ivanka Trump Staffers Claim to Be Shocked That He Sexualized Ivanka

Those who cared about Trump’s sexual perversion knew. Those who wanted White House jobs pretended not to.

Jun 29, 2023 / Joan Walsh

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