The Right

Donald Trump sits next to Saudi Crown Prince in Oval Office

With Trump, the US Is Getting a Taste of Its Own Medicine With Trump, the US Is Getting a Taste of Its Own Medicine

The pathological US support for dictatorships in the Middle East is blowing back across the Atlantic Ocean.

Jul 31, 2025 / Juan Cole

Protesters from Fossil Free London demonstrate outside Barclays Canary Wharf to disrupt the Energy Intelligence Forum (EIF) summit.

How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial How Fossil Fuel Mad Men Have Aided and Abetted the Industry’s Climate Denial

But even the ad world isn’t immune to the groundswell of climate organizing.

Jul 31, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

A sign in Alabama, 2018.

This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches This Far-Right Movement Is Hijacking Local Churches

Local faith leaders are fighting back, refusing to let the Bible and the church be hijacked by extremists.

Jul 30, 2025 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back

Jay Leno at the 2021 Britweek Luxury Car Rally in Los Angeles.

Jay Leno’s Phony Case for Balanced Comedy Jay Leno’s Phony Case for Balanced Comedy

The former Tonight Show host thinks a dose of bothsidesism will punch up the late-night scene.

Jul 30, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

A community member holds a candle by the “Say Their Names” art installation cemetery with headstones representing Black people killed by police, during a vigil marking the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death, at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2025.

It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American

The administration knows that subduing history as it is doing works to keep people of color in this country disunited and at odds with each other.

Jul 28, 2025 / Keenan Norris

A deportation officer holds a young woman’s arm as they walk down a hall of Federal Plaza courthouse.

Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime

Migrants who show up for their court dates now routinely face arrest by ICE. But failing to appear triggers a deportation order.

Jul 24, 2025 / Eileen Markey

President Biden and Kamala Harris stand next to each other at the White House.

The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat

The Democratic National Committee’s forthcoming “autopsy” is a cover-up to protect the failed leaders who twice lost to Trump.

Jul 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A group of pro-Palestinians holds a press conference and rally in front of the City University of New York.

CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress

By placating House Republicans during a hearing on antisemitism, CUNY’s Chancellor left students and faculty to fend for themselves.

Jul 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Luca GoldMansour

A woman in a dark coat walks by a Dollar General store in New York City

This Viral Speech Shows How We Win Back Rural America This Viral Speech Shows How We Win Back Rural America

Voters aren’t tuning out because they don’t care. They’re tuning out because they’ve been exhausted by fake choices, sold out by both parties, and tired of inauthenticity.

Jul 18, 2025 / Kaniela Ing

Community and immigrant rights organizations rally in Oakland’s Latino Fruitvale district protesting immigration raids. One sign says “For my father, who was deported. Watch me from Heaven, Papa. This is Our War!”

Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid? Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?

With Trump and Stephen Miller cheering on ICE’s terror tactics, Jaime Alanis Garcia’s fatal fall in the raid on Glass House Farms was the most recent example of a death foretold.

Jul 17, 2025 / David Bacon

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