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Jeff Bezos, Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai and businessman Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech How the Rich and Powerful Destroyed Free Speech

And how we get it back.

May 16, 2025 / Eric Reinhart

Count von Count tries to keep cool between performances during a Sesame Street live dress rehearsal.

Sesame Street Workers Say, “U Is for Union” Sesame Street Workers Say, “U Is for Union”

Amid attacks from the Trump administration, 74 percent of Sesame Street workers vote to unionize to make their workplace “smarter, stronger, and kinder.”

May 15, 2025 / Ella Fanger

Looting America’s Future

Looting America’s Future Looting America’s Future

Trump’s corruption reaches new heights.

May 15, 2025 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

Elon Musk walks to the White House after landing in Marine One on the South Lawn on March 9, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Road to DOGE Was Paved With Pyramid Schemes The Road to DOGE Was Paved With Pyramid Schemes

The second Trump administration has been compared to the Mafia, feudal empires, and the petro-states of the Persian Gulf—but an even more relevant analogy may be Nutrilite.

May 14, 2025 / Bridget Read

Contestants log roll the Paul Bunyan Lumber Jack Show from Nova Scotia at the Marshfield Fair on August 23, 2019, in Marshfield, Massachusetts.

Nostalgia for the American Logger? Nostalgia for the American Logger?

Reflections on Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack.

May 13, 2025 / Erik Loomis

Never Mind the Stock Market, the Economy Is Blinking a Big Warning

Never Mind the Stock Market, the Economy Is Blinking a Big Warning Never Mind the Stock Market, the Economy Is Blinking a Big Warning

Tariff-induced higher prices and supply chain problems are just the start of the pain Trumponomics will inflict.

May 13, 2025 / Dean Baker for The Nation

Chickens

Chickens Chickens

Come home.

May 12, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Hiding in plain sight: Despite the epic scale of his crypto-linked corruption, Trump is unlikely to ever face justice. Especially with so many Democrats eager to take the industry’s (real) money.

Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished

The president is a brazen crook, but Democrats are too compromised to challenge him.

May 12, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Children participate in activities at the Head Start classroom in the Carl and Norma Millers Childrens Center on March 13, 2023, in Frederick, Maryland.

Mothers Don’t Need Medals—They Need a Better World for Their Children Mothers Don’t Need Medals—They Need a Better World for Their Children

Republicans' pro-motherhood policies are a sham. Democrats have a chance to do better.

May 11, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Chris Dols, founding member of FUN, addresses the crowd during the May Day rally at Foley Square in New York City on May 1, 2025.

Federal Workers Rally to Save Their Jobs—and All of Us From Toxic Waste Federal Workers Rally to Save Their Jobs—and All of Us From Toxic Waste

The Federal Unionists Network is the first large-scale network for government workers, and they’re building solidarity across departments and the labor movement.

May 9, 2025 / Elsie Carson-Holt and Phoebe Grandi

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