The Difference That Matters Most Isn’t Between Left and Right The Difference That Matters Most Isn’t Between Left and Right
But between candidates who are defenders of the system and those who are anti-system. Democrats lost because they allowed Trump to be the only voice of antiestablishment rage.
Biden’s Legacy on Cuba Biden’s Legacy on Cuba
On the 10th anniversary of Obama’s opening, the outgoing president should take immediate action because it is good for the US, good for the Cuban people—and the right thing to do....
Dec 17, 2024 / Peter Kornbluh
It Would Be Idiotic to Make Mitch McConnell the Face of Anti-Trump Resistance It Would Be Idiotic to Make Mitch McConnell the Face of Anti-Trump Resistance
Countering imaginary isolationism, the outgoing Senate Republican leader advocates a return to Cold War militarism.
Dec 17, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Attack on the Free Press Is Just Getting Started Trump’s Attack on the Free Press Is Just Getting Started
The president-elect’s recent settlement with ABC News is an early volley in an all-out MAGA war against media independence.
Dec 17, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
This Election, Black Women Showed How Much They Love This Country. Will It Ever Love Them Back? This Election, Black Women Showed How Much They Love This Country. Will It Ever Love Them Back?
We overwhelmingly cast our votes for the unfinished dream of democracy. Guess we’re mostly alone in that commitment.
Dec 17, 2024 / Column / Kali Holloway
How America Invented the Red State How America Invented the Red State
According to conventional wisdom, the last quarter century of elections has proved that most of the country leans conservative. It all started with a map.
Dec 17, 2024 / Feature / Tarence Ray
Progressives Can’t Afford to Spend the Next 4 Years Just Playing Defense Progressives Can’t Afford to Spend the Next 4 Years Just Playing Defense
Or reflexively denouncing every Trump policy. While we mustn’t underestimate the danger he poses to our democracy, when he says he wants to end war, the left should call his bluff...
Dec 17, 2024 / Matthew Duss
The Dead Hand of the Democratic Consultant Class The Dead Hand of the Democratic Consultant Class
Breaking the grip of grifters who refuse to learn or leave won’t be easy. But it is essential to effectively opposing the coming plutocracy.
Dec 17, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan
What Happened to the Democratic Party? What Happened to the Democratic Party?
The squalid state of our present political institutions points to a failure of not just individuals but the system as a whole.
Dec 16, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Donald Trump Is the Authentic American Berserk Donald Trump Is the Authentic American Berserk
Far from being an alien interloper, the incoming president draws from homegrown authoritarianism.
Dec 13, 2024 / Jeet Heer