Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet
Corporate-friendly judges on the Sixth Circuit have overturned net neutrality, and Trump’s FCC will only make things worse.
Jan 7, 2025 / John Nichols
Can Fairness Fix the US Economy? Can Fairness Fix the US Economy?
With its latest lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission aims to find out.
Jan 3, 2025 / Ron Knox
In the GOP Civil War Over Immigration, Both Sides Are Racists In the GOP Civil War Over Immigration, Both Sides Are Racists
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want cheap labor—not a multiracial democracy.
Jan 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer
President Biden Should Pardon Ethel Rosenberg President Biden Should Pardon Ethel Rosenberg
A newly released classified document shows that the National Security Agency knew Ethel Rosenberg was not a spy—and that the government executed her anyway.
Jan 2, 2025 / Phillip Deery
Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals
China’s latest export restriction lays bare the complex geopolitics behind President Trump’s proposed tariffs—and the green energy transition.
Jan 2, 2025 / Nicolas Niarchos
The DOGE Bros Win a Battle Against the MAGA Faithful The DOGE Bros Win a Battle Against the MAGA Faithful
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy champion the educated immigrants who fuel tech-sector growth. Trump just decided he does, too. We’ll see if that lasts.
Dec 30, 2024 / Joan Walsh
How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right
The Baptist Georgia governor won a majority of evangelical Christian voters in the 1976 presidential election. Next time around, those voters had changed sides—for the long haul.
Dec 30, 2024 / Obituary / Chris Lehmann
Jimmy Carter’s Improbable Road to the Presidency Jimmy Carter’s Improbable Road to the Presidency
The Southern president, who kept his head down directly following Brown v. Board of Education, would eventually declare that “the time for discrimination is over.”
Dec 29, 2024 / Obituary / Joseph Crespino
Elder Abuse Is No Way to Run a Government Elder Abuse Is No Way to Run a Government
The corridors of power increasingly resemble a nursing home—if not a hospice.
Dec 27, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Joe Biden’s Bodyguard of Liars Betrayed American Democracy Joe Biden’s Bodyguard of Liars Betrayed American Democracy
Gerontocracy, pro-establishment politics and deception by Democratic Party insiders all helped elect Donald Trump.
Dec 20, 2024 / Jeet Heer