James Comey’s Indictment, While Without Merit, Is Part of Comey’s Own Legacy James Comey’s Indictment, While Without Merit, Is Part of Comey’s Own Legacy
The former hard-charging deputy attorney general succumbed to political hubris as FBI director, and discredited the federal justice system in the process.
Sep 30, 2025 / Paul Pelletier
How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime? How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?
In light of new data showing over 400 people have been prosecuted for pregnancy-related crimes, we should be wary of how Trump’s directives may be used against women.
Sep 30, 2025 / Aziza Ahmed
Trump Is Lying About Antifa to Justify His Authoritarian Crackdown Trump Is Lying About Antifa to Justify His Authoritarian Crackdown
Too easily dismissed as hyperbole, the Antifa myth is being used as a weapon to destroy domestic opposition.
Sep 29, 2025 / Jeet Heer
American Racism Is a National Security Threat American Racism Is a National Security Threat
Foreign bots were spewing much of the racist rhetoric that followed Charlie Kirk’s killing. And yet it gained traction only because there is plenty of homegrown racism to exploit....
Sep 29, 2025 / Kali Holloway
Meet Rodney Taylor, the Double Amputee the Trump Regime Has Locked Up, Ready for Deportation Meet Rodney Taylor, the Double Amputee the Trump Regime Has Locked Up, Ready for Deportation
The so-called “worst of the worst” immigrants that the Trump administration is holding in detention facilities are mostly just regular people trying to make ends meet.
Sep 26, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents
The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.
Sep 25, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves
How the Kimmel Controversy Echoes Disney’s Dirty China Deal How the Kimmel Controversy Echoes Disney’s Dirty China Deal
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner berated the company’s capitulation before authoritarian MAGA threats, but in many ways, he set the example.
Sep 24, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch
What would a Democratic presidency armed with Trump’s limitless power look like?
Sep 24, 2025 / David Faris
The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping. The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.
Sep 24, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson