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Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin talks about the economy and immigration at Teresitas Restaurant in East Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It. Democrats Have a Gaza Problem. They Don’t Seem to Want to Fix It.

DNC chair Ken Martin is emblematic of the party elite’s decision to cling to the unacceptable status quo on Palestine and Israel—even at the risk of losing more elections.

Aug 22, 2025 / Evan Robins

Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State

Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State Trump Wants to Make Art Into a Tool of the State

In ordering a review of the Smithsonian, the White House wants to use its power to remake our culture—or to reinvigorate a strain in the culture that has been dormant for a long t...

Aug 22, 2025 / Barry Schwabsky

Tyrant

Tyrant Tyrant

In the wild.

Aug 21, 2025 / OppArt / Mark Kaplan

Jerry Jones as Ed Rooney, Ferris Buehler's bumbling nemesis.

Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights

Party leaders are talking tough about retaliatory gerrymandering—but like Principal Rooney, they're unable to fight back effectively

Aug 21, 2025 / David Daley and David Faris

Unhealthy Head of Health

Unhealthy Head of Health Unhealthy Head of Health

RFK Jr. dismantles vaccination programs.

Aug 20, 2025 / OppArt / David Small

Ballots sit in a tray inside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on Election Day, November 5, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Trump Targets Mail-In Voting, and the Democrats Phone in Their Counter-Strategies Trump Targets Mail-In Voting, and the Democrats Phone in Their Counter-Strategies

Trump has launched an all-out assault on civic freedoms, but the Democrats aren’t yet giving their base something to vote for.

Aug 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Trump speaks in the foreground while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent watches behind him.

Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands

Our grandparents would urge us all to defend and strengthen Social Security.

Aug 19, 2025 / June Hopkins, Henry Scott Wallace, and James Roosevelt Jr.

Art of the Deals

Art of the Deals Art of the Deals

Drafty in here.

Aug 19, 2025 / OppArt / Michael deAdder

North Valley Hospital in Montana

Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For

Across the country, rural hospitals will close, and the empty towns will mirror the quiet halls where doctors and nurses once rushed to heal.

Aug 19, 2025 / Steve Bullock

Stacey Abrams discusses her new novel on stage during

They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy. They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy.

Destroying DEI has a clear motive: to stop Americans from seeking common cause.

Aug 19, 2025 / Stacey Abrams

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