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May 26, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

The west façade of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC, at dusk.

The Supreme Court Gifts Trump Even More Power The Supreme Court Gifts Trump Even More Power

The court seems ready to give the president extraordinary power over what had been independent worker- and consumer-protection agencies.

May 26, 2025 / Lynn Rhinehart

Captured in the Rapture

Captured in the Rapture Captured in the Rapture

 Spitting image.

May 23, 2025 / Steve Brodner

The late Representative Gerry Connolly—in a photograph from 2013.

The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying

The dead hand of gerontocracy is also a symptom of ideological malaise.

May 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A low-income housing project sits behind roadwork being done on I-287 in the Bronx in 2022.

HUD and ICE Collude to Target Mixed-Status Families HUD and ICE Collude to Target Mixed-Status Families

In a move that will have major impact in New York, California, and Texas, the two agencies recently agreed to work together in ways that threaten thousands of Americans.

May 23, 2025 / Eileen Markey

Alexa Sendukas, managing attorney at GHIRP, preparing a 7-year-old client for his asylum interview.

Trump Wants Thousands of Migrant Children to Represent Themselves in Court Trump Wants Thousands of Migrant Children to Represent Themselves in Court

The administration’s funding cuts would force unaccompanied migrant children, from infants to toddlers to teenagers, to navigate complex and punishing legal procedures entirely al...

May 23, 2025 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether

Jeff Bezos attends Global Champions Arabians Tour Miami Beach Presented by Qatar Airways on April 17, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida.

Why Jeff Bezos Loves Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill Why Jeff Bezos Loves Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill

The legislation contains massive giveaways to the oligarch class.

May 23, 2025 / Sarah Anderson and Lauren Jacobs

Donald Trump attends a town hall, moderated by then–South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and Fairgrounds in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2024.

A Competitive Reality-TV Show for Citizenship? I Wouldn’t Put It Past Them. A Competitive Reality-TV Show for Citizenship? I Wouldn’t Put It Past Them.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson called the idea “a celebration of being an American.”

May 23, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party, speaks at the “Win With Workers” Rally and Press Conference at the DNC Midwestern Candidate Forum on January 16, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan.

A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party

The Nebraska city swung by 43 points to elect John Ewing Jr. Democrats should study the model he embraced.

May 22, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

President Trump Attends GOP House Caucus Meeting On Capitol Hill As Budget Bill Faces Resistance

Trump and Johnson’s Big Ugly Lie Trump and Johnson’s Big Ugly Lie

Last night, the president’s destructive spending bill passed the House by a single vote.

May 22, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

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