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Reflections on Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack.
May 13, 2025 / Erik Loomis
The Sky-High Corruption of Donald Trump The Sky-High Corruption of Donald Trump
The Democrats missed their first chance to spotlight Trump’s repeated violations of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. They shouldn’t miss their second.
May 12, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished
The president is a brazen crook, but Democrats are too compromised to challenge him.
May 12, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Mothers Don’t Need Medals—They Need a Better World for Their Children Mothers Don’t Need Medals—They Need a Better World for Their Children
Republicans' pro-motherhood policies are a sham. Democrats have a chance to do better.
May 11, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
World Press, Pope Leo, Sweeney Todd World Press, Pope Leo, Sweeney Todd
American pie.
May 10, 2025 / Steve Brodner
David Souter Made the Supreme Court More Ideological by Refusing to Be an Ideologue David Souter Made the Supreme Court More Ideological by Refusing to Be an Ideologue
David Souter (1939–2025) liked facts, and facts are anathema to movement conservatives.
May 9, 2025 / Obituary / Elie Mystal
Federal Workers Rally to Save Their Jobs—and All of Us From Toxic Waste Federal Workers Rally to Save Their Jobs—and All of Us From Toxic Waste
The Federal Unionists Network is the first large-scale network for government workers, and they’re building solidarity across departments and the labor movement.
May 9, 2025 / Elsie Carson-Holt and Phoebe Grandi
Will the New Pope Ever Forgive JD Vance? Will the New Pope Ever Forgive JD Vance?
Leo XIV’s commitment to migrants and the poor will put him at odds with MAGA.
May 9, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Why the “Abundance Agenda” Could Sink the Democratic Party Why the “Abundance Agenda” Could Sink the Democratic Party
Big-money donors are using the “abundance agenda” to create a permission structure for Democratic elites to dismiss the populist revival the party so desperately needs.
May 9, 2025 / Aaron Regunberg
The Jim Crow Origins of National Police Week The Jim Crow Origins of National Police Week
Police brutality and corruption are painful realities. So are officers who die honorably performing their duty. But the memorial in Washington fails to distinguish between them.
May 9, 2025 / Elizabeth Robeson