We Must Save Public Media to Change It We Must Save Public Media to Change It
We need public media more than ever—it’s too precious to let Trump defund it. But to live up to its democratic promise, we must support public media to serve our needs.
Apr 15, 2025 / Victor Pickard
Dominance Does Not Equal Competence Dominance Does Not Equal Competence
And Democrats need to stop buying into that message—it’s how bullies like Trump and Cuomo elbow their way into power.
Apr 15, 2025 / Column / Alexis Grenell
Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show
Trump, his minions, and El Salvador’s president teamed up to tell a string of obscene lies about the innocent man they sent to a gulag.
Apr 15, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke” The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke”
The Trump administration is learning dangerous lessons from El Salvador’s president, but there’s also much that the US left can learn from Salvadoran antifascists.
Apr 14, 2025 / Roberto Lovato
The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering
The Ivy League is silently complicit in Trump’s war on international students.
Apr 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
This Passover, We Must Examine the Indecent Betrayal by Our Own This Passover, We Must Examine the Indecent Betrayal by Our Own
I am livid over the Jewish Trump supporters who are upholding a set of values at odds with the principles that have sustained us.
Apr 11, 2025 / Dave Zirin
Bond Vigilantes Are Now the Unchallenged Kings Thanks to a Feckless Congress and Reckless Trump Bond Vigilantes Are Now the Unchallenged Kings Thanks to a Feckless Congress and Reckless Trump
A president who bullies Congress kowtows to the bond market.
Apr 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer
How to Fight Trump’s Attack on Farmworkers How to Fight Trump’s Attack on Farmworkers
“We work in the heat and cold to put food on the table [in] this country, but they call us criminals,” said one worker. “We need to lift up our voice.”
Apr 11, 2025 / Photo Essay / David Bacon
Trump’s Tariff Pause Sets Back the “Make Men Manly Again” Movement Trump’s Tariff Pause Sets Back the “Make Men Manly Again” Movement
Parts of the online “manosphere” welcomed Trump’s tariffs as a way to bring back men’s work.
Apr 11, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Were They “Getting Yippy” or Was Trump Manipulating the Market? Were They “Getting Yippy” or Was Trump Manipulating the Market?
I don’t know exactly what went down in the hours before Trump publicly announced a “pause” on tariffs, but it merits investigation.
Apr 10, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky