DOGE Is a Massive Scam—Even on Its Own Terms DOGE Is a Massive Scam—Even on Its Own Terms
Even if you believe that Musk is trying to root out waste and fraud (and you really shouldn't), he and his dweeby hatchet bros are only making things more corrupt and expensive.
Feb 18, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending
Trump and Musk’s war against the agency should be opposed on principle. But we can’t overlook that USAID has been a destructive arm of American imperialism for decades.
Feb 17, 2025 / Aída Chávez
Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky
America’s greedy gangster president is forcing European elites to finally reckon with the high price of protection.
Feb 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco
The US government has begun to shuttle immigrants from the United States to Gitmo, post photos of them in shackles, and lock them away.
Feb 17, 2025 / Jeffrey S. Kahn
How Democrats Can Fight Back How Democrats Can Fight Back
Jamie Raskin lays out the legal strategy to oppose Trump but says, “We’re not going to sue our way out of a political crisis”—Democrats need a political organizing strategy.
Feb 14, 2025 / Q&A / Chris Lehmann
Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand
Does the Kennedy name stand for liberalism—or oligarchy?
Feb 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left
By ceding the space on antisemitism—responding when we are accused of it, but not taking up the fight against it as our cause—we’ve created a strategic opportunity for the right.
Feb 14, 2025 / Rachel Shabi
Trump’s Plan to Defund the NIH Will Ruin a National Treasure Trump’s Plan to Defund the NIH Will Ruin a National Treasure
Trump, Musk, and Vought are purging institutions and cutting off access to educational and research opportunities for anyone who isn’t straight and white.
Feb 14, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves
A Profoundly Un-American Moment A Profoundly Un-American Moment
Trump and his enablers have launched an unprecedented assault on American society and values.
Feb 14, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky