Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain
We are now in a trade war with China, and the only question is: How long before Trump (and America) blink?
Apr 16, 2025 / James K. Galbraith
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 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
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
America Is Now One Giant Milgram Experiment America Is Now One Giant Milgram Experiment
Stanley Milgram would have understood this morally cretinous moment all too well.
Apr 11, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
Here’s What the Supreme Court’s Recent Rubber-Stamp Rulings Are All About Here’s What the Supreme Court’s Recent Rubber-Stamp Rulings Are All About
The spate of recent Supreme Court decisions overturning Trump administration losses in the lower courts are all about saving face—and securing power.
Apr 10, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Families Try to Find Answers at a Cartel “Extermination Camp” in Mexico Families Try to Find Answers at a Cartel “Extermination Camp” in Mexico
At a Jalisco ranch, investigators found bone fragments and three suspected crematoria. Families toured the camp, hoping to find clues about their missing family members.
Apr 10, 2025 / Ivonne Ortiz
What the Birth of the Sanctuary Movement Teaches Us Today What the Birth of the Sanctuary Movement Teaches Us Today
The birth of the sanctuary movement some 45 years ago can teach us a lot about how to respond to today’s attacks on immigrants.
Apr 10, 2025 / Kyle Paoletta
The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within
What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.
Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation
Why Universities Must Start Litigating—and How Why Universities Must Start Litigating—and How
The litigation would afford schools a high-profile venue in which to detail the Trump administration’s lawlessness and aggression.
Apr 7, 2025 / David Pozen, Ryan Doerfler, and Samuel Bagenstos