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The Cruel World According to Stephen Miller

The Cruel World According to Stephen Miller The Cruel World According to Stephen Miller

How did he become the Trump era’s architect of hate? 

Mar 10, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

Donald Trump greets Chief Justice John Roberts as he arrives to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on March 4, 2025.

The Supreme Court Just Ruled Against Trump—but Don’t Get Too Excited The Supreme Court Just Ruled Against Trump—but Don’t Get Too Excited

Even as the court rejected Trump’s freeze on USAID, it effectively gave him another chance to delay sending life-saving money abroad.

Mar 6, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Will Scholars Take a Stand Against Scholasticide in Gaza?

Will Scholars Take a Stand Against Scholasticide in Gaza? Will Scholars Take a Stand Against Scholasticide in Gaza?

The fight inside the historical profession heats up.

Mar 6, 2025 / Van Gosse

Antony Blinken, Joe Biden, and Lloyd Austin provided Israel with military, diplomatic, and public support knowing that such support would facilitate attacks on civilians, mass murder, and the deliberate deprivation of items needed for Palestinians in Gaza to survive, argues Sarah Leah Whitson.

Why We Asked the ICC to Investigate Biden for Aiding and Abetting Genocide Why We Asked the ICC to Investigate Biden for Aiding and Abetting Genocide

The evidence that Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, and Lloyd Austin helped Israel commit war crimes is overwhelming.

Mar 5, 2025 / Sarah Leah Whitson

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on March 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson applaud behind him.

With Boasts, Threats, and Lies, Trump Proves He’s Always in Campaign Mode With Boasts, Threats, and Lies, Trump Proves He’s Always in Campaign Mode

The president understands that politics never stops. Democrats should do the same.

Mar 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Signs of Resistance Signs of Resistance

Street demonstration, Miami, Florida, February 2025.

Mar 4, 2025 / OppArt / Melanie Oliva

Tent housing at Guantánamo Bay

Hiding Detained Immigrants From Public View Can Only End in Horror Hiding Detained Immigrants From Public View Can Only End in Horror

Guantánamo is now a recyclable holder for whoever is the enemy of the day.

Feb 28, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino

New Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel after he was sworn in during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on February 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared

Unqualified goons at the top. Conspiracies running wild. A mandate for vengeance. Buckle up.

Feb 26, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Donald Trump sits at a desk, signing a document. Behind him, a map reads

Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza! Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza!

Manifest Destiny gets a reboot under President Donald Trump.

Feb 25, 2025 / William J. Astore

Donald Trump arrives at the Republican Governors Association meeting at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, on Thursday, February 20,

Trump’s New Muslim Ban Is Worse Than His First Trump’s New Muslim Ban Is Worse Than His First

This version is quieter, sneakier, and more dangerous than the one we all remember.

Feb 24, 2025 / Josef Burton

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