How to Save a Democracy How to Save a Democracy
Looking at how the Trump administration fits into a pattern of authoritarian governance can empower people to think about how to best resist the country’s slide to autocracy.
Jan 2, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky
Goodbye to Trump’s First Year Goodbye to Trump’s First Year
A lawless grasp for power, a culture war at home, and a reign of untrammeled corruption defined Trump's first year of his second term.
Jan 2, 2026 / Robert L. Borosage
Zohran Mamdani Must Not Give Good Intentions a Bad Name Zohran Mamdani Must Not Give Good Intentions a Bad Name
John Lindsay expanded welfare, civil rights, and public spending—yet left New Yorkers politically disarmed. Zohran Mamdani should learn the lessons of his mayoralty.
Jan 1, 2026 / Daniel Wortel-London
A Movement-Building Strategy for All Workers A Movement-Building Strategy for All Workers
Why we need a freedom agenda.
Dec 26, 2025 / Peter Olney and David Bacon
John Wilson at the Met John Wilson at the Met
Drawing from the depths.
Dec 23, 2025 / Margaret Spillane
Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade Is Going to Hit White Men, Too Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade Is Going to Hit White Men, Too
Under the Trump administration’s anti-DEI directives, colleges would be forced to abandon gender balancing, disadvantaging men.
Dec 23, 2025 / Kali Holloway
Bari Weiss’s Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets “60 Minutes” Bari Weiss’s Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets “60 Minutes”
The new editor in chief at CBS News has shown she’s not merely stupendously unqualified—she’s ideologically opposed to the practice of good journalism.
Dec 22, 2025 / Elizabeth Spiers
Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student
Plutocrats, pundits, and government officials joined together in a racist smear campaign against a queer Palestinian student at Brown University.
Dec 22, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Why Ilhan Omar Makes the Right Lose Its Mind Why Ilhan Omar Makes the Right Lose Its Mind
Trump and his MAGA allies want people like Omar to vanish from this country—and they hate her for refusing to do so.
Dec 19, 2025 / Isi Baehr-Breen