When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down
America is being hollowed out by an extractive economy.
Jul 10, 2025 / Corbin Trent
Remembering Labor’s Constitutional Rights Remembering Labor’s Constitutional Rights
The Constitution, properly interpreted, protects workers. But the Trump administration isn’t going to enforce those protections unless labor fights for them.
Jul 10, 2025 / Jennifer Abruzzo and Jay Swanson
The Media’s Profits Trump Democracy, Once Again The Media’s Profits Trump Democracy, Once Again
Paramount’s settlement with Trump is a symptom of deep structural rot in our corporate media system.
Jul 8, 2025 / Victor Pickard
Summer Camp Kids Did Not Have to Die in the Texas Floods Summer Camp Kids Did Not Have to Die in the Texas Floods
The deadly consequences of Trump’s National Weather Service budget cuts.
Jul 7, 2025 / David Dickson and Mark Hertsgaard
Pete Hegseth Is Unleashing Chaos at the Pentagon Pete Hegseth Is Unleashing Chaos at the Pentagon
Trump’s defense secretary loves taking selfies while presiding over administrative anarchy.
Jul 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer
How Republicans’ Endowment Tax Will Hurt Higher Education How Republicans’ Endowment Tax Will Hurt Higher Education
As the Trump administration escalates its campaign to reshape education, a provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” will raise the tax on select private colleges’ endowments.
Jul 7, 2025 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp
Jürgen Habermas Still Believes in Modernity Jürgen Habermas Still Believes in Modernity
A conversation with the German theorist about the history of Western philosophy and more.
Jul 7, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great
By attacking equality of citizenship, MAGA is smashing the foundations of national pride.
Jul 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer
As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States
With Trump’s antitrust appointees more concerned with scoring points in MAGA culture wars than restraining corporate abuses, officials in the states are keeping up the fight.
Jul 2, 2025 / Ron Knox
Bezos Does Venice Bezos Does Venice
Back in New York City, Mamdani’s win shows even billionaires don’t always get what they want.
Jul 1, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel