Political Ideologies

Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing executive orders relating to higher education.

Trump Is Taking a Wrecking Ball to Indigenous Education Trump Is Taking a Wrecking Ball to Indigenous Education

After mass layoffs and scholarship freezes, students and tribal leaders are suing the Trump administration for violating treaty obligations.

May 7, 2025 / StudentNation / Connor Arakaki

Joshua Clover, 2015.

The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025) The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025)

How the militant, poet, political theorist, organizer, and giver of gifts refused to die.

May 6, 2025 / Obituary / Juliana Spahr

Headshot of Ro Khanna speaking next to medium shot of Majorie Taylor Greene on phone.

Netanyahu Is Pushing for an Iran War, but Trump Holds Back for Now Netanyahu Is Pushing for an Iran War, but Trump Holds Back for Now

Michael Waltz’s demotion is a flashpoint in the MAGA civil war over foreign policy.

May 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The Last (Michael) Waltz

The Last (Michael) Waltz The Last (Michael) Waltz

We should welcome the humiliation of Trump’s hawkish, neocon national security adviser.

May 2, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The Matsuda family posts a sign reading “I AM AN AMERICAN” outside their grocery store in Oakland, California, responding to Pearl Harbor attacks shortly before they are relocated and incarcerated as Japanese Americans.

Opposing Mass Deportation: What We Can Learn From the Resistance to Japanese Internment Opposing Mass Deportation: What We Can Learn From the Resistance to Japanese Internment

When the US imprisoned Japanese-Americans during WWII, public solidarity and community defense were how people supported the interned. Their strategies remain relevant today.

May 2, 2025 / Julia Piaskowski

Rudy Giuliani, the face of Trump-era impunity.

Lock Them All Up! Lock Them All Up!

It’s high time we created accountability for the Trump 2.0 criminal syndicate.

May 2, 2025 / Jeb Lund

Police detain protesters wearing shirts with the slogan “Stop Arming Israel” during a Pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2024.

The Right-Wing Campaign to Suppress Opposition Consolidates Its Gains The Right-Wing Campaign to Suppress Opposition Consolidates Its Gains

New laws that effectively criminalize dissent reflect the right’s disgust for politically active citizens.

May 1, 2025 / Zohra Ahmed

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2025.

100 Days of Chaos and Calumnies 100 Days of Chaos and Calumnies

Where FDR used his radio addresses to reassure a distressed nation and
provide hope, Trump employs his bully pulpit and social media to shock
and appall.

Apr 29, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (C) celebrates with supporters after signing a bill that raises the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour on June 3, 2014, in Seattle, Washington.

Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda

The American people can smell a rat. If we want to be trusted partners, we have to show we are worthy of the trust and be willing to do what it takes to engage, explain and bring ...

Apr 29, 2025 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Tom Morello and Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine perform as part of a free concert at Finsbury Park on June 6, 2010, in London, England.

MAGA Followers Think They’re Punk Rock—but Then Why Are They All Such Cowards? MAGA Followers Think They’re Punk Rock—but Then Why Are They All Such Cowards?

Trump supporters may think they’re hardcore, but they seem to be afraid of op-eds, books, and history they can’t even bear to read.

Apr 29, 2025 / Dave Zirin

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