Rob Reiner, Bari Weiss, and the Shifting Politics of Hollywood Rob Reiner, Bari Weiss, and the Shifting Politics of Hollywood
Weiss’s ascent reveals the extent to which Hollywood, once a Democratic stronghold, has defected for a politics that puts the concerns and egos of wealthy people first.
Dec 19, 2025 / Joan Walsh
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
The Longest Journey Is Over The Longest Journey Is Over
With the death of Norman Podhoretz at 95, the transition from New York’s intellectual golden age to the age of grievance and provocation is complete.
Dec 17, 2025 / Obituary / David Klion
Organized Labor at a Crossroads Organized Labor at a Crossroads
How can unions adapt to a new landscape of work?
Dec 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Nelson Lichtenstein
Anger at Corporate Power Is Everywhere Anger at Corporate Power Is Everywhere
It should guide the Democrats.
Dec 16, 2025 / Ron Knox
The EEOC Is Now Letting Workplace Discrimination Stand The EEOC Is Now Letting Workplace Discrimination Stand
The agency is unlawfully giving up on fighting disparate impact discrimination—meaning it’s “open season” on employees.
Dec 16, 2025 / Bryce Covert
The US Is Looking More Like Putin’s Russia Every Day The US Is Looking More Like Putin’s Russia Every Day
We may already be on a superhighway to the sort of class- and race-stratified autocracy that it took Russia so many years to become after the Soviet Union collapsed.
Dec 11, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino
One Buyout After Another One Buyout After Another
The multibillion-dollar takeover bids targeting Warner Bros. Discovery show how Trump’s corrupt model of governance-by-payback could destroy Hollywood.
Dec 10, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
RFK Jr. Is a Public Health Disaster RFK Jr. Is a Public Health Disaster
But local MAHA laws may be an even bigger threat.
Dec 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel