Politics

Donald Trump waves to the press after landing at the Ellipse near the White House on August 16, 2026

Trump’s Loose Grip on Reality Could Sink the Navy’s Ships Trump’s Loose Grip on Reality Could Sink the Navy’s Ships

The dire conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln are due to a president’s being dangerously detached from what’s actually happening in the world.

Aug 17, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Are Billionaires Dictating a Doomed Future?

Are Billionaires Dictating a Doomed Future? Are Billionaires Dictating a Doomed Future?

Stuff that! Mount protests! Vote!

Aug 17, 2026 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Public goods like housing, healthcare, and education are under an unprecedented assault by private interests.

From Urban Housing to Rural Nursing Homes, the Working-Class Fight to Protect Public Goods From Private Buyers From Urban Housing to Rural Nursing Homes, the Working-Class Fight to Protect Public Goods From Private Buyers

Public goods were meant for us, but corporate interests want to take them away.

Aug 17, 2026 / Gwen Frisbie-Fulton

The Devil Wears Galliano

The Devil Wears Galliano The Devil Wears Galliano

Tainted food carts.

Aug 14, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump attend the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference at the Sun Valley Lodge on July 8, 2026 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Jared Kushner Finds Trouble in a Gangster’s Paradise Jared Kushner Finds Trouble in a Gangster’s Paradise

The Trump princeling’s deal with alleged mobsters illustrates the depths of MAGA corruption.

Aug 14, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Russell Vought’s Project 2026

Russell Vought’s Project 2026 Russell Vought’s Project 2026

A shadow president undoing democracy.

Aug 14, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Donald Trump signs an executive order about vaccines on August 10, 2026.

Trump Is Trying to Sabotage the Health of All Our Kids Trump Is Trying to Sabotage the Health of All Our Kids

His executive order on vaccines is classic Trump: authoritarian, nonsensical, and deadly.

Aug 14, 2026 / Sasha Abramsky

Brothers in race-baiting: Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a SpaceX launch in 2024.

The New Right’s Toxic Addiction to Racial Conflict The New Right’s Toxic Addiction to Racial Conflict

A former fellow with the Claremont Institute explains how white nationalist dogma sets the terms of political belonging on the MAGA right.

Aug 14, 2026 / Pedro Gonzalez

Gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell makes his case for the GOP nomination in Duluth, Minnesota, in May 2026.

Is a Trump Endorsement Becoming a Liability? Is a Trump Endorsement Becoming a Liability?

The president’s backing failed to secure a primary win in Minnesota for Mike Lindell. And he’s not the only one.

Aug 13, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

Francesca Hong at a primary election night watch party at Atwood Music Hall in Madison, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.

Francesca Hong: “Our Movement Is Strong, and the Work Isn’t Done” Francesca Hong: “Our Movement Is Strong, and the Work Isn’t Done”

More than 300,000 Wisconsin voters backed a democratic socialist’s gubernatorial bid. That’s the measure of the strength of a new kind of politics.

Aug 13, 2026 / John Nichols

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