Politics

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

Breathtaking conflicts of interest are lining oligarchs’ pockets with our tax dollars.

Jan 22, 2025 / William D. Hartung

Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during the 60th presidential inauguration parade at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.

A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Almost every sentence of the order is wrong, misleading, or flagrantly unconstitutional.

Jan 22, 2025 / Elie Mystal

(Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires

(Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires (Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires

Exxon has been knowingly pouring gas on climate problems for decades.

Jan 22, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Free Ismail Lghazaoui!

Free Ismail Lghazaoui! Free Ismail Lghazaoui!

Morocco sentenced the Palestine solidarity activist to prison just for protesting. But the trail of his persecution runs from Israel across the Atlantic to New Jersey and Texas.

Jan 22, 2025 / Nasreen Abd Elal and Rayan El Amine

Former senator (D-WI) Russ Feingold testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in 2014.

Russ Feingold Is Clear: “The ERA Is Part of the Constitution” Russ Feingold Is Clear: “The ERA Is Part of the Constitution”

The head of the American Constitution Society says President Biden is right: The ratification standard has been met.

Jan 22, 2025 / John Nichols

Santa Ana Families for Fair Elections launching a campaign to expand local noncitizen voting in September 2023.

The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote

Measures to allow local noncitizen voting failed in the last election, but that hasn’t always been the case throughout American history.

Jan 22, 2025 / StudentNation / Fatimah Azeem

The Troubles Begin

The Troubles Begin The Troubles Begin

Trump’s second term will bring enormous challenges for the nation and for the world.

Jan 21, 2025 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

Andrei and Gyuzel Almarik upon arriving in the Netherlands in 1976.

The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents The Often Misunderstood History of the Soviet Dissidents


In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself at key junctures and eventually to great effect.

Jan 21, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Michael David-Fox

Trump’s Inauguration Revealed Whom He Really Serves: the Billionaires and the Crypto Bros

Trump’s Inauguration Revealed Whom He Really Serves: the Billionaires and the Crypto Bros Trump’s Inauguration Revealed Whom He Really Serves: the Billionaires and the Crypto Bros

In front of Trump stood a handful of CEOs whose combined wealth topped $1.2 trillion. They and the crypto scammers are the true beneficiaries of Trump’s second term.

Jan 20, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Cecile Richards Saved the Day for Us

Cecile Richards Saved the Day for Us Cecile Richards Saved the Day for Us

The crusader for women’s and workers’ rights died Monday after a cruel illness. She inspires us to do the work ahead.

Jan 20, 2025 / Joan Walsh

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