Scott Bessent Is Doing a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Job Scott Bessent Is Doing a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Job
The treasury secretary’s pronouncements keep missing the mark—wildly, weirdly, and dangerously.
Apr 10, 2025 / John Nichols
Here’s What the Supreme Court’s Recent Rubber-Stamp Rulings Are All About Here’s What the Supreme Court’s Recent Rubber-Stamp Rulings Are All About
The spate of recent Supreme Court decisions overturning Trump administration losses in the lower courts are all about saving face—and securing power.
Apr 10, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Democrats’ Lost Millions The Democrats’ Lost Millions
The people who really decided the 2024 election are the ones who didn’t vote at all—and they could hold the key to a Democratic comeback.
Apr 10, 2025 / Feature / Kali Holloway
Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge
The gutting of the administrative state, of the universities, and of expertise is like something out of the Cultural Revolution.
Apr 10, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves
ICE’s Illegal Detentions and Deportations ICE’s Illegal Detentions and Deportations
Trump’s attack on legal protests.
Apr 9, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals
As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.
Tesla Takedown Day Tesla Takedown Day
Signs and scenes from the Tesla Showroom, NYC, 2/29/25.
Apr 8, 2025 / Steve Brodner
Agnes Callard and the Examined Life Agnes Callard and the Examined Life
In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?
Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
How Far Will 8 Years of Trump Set Back American Women? How Far Will 8 Years of Trump Set Back American Women?
The president and his cronies are committed to rolling progress back to the Stone Age. The effects could outlast his second term.
Apr 8, 2025 / Column / Katha Pollitt