Politics

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers his general policy statement to the French National Assembly in Paris on October 1, 2024.

Austerity for Immigration Austerity for Immigration

Emmanuel Macron’s unofficial pact with Marine Le Pen.

Oct 10, 2024 / Harrison Stetler

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks ahead of the arrival of Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024, in Savannah, Georgia.

The MAGA Maniacs Are Going All In on Deranged Hurricane Conspiracies The MAGA Maniacs Are Going All In on Deranged Hurricane Conspiracies

It’s the Jews! It’s the deep state! It’s anything but a natural weather occurrence made much worse by climate change!

Oct 10, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Kamala Harris visits the US-Mexico border with US Border Patrol Tucson sector chief John Modlin (R) in Douglas, Arizona, on September 27, 2024.

“Tough” Border Policies Don’t Work. It’s Time Harris and Trump Accepted That. “Tough” Border Policies Don’t Work. It’s Time Harris and Trump Accepted That.

Both parties are competing to see who can keep propping up the same old failed myths about immigration.

Oct 10, 2024 / Vicki B. Gaubeca

Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Dodge County Airport on October 06, 2024 in Juneau, Wisconsin.

Donald Trump Is Running Scared Donald Trump Is Running Scared

He relished the limelight in 2016 and 2020. Now he’s refusing to debate and ducking interviews.

Oct 9, 2024 / John Nichols

Jimmy Carter for Harris

Jimmy Carter for Harris Jimmy Carter for Harris

The former president, who turned 100 on October 1, and is in hospice care, said he is “only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” according to his grandson, Jason Carter.

Oct 9, 2024 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn

Parents of missing students protest on September 26, 2024, in Mexico City.

AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared AMLO Has Broken His Promise to Families of the Disappeared

On the 10th anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, victims’ families say the outgoing Mexican president has betrayed them.

Oct 9, 2024 / Ann Louise Deslandes

It’s Splitsville for Donald Trump and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, picture at last year’s Pray Vote Stand summit.

The Paradoxes Facing the Christian Right in Election 2024 The Paradoxes Facing the Christian Right in Election 2024

This year’s Pray Vote Stand summit revealed fissures around Trump’s refusal to support a nationwide abortion ban.

Oct 9, 2024 / Amy Littlefield

Kamala Harris speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two after assessing the Hurricane Helene recovery response in North Carolina on October 5, 2024, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The One Guaranteed Winner in 2024: American Empire The One Guaranteed Winner in 2024: American Empire

Democrat or Republican, the next presidency will still mean death for others in faraway places.

Oct 9, 2024 / Ahmed Moor

A member of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force surveys a flood-damaged property with a search canine in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene along the Swannanoa River on October 4, 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina.

The Right Meets Hurricane Helene With a Storm of Lies The Right Meets Hurricane Helene With a Storm of Lies

MAGA partisans, including Donald Trump and Elon Musk, have unleashed their own flood of disinformation regarding the federal emergency response.

Oct 8, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

An Amalgam of Immigrants Built This Country

An Amalgam of Immigrants Built This Country An Amalgam of Immigrants Built This Country

America’s long history of embrace and rejection.

Oct 8, 2024 / OppArt / Frances Jetter

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