Politics

Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative 2025

New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same

The state is setting a powerful example with its first-in-the-nation plan. But the policy has support across the US.

Oct 14, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Unbalanced SCOTUS

Unbalanced SCOTUS Unbalanced SCOTUS

The Supreme Court rescues Trump while impacting millions.

Oct 14, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why. People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

Democratic Party leadership is way out of touch with where the American people are, and it’s almost frightening to see the kind of anger and contempt that people feel toward it.

Oct 14, 2025 / Feature / John Nichols

Linda McMahon, US education secretary, during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2025. The US Department of Education is pushing to strip workplace protections for pregnant or LGBTQ staff, telling its employee union the policies must be changed to conform to President Donald Trump's executive order on “defending women from gender ideology extremism.”

Join a Loyalty Club for Higher Education—While You Still Can! Join a Loyalty Club for Higher Education—While You Still Can!

Another way to show devotion to the nation and to truth.

Oct 14, 2025 / Michael Roth

Donald Trump with construction workers at the Trump Palace.

How the Capitalism of the 1980s Created Donald Trump’s Theory of the State How the Capitalism of the 1980s Created Donald Trump’s Theory of the State

The proliferation of privately held companies during the Reagan years laid the foundations for Trump’s approach to government.

Oct 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

The Triumphs and Travails of American Marxism

The Triumphs and Travails of American Marxism The Triumphs and Travails of American Marxism

Karl Marx never visited the United States, but he and his ideas left an imprint nonetheless.

Oct 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference announcing his “Game Over Greed” campaign urging FIFA to drop dynamic pricing on September 10, 2025, in the Bronx.

Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA. But He Doesn't Go Far Enough. Zohran Mamdani Is Right to Call Out FIFA. But He Doesn't Go Far Enough.

Mamdani is right to hold FIFA accountable for fleecing its fans. But cheaper prices won’t matter if you end up in the back of an unmarked van.

Oct 10, 2025 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Battle of Chicago

Battle of Chicago Battle of Chicago

Mango Mussolini and Pee Wee German.

Oct 10, 2025 / Steve Brodner

The Plot That Could Have Deranged America

The Plot That Could Have Deranged America The Plot That Could Have Deranged America

In his weekly newsletter, Elie Mystal explores everything from the foiled plot against Supreme Court justices to the ongoing plot to foil mail-in voting.

Oct 10, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Trump’s Vendetta Prosecution of Letitia James Is a New Low

Trump’s Vendetta Prosecution of Letitia James Is a New Low Trump’s Vendetta Prosecution of Letitia James Is a New Low

The New York attorney general has led the legal fight against Trump, and now he has mobilized the Justice Department to go after her.

Oct 10, 2025 / Joan Walsh

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