Why the Media Allows MAGA to Cover Up Their Lies With More Lies Why the Media Allows MAGA to Cover Up Their Lies With More Lies
The MAGA movement can “walk back” outrageous statements, and the press hardly asks a follow-up.
Sep 9, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job. Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job.
We have an unprecedented chance to elect a mayor who can prioritize the needs of working people.
Sep 9, 2025 / Bill de Blasio
Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront
The ruler of a dying empire inflicts mindless militarism on Venezuela and Chicago.
Sep 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer
With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America
The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.
Sep 8, 2025 / Michael Fox
William F. Buckley Jr.’s Friends and Enemies William F. Buckley Jr.’s Friends and Enemies
What was it about Buckley that made him so attractive to liberals—and what was it about liberals that caused them to be attracted to conservative figures like Buckley in the first...
Sep 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer
The “Refugee Pipeline” Has Been Abandoned The “Refugee Pipeline” Has Been Abandoned
Since Trump took office, assistance for refugees has largely been revoked or suspended, with many recent arrivals from Afghanistan unable to bring their families.
Sep 8, 2025 / StudentNation / Ava Menkes
Old, Wealthy Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Own Party Old, Wealthy Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Own Party
The problem of gerontocracy includes the donor class.
Sep 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh
The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.
Sep 5, 2025 / Q&A / Peter Lucas
California Lawmakers Fight Back Against Trump's Secret Police Force California Lawmakers Fight Back Against Trump's Secret Police Force
Two bills making their way through the California legislature seek to end masking of federal agents and other tactics that are terrorizing communities.
Sep 5, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky