How Trump’s Tariffs Shocked Wisconsin Farmers How Trump’s Tariffs Shocked Wisconsin Farmers
The administration’s tariff policies have thrust soybean farmers into economic chaos as they navigate higher input costs and shifts in global trade.
Aug 12, 2025 / StudentNation / Ava Menkes
Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear
New York's political establishment threw the whole post-9/11 playbook against the Democratic nominee for mayor, and came up empty.
Aug 12, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman
Washington, DC, Is Under a State of Siege Washington, DC, Is Under a State of Siege
Trump has put the nation’s capital under federal occupation.
Aug 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker
The Indian prime minister discovers that the world’s biggest bully sees fawning as weakness.
Aug 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer
A Free Speech Shakedown—Trump’s Approach to American Civil Society A Free Speech Shakedown—Trump’s Approach to American Civil Society
Ending his extortion racket will demand not only courageous institutions—it will take the political opposition of us all.
Aug 11, 2025 / David Cole
Letitia James, New York’s Badass AG Letitia James, New York’s Badass AG
The state’s attorney general, Letitia James, has emerged as a North Star in the chaos of the second Trump administration.
Aug 11, 2025 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Democrats Keep Misreading the Working Class Democrats Keep Misreading the Working Class
Many in the party see workers as drifting rightward. But new data show they’re more progressive than ever on economic issues—if Democrats are willing to meet them there.
Aug 11, 2025 / Bhaskar Sunkara
New Yorkers Aren’t About to Elect a Mayor Who Makes Common Cause With Donald Trump New Yorkers Aren’t About to Elect a Mayor Who Makes Common Cause With Donald Trump
Amid reports that Cuomo is consulting with Trump and telling business leaders he doesn’t want a fight with the president, Zohran Mamdani sees a “betrayal of the city.”
Aug 8, 2025 / John Nichols
Trump Can’t Stop Blabbing About Jeffrey Epstein Trump Can’t Stop Blabbing About Jeffrey Epstein
There’s no way for Republicans to tamp down the Epstein-Maxwell scandal if the president keeps telling on himself.
Aug 8, 2025 / Joan Walsh