Politics

Jerry Jones as Ed Rooney, Ferris Buehler's bumbling nemesis.

Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights

Party leaders are talking tough about retaliatory gerrymandering—but like Principal Rooney, they're unable to fight back effectively

Aug 21, 2025 / David Daley and David Faris

Unhealthy Head of Health

Unhealthy Head of Health Unhealthy Head of Health

RFK Jr. dismantles vaccination programs.

Aug 20, 2025 / OppArt / David Small

Ballots sit in a tray inside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on Election Day, November 5, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Trump Targets Mail-In Voting, and the Democrats Phone in Their Counter-Strategies Trump Targets Mail-In Voting, and the Democrats Phone in Their Counter-Strategies

Trump has launched an all-out assault on civic freedoms, but the Democrats aren’t yet giving their base something to vote for.

Aug 19, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Trump speaks in the foreground while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent watches behind him.

Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands

Our grandparents would urge us all to defend and strengthen Social Security.

Aug 19, 2025 / June Hopkins, Henry Scott Wallace, and James Roosevelt Jr.

Art of the Deals

Art of the Deals Art of the Deals

Drafty in here.

Aug 19, 2025 / OppArt / Michael deAdder

North Valley Hospital in Montana

Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For

Across the country, rural hospitals will close, and the empty towns will mirror the quiet halls where doctors and nurses once rushed to heal.

Aug 19, 2025 / Steve Bullock

Stacey Abrams discusses her new novel on stage during

They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy. They’re Not Just Coming for DEI. They’re Coming for Democracy.

Destroying DEI has a clear motive: to stop Americans from seeking common cause.

Aug 19, 2025 / Stacey Abrams

Construction continues on a mixed-use apartment complex that will hold more than 700 units of housing and 95,000 square feet of commercial space, on August 20, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.

As Progressive Elected Officials, We Choose Both Economic Populism and Abundance As Progressive Elected Officials, We Choose Both Economic Populism and Abundance

The abundance agenda makes progressive populism more effective.

Aug 19, 2025 / Burhan Azeem, Teresa Mosqueda, Zo Qadri, and Anna Brawley

Members of the National Guard walk on the National Mall on August 14, 2025, in Washington, DC, following President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal forces and takeover of the city’s police department.

Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War? Is Trump’s DC Military Deployment the Start of a Slow-Motion Civil War?

Anything is possible in the coming days and weeks, but it’s difficult not to feel like we are veering toward escalating violence.

Aug 18, 2025 / Joan Walsh

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave at the conclusion of a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else

No one can trust the United States when a fickle man-child controls its foreign policy.

Aug 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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