Politics

America, Country for Immigrants?

America, Country for Immigrants? America, Country for Immigrants?

ICE is making more arrests than ever, the vast majority of people detained this fiscal year had no criminal convictions, and Trump is pushing for more enforcement.

Jul 4, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Fourth of July reenactors march through Massachusetts

Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great

By attacking equality of citizenship, MAGA is smashing the foundations of national pride.

Jul 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) speaks with reporters as she boards the Senate subway after a vote in the US Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Spineless Republicans Are Part of a Bigger Problem Spineless Republicans Are Part of a Bigger Problem

Issues once thought long settled are now up for grabs again. But “they’re not going to get what they want,” says Omar Jadwat of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project.

Jul 4, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), surrounded by Republican members of Congress, signs President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, July 3, 2025, at the Capitol, Washington, DC.

Republicans Just Voted to Do Immoral and Irreparable Harm to the United States Republicans Just Voted to Do Immoral and Irreparable Harm to the United States

Politics / July 3, 2025 Republicans Just Voted to Do Immoral and Irreparable Harm to the United States The GOP chose to betray both morality and economic common sense by approv…

Jul 3, 2025 / John Nichols

A Boeing B-52H bomber in flight, August 2020.

Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is a Huge Win for the Military-Industrial Complex Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is a Huge Win for the Military-Industrial Complex

While weapons contractors will gorge on a huge new infusion of cash, military personnel, past and present, are clearly going to be neglected.

Jul 3, 2025 / William D. Hartung

Led Into Another Mideast War

Led Into Another Mideast War Led Into Another Mideast War

Trump breaks his promise to MAGA.

Jul 3, 2025 / OppArt / Leonard Stokes

No Kings, International Movement

No Kings, International Movement No Kings, International Movement

No Kings demonstration June 14, 2025, Barcelona, Spain, 2025.

Jul 2, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 New York City Pride March on June 29, 2025.

New Yorkers Aren’t Afraid of a Democratic Socialist Mayor New Yorkers Aren’t Afraid of a Democratic Socialist Mayor

Andrew Cuomo's allies spent a fortune shouting that Zohran Mamdani is a socialist. Result? A Mamdani landslide in the Democratic primary.

Jul 2, 2025 / John Nichols

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks into a microphone with a banner in the background that reads “It’s better in a Union.”

As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States

With Trump’s antitrust appointees more concerned with scoring points in MAGA culture wars than restraining corporate abuses, officials in the states are keeping up the fight.

Jul 2, 2025 / Ron Knox

New York City Council member Chi Osse speaks at the New York Working Families Party rally in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, New York.

Chi Ossé Is Tired of the Same Old Nonsense Chi Ossé Is Tired of the Same Old Nonsense

From Kirsten Gillibrand (“she should resign”) to Eric Adams (“a power-hungry, egotistical man”) to the Democratic establishment, NYC’s Gen Z political star doesn’t hold back.

Jul 2, 2025 / Q&A / Andrew Sciallo

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