Politics

Donald Trump and Tony Evers.

Trump Will Regret Messing With Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Trump Will Regret Messing With Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers

The president’s bully politics are blowing up on him internationally, and threats to arrest a Midwestern governor will produce domestic blowback.

May 6, 2025 / John Nichols

Cruelty Is the Point

Cruelty Is the Point Cruelty Is the Point

Trump’s deportations and defundings = death.

May 6, 2025 / OppArt / Anonymous (NYC)

Joshua Clover, 2015.

The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025) The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025)

How the militant, poet, political theorist, organizer, and giver of gifts refused to die.

May 6, 2025 / Obituary / Juliana Spahr

Headshot of Ro Khanna speaking next to medium shot of Majorie Taylor Greene on phone.

Netanyahu Is Pushing for an Iran War, but Trump Holds Back for Now Netanyahu Is Pushing for an Iran War, but Trump Holds Back for Now

Michael Waltz’s demotion is a flashpoint in the MAGA civil war over foreign policy.

May 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Riot Platforms cyrptomine property in Navarro County, Texas, on March 30, 2025.

Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket Texas’s Crypto-Mining Racket

Public officials are propping up a Texas Bitcoin boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.

May 5, 2025 / Candice Bernd

Trump’s Racist Attacks on Democracy, Up…

Trump’s Racist Attacks on Democracy, Up… Trump’s Racist Attacks on Democracy, Up…

Stock market, down.

May 5, 2025 / OppArt / Giulio Bonasera

Illustration of Haymarket Riot in Chicago by T. de Thulstrup

Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week? Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week?

In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people. Today, the four-day week could do the same.

May 5, 2025 / StudentNation / Andrew Berka

Sh*t Gets Real

Sh*t Gets Real Sh*t Gets Real

Pritzkrieg!

May 2, 2025 / Steve Brodner

A $50 bill is seen in US President Donald Trump’s back pocket as he boards Air Force One prior to departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on May 1, 2025.

Trump’s Assault on PBS and NPR Chooses Oligarchy Over Press Freedom and Democracy Trump’s Assault on PBS and NPR Chooses Oligarchy Over Press Freedom and Democracy

As the supporters of speaking truth to power celebrate World Press Freedom Day, Trump seeks to defund public media in the United States.

May 2, 2025 / John Nichols

The Last (Michael) Waltz

The Last (Michael) Waltz The Last (Michael) Waltz

We should welcome the humiliation of Trump’s hawkish, neocon national security adviser.

May 2, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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