Politics

Trump Undoes Environmental Protections

Trump Undoes Environmental Protections Trump Undoes Environmental Protections

Denying reality as climate disasters spread.

Feb 28, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Elon Musk holds a chain saw during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025. The chain saw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentine President Javier Milei.

DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research

The Trump administration’s efforts to reorient the country away from cutting-edge research will be felt by nearly every area of science.

Feb 28, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Palestinian children attend a lesson in a classroom at a damaged school amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza City, on February 26, 2025.

Mr. Trump: It’s Time to Listen to What Palestinians Want Mr. Trump: It’s Time to Listen to What Palestinians Want

The president keeps floating his colonial takeover plan. But people in Gaza just want to go home. How do we know? Because we asked them.

Feb 28, 2025 / James Zogby

Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaking at the 2022 J Street National Conference held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.

Has J Street Gone Along With Genocide? Has J Street Gone Along With Genocide?

The “pro-Israel, pro-peace” advocacy group has seen its credibility shredded over its floundering response to the war on Gaza.

Feb 27, 2025 / Norman Solomon

Chris Deluzio, Democratic representative candidate for Pennsylvania, arrives with his family to vote at a polling location in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, on November 8, 2022.

Resistance Is Not Enough. The Left Must Address the Grievances of the Working Class. Resistance Is Not Enough. The Left Must Address the Grievances of the Working Class.

The left’s almost singular focus on defense is a grave mistake. We must offer a compelling, positive vision of what we are for.

Feb 27, 2025 / Column / Anthony Flaccavento

New Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel after he was sworn in during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on February 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared

Unqualified goons at the top. Conspiracies running wild. A mandate for vengeance. Buckle up.

Feb 26, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Bibiland

Bibiland Bibiland

It's in the bag.

Feb 26, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

A backcountry road is covered in recent snow, February 2, 2024, in the Catskills Mountain region of New York.

February Storms in a Country That Still Works—for Now February Storms in a Country That Still Works—for Now

The reliable knot that pulls together the threads of basic human life in America is beginning to unravel, and there suddenly arises the possibility that the center will not hold.

Feb 26, 2025 / Susan Brind Morrow

Bernie Sanders speaks during his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour in Iowa City, Iowa, on February 22, 2025.

Bernie Sanders Is Sending a Piercing Message About Musk and the Oligarchy Bernie Sanders Is Sending a Piercing Message About Musk and the Oligarchy

The senator is on the road explaining exactly what happens when the richest man in the world starts buying power.

Feb 26, 2025 / John Nichols

Donald Trump sits at a desk, signing a document. Behind him, a map reads

Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza! Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza!

Manifest Destiny gets a reboot under President Donald Trump.

Feb 25, 2025 / William J. Astore

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