Linda McMahon’s Only Qualification as Education Secretary Is a History of Spreading Hate Linda McMahon’s Only Qualification as Education Secretary Is a History of Spreading Hate
Even in Trump’s cabinet of hucksters, reality-show stars, and drunk white nationalists, Linda McMahon is a bizarre choice for education secretary.
Feb 25, 2025 / Dave Zirin
Trump’s Plan Is to Flood the Zone With Garbage Trump’s Plan Is to Flood the Zone With Garbage
All of it is meant to disorient and overwhelm us. The question is: How are we to navigate all that excrement?
Feb 21, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon
Trump Is Unpopular—and So Are the Do-Nothing Democrats Trump Is Unpopular—and So Are the Do-Nothing Democrats
The president is increasingly hated, but so is an opposition party that fails to oppose.
Feb 21, 2025 / Jeet Heer
“We’re Living Through Hell”: What Trump’s Anti-Trans War Really Means “We’re Living Through Hell”: What Trump’s Anti-Trans War Really Means
When hospitals suddenly stop treatment for trans patients, real people are harmed: “I was sent links to suicide hotlines instead of a prescription.”
Feb 21, 2025 / Elsie Carson-Holt
Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education? Why Hasn’t Trump Already Closed the Department of Education?
Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.
Feb 21, 2025 / Jack Schneider
A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power
Fifty years ago, lawmakers started lifting the lid on the shocking abuses of the new Bureau chief’s most famous predecessor. The trouble is, very little changed.
Feb 21, 2025 / Steve Howell
Trump’s Firing Frenzy Is Hitting the GOP Where It Hurts Trump’s Firing Frenzy Is Hitting the GOP Where It Hurts
As layoffs skyrocket, Trump’s own voters are feeling the pain. Will the backlash begin?
Feb 21, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Trump Is Taking His War on Immigrants to Despicable New Lows Trump Is Taking His War on Immigrants to Despicable New Lows
It’s not hyperbole to say that the White House is making slavery porn the hallmark of its immigration agenda.
Feb 20, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
5 Stages of GOP 5 Stages of GOP
The Republican Party’s fealty to a totalitarian leader.
Feb 19, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
How Donald Trump Dismantled a Worker Protection Agency With One Late-Night E-Mail How Donald Trump Dismantled a Worker Protection Agency With One Late-Night E-Mail
By firing Gwynne Wilcox, Trump is hoping the Supreme Court will overrule 90 years of legal precedent and give him the authority to fire members of independent boards.
Feb 19, 2025 / Lynn Rhinehart