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A man seeking asylum from Colombia is detained by federal agents as he attends his court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on October 27, 2025, in New York City.

Trump Is Forcing Millions to Make Cruel Choices Trump Is Forcing Millions to Make Cruel Choices

Do you go to your asylum check-in and risk capture by ICE? Without SNAP, what will you give up to feed your kids? How will you pay for healthcare?

Oct 31, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, during a news conference in September 2025.

Texas Republicans Are Doubling Down on Banning Capital Gains Taxes Texas Republicans Are Doubling Down on Banning Capital Gains Taxes

If passed, the constitutional amendment would lock out a potential source of future state funding and disproportionately benefit wealthy households.

Oct 31, 2025 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia

Mike Johnson’s House Is Fox News With a Gavel

Mike Johnson’s House Is Fox News With a Gavel Mike Johnson’s House Is Fox News With a Gavel

The House speaker admits that his legislative chamber no longer matters. That’s the outcome of a series of deliberate leadership decisions to ensure its powerlessness.

Oct 30, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Why Trump Is Allowing Food Stamp Funding to Run Out

Why Trump Is Allowing Food Stamp Funding to Run Out Why Trump Is Allowing Food Stamp Funding to Run Out

I warned that Trump and congressional Republicans could use a shutdown to deny SNAP benefits, but was told there was no way our political system would allow that to occur.

Oct 30, 2025 / Joel Berg

Left: Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) consults his adviser, Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt) in The Sopranos. Right: President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance attend the presidential Inauguration.

Trump’s Tony Soprano Presidency Is Bleeding the Country Dry Trump’s Tony Soprano Presidency Is Bleeding the Country Dry

The thrill many felt of having a made-for-TV-mobster president is gone.

Oct 30, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference at a federal office building on October 20, 2025, in Bradenton, Florida.

Minneapolis Braces Itself for the National Guard Minneapolis Braces Itself for the National Guard

Kristi Noem visited the Twin Cities and decried out-of-control crime. Is a federal occupation next?

Oct 28, 2025 / Alyssa Oursler

Donald Trump standing alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth

Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth or the possibility of accountability.

Oct 27, 2025 / Eric Reinhart

US President Donald Trump greets Argentine President Javier Milei as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House on Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Trump’s Argentina Bailout Is Bad for America but Great for His Hedge Fund Cronies Trump’s Argentina Bailout Is Bad for America but Great for His Hedge Fund Cronies

Propping up Javier Milei’s austerity regime shows that Trump’s true loyalty is to neocolonial plutocracy.

Oct 24, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Demolition of the East Wing of the White House on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.

The White House Is Being Destroyed Because Corruption Doesn’t Matter Anymore The White House Is Being Destroyed Because Corruption Doesn’t Matter Anymore

The demolition of the East Wing is a symbol of a system that long ago stopped caring about the kind of blatant graft that Trump loves.

Oct 23, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Protestor holds American flag while confronting police

When Washington Shuts Down, California Steps Up  When Washington Shuts Down, California Steps Up 

The latest shutdown’s consequences are hitting California hard.

Oct 21, 2025 / Alex Lee and Sade Elhawary

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