Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters
Who is being naïve now?
Dec 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The “Existential Threat” Facing Ohio’s Public School System The “Existential Threat” Facing Ohio’s Public School System
A lawsuit challenging the EdChoice voucher program was filed by a coalition of over 130 school districts across the state and is scheduled to go to trial next year.
Dec 2, 2024 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
The Silver Lining of the Pam Bondi Nomination The Silver Lining of the Pam Bondi Nomination
While Bondi is a Trump loyalist who will do real damage, she won’t be as dangerous as one of the Federalist Society ideologues who might have gotten the post.
Nov 26, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Only a Working-Class Party Can Challenge Donald Trump’s Corruption Only a Working-Class Party Can Challenge Donald Trump’s Corruption
GOP plutocracy thrives as long as Democrats remain beholden to Wall Street.
Nov 26, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man
After the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, business leaders made a show of shunning Saudi Arabia, doing deals only behind closed doors. Now it’s all out in the open.
Nov 25, 2024 / Jonathan Guyer
America Has Done Mass Deportation Before America Has Done Mass Deportation Before
From the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, Trump can easily find precedents for his policy. None of them ended well.
Nov 25, 2024 / Eric Foner
How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination
He can pick a strident abortion opponent like Roger Severino, who wrote the Project 2025 chapter on HHS, as his number two.
Nov 21, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Second Presidency Will Only Accelerate America's Imperial Decline Trump’s Second Presidency Will Only Accelerate America's Imperial Decline
Trump is on track to bring a hasty end, silent or otherwise, to an “American Century” of global dominion.
Nov 21, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
How Loyalty Trumps Qualification in Trump Universe How Loyalty Trumps Qualification in Trump Universe
Meet “first buddy” Elon Musk.
Nov 21, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel