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Trump Is the Confederacy’s Revenge Trump Is the Confederacy’s Revenge

A mass shooting in New Orleans eerily foretold the return of white supremacy to the White House.

Jul 15, 2025 / Mark Hertsgaard

Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) arrives at the US Capitol on Thursday, March 27, 2025.

If Democrats Want to Appeal to Rural America, They Need to Talk Like a Neighbor If Democrats Want to Appeal to Rural America, They Need to Talk Like a Neighbor

Saving a democracy that has delivered diminishing returns for 50 years—and is widely seen as rigged on behalf of the 1 percent—is not as compelling as the political class thinks.

Jul 11, 2025 / Erica Etelson

Donald Trump signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025, in Washington, DC.

When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down

America is being hollowed out by an extractive economy.

Jul 10, 2025 / Corbin Trent

Fourth of July reenactors march through Massachusetts

Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great

By attacking equality of citizenship, MAGA is smashing the foundations of national pride.

Jul 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks into a microphone with a banner in the background that reads “It’s better in a Union.”

As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States

With Trump’s antitrust appointees more concerned with scoring points in MAGA culture wars than restraining corporate abuses, officials in the states are keeping up the fight.

Jul 2, 2025 / Ron Knox

Greenpeace activists deploy a giant banner at St. Mark’s Square in Venice on June 23, 2025.

Bezos Does Venice Bezos Does Venice

Back in New York City, Mamdani’s win shows even billionaires don’t always get what they want.

Jul 1, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Protesters carry a banner representing the Preamble to the US Constitution in downtown Los Angeles during an anti-Trump “No Kings Day” demonstration on June 14, 2025.

How QR Codes and Demonstrations Can Expand the Circle of Opposition How QR Codes and Demonstrations Can Expand the Circle of Opposition

Codes can also be used to register voters.

Jun 30, 2025 / Paul Rogat Loeb

“Washington Post” publisher Katharine Graham and executive editor Ben Bradlee leave US District Court in Washington on June 21, 1971, happy with Judge Gerhard A. Gesell's ruling the the paper could publish further articles about a Pentagon report on Vietnam. Later however, the US Court of Appeals extended for one more day a ban against publishing the secret documents.

My Grandmother Stood Up to Nixon—Jeff Bezos Should Take Note My Grandmother Stood Up to Nixon—Jeff Bezos Should Take Note

Fifty-four years ago, Katharine Graham defended The Washington Post against presidential threats. Her granddaughter now fears its soul is being sold.

Jun 26, 2025 / Pamela Alma Weymouth

New York mayoral candidate state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D-NY) stands with his mother, Mira Nair, and father, Mahmood Mamdani, as they celebrate during an election night gathering at The Greats of Craft LIC on June 24, 2025, in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

With Zohran Mamdani’s Surreal and Historic Victory, One City Died—and Another Was Born With Zohran Mamdani’s Surreal and Historic Victory, One City Died—and Another Was Born

Neither Bill Clinton nor Jim Clyburn nor all of Michael Bloomberg’s billions could save Andrew Cuomo from the defeat he deserved.

Jun 26, 2025 / Ross Barkan

Zorhran Mamdani held his first rally at a nightclub on May 4, 2025, in the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn.

Zohran Mamdani Won the Internet Zohran Mamdani Won the Internet

Amazingly, he then translated that into a real-life victory that will forever change the way elections are fought.

Jun 25, 2025 / Vanessa Ogle

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As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States

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Trump Is the Confederacy’s Revenge Trump Is the Confederacy’s Revenge

If Democrats Want to Appeal to Rural America, They Need to Talk Like a Neighbor If Democrats Want to Appeal to Rural America, They Need to Talk Like a Neighbor

When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down When GDP Goes Up and Democracy Goes Down

Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great Fake Patriots Are Destroying Everything That Made America Great

As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States As Federal Chaos Ensues, Trustbusters Rise in the States

Bezos Does Venice Bezos Does Venice

How QR Codes and Demonstrations Can Expand the Circle of Opposition How QR Codes and Demonstrations Can Expand the Circle of Opposition

My Grandmother Stood Up to Nixon—Jeff Bezos Should Take Note My Grandmother Stood Up to Nixon—Jeff Bezos Should Take Note

With Zohran Mamdani’s Surreal and Historic Victory, One City Died—and Another Was Born With Zohran Mamdani’s Surreal and Historic Victory, One City Died—and Another Was Born

Zohran Mamdani Won the Internet Zohran Mamdani Won the Internet