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The richest man in the world attempted to buy an election in Wisconsin. His effort crashed and burned, establishing a model for the fight against Trumpism.

John Nichols

How Trump Is Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda How Trump Is Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda

The government is enlisting—or coercing—other countries into joining its efforts to purge immigrants from the United States.

Felipe de la Hoz

Living and Learning in the Shadow of the Paris Commune Living and Learning in the Shadow of the Paris Commune

Kristin Ross’s The Commune Form traces a political tradition—based on reimagining class relations—that stretches from the 1871 uprising to the modern-day struggles of ZAD.

Books & the Arts / Clinton Williamson

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Black MAGA Supporters Have Made Their Peace With Racists

Black MAGA Supporters Have Made Their Peace With Racists Black MAGA Supporters Have Made Their Peace With Racists

The silence of Black MAGA supporters in the face of Trump’s and Vance’s bigotry during the campaign has carried over to the second Trump era.

Clarence Lusane

Senator Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor on April 1, 2025. The New Jersey senator broke the record for the longest Senate floor speech by holding the floor for more than 25 hours.

Cory Booker Makes History. Donald Trump Will Never Erase It. Cory Booker Makes History. Donald Trump Will Never Erase It.

The New Jersey senator broke Strom Thurmond’s record for speaking on the Senate floor. May Booker break the back of the neo-segregationism that Trump represents.

Joan Walsh

Susan Crawford accepts victory in her race for Wisconsin Supreme Court justice on April 1, 2025, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Democracy 1, Elon Musk 0 Democracy 1, Elon Musk 0

The richest man in the world attempted to buy an election in Wisconsin. His effort crashed and burned, establishing a model for the fight against Trumpism.

John Nichols

Books & the Arts

A man walks past a statue of Charles de Gaulle, with a cardboard speech bubble reading “LONG LIVE THE FREE ZAD” as hundreds of opponents to the Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport and ZAD activists gather to demand a collective management of the land planned for the airport’s construction, 2018.

Living and Learning in the Shadow of the Paris Commune Living and Learning in the Shadow of the Paris Commune

Kristin Ross’s The Commune Form traces a political tradition—based on reimagining class relations—that stretches from the 1871 uprising to the modern-day struggles of ZAD.

Books & the Arts / Clinton Williamson

Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta.

Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta. Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta.

A conversation with Brian Goldstone about There Is No Place for Us, a damning account of a city’s failure to address homelessness and how it is a microcosm of the rest of the US.

Books & the Arts / Daniel Elkind

The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema

The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema

Why did Hollywood lose interest in making paranoid thrillers like The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor? Was it a change in the culture? Or a change in the marketplace?

Books & the Arts / T. M. Brown

World

A displaced Palestinian woman holds her child while sitting in front of her tent on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Gaza City, on March 30, 2025.

A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World A Mother’s Plea From Gaza to the People of the World

As Ramadan comes to an end, a mother prays that she can safely break her fast with their children, with sufficient food and clean water, without fear of being torn to pieces by bo…

Mariam Alfarra

Right-wing leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom early, sentenced to imprisonment and disqualified from holding office for embezzlement charges.

In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War

A French court rules to bar Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years.

Harrison Stetler

The new FIFA Club World Cup trophy during a swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office on March 28, 2025.

With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup? With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup?

The country has proven itself incapable of not abducting and imprisoning people entering it—boycotting US matches avoids putting teams, their families, and fans in danger.

Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

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Are Men OK?

Are Men OK? Are Men OK?

According to Richard V. Reeves, American society is failing to address the needs of men and boys. Are his solutions the flip side of feminism—or just another form of backlash?

Feature / Eamon Whalen

People gather against a backdrop of unlit buildings in Havana, as Cuba’s national power grid has effectively collapsed.

Life in Cuba Under Sanctions Life in Cuba Under Sanctions

Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo.

Feature / David Montgomery

Who Gave Away the Skies to the Airlines?

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In 1978, Jimmy Carter signed the Airline Deregulation Act. It gave rise to some truly miserable air travel—and neoliberalism.

Feature / Elie Mystal

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