Politics

Head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors smiling with hands on hips in front of game watchers at at the Moda Center.

Can Steve Kerr Light an Anti-Trump Fire in the Sports World? Can Steve Kerr Light an Anti-Trump Fire in the Sports World?

The coach of the Golden State Warriors stands up to bullies like Donald Trump. Let’s hope that others in the NBA will follow suit.

Apr 18, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Presidential timber? United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks to guests at an election-night watch party.

Shawn Fain for President! Shawn Fain for President!

Centrist Democrats hate the union leader because he puts the working class first.

Apr 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Pam Bondi, US attorney general, and Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during a press conference at Port Everglades on April 9, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does

And so do all of his cronies.

Apr 18, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

The Gulf

The Gulf The Gulf

The Un-United States of America.

Apr 18, 2025 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Friedrich Merz (l), CDU candidate for chancellor and CDU federal chairman, and Lars Klingbeil, SPD parliamentary group and federal chairman, hold a press conference of the CDU/CSU and SPD party chairmen to present the coalition agreement in the Paul Löbe House.

“A Matter of Survival”: Germany’s New Coalition Government “A Matter of Survival”: Germany’s New Coalition Government

Is the country’s latest grand coalition a shaky marriage of convenience—or “democracy’s last bullet”?

Apr 18, 2025 / Linda Mannheim

Demonstrators with signs stand around the John Harvard Statue in Harvard Yard after a rally was held against President Donald Trump's attacks on Harvard University.

Harvard Stands Up Harvard Stands Up

Very real pain is about to be inflicted on students, staff, researchers, and faculty. At least for now, most of the people here are willing to bear that price.

Apr 18, 2025 / Richard Parker

US President Donald Trump, center right, and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, center left, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2025.

Trump, Bukele, and the Growing Assault on the Rule of Law Trump, Bukele, and the Growing Assault on the Rule of Law

What's going on here fits the description of “fascism” to a tee.

Apr 18, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Eggflation

Eggflation Eggflation

Egg prices skyrocketed to more than $12 a dozen in certain regions of the country. Is America great again?

Apr 17, 2025 / OppArt / Martha Lewis

Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define

Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define

Tariffs and trade are not side issues, but a central front in the battle against monopoly power—and for self-government.

Apr 17, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout

People take part in a massive anti-Trump “Hands Off” protest and march in New York City, New York, April 5, 2025.

We Can Defeat Trump’s Lawlessness. We’ve Done It Before. We Can Defeat Trump’s Lawlessness. We’ve Done It Before.

Donald Trump’s intimidation tactics are not new. At the height of the civil rights movement, segregationists harassed our civil rights lawyers.

Apr 17, 2025 / Janai Nelson

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