The Perfect, Smiling Wives of the Christian Right The Perfect, Smiling Wives of the Christian Right
Far from being an immutable fact of Christianity, evangelical antifeminism is recent, virulent, and gaining traction every day.
Oct 31, 2024 / Feature / Talia Lavin
JD Vance Shows That the Future of the GOP Is in Racist Conspiracy Theories JD Vance Shows That the Future of the GOP Is in Racist Conspiracy Theories
Trump’s deluded fantasies have now become the GOP gospel.
Oct 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The American Jewish Consensus Is Fracturing—and That’s a Blessing The American Jewish Consensus Is Fracturing—and That’s a Blessing
While the Jewish establishment bemoans divisions around Israel, younger Jews are demonstrating that the real crisis is that so many support a state engaging in mass murder.
Oct 11, 2024 / Alissa Wise
The Scopes Trial and the Two Visions of US Democracy The Scopes Trial and the Two Visions of US Democracy
A new history revisits “the Trial of the Century” and its legacy in contemporary politics.
Sep 30, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
An Interfaith Dispatch From the West Bank An Interfaith Dispatch From the West Bank
Rabbis for Ceasefire and Hindus for Human Rights make a peace pilgrimage.
Sep 5, 2024 / Sunita Viswanath
'Little Guantánamo' Gets Bigger 'Little Guantánamo' Gets Bigger
Two secretive prison units that used to almost exclusively house people said to be connected to terrorism have expanded by nearly 80 percent in 15 years, and a new unit is on the ...
Aug 19, 2024 / Investigation / Nausheen Husain, Aly Panjwani, and Haley Moreland
“Every Day I Think It Could Not Get Worse” “Every Day I Think It Could Not Get Worse”
“But it does.”
Aug 16, 2024 / Steve Brodner
No, Josh Shapiro Wasn’t Snubbed for VP Because He's Jewish No, Josh Shapiro Wasn’t Snubbed for VP Because He's Jewish
Republicans and some journalists are pushing the cynical and false narrative that antisemitism doomed Shapiro's candidacy.
Aug 8, 2024 / Emily Tamkin
J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think
Patriarchy, plutocracy, and ethnonationalism fuel the vice-presidential candidate’s bizarre slur.
Jul 26, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Aaron Bushnell Told Us Why He Self-Immolated—Why Didn't We Believe Him? Aaron Bushnell Told Us Why He Self-Immolated—Why Didn't We Believe Him?
When a dissident’s political act is reduced to a set of personal maladies, his or her message can be all too easily massaged away.
Jul 18, 2024 / Nan Levinson