With Trump’s Conviction, the 2024 Presidential Election Is Finally Launched With Trump’s Conviction, the 2024 Presidential Election Is Finally Launched
The Manhattan court case clarifies the stakes—and gives a chance for a Biden reboot.
May 31, 2024 / Jeet Heer
It Shouldn’t Matter How You Got Too Drunk to Consent It Shouldn’t Matter How You Got Too Drunk to Consent
The message in New York State law is clear: If you get drunk or high or wasted, whatever happens is your fault. We have a chance to change that.
May 31, 2024 / Katha Pollitt
Trump’s “Tough Guy” Act Is Put to the Test Trump’s “Tough Guy” Act Is Put to the Test
The former president’s felony conviction follows weeks of Trump repositioning himself as a politically persecuted martyr—and an American gangster.
May 31, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky
How to Build a Homeland Security Campus How to Build a Homeland Security Campus
An all-American pastime.
May 31, 2024 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
The Greatest Liar of All Time Gets a Criminal Conviction The Greatest Liar of All Time Gets a Criminal Conviction
All of Trump’s—and his lawyer’s—projection failed, and he was convicted of all 34 felony counts.
May 30, 2024 / Joan Walsh
An Apology to Harriet Miers An Apology to Harriet Miers
I was among those who derided Miers’s failed nomination to the Supreme Court in 2005. Then she was replaced by Samuel Alito.
May 30, 2024 / Elie Mystal
How Israel Bonds Put the Cost of the War in Gaza on US States and Municipalities How Israel Bonds Put the Cost of the War in Gaza on US States and Municipalities
After October 7, Palm Beach County, Florida, bought $660 million in Israel bonds. A new lawsuit argues that it’s a bad deal for taxpayers.
May 30, 2024 / Clark Randall and Lucy Randall
Saudi Arabia’s September 11 Connection and the Contradictions of American Foreign Policy Saudi Arabia’s September 11 Connection and the Contradictions of American Foreign Policy
How the state that aided terrorism on US soil has become an indispensable ally that the Biden administration is determined to placate at all costs.
May 29, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The Upside-Down Ethics of “The Washington Post” The Upside-Down Ethics of “The Washington Post”
The newspaper sat on the Alito flag news for three and a half years. The story reveals how clinging to a notion of journalistic impartiality can harm basic reporting.
May 29, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
The NYCLU Sues to Overturn a Landmark Sex Offender Law The NYCLU Sues to Overturn a Landmark Sex Offender Law
Advocates charge that New York’s restrictions for sex-offense registrants are “vague, expansive, and unnecessary.” On Tuesday, they filed a federal lawsuit to strike them down.
May 28, 2024 / Chris Gelardi and Sam Mellins