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Sandy Weir a Trump supporter who was released from prison in February, holds a placard outside the DC Central Detention Facility where some defendants from the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol are being held, in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2025.

The January 6 Government The January 6 Government

The Capitol insurrection is now Trump’s model for how to carry out his authoritarian agenda in Washington.

Mar 11, 2025 / Column / Chris Lehmann

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk joins President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Ballad of Elon Musk The Ballad of Elon Musk

Mar 11, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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?

Mar 11, 2025 / Feature / Eamon Whalen

The Making of a Cold War Spy

The Making of a Cold War Spy The Making of a Cold War Spy

The life and work of Frank Wisner, one of the CIA’s founding officers, offers us a portrait of American intelligence’s excesses.

Mar 11, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Adam Hochschild

Nation Poetry

The B-Sides of the “Golden Record,” Track Eleven: “How Will You Begin?” The B-Sides of the “Golden Record,” Track Eleven: “How Will You Begin?”

Mar 11, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sumita Chakraborty

Nation Poetry

Kakakin Kakakin

Mar 11, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Hussain Ahmed

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk leaves a meeting with House Republicans in the basement of the US Capitol on March 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Elon, Phone Home! Your Businesses Are Imploding. Elon, Phone Home! Your Businesses Are Imploding.

While the billionaire messes, illegally, with our federal agencies, no one seems to be minding his store.

Mar 10, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Biden Pentagon

Democrats May Denounce Trump, but Their Militarism Paved His Way Democrats May Denounce Trump, but Their Militarism Paved His Way

Democrats in Congress have long denounced Trump as an enemy of democracy, but they haven’t put any sort of brake on American militarism.

Mar 10, 2025 / Norman Solomon

Elon Musk at the first Trump cabinet meeting.

The Cossacks Work for the Czar—and Musk Works for Trump The Cossacks Work for the Czar—and Musk Works for Trump

The president’s narcissistic management style is at the root of cabinet infighting.

Mar 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY (L) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference to introduce the Stop The Steal Act at the U.S. Capitol on February 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.

The Failures Democrats Must Confront The Failures Democrats Must Confront

The party is not in inevitable decline, but it is in crisis.

Mar 10, 2025 / Jee Kim and Waleed Shahid

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