Ten Days That Screwed the World Ten Days That Screwed the World
This time around, Trump is all business—and his singular mission is to overturn the basic canons of constitutional self-government.
Jan 30, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine
Despite other foreign-policy disagreements, a consensus is emerging among Republicans: The US must take an ultra-hawkish approach to Latin America.
Jan 30, 2025 / Guillaume Long
The United States Has Always Been a Divided Nation The United States Has Always Been a Divided Nation
Coming to terms with this reality will allow us to strengthen and maximize the full power and potential of our nation—the one dedicated to the proposition of equality.
Jan 30, 2025 / Steve Phillips
The Art of Reading Like a Translator The Art of Reading Like a Translator
In The Philosophy of Translation, Damion Searls investigates the essential differences—and similarities—between the task of the translator and of the writer.
Jan 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
RFK Jr.’s Family Dissents. I Hope the Democrats Do Too. RFK Jr.’s Family Dissents. I Hope the Democrats Do Too.
There are so many reasons to reject the HHS secretary nominee’s crackpot health science.
Jan 29, 2025 / Joan Walsh
The Uncertain Fate of Guantánamo Under Trump The Uncertain Fate of Guantánamo Under Trump
More than 23 years after the 9/11 attacks, here we are in the very same place we’ve been for endless years—on pause.
Jan 29, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
The GOP Senator Standing Up to Trump’s Colonial Madness The GOP Senator Standing Up to Trump’s Colonial Madness
Lisa Murkowski demanded that the president respect that “Greenland is not for sale.”
Jan 29, 2025 / John Nichols
The Reckless Creation of Whiteness The Reckless Creation of Whiteness
In The Unseen Truth, Sarah Lewis examines how an erroneous 18th-century story about the “Caucasian race” led to a centuries of prejudice and misapprehension.
Jan 29, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Erin L. Thompson
Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry
Trump's tariffs will protect the US auto industry just long enough for it to decline into technological obsolescence.
Jan 28, 2025 / Alfred McCoy