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President Donald Trump gestures on stage as he tours the Al Udeid Air Base on May 15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.

Who Will Protect Judges From Trump’s Incitement? Who Will Protect Judges From Trump’s Incitement?

A threatened judiciary cannot rely on cops controlled by the White House.

May 26, 2025 / Jeet Heer

MAGA

MAGA MAGA

Donald's.

May 26, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

The west façade of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC, at dusk.

The Supreme Court Gifts Trump Even More Power The Supreme Court Gifts Trump Even More Power

The court seems ready to give the president extraordinary power over what had been independent worker- and consumer-protection agencies.

May 26, 2025 / Lynn Rhinehart

How Should We Remember  Attica?

How Should We Remember Attica? How Should We Remember Attica?

Orisanmi Burton’s Tip of the Spear uncovers the obscured and radical demands of the inmates who staged the 1971 prison uprising—a world without prisons.

May 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Rosen

Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage

In its quest to wreak vengeance on Harvard, the administration may ultimately fail at punishing the university—but it will harm thousands of young people.

May 23, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Captured in the Rapture

Captured in the Rapture Captured in the Rapture

 Spitting image.

May 23, 2025 / Steve Brodner

The late Representative Gerry Connolly—in a photograph from 2013.

The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying The Democratic Party Is Literally Dying

The dead hand of gerontocracy is also a symptom of ideological malaise.

May 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Dark Lining of a Blue Horizon

Dark Lining of a Blue Horizon Dark Lining of a Blue Horizon

Billionaires’ rocket adventures pollute our planet.

May 23, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Mike Richards, The Daily Wire’s latest canceled rehabilitation project, accepting a 2016 Emmy Award for his work on “The Price Is Right.”

The Daily Wire’s Doomed Quest for Pop-Culture Relevance The Daily Wire’s Doomed Quest for Pop-Culture Relevance

Ben Shapiro’s aspiring entertainment empire can’t stop trolling to its base.

May 23, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

A low-income housing project sits behind roadwork being done on I-287 in the Bronx in 2022.

HUD and ICE Collude to Target Mixed-Status Families HUD and ICE Collude to Target Mixed-Status Families

In a move that will have major impact in New York, California, and Texas, the two agencies recently agreed to work together in ways that threaten thousands of Americans.

May 23, 2025 / Eileen Markey

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