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US Steel's Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 2024.

Biden Was Right to Block the US Steel Takeover Biden Was Right to Block the US Steel Takeover

Even if losing domestic sources of primary steel does not seem like a national security threat today, it might tomorrow.

Jan 7, 2025 / Todd N. Tucker

Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter in director Robert Eggers’s “Nosferatu.”

Robert Eggers’s “Nosferatu” Is a Modern Gothic Triumph Robert Eggers’s “Nosferatu” Is a Modern Gothic Triumph

The latest adaptation of the silent film classic evokes anxieties at once eternal and contemporary, using one of horror’s ur-texts to dissect race, sex, and power.

Jan 7, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kelli Weston

A funeral flower arrangement is set up outside the Federal Communication Commission building during protest against the end of net neutrality rules December 14, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet

Corporate-friendly judges on the Sixth Circuit have overturned net neutrality, and Trump’s FCC will only make things worse.

Jan 7, 2025 / John Nichols

Donald Trump enjoys a good faux-Hellenic column.

Trump Will Not Make Architecture Great Again Trump Will Not Make Architecture Great Again

Last term, his ill-informed embrace of “traditional” aesthetics fanned the flames of the culture wars. This time, he’s poised to do even more damage.

Jan 7, 2025 / Kate Wagner

A view of the US Capitol through security fencing.

When Will We Make January 6 a Day of Commemoration? When Will We Make January 6 a Day of Commemoration?

We are not taking what happened in 2021 seriously enough.

Jan 6, 2025 / Joan Walsh

David Rubenstein, founder of The Carlyle Group, is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House on January 4, 2025.

Joe Biden Loves Awarding Participation Trophies to the Failed Establishment Joe Biden Loves Awarding Participation Trophies to the Failed Establishment

Unwavering support for ancien régime restoration means prizes for Liz Cheney, Hillary Clinton, and George Soros.

Jan 6, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Jimmy Carter meets with cabinet members to discuss energy and inflation policy in 1979.

Jimmy Carter’s Ruinous Neoliberal Legacy Jimmy Carter’s Ruinous Neoliberal Legacy

The Democratic president led an ambitious agenda to replace New Deal guarantees of security and fairness with bogus models of "perfect competition." 

Jan 6, 2025 / Jonathan Schlefer

Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad regime and the New Year’s Eve in the capital, Damascus, on December 31, 2024.

Damascus Diary: A New Year in a New Syria Damascus Diary: A New Year in a New Syria

Syrians begin to learn to live without Assad.

Jan 6, 2025 / Nicolas Niarchos

Capitol Attack Anniversary

Capitol Attack Anniversary Capitol Attack Anniversary

On January 6, 2021, a mob of supporters of then-President Trump attacked the US Capitol in an attempted coup d'état following his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.

Jan 6, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023.

The TikTok Case Could Open the Floodgates to More Corporate Influence on the Media The TikTok Case Could Open the Floodgates to More Corporate Influence on the Media

Whether or not we agree with the Biden administration’s arguments, progressives shouldn’t root for the court to rule in favor of Tik Tok.

Jan 6, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout

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