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President-elect Donald Trump appears onstage with US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 4, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First

His team of cronies includes establishment hawks and cranky outsiders who are more likely to deliver global anarchy than world peace.

Nov 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Reshaping the Direction of the USA

Reshaping the Direction of the USA Reshaping the Direction of the USA

Trump and Project 2025.

Nov 18, 2024 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

How Wisconsin Lost Control of the Strange Disease Killing Its Deer

How Wisconsin Lost Control of the Strange Disease Killing Its Deer How Wisconsin Lost Control of the Strange Disease Killing Its Deer

Despite early containment efforts, chronic wasting disease has been allowed to run rampant in the state. That’s bad news for all of us.

Nov 18, 2024 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias

 Clone Car

 Clone Car  Clone Car

The handshake.

Nov 15, 2024 / Steve Brodner

Patriarchy Has Got to Go

Patriarchy Has Got to Go Patriarchy Has Got to Go

Check out all installments in the OppArt series.

Nov 15, 2024 / OppArt / Becky Edmunds

Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice

Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice

An interview with Tom Athanasiou on where climate geopolitics goes from here, and why unlocking trillions in climate finance is an “existential necessity.”

Nov 15, 2024 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson

Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.

Skip the Inauguration, Madame Vice President (and Everybody) Skip the Inauguration, Madame Vice President (and Everybody)

These freakish and unqualified cabinet picks, from RFK Jr. to Matt Gaetz to Tulsi Gabbard, show that Trump is clowning you.

Nov 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh

US Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, speaks during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024.

Matt Gaetz Is the Best Possible Outcome for Attorney General Matt Gaetz Is the Best Possible Outcome for Attorney General

The man is a preposterous pick who will almost certainly do terrible things—just not as terrible as what a savvier prosecutor would do.

Nov 14, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate

Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate

By nominating Matt Gaetz and other dangerous cronies, the president-elect is testing congressional servility.

Nov 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Woman at a rally holds a sign that reads

Resisting Mass Deportation Under Donald Trump Resisting Mass Deportation Under Donald Trump

Here in Chicago, we’ve developed effective, grassroots strategies for defending our immigrant communities.

Nov 14, 2024 / Anthony J. Quezada and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa

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