Trump’s Phony Trade Wars Are Evidence of American Imperial Decline Trump’s Phony Trade Wars Are Evidence of American Imperial Decline
President’s bullying of allies yields symbolic results—but betrays substantive weakness.
Feb 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Inaugural Brawl Inaugural Brawl
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Feb 4, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner
Defeating the Democratic Party Elites Is Just the First Step Defeating the Democratic Party Elites Is Just the First Step
The party faces a choice: Will it embrace the grassroots energy behind its newly elected leadership? Or allow Trump and his corporate allies to tighten their grip on the country?
Feb 4, 2025 / Joseph Geevarghese
Abdominal Snowman Abdominal Snowman
Three Danish cartoonists look at Trump’s Manifest Tonsillectomy.
Feb 4, 2025 / OppArt / Per Marquard Otzen, Jens Julius Hansen, Lars Andersen
Parenting In the Age of Trump Parenting In the Age of Trump
Like Sarah Connor, the heroine of the Terminator movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for the dystopian future.
Feb 4, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Super Bowl Will Be a Spectacle of Black Excellence, but You’ll Need to Tune Out MAGA’s White Whine The Super Bowl Will Be a Spectacle of Black Excellence, but You’ll Need to Tune Out MAGA’s White Whine
The NFL, to my shock, has not prematurely surrendered to Trump and Elon Musk’s agenda of Black erasure.
Feb 4, 2025 / Dave Zirin
What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump
The president’s foreign policy agenda remains unpredictable, but his war on liberal culture has deep roots.
Feb 4, 2025 / David Klion
Harvard’s New Speech Rules Continue Their Pattern of Repression Harvard’s New Speech Rules Continue Their Pattern of Repression
The university’s adoption of the IHRA definition of anti-semitism conflates critique of Israel with antisemitic speech, directly attacking pro-Palestine activism and academic free...
Feb 4, 2025 / StudentNation / Shraddha Joshi and Asmer Asrar Safi
Robert Lipsyte On How YA Novels Can Save The World Robert Lipsyte On How YA Novels Can Save The World
Legendary sports writer Robert Lipsyte joins the show to discuss his new YA novel, Rhino’s Run.
Feb 3, 2025 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
The MAGA Assault on the Media Is Picking Up Steam The MAGA Assault on the Media Is Picking Up Steam
Paramount’s settlement negotiations with President Trump are just one example of the administration’s encroaching suppression of free speech.
Feb 3, 2025 / Chris Lehmann