Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—and It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—and It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid
Apartheid was, first and foremost, a business plan—one that the South African–born Musk seems to be reworking for the modern age.
Feb 13, 2025 / Elie Mystal
How Trump Could Remake the Supreme Court for a Generation How Trump Could Remake the Supreme Court for a Generation
Donald Trump is poised to become the first president since FDR to have appointed the majority of high-court justices. His potential picks are terrifying.
Feb 11, 2025 / Feature / Elie Mystal
The Courts Can’t Stop the Trump-Musk Coup The Courts Can’t Stop the Trump-Musk Coup
While the lawsuits being filed against the Trump-Musk administration are righteous, they will not “save” us from this nightmare.
Feb 7, 2025 / Elie Mystal
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
Don’t Be Fooled: The Funding Freeze Drama Is Not Over Don’t Be Fooled: The Funding Freeze Drama Is Not Over
While the White House claimed to have rescinded the memo implementing the order, it then made clear that the order itself—and possibly the freeze—are still in place.
Jan 30, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Trump’s Attacks on DEI Are a Green Light for the Government to Discriminate Trump’s Attacks on DEI Are a Green Light for the Government to Discriminate
Under the guise of eliminating racial discrimination against white men, the Trump administration is launching a frontal assault on the country’s civil rights infrastructure.
Jan 24, 2025 / Elie Mystal
A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
Almost every sentence of the order is wrong, misleading, or flagrantly unconstitutional.
Jan 22, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Media Is Giving Away Its Rights Even Before Trump Tries to Take Them The Media Is Giving Away Its Rights Even Before Trump Tries to Take Them
Recent events have shown that Trump does not have to impose a new regime of censorship if the press censors itself first.
Jan 16, 2025 / Column / Elie Mystal
TikTok’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in Court TikTok’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in Court
Most of the justices seemed unpersuaded by TikTok's arguments against the ban on the company—but that doesn’t meant TikTok is gone forever (cue Donald Trump…)
Jan 10, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Supreme Court Prepares to Take Its First Shot at Contraception The Supreme Court Prepares to Take Its First Shot at Contraception
A case just added to the high court’s docket takes on the question of whether Medicaid can be used to pay for services at medical providers that also perform abortions.
Dec 24, 2024 / Elie Mystal