The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine
Despite other foreign-policy disagreements, a consensus is emerging among Republicans: The US must take an ultra-hawkish approach to Latin America.
Jan 30, 2025 / Guillaume Long
RFK Jr.’s Family Dissents. I Hope the Democrats Do Too. RFK Jr.’s Family Dissents. I Hope the Democrats Do Too.
There are so many reasons to reject the HHS secretary nominee’s crackpot health science.
Jan 29, 2025 / Joan Walsh
The Uncertain Fate of Guantánamo Under Trump The Uncertain Fate of Guantánamo Under Trump
More than 23 years after the 9/11 attacks, here we are in the very same place we’ve been for endless years—on pause.
Jan 29, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
The GOP Senator Standing Up to Trump’s Colonial Madness The GOP Senator Standing Up to Trump’s Colonial Madness
Lisa Murkowski demanded that the president respect that “Greenland is not for sale.”
Jan 29, 2025 / John Nichols
Chris Hayes: How Trump Wins the Battle for Attention Chris Hayes: How Trump Wins the Battle for Attention
On this episode of Start Making Sense, the MSNBC host says information is infinite, but attention is limited—and that’s what makes it valuable.
Jan 29, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
The Reckless Creation of Whiteness The Reckless Creation of Whiteness
In The Unseen Truth, Sarah Lewis examines how an erroneous 18th-century story about the “Caucasian race” led to a centuries of prejudice and misapprehension.
Jan 29, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Erin L. Thompson
Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry
Trump's tariffs will protect the US auto industry just long enough for it to decline into technological obsolescence.
Jan 28, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
A Lawless Leader and His Revolution A Lawless Leader and His Revolution
When will the Democrats muster a genuine opposition to Donald Trump?
Jan 28, 2025 / Joan Walsh
REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement
Ski shop workers at an REI in New York City went on strike after the company took away their respirators.
Jan 28, 2025 / Kiera Feldman