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A view of Europe from space.

The Old World Order Is Dying. What New World Order Is Struggling to Be Born? The Old World Order Is Dying. What New World Order Is Struggling to Be Born?

Some of the world’s largest, oldest empires are collapsing before our eyes, with no clear sign of what will happen next.

Jan 2, 2025 / Alfred McCoy

Donald Trump stands looking forlorn in the rain under a black umbrella

Trump Brought the War on Terror Home—and He’ll Do It Again. Trump Brought the War on Terror Home—and He’ll Do It Again.

While the War on Terror has receded into the background of our lives, its premises and tactics remain all too readily available.

Jan 1, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg

Thousands gather for the Protect Our Futures march in New York City on November 9, 2024, protesting Republican Donald Trump's reelection as president.

2025 Is the Year to Bust the Billionaires 2025 Is the Year to Bust the Billionaires

The late President Jimmy Carter warned repeatedly that oligarchy was threatening democracy in the United States. He was right.

Jan 1, 2025 / John Nichols

Chips

Chips Chips

Ahoy.

Dec 31, 2024 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Blake Lively at the UK gala screening of “It Ends With Us” last summer.

Blake Lively’s Suit Exposes the Twisted World of Hollywood Misogyny Blake Lively’s Suit Exposes the Twisted World of Hollywood Misogyny

The complaint revisits the same gaslighting tactics in the Amber Heard case, and has produced much the same social media fallout. 

Dec 31, 2024 / Ray Epstein

An inflatable pig stands alongside Amazon workers and union members who picketed outside the DB4 Amazon distribution center in the Queens borough of New York City, on December 20, 2024.

Bernie Sanders: Amazon “Accepts Worker Injuries…as the Cost of Doing Business” Bernie Sanders: Amazon “Accepts Worker Injuries…as the Cost of Doing Business”

Jeff Bezos is pocketing hundreds of billions while Amazon warehouses record injuries at 30 percent above the industry average.

Dec 31, 2024 / John Nichols

Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference on July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Trump’s Crackpot Crypto Scheme to Reduce Inflation Would Be a Financial Catastrophe Trump’s Crackpot Crypto Scheme to Reduce Inflation Would Be a Financial Catastrophe

A federal crypto reserve would only benefit the scoundrels and scammers who helped fund Trump’s presidential campaign.

Dec 31, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

President-elect Donald Trump arrives to watch SpaceX's rocket Starship lift off for a test flight with Elon Musk from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 19, 2024.

The DOGE Bros Win a Battle Against the MAGA Faithful The DOGE Bros Win a Battle Against the MAGA Faithful

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy champion the educated immigrants who fuel tech-sector growth. Trump just decided he does, too. We’ll see if that lasts.

Dec 30, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Jimmy Carter with his wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter, Amy, at the Baptist church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, 1976.

How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right

The Baptist Georgia governor won a majority of evangelical Christian voters in the 1976 presidential election. Next time around, those voters had changed sides—for the long haul.

Dec 30, 2024 / Obituary / Chris Lehmann

Navidad

Navidad Navidad

Red sky.

Dec 30, 2024 / Steve Brodner

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