USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending USAID Is Not Worth Blindly Defending
Trump and Musk’s war against the agency should be opposed on principle. But we can’t overlook that USAID has been a destructive arm of American imperialism for decades.
Feb 17, 2025 / Aída Chávez
Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky
America’s greedy gangster president is forcing European elites to finally reckon with the high price of protection.
Feb 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco Trump’s Guantánamo Plan Will Be a Costly, Morally Bankrupt Fiasco
The US government has begun to shuttle immigrants from the United States to Gitmo, post photos of them in shackles, and lock them away.
Feb 17, 2025 / Jeffrey S. Kahn
Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plans for Gaza Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plans for Gaza
A monstrous proposal: from the riviera to the sea.
Feb 17, 2025 / OppArt / Emanuele Del Rosso
A Subtle Power Grab in India A Subtle Power Grab in India
With a constitutional amendment that would transform elections, Narendra Modi wants to realize his vision of a centralized India.
Feb 17, 2025 / Wolf Hertzberg
Morena and Claudia Sheinbaum Have Kept Up Mexico’s Move to the Left Morena and Claudia Sheinbaum Have Kept Up Mexico’s Move to the Left
Incumbent parties around the world keep losing to upstart challengers. Yet Mexico’s López Obrador defied the trend, handing off his presidency to Sheinbaum. What’s their secret?
Feb 17, 2025 / Feature / Waleed Shahid
Will Academia Survive the Criminalization of Dissent? Will Academia Survive the Criminalization of Dissent?
Professors are experiencing an overwhelming sense of fear and disillusionment amid the crackdown of pro-Palestine protests. “I don’t know anybody who’s not scared right now.”
Feb 17, 2025 / StudentNation / Lucy Tobier
What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like
Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis.
Feb 17, 2025 / Photo Essay / Tim Evans
How Democrats Can Fight Back How Democrats Can Fight Back
Jamie Raskin lays out the legal strategy to oppose Trump but says, “We’re not going to sue our way out of a political crisis”—Democrats need a political organizing strategy.
Feb 14, 2025 / Q&A / Chris Lehmann