The Liberal Police State: How Democrats Are Playing Into GOP Hands The Liberal Police State: How Democrats Are Playing Into GOP Hands
Applying the tactics of counterinsurgency warfare to peaceful domestic protest risks blurring the line between Trump and his opponents.
Jun 14, 2024 / Sandy Tolan
Trump’s Favored Candidate Just Won Nevada’s Senate Primary Trump’s Favored Candidate Just Won Nevada’s Senate Primary
Sam Brown will face incumbent Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen in November, in a state where the outcome remains far from clear.
Jun 14, 2024 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Just More Evidence That J.D. Vance Is a Fraud Just More Evidence That J.D. Vance Is a Fraud
As long as you ultimately kiss the ring, you get total absolution in Trump world. But the junior senator from Ohio has traveled farther than most.
Jun 13, 2024 / Joan Walsh
What’s Old About Biden? (It Isn’t His Age.) What’s Old About Biden? (It Isn’t His Age.)
His foreign policy ideas are tired.
Jun 13, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., 1928–2024 The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., 1928–2024
The “greatest teacher of nonviolence in America” was a mentor to generations of activists, from Martin Luther King Jr. to today’s union organizers and immigrant rights campaigners...
Jun 13, 2024 / Obituary / Peter Dreier
Why So Much Depends Upon Jamaal Bowman Beating AIPAC Why So Much Depends Upon Jamaal Bowman Beating AIPAC
The pro-Israel lobbying group is spending millions to oust the New York congressman, but Bowman has “people power.”
Jun 13, 2024 / Hadas Thier
Donald Trump Jumps the Shark Donald Trump Jumps the Shark
The former president’s rants are more incoherent than ever. But he doesn’t need to make sense to keep his followers in the tank.
Jun 12, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Has NY Governor Kathy Hochul Killed Congestion Pricing For Good? Has NY Governor Kathy Hochul Killed Congestion Pricing For Good?
Or just until after the election? Either way, she’s blown a $15 billion hole in the MTA budget, leaving New Yorkers with overcrowded streets, filthy air, and an underfunded subwa...
Jun 11, 2024 / Ross Barkan
Why Plutocrats Are Rallying to Trump Why Plutocrats Are Rallying to Trump
Civic lessons won’t sway America’s oligarchs. Instead, we need forthright economic populism to bring them to heel.
Jun 10, 2024 / Jeet Heer
What the “Uncommitted” Campaign Has Already Won What the “Uncommitted” Campaign Has Already Won
We now know for sure: The movement was President Biden’s most powerful rival in the 2024 primaries. And it’s bringing that strength to the DNC in Chicago.
Jun 10, 2024 / John Nichols