Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man
After the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, business leaders made a show of shunning Saudi Arabia, doing deals only behind closed doors. Now it’s all out in the open.
Nov 25, 2024 / Jonathan Guyer
What Explains Trumpism? What Explains Trumpism?
It’s capitalism, and it’s global.
Nov 25, 2024 / Stephen Crowley
The Elite College Students Fighting to End Legacy Admissions The Elite College Students Fighting to End Legacy Admissions
In November, organizers at more than 18 universities met for a conference with Class Action to discuss how to democratize higher education.
Nov 20, 2024 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia
When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance. When Does Power Concede? Thwarting MAGA Will Take More Than Protest and Symbolic Resistance.
If we want to deploy actual power to block Trump’s vicious agenda once he takes control of the federal government, we will have to look to the states.
Nov 19, 2024 / Van Gosse
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First
His team of cronies includes establishment hawks and cranky outsiders who are more likely to deliver global anarchy than world peace.
Nov 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice
An interview with Tom Athanasiou on where climate geopolitics goes from here, and why unlocking trillions in climate finance is an “existential necessity.”
Nov 15, 2024 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
Resisting Mass Deportation Under Donald Trump Resisting Mass Deportation Under Donald Trump
Here in Chicago, we’ve developed effective, grassroots strategies for defending our immigrant communities.
Nov 14, 2024 / Anthony J. Quezada and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
Welcome to the Department of Government Idiocy Welcome to the Department of Government Idiocy
Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency or “DOGE” will comprise of two clueless tech bros. What targets, exactly, will Musk and Ramaswamy try to hit?
Nov 14, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
No, Trump Did Not Win in a Landslide—nor Did He Secure a Mandate No, Trump Did Not Win in a Landslide—nor Did He Secure a Mandate
The election math isn’t as bad as we thought. But the coming Trump administration is shaping up to be worse.
Nov 12, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Bernie Sanders Is Right: Democrats Have Abandoned the Working Class Bernie Sanders Is Right: Democrats Have Abandoned the Working Class
The party chased former Republicans and rich donors, while alienating the working-class majority.
Nov 11, 2024 / Jeet Heer