How Loyalty Trumps Qualification in Trump Universe How Loyalty Trumps Qualification in Trump Universe
Meet “first buddy” Elon Musk.
Nov 21, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bury the #Resistance, Once and For All Bury the #Resistance, Once and For All
It had a bad run, and now it’s over. Let’s move on and find a new way to fight the right.
Nov 21, 2024 / Katherine Krueger
Trans People Shouldn’t Be Scapegoated for Democrats’ Failures Trans People Shouldn’t Be Scapegoated for Democrats’ Failures
Politicians and pundits are stoking a backlash to trans rights in the wake of the election. They’re playing a dangerous game.
Nov 20, 2024 / Sydney Bauer
What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency? What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency?
An all-hands-on-deck approach to the coming world of Donald Trump and crew is distinctly in order.
Nov 20, 2024 / William D. Hartung
Mr. Scarborough Goes to Mar-a-Lago Mr. Scarborough Goes to Mar-a-Lago
The hosts of Joe Biden’s favorite political talk show have quickly pivoted to kissing the ring of the incoming president.
Nov 20, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Harris’s Gaza Policy Was a Disaster on Every Level Harris’s Gaza Policy Was a Disaster on Every Level
Palestine may not have swung the election one way or another. But Democrats unquestionably paid a high price for their refusal to hold Israel accountable.
Nov 19, 2024 / Y.L. Al-Sheikh
Donald Trump Has NOT Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for President Donald Trump Has NOT Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for President
Donald Trump’s popular vote total has fallen below 50 percent, and his margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed considerably as all the votes are counted.
Nov 19, 2024 / John Nichols
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
The Left Didn’t Sink Kamala Harris. Here's What Did. The Left Didn’t Sink Kamala Harris. Here's What Did.
It’s easier to blame activists, but far more powerful forces have led Democrats to neglect the real crises facing Americans.
Nov 18, 2024 / Waleed Shahid
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