Trump’s Legal Nightmare Just Got Even Worse Trump’s Legal Nightmare Just Got Even Worse
New charges make clear that special counsel Jack Smith intends to hold Trump accountable in every way possible, for all of the crimes in Smith’s purview.
Jul 28, 2023 / Joan Walsh
The Teamsters’ Proposed Agreement With UPS Is a Great Victory by and for the Workers The Teamsters’ Proposed Agreement With UPS Is a Great Victory by and for the Workers
But the working class needs much more. And these moments when workers have huge strategic power in a tight labor market are fleeting.
Jul 28, 2023 / Jane McAlevey
Behind the Right’s Frenzied Defense of Florida’s Slavery Curriculum Behind the Right’s Frenzied Defense of Florida’s Slavery Curriculum
DeSantis and Fox blowhards are howling at critics who deny the enslaved got “personal benefit” from slavery. A hit dog will holler.
Jul 25, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Biden Reneged on His Climate Promises. Can 2024 Be Any Different? Biden Reneged on His Climate Promises. Can 2024 Be Any Different?
The climate movement needs to remind President Biden that he won’t earn our vote by bargaining away our futures.
Jul 25, 2023 / StudentNation / Sena Wazer and Aaditi Lele
Ron DeSantis Is Starting to Look Like a Scott Walker–Level Loser Ron DeSantis Is Starting to Look Like a Scott Walker–Level Loser
The governor of Florida is on a 2024 trajectory that mirrors the former governor of Wisconsin’s doomed 2016 campaign.
Jul 25, 2023 / John Nichols
Just Because Senator Tommy Tuberville Is Stupid Doesn’t Mean He’s Not Dangerous Just Because Senator Tommy Tuberville Is Stupid Doesn’t Mean He’s Not Dangerous
His comments on white nationalism spring from the desire for a Proud Boys army.
Jul 14, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Goes Apocalyptic Donald Trump Goes Apocalyptic
Confronted with a long-overdue legal reckoning, the former president's rhetoric has only gotten more extreme.
Jul 11, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
The Other Kennedy Curse The Other Kennedy Curse
Kennedy family mythology is bad history, bad politics—and perhaps as unfair to the living Kennedys as to anyone else.
Ron DeSantis, American Psycho Ron DeSantis, American Psycho
The Florida governor’s irony-poisoned ad uses far-right memes to sanction homophobic and transphobic violence.
Jul 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Mondaire Jones Is Back—Precisely When Democrats Need Him Mondaire Jones Is Back—Precisely When Democrats Need Him
One of the most progressive members of the 117th Congress is ready to return and fight for an expanded Supreme Court.
Jul 7, 2023 / John Nichols