Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing
The Florida governor’s bungled campaign launch makes clear there is only room for one Trump.
May 26, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Failure to Launch: The DeSantis Debacle Failure to Launch: The DeSantis Debacle
The jokes write themselves after Ron DeSantis’s campaign opener, on Twitter with cartoon villain Elon Musk, flames out as badly as some SpaceX rockets.
May 25, 2023 / Joan Walsh
DeSantis Seeks to Be America‘s Permanent Culture-War Commissar DeSantis Seeks to Be America‘s Permanent Culture-War Commissar
How the newly announced candidate for the GOP presidential nomination hopes to ride white backlash politics all the way to the White House.
May 25, 2023 / Anthony Conwright
Focusing on the Differences Between DeSantis and Trump Is Plainly Absurd Focusing on the Differences Between DeSantis and Trump Is Plainly Absurd
In the areas where Americans would be most severely affected, there’s hardly a fly’s hair of separation between them.
May 25, 2023 / Clarence Lusane
Can the British Labour Party Win Power Without a Left Wing? Can the British Labour Party Win Power Without a Left Wing?
Despite being far ahead of the ruling Conservatives in the polls, Labour’s leadership seems determined to purge its way to electability.
May 24, 2023 / Rachel Shabi
“Salt” the South! Young Socialists Are Needed to Help Organize the Auto Industry. “Salt” the South! Young Socialists Are Needed to Help Organize the Auto Industry.
Time to say goodbye to icy winters and frozen fingers! If enough young activists and organizers follow the US industrial base south, a far more powerful working-class movement is p...
May 23, 2023 / Peter Olney and Rand Wilson
The Democratic Party’s Dianne Feinstein Problem Has Become a Quagmire The Democratic Party’s Dianne Feinstein Problem Has Become a Quagmire
The senator’s refusal to retire has left her party with nothing but bad options.
May 22, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Line Between Support for Ukraine and War With Russia Just Gets Thinner The Line Between Support for Ukraine and War With Russia Just Gets Thinner
Recent Pentagon leaks reveal that the shadow war between Russia and the US over Ukraine is becoming more overt—and far more dangerous.
May 22, 2023 / James Bamford
Is This the End of Russiagate? John Durham’s Dud Report. Is This the End of Russiagate? John Durham’s Dud Report.
From the “crime of the century" to one of Trump’s smallest scandals.
May 19, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Case Against Casey DeSantis. Really? The Case Against Casey DeSantis. Really?
The Florida governor is monster enough on his own. Now we’re supposed to blame it on his wife?
May 19, 2023 / Joan Walsh