Executive Branch

Head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors smiling with hands on hips in front of game watchers at at the Moda Center.

Can Steve Kerr Light an Anti-Trump Fire in the Sports World? Can Steve Kerr Light an Anti-Trump Fire in the Sports World?

The coach of the Golden State Warriors stands up to bullies like Donald Trump. Let’s hope that others in the NBA will follow suit.

Apr 18, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Presidential timber? United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks to guests at an election-night watch party.

Shawn Fain for President! Shawn Fain for President!

Centrist Democrats hate the union leader because he puts the working class first.

Apr 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Demonstrators with signs stand around the John Harvard Statue in Harvard Yard after a rally was held against President Donald Trump's attacks on Harvard University.

Harvard Stands Up Harvard Stands Up

Very real pain is about to be inflicted on students, staff, researchers, and faculty. At least for now, most of the people here are willing to bear that price.

Apr 18, 2025 / Richard Parker

US President Donald Trump, center right, and Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, center left, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2025.

Trump, Bukele, and the Growing Assault on the Rule of Law Trump, Bukele, and the Growing Assault on the Rule of Law

What's going on here fits the description of “fascism” to a tee.

Apr 18, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define

Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define

Tariffs and trade are not side issues, but a central front in the battle against monopoly power—and for self-government.

Apr 17, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout

The Bank of China on April 10, 2025, in New York City. US stocks tumbled as investors assessed the worsening trade war with China.

Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain

We are now in a trade war with China, and the only question is: How long before Trump (and America) blink?

Apr 16, 2025 / James K. Galbraith

Employees and supporters protest outside the headquarters for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on Monday, February 3, 2025, after Elon Musk posted on social media that he and President Donald Trump would shut down the agency.

Elon Musk Has No Idea How USAID Works. This Former Staffer Knows. Elon Musk Has No Idea How USAID Works. This Former Staffer Knows.

USAID programs demonstrate a moral commitment that Americans today urgently need to preserve, not destroy.

Apr 15, 2025 / Arnold Isaacs

Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House April 14, 2025

Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show

Trump, his minions, and El Salvador’s president teamed up to tell a string of obscene lies about the innocent man they sent to a gulag.

Apr 15, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

US President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House on April 14, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke” The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke”

The Trump administration is learning dangerous lessons from El Salvador’s president, but there’s also much that the US left can learn from Salvadoran antifascists.

Apr 14, 2025 / Roberto Lovato

Jaime Cook, principal of Sackets Harbor Central School.

The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering

The Ivy League is silently complicit in Trump’s war on international students.

Apr 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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