Pete Hegseth Smarms His Way Closer to Running the Pentagon Pete Hegseth Smarms His Way Closer to Running the Pentagon
Stonewalling questions about his sexual behavior and excessive drinking as “anonymous smears,” the Fox host charmed the Senate Armed Services Committee’s GOP majority into submiss...
Jan 14, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Despite Trump’s Felony Conviction, Prosecutorial Liberalism Has Failed Despite Trump’s Felony Conviction, Prosecutorial Liberalism Has Failed
When voters are consumed with anti-system rage, a criminal rap sheet is no barrier to high office.
Jan 13, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Antony Blinken’s Legacy Is Buried Under the Rubble of Gaza Antony Blinken’s Legacy Is Buried Under the Rubble of Gaza
Despite valedictory speeches, the secretary of state will be remembered not for his successes—or his guitar playing—but for the humanitarian catastrophe he aided and abetted.
Jan 13, 2025 / Jonathan Guyer
A Trump L’Oeil and More Signs of What’s to Come A Trump L’Oeil and More Signs of What’s to Come
Taking the president-elect at his word, it will only get worse from here.
Jan 10, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny Justin Trudeau’s Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target for MAGA Manifest Destiny
The United States probably won’t annex Canada. But Trump’s imperial dreams are already destabilizing the world.
Jan 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer
How to Not Lose It Completely During Trump’s Second Presidency How to Not Lose It Completely During Trump’s Second Presidency
If we can’t count on this country’s vaunted checks and balances to either check or balance the power of an absurdist president, where else can we look?
Jan 9, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon
Jimmy Carter’s Biographer on the Late President’s Biggest Regret Jimmy Carter’s Biographer on the Late President’s Biggest Regret
Carter summoned Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat to Camp David to make peace, not apartheid, in the Middle East. But the Israeli president broke his promise to freeze settlements.
Jan 9, 2025 / Kai Bird
The MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda The MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda
The WWE executive has no real background in education, but she proved a loyal administrator of Trumpworld’s pet think tank, the America First Policy Institute
Jan 9, 2025 / Christopher Lewis and Jacob Plaza
Donald Trump’s 21st-Century Colonialism Donald Trump’s 21st-Century Colonialism
Trump’s obsession with claiming Greenland and its people for the US is just a new version of the same old imperialist story.
Jan 9, 2025 / John Nichols
Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet Pro-Corporate Judicial Activists Have Shredded the First Amendment of the Internet
Corporate-friendly judges on the Sixth Circuit have overturned net neutrality, and Trump’s FCC will only make things worse.
Jan 7, 2025 / John Nichols