Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and the Marcos-Duterte Feud Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and the Marcos-Duterte Feud
The clash between the Philippines's dynastic duo is an entertaining political soap opera. But this spat has the potential to turn violent very fast.
Dec 6, 2024 / Walden Bello
OF COURSE Joe Biden Was Right to Pardon His Son OF COURSE Joe Biden Was Right to Pardon His Son
People need to stop asking Democrats to play by different rules than Republicans, and they need to stop asking Biden to be a worse father than any of us would be in his place.
Dec 6, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Pete Hegseth, Belligerent Drunk, May Be Too Much Even for Trump Pete Hegseth, Belligerent Drunk, May Be Too Much Even for Trump
The Fox News pundit—an alleged sexual assaulter with a drinking problem—has moved into Matt Gaetz territory.
Dec 4, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever
"Your body, my choice" is only the beginning.
Dec 4, 2024 / Rebecca Gordon
Hunter Biden and the Future of Clemency Hunter Biden and the Future of Clemency
Biden knows there is a better way to use it—other people’s children also deserve mercy.
Dec 4, 2024 / Rachel E. Barkow and Mark Osler
Kash Patel Is Trump’s Scariest Cabinet Appointment Yet Kash Patel Is Trump’s Scariest Cabinet Appointment Yet
The president-elect wants to put a “deep state” conspiracy theorist in charge of the actual deep state.
Dec 3, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
The Senate Must Reject Scandal-Plagued Pete Hegseth The Senate Must Reject Scandal-Plagued Pete Hegseth
And then it must keep rejecting Trump’s cabinet picks.
Dec 3, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters
Who is being naïve now?
Dec 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Somehow, Americans Are Liking Trump Better Every Day Somehow, Americans Are Liking Trump Better Every Day
The incoming administration's cabinet appointments are a bizarre disaster. So why are the president-elect's approval ratings going up?
Nov 26, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Only a Working-Class Party Can Challenge Donald Trump’s Corruption Only a Working-Class Party Can Challenge Donald Trump’s Corruption
GOP plutocracy thrives as long as Democrats remain beholden to Wall Street.
Nov 26, 2024 / Jeet Heer