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
America Has Done Mass Deportation Before America Has Done Mass Deportation Before
From the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, Trump can easily find precedents for his policy. None of them ended well.
Nov 25, 2024 / Eric Foner
Biden’s Mindless Escalation Is a Final Betrayal of Ukraine Biden’s Mindless Escalation Is a Final Betrayal of Ukraine
Instead of preparing for inevitable negotiations, the outgoing president adds fuel to the fire.
Nov 22, 2024 / Jeet Heer
BREAKING: Matt Gaetz Quits, and Journalism Still Matters—a Lot BREAKING: Matt Gaetz Quits, and Journalism Still Matters—a Lot
Forty-five minutes after CNN contacted Trump’s attorney general nominee about additional allegations of sexual misconduct, he was done.
Nov 21, 2024 / John Nichols
How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination How Nominally Pro-Choice RFK Jr. Can Get Anti-Abortion Groups to Back His HHS Nomination
He can pick a strident abortion opponent like Roger Severino, who wrote the Project 2025 chapter on HHS, as his number two.
Nov 21, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Second Presidency Will Only Accelerate America's Imperial Decline Trump’s Second Presidency Will Only Accelerate America's Imperial Decline
Trump is on track to bring a hasty end, silent or otherwise, to an “American Century” of global dominion.
Nov 21, 2024 / Alfred McCoy
How Loyalty Trumps Qualification in Trump Universe How Loyalty Trumps Qualification in Trump Universe
Meet “first buddy” Elon Musk.
Nov 21, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency? What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency?
An all-hands-on-deck approach to the coming world of Donald Trump and crew is distinctly in order.
Nov 20, 2024 / William D. Hartung
Will “Serious” Republicans Block Any of Trump’s Freak-Show Cabinet Picks? Will “Serious” Republicans Block Any of Trump’s Freak-Show Cabinet Picks?
Will they stand up to even the scariest of these nominees? I’m not optimistic.
Nov 19, 2024 / Joan Walsh