Let’s Cool It With the Hot Takes Let’s Cool It With the Hot Takes
Much of the immediate commentary on the election turned out to be wrong. If we want to avoid the same outcome in the future, we'd better slow down.
Jan 14, 2025 / Column / Katha Pollitt
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
The Worlds of Noam Chomsky The Worlds of Noam Chomsky
If ordinary Americans know one critic of the American Empire, it’s almost certainly Chomsky.
Jan 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner
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 Trump Sanewashing Begins Anew The Trump Sanewashing Begins Anew
New year, same media strategy: Downplay Trump’s most dangerous, extreme ideas as “trolling” or even “branding.”
Jan 8, 2025 / Joan Walsh
When Will We Make January 6 a Day of Commemoration? When Will We Make January 6 a Day of Commemoration?
We are not taking what happened in 2021 seriously enough.
Jan 6, 2025 / Joan Walsh
The TikTok Case Could Open the Floodgates to More Corporate Influence on the Media The TikTok Case Could Open the Floodgates to More Corporate Influence on the Media
Whether or not we agree with the Biden administration’s arguments, progressives shouldn’t root for the court to rule in favor of Tik Tok.
Jan 6, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout
2024: Hottest Year on Record 2024: Hottest Year on Record
What will 2025 bring?
Jan 2, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper