Political Ideologies

The White Nationalist in Chief’s Return to Power

The White Nationalist in Chief’s Return to Power The White Nationalist in Chief’s Return to Power

No president in the post-civil-rights era has been as racially aggressive as the now-47th president.

Feb 7, 2025 / Clarence Lusane for The Nation

Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni posts a picture of herself with Elon Musk in Brussels, Belgium, on her personal X account on January 6, 2025.

Elon Musk Does Europe Elon Musk Does Europe

As Musk wrote in a January post, “From MAGA to MEGA: Make Europe Great Again.”

Feb 6, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

Google office building in Cambridge, with view across Charles River to Boston, Massachusetts.

EU vs. US or People vs. Billionaires? EU vs. US or People vs. Billionaires?

Trump’s latest geopolitical moves are scary. But Americans and Europeans share a common foe.

Feb 6, 2025 / Nick Shaxson

An NYPD officer in front of pro-Palestinian protesters outside of Columbia University in New York City in April 2024.

Columbia Students Sue the University for Its “Heinous” Crackdown on Palestine Protests Columbia Students Sue the University for Its “Heinous” Crackdown on Palestine Protests

Three graduate students identified over 30 violations of long-standing protocols, including using the NYPD to mass-arrest activists, in a New York civil suit against the universit...

Feb 6, 2025 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton

A woman with a ponytail walks through a door.

Trump’s Phony Trade Wars Are Evidence of American Imperial Decline Trump’s Phony Trade Wars Are Evidence of American Imperial Decline

President’s bullying of allies yields symbolic results—but betrays substantive weakness.

Feb 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Grassroots action: Our Revolution at the Democratic National Committee leadership election on Saturday.

Defeating the Democratic Party Elites  Is Just the First Step  Defeating the Democratic Party Elites  Is Just the First Step 

The party faces a choice: Will it embrace the grassroots energy behind its newly elected leadership? Or allow Trump and his corporate allies to tighten their grip on the country?

Feb 4, 2025 / Joseph Geevarghese

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What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump

The president’s foreign policy agenda remains unpredictable, but his war on liberal culture has deep roots.

Feb 4, 2025 / David Klion

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup? Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup?

The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information about every US taxpayer.

Feb 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Chris Hayes on the Fight for Our Attention

Chris Hayes on the Fight for Our Attention Chris Hayes on the Fight for Our Attention

In this interview, the MSNBC host discusses Trump’s mastery of our age of attention, and his new book, The Sirens’ Call.

Feb 3, 2025 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

Bedlam in the Redrum

Bedlam in the Redrum Bedlam in the Redrum

Voughts and prayers.

Jan 31, 2025

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