Politics

Donald Trump in 2016

The Catastrophe of a Second Trump Presidency The Catastrophe of a Second Trump Presidency

Should he somehow, despite four criminal indictments and multiple trials, return to the White House, we can’t say we weren’t warned.

Dec 8, 2023 / Clarence Lusane

OpenAI

OpenAI OpenAI

Meatwads.

Dec 8, 2023 / OppArt / Drew Sheneman

Posters of hostages at the entrance to a school in Jerusalem. Pictures of children who have returned from captivity have been removed and those who are still in captivity remain.

No, the Israel/Palestine Conflict Is Not “Simple” No, the Israel/Palestine Conflict Is Not “Simple”

Such a complex situation cannot be boiled down to a battle between the oppressor and the oppressed.

Dec 8, 2023 / Alexis Grenell

mural depicting the Australian activist Julian Assange, by street artist Trisha Palma, in the Scampia neighborhood of Naples.

Biden Is Overseeing the Silent Death of the First Amendment Biden Is Overseeing the Silent Death of the First Amendment

By continuing the persecution of Julian Assange, the US government is signaling how little it cares about press freedom.

Dec 8, 2023 / Yanis Varoufakis, Lina Attalah, and John Kiriakou

Norman Lear speaking on stage, holding a microphone.

My Last Conversation With Norman Lear My Last Conversation With Norman Lear

He invented modern television. And he still found time to nurture his political causes, from People for the American Way to The Nation.

Dec 7, 2023 / Obituary / Joan Walsh

On the debate stage, Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis gesture and point toward each other while Nikki Haley looks on between them.

In the GOP Debate, It’s the Lost Cause Redux In the GOP Debate, It’s the Lost Cause Redux

Fighting in Alabama, capital of the Confederacy, Jim Crow, and Donald Trump, the final four GOP presidential candidates fought to be the nominee in case Trump gets sent to jail or ...

Dec 7, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Trump Bons Mots

Trump Bons Mots Trump Bons Mots

Stable genius.

Dec 7, 2023 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

A medical provider in black scrubs and a black mask, wearing a rainbow pin and woman sign pin, with a stethoscope around her neck, clasping the hands of a patient.

As Costs and Demand Skyrocket, Abortion Funds Struggle to Keep Up As Costs and Demand Skyrocket, Abortion Funds Struggle to Keep Up

Abortion funds received a huge wave of donations in the aftermath of Dobbs. But that initial swell has receded even as demand for help have both dramatically increased.

Dec 7, 2023 / Bryce Covert

Former president Donald Trump speaks during a visit to a Team Trump Volunteer Leadership Training, at the Grimes Community Complex in Grimes, Iowa, on Thursday, June 1, 2023.

The Trump Dictatorship Goes on Autopilot The Trump Dictatorship Goes on Autopilot

The MAGA world is making all the same fascist threats it did the last time around—and the media is still twiddling its thumbs.

Dec 7, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

A supporter holds a print depicting Donald Trump’s mug shot as he waits for him to arrive at the Whiskey River bar on December 2, 2023, in Ankeny, Iowa.

Unfortunately for Donald Trump, I’m Not His Alibi Unfortunately for Donald Trump, I’m Not His Alibi

Trump’s lawyers are bizarrely trying to link me (yes, me) to January 6. It’s a sign that the former president’s case is less than airtight.

Dec 6, 2023 / John Nichols

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