Politics

President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on January 15, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Biden Was a Remarkably Consequential One-Term President Biden Was a Remarkably Consequential One-Term President

Inheriting a post-pandemic economy, Biden orchestrated the best recovery in the industrial world.

Jan 23, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump supporters storm the Capitol in an attempt to halt the certification of the 2020 presidential election results on January 6, 2021.

Trump Liberates His Own Paramilitary Force Trump Liberates His Own Paramilitary Force

The violent January 6 prisoners Trump pardoned reenter a country increasingly endangered by political violence. He loves it.

Jan 23, 2025 / Joan Walsh

A person waves a Trump flag as family and friends of imprisoned participants of the January 6, 2021, riot on the US Capitol, wait outside the D.C. Central Detention Facility in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025.

A Night Outside a DC Jail With the January 6 Insurrectionist Fan Club A Night Outside a DC Jail With the January 6 Insurrectionist Fan Club

Neo-Nazis and other right-wing groups celebrated in Washington, DC, as they anticipated the Trump pardons and the release of their incarcerated allies.

Jan 23, 2025 / Amanda Moore

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

Breathtaking conflicts of interest are lining oligarchs’ pockets with our tax dollars.

Jan 22, 2025 / William D. Hartung

Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during the 60th presidential inauguration parade at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.

A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order A Line-by-Line Breakdown of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Almost every sentence of the order is wrong, misleading, or flagrantly unconstitutional.

Jan 22, 2025 / Elie Mystal

(Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires

(Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires (Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires

Exxon has been knowingly pouring gas on climate problems for decades.

Jan 22, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Free Ismail Lghazaoui!

Free Ismail Lghazaoui! Free Ismail Lghazaoui!

Morocco sentenced the Palestine solidarity activist to prison just for protesting. But the trail of his persecution runs from Israel across the Atlantic to New Jersey and Texas.

Jan 22, 2025 / Nasreen Abd Elal and Rayan El Amine

Former senator (D-WI) Russ Feingold testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in 2014.

Russ Feingold Is Clear: “The ERA Is Part of the Constitution” Russ Feingold Is Clear: “The ERA Is Part of the Constitution”

The head of the American Constitution Society says President Biden is right: The ratification standard has been met.

Jan 22, 2025 / John Nichols

Santa Ana Families for Fair Elections launching a campaign to expand local noncitizen voting in September 2023.

The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote The Case for Letting Noncitizens Vote

Measures to allow local noncitizen voting failed in the last election, but that hasn’t always been the case throughout American history.

Jan 22, 2025 / StudentNation / Fatimah Azeem

The Troubles Begin

The Troubles Begin The Troubles Begin

Trump’s second term will bring enormous challenges for the nation and for the world.

Jan 21, 2025 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

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