The Terrifying Christian Nationalist Crusade to Conquer America The Terrifying Christian Nationalist Crusade to Conquer America
An extremist evangelical movement has set itself up to formulate the governing priorities of a second Trump administration.
Mar 13, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Mike Johnson as Speaker So Far Mike Johnson as Speaker So Far
Mar 12, 2024 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Senator Katie Britt: A Star Is Not Born Senator Katie Britt: A Star Is Not Born
The Alabaman’s disastrous debut was so weird even Scarlett Johansson—who’s played everything from a man-eating alien to Black Widow to Maggie the Cat—couldn’t do it justice.
Mar 11, 2024 / Jeet Heer
It Was a Terrible Weekend for 2 Female GOP “Stars” It Was a Terrible Weekend for 2 Female GOP “Stars”
The Katie Britt–Nancy Mace mess showed just how hard it is to be a woman of integrity in today’s GOP.
Mar 11, 2024 / Joan Walsh
North Carolina’s GOP Nominee for Governor Is a Far-Right Fanatic—and He’s Not Alone North Carolina’s GOP Nominee for Governor Is a Far-Right Fanatic—and He’s Not Alone
Mark Robinson is the most high-profile example of the radicalization of North Carolina's Republican Party. But there's plenty more where he came from.
Mar 11, 2024 / Paul Blest
The MAGA Aesthetic Is Beginning to Rot The MAGA Aesthetic Is Beginning to Rot
The stable of imagery associated with the far-right insurgency no longer seems as fresh as it did when Trump first donned his red cap.
Mar 11, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Why the Environmental Justice Movement Should Support the UAW Organizing Drive Why the Environmental Justice Movement Should Support the UAW Organizing Drive
A progressive version of the right’s Southern strategy could remake our politics—and ensure that the cars of the future, and the batteries they run on, are built by union labor.
Mar 11, 2024 / Bill Gallegos and Manuel Pastor
Let the Presidential Election Mudslinging Begin! Let the Presidential Election Mudslinging Begin!
Trashing Donald Trump can’t be Joe Biden’s whole reelection message. But it’s a good start.
Mar 8, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Nikki Haley Never Stood a Chance Nikki Haley Never Stood a Chance
She—and some of the other Republican challengers—were good candidates on paper. But given the state of today’s GOP, there was nowhere to go for them but down.
Mar 6, 2024 / Joan Walsh
The GOP’s Anti-Abortion Crusade Is Threatening HIV Treatment in Africa The GOP’s Anti-Abortion Crusade Is Threatening HIV Treatment in Africa
As a band of Republican congresspeople has set its sights on the health program known as PEPFAR, the media has remained shamefully silent.
Mar 6, 2024 / James North